Category: Podcasts
Podcast on the 1898 White Supremacist Coup that Took Control of Wilmington, N.C.
In 1898 the Redshirts, a White Supremacist paramilitary organization operating in the Carolinas, staged a coup in which they took over North Carolina’s second largest…
Around the Web November 2020: Best of the Blogs and Pods on The Civil War and Reconstruction
I was happy to see that the first installment of this continuing series highlighting the most interesting stuff I am seeing in the blogs was…
Podcast: Eric Foner on the “Fake History” of Reconstruction
Ideastream has a twelve minute interview with Eric Foner on Reconstruction which focuses on the damage done by the fake history of the period that…
Slate Slavery In America Podcast: Episode 2 Inside the Slave Ship
Here is Episode 2 of the Slate series on slavery. According to Slate: In episode 2 of the History of American Slavery, hosts Rebecca Onion…
Slate Slavery In America Podcast: Episode 1 The Terrible Transformation of Slavery in the 1600s
Five years ago Slate put out a well-regarded series on the history of American slavery. Unfortunately, it was behind a paywall and only Slate+ subscribers…
Atlantic Magazine Says “Six Degrees of Song of the South” One of the Best Podcasts of the Year
The Atlantic Magazine recently named Six Degrees of Song of the South one of the best podcasts of the year. The series focuses on the…
Podcast Interview of Kevin M. Levin Author of “Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil Wars Most Persistent Myth”
Kevin M. Levin, author of “Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil Wars Most Persistent Myth,” was recently interviewed on Civil War Talk Radio by host…
Mobituary-The Black Congressmen of Reconstruction: Death of Representation
Mobituaries are popular history podcasts from Mo Rocca. This one deals with the death of African American Congressional Representation at the end of Reconstruction. It…
NPR’s “On the Media” Interviews Historian Brenda Wineapple About the Andrew Johnson Impeachment
National Public Radio’s popular show On the Media focuses on the Andrew Johnson Impeachment this week. It is timely for obvious reasons. Historian Brenda Wineapple…
How Reconstruction Fantasy “Song of the South” Became “Splash Mountain” by Dropping All the Black People
Here is the last episode of the podcast Six Degrees of Song of the South which is devoted to the Disney Reconstruction fantasy Song of…
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