HistoryNerdsUnited
@HistNerdsUnited
Making History Fun Again
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Fun With Place Names: Burnt Porcupine Island, Maine - apparently named because all the Porcupine Islands are rounded and the trees on them look like quills. However, I can't help but feel that the presence of Rum Key right next door has something to do with porcupine being…
History Nerd Nugget: The Erie Canal was a massive and expensive undertaking. The 360 mile canal was built without dynamite (which wasn't invented yet) and was considered a long shot to ever be completed or be worth the $7 million it cost to make it. Within twenty years of…
Wonderful to talk to @tylercowen @cowenconvos about tyranny, Asimov, and everything in between
How do you solve a problem like Richard II? In today’s episode, historian @hrcastor lays out the dilemma for @tylercowen: “If a king became a tyrant, what could be done about it? The classic definition that contemporaries used as a working definition was that kingship was rule…
Let's take to the skies! @LaurieStories joins me to talk The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon from @VikingBooks. Listen on any pod app, YouTube (slightly delayed), or here: zurl.co/C7QvT.…
Fun With Place Names: Cheesequake, New Jersey - yes, it sounds delicious, but the name is probably a Lenni-Lenape that got a bit mispronounced. It has happened from time to time. (H/t: sesquiotic.com/2023/05/03/che…) #newjersey #cheesequake #funnyplacenames #history #lennilenape
Her Atlantic flight was the least interesting thing about her. My review of The Aviator and the Showman by @LaurieStories from @VikingBooks. The lives of Amelia Earhart and her husband George Putnam. Read it here: zurl.co/xsZB7 Don't miss Laurie on the podcast this…
Guns? Check. Fights? Check. No lies detected. My review of The Gunfighters by @BryanBurrough from @penguinpress. A look at all the Texan and Texas-adjacent gunfighters of the Wild West. Read it here: zurl.co/7TRYt #wildwest #gunfighters #billythekid #wyattearp…
History Nerd Nugget: Captain Cook was so well respected, that even enemies of England didn't mess with him. He was detained by the Spanish who quickly let him go when they realized who he was. During the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin wrote a memo to colonial ships…
Well, this is nice. Thank you to anyone who has ever listened even for a second. I don't take for granted that people have a finite amount of time to listen to a podcast and an infinite amount of choices. Again, thank you! Here's to 50,000 more! #thankyou…
Let's look a different way! @ScottEAuthor joins me to talk his book Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America from @DuttonBooks. Listen on any pod app, YouTube, or here: zurl.co/ZNiHI…
Fun With Place Names: Lazy Lady Island, Vermont - around 1912 a wealthy doctor bought the island and renamed it from Ram Island. He thought the contours of the island looked like a woman lying down. I looked at pictures and I think the doctor was either drunk or lonely. To…
An old story told new. My review of Midnight on the Potomac by @ScottEAuthor from @DuttonBooks. A different look at the last year of the Civil War. Read it here: zurl.co/hhIxi Don't miss Scott on the podcast this Wednesday! #civilwar #americancivilwar #BookReview…
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You didn’t learn about these names in history class. My review of When We Ruled by Paula Akpan from @Pegasus_Books. A look at twelve African Queens and Warriors. Read it here: zurl.co/eI408 #BlackHistory #AfricanHistory #HiddenFigures #AfricanQueens…
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History Nerd Nugget: Louis XIV, "the Sun King" to his friends, is still the longest-reigning monarch of all time at 72 years, 110 days. Queen Elizabeth II was right behind at 70 years, 214 days followed by King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand at 70 years, 126 days. (H/t:…
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Let's have two! In our first ever double episode, @amyhelenbell joins me to talk Under Cover of Darkness: Murders in Blackout London. Then Stan Haynes joins me to talk Roosevelt to Roosevelt: Presidential Nominating Conventions from 1904 to 1944. Listen on any pod app, YouTube,…
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