Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchElisabeth Eittreim, "Teaching Empire: Native Americans, Filipinos, and Us Imperial Education 1879-1918" (UP of Kansas, 2019)
Episode 46
At the turn of the twentieth century, the US government viewed education as one sure way of civilizing “others” under its sway—among them American In…
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A Primer for Teaching Digital History
Episode 144
Today’s book is: A Primer for Teaching Digital History: Ten Design Principles (Duke UP, 2022), which is a guide for those who are teaching digital hi…
3 years, 2 months ago
The History of Student Loans in the United States
Season 2 Episode 37
Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, an associate professor of history at Loyola University Chicago, talks about her book, Indentured Students: How Government-Gu…
3 years, 2 months ago
We Are Not Dreamers: Undocumented Scholars Theorize Undocumented Life in the United States
Episode 150
Today’s book is: We Are Not Dreamers: Undocumented Scholars Theorize Undocumented Life in the United States. The “Dreamer narrative” celebrates the e…
3 years, 2 months ago
Bruce Kuklick, "Fascism Comes to America: A Century of Obsession in Politics and Culture" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Episode 188
From the time Mussolini took power in Italy in 1922, Americans have been obsessed with and brooded over the meaning of fascism and how it might migra…
3 years, 2 months ago
Mike Murawski, "Museums as Agents of Change: A Guide to Becoming a Changemaker" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021)
Episode 189
Museums everywhere have the potential to serve as agents of change—bringing people together, contributing to local communities, and changing people’s…
3 years, 2 months ago
Jeremiah McCall, "Gaming the Past: Using Video Games to Teach Secondary History" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 187
Gaming the Past: Using Video Games to Teach Secondary History (Routledge, 2022) is a complete handbook to help pre-service teachers, current teachers…
3 years, 2 months ago
Truth, Fiction, and Student Loan Forgiveness: A Conversation with Beth Akers
Episode 61
With the Biden Administration's student loan relief coming down the pike, Annika sits down with Dr. Beth Akers, a Senior Fellow at the American Enter…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars
Episode 153
Why is writing a grant proposal so stressful? Are you supposed to just know how to do it? This episode explores:
How to align your values and interes…3 years, 3 months ago
Robert O'Mochain and Yuki Ueno, "Sexual Abuse and Education in Japan: In the (Inter)National Shadows" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 111
Bringing together two voices, practice and theory, in a collaboration that emerges from lived experience and structured reflection upon that experien…
3 years, 3 months ago