History Tavern Podcast

History Tavern Podcast
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The History Tavern produces informative and entertaining podcasts with leading scholars and historians on all kinds of history subjects.

  1. Richard F. Hamm - Confronting Racism: Arthur Garfield Hays and the Fight for Equality, 1925-1954

    Jun 14

    Richard F. Hamm - Confronting Racism: Arthur Garfield Hays and the Fight for Equality, 1925-1954

    Arthur Garfield Hays was one of the twentieth century’s most influential attorneys. A champion of free speech and civil liberties, he fought prohibition, housing discrimination, and censorship, while taking part in some of the era’s most significant civil rights cases. He was also an early opponent of Hitler and Nazism, helping defend the communists accused of setting the Reichstag fire in 1933. Despite his remarkable career, no book had focused exclusively on Hays’s legal work until now. On this episode of the History Tavern Podcast, I welcomed Richard F. Hamm, author of the new book Confronting Racism: Arthur Garfield Hays and the Fight for Equality, 1925-1954. This was a particularly special interview for me. Professor Hamm served as the chair on my dissertation committee and is one of the best advisors in the history field.

    1h 1m
  2. This Old Historian - Killed By A Train: Examining the Brutal Death of a Civil War Veteran

    May 26

    This Old Historian - Killed By A Train: Examining the Brutal Death of a Civil War Veteran

    Follow the paper trail of a Civil War veteran's brutal death in 1901, near the Soldiers' Home in Bath, NY.

    18 min
  3. Jeffrey Boutwell - Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy

    04/12/2025

    Jeffrey Boutwell - Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy

    George Boutwell was a state legislator, the youngest Governor of Massachusetts, the first commissioner of the internal revenue, congressman, treasury secretary, and US senator. He was also a staunch antislavery advocate, close ally of Abraham Lincoln, and champion of black civil rights. Throughout his seven decades of public service, Boutwell left an unmistakable mark on American history. How is it then that you’ve likely never heard of him? In the latest episode of the History Tavern Podcast, I spoke with Jeffrey Boutwell about his new book Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy.

    54 min
  4. Allen Packwood - Churchill's D-Day

    06/02/2024

    Allen Packwood - Churchill's D-Day

    Churchill Archives Centre Director Allen Packwood talks about his new book Churchill's D-Day: The British Bulldog's Fateful Hours During the Normandy Invasion. Countless historians and commentators have criticized Churchill arguing the British Prime Minister delayed and obstructed the plans for the Normandy invasion. Packwood and co-author General Richard Dannatt, offer a fresh perspective on Churchill’s experiences and actions leading up to D-Day.

    57 min
  5. Matthew Christopher Hulbert

    09/24/2023

    Matthew Christopher Hulbert

    Matthew Christopher Hulbert dropped by the History Tavern to talk about his book Oracle of Lost Causes: John Newman Edwards and His Never-Ending Civil War. John Newman Edwards was a popular newspaperman and a historian who grew up devouring heroic tales of knights and soldiers. He was also a Confederate and unapologetic supporter of the Confederate and Southern cause long after the Civil War ended.

    36 min
  6. Kylie A. Hulbert - The Untold War at Sea: America's Revolutionary Privateers

    09/24/2023

    Kylie A. Hulbert - The Untold War at Sea: America's Revolutionary Privateers

    Kylie Hulbert dropped by the History Tavern to talk about her book The Untold War at Sea: America's Revolutionary Privateers. Lacking a functioning Navy, the Continental Congress turned to privateers to wage war against the British on the high seas. In covering their story, Hulbert highlights the global nature of the struggle for American independence and the cultural exchanges produced by the war.

    31 min
  7. David N. Gellman - Liberty's Chain

    10/14/2022

    David N. Gellman - Liberty's Chain

    David Gellman talked about his book Liberty’s Chain: Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York.

    55 min
  8. William Blair - The Record of Murders and Outrages

    06/13/2022

    William Blair - The Record of Murders and Outrages

    William Blair talked about his new book The Record of Murders and Outrages: Racial Violence and the Fight Over Truth at the Dawn of Reconstruction where he examines the role the Freedmen's Bureau played investigating widespread racial violence across the South during Reconstruction.

    26 min
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The History Tavern produces informative and entertaining podcasts with leading scholars and historians on all kinds of history subjects.

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  • Creator
    History Tavern Podcast
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    49
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