History Happy Hour

著者: Rick Beyer and Christopher Anderson
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  • Crowd into the virtual bar with Chris Anderson and Rick Beyer to plumb intoxicating history topics and kibbitz over juicy tidbits. Each week, Chris and Rick invite a guest author to share cocktails and talk history. Like who? Like Andrew Roberts, Joe Balkoski, Chris Wallace, Lynne Olson, and Hampton Sides, for example. You never know who'll stop by. History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap. Brought to you by Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours – and our loyal Patreon patrons.
    © 2022 Rick Beyer and Christopher Anderson
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Crowd into the virtual bar with Chris Anderson and Rick Beyer to plumb intoxicating history topics and kibbitz over juicy tidbits. Each week, Chris and Rick invite a guest author to share cocktails and talk history. Like who? Like Andrew Roberts, Joe Balkoski, Chris Wallace, Lynne Olson, and Hampton Sides, for example. You never know who'll stop by. History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap. Brought to you by Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours – and our loyal Patreon patrons.
© 2022 Rick Beyer and Christopher Anderson
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  • Native Nations: Guest: Kathleen DuVal
    2024/11/03

    This Week on History Happy Hour: One thousand years ago, Native American cities in North America rivaled urban centers around the world in size and scope. But has the surprising history of Native Americans has been obscured by historians intent on minimizing the role of their still thriving societies?

    Chris and Rick talk about one thousand years of Native American history with Kathleen DuVal, author of Native Nations: A Millennium in North America,” a book The Wall Street Journal calls “An essential American history.”

    Kathleen DuVal is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is the author of several books, including Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution, and a co-author of the latest edition of the popular history textbook Give Me Liberty!

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    57 分
  • Six Plantagenet Kings and England's Rise: Guests: Dr Caroline Burt and Richard Partington
    2024/10/27

    This Week on History Happy Hour: Between 1199 and 1399, English politics was high drama. These two centuries witnessed savage political blood-letting – including civil war, deposition, the murder of kings and the ruthless execution of rebel lords.

    Chris and Rick discuss did into this tumultuous period with Dr. Caroline Burt and Richard Partington, authors of Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State. How did these six Plantegenet Kings, colorful and complicated, manage the development of an English state that would become one of the leading nations in the world.

    Dr Caroline Burt is a medieval historian and college lecturer at Pembroke College, Cambridge. She comes from Manchester, UK, and was in the first generation of her family to go to university. Her research focuses on the reigns of Edward I (1272-1307) and Edward II (1307-27) and on English governance during that period.

    Richard Partington is Senior Tutor at St. John's College, Cambridge. An Affiliated Lecturer in the Cambridge Faculty of History, he teaches medieval British politics and has written and broadcast on politics, war, law and crime in the fourteenth century, especially during the rule of Edward III (1327-77).

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    1 時間 2 分
  • A Combat Nurse in WWII: Guest: NCR Davis
    2024/10/20

    This Week on History Happy Hour: A close-up look at how WWII looked to combat nurse Lt. Mary Elizabeth Balster, who spent months caring for the sick and wounded just behind the front lines of General Patton’s Third Army.

    In this encore episode, Chris and Rick welcome NCR Davis, Lt. Balster’s daughter, and author of For the Boys: The War Story of a Combat Nurse in Patton’s Third Army. The true story of a richly rebellious and intense woman trying to navigate her life and nurture her sanity while nursing the wounded and dying.

    Sunday at 4PM ET on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap.

    Nancy Davis lives in the north Georgia mountains. Under a pseudonym, NCR, she writes about the impact of technology on culture, currency, and politics in the western world. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in history and a Master of Arts in English.

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    1 時間 2 分

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