Armchair Historians

Nov 14 2024 97 ep. 39 mins 146
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What's your favorite history? Each interview on this podcast begins with this one question. Our guests are people who like history and get really excited about a particular time, place or person from our distant or not so distant past. The jumping off point is the place where our they became curious then entered the rabbit hole into discovery through scholarly research, pop culture, documentaries, other podcasts...We look at history through the filter of other peoples eyes.https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=965986

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Last Train Leaving Belgium, Part 2: Jeff Lipkes

Nov 14 2024 40 mins  
Send us a textThis is part one of an interview Anne Marie did in 2020. Sadly, shortly after the interview, Jeff Lipkes passed away. This episode is dedicated to him.Jeff Lipkes was born and raised in Los Angeles and educated at U.C. Berkeley and Princeton, completing his Ph.D. in History in 1995. His dissertation was awarded the Joseph Dorfman Prize by the History of Economics Soci

Last Train Leaving Belgium, Part 1

Nov 08 2024 20 mins  
Send us a textIt's been a while, fellow Armchair Historians! Welcome back to the show!! This episode is the first in a series. This supplementary podcast to the in-production documentary Last Train Leaving Belgium is the first episode, which introduces the story of Therese, an eight-year-old Belgian child facing the soon-to-be occupation of her country by foreign invaders. Over the

Charlie Chaplin vs. America, Scott Eyman

Nov 21 2023 43 mins  
Send us a textHello, fellow Armchair Historians. We're back and ready to bring more amazing histories. In this episode, Anne Marie talks to bestselling author Scott Eyman. Scot is a prolific writer whose muse is the enduring careers of iconic film industry legends. Scott talks about his latest book, Charlie Chaplin Vs. America: When Art, Sex, And Politics Collide.Scott Eyman websit

PART 2: Under the Banner of King Death, Marcus Rediker and David Lester

Mar 01 2023 35 mins  
Send us a textPART 2listen to PART1 here:Ahoy, mateys! Anne Marie here! In this episode, we share part 2 of Anne Marie's interview with Marcus Rediker and David Lester about their graphic novel, Under the Banner of King Death. Yup, that’s right, we’re going to talk about Pirates. If you listened to our most recent mini episode, you met David and Marcus in our Let’s get Quizzi

John Blanke, The Black Tudors, Mini Episode

Feb 22 2023 9 mins  
Send us a textIn this mini episode, Anne Marie revisits Black Tudors, by Miranda Kaufmann. Anne Marie purchased the book whilst visiting Mary Rose Museum back in 2017 to research the African presence in Tudor England. One of the central figures, perhaps the most well known black Tudor, John Blanke appears in the historical record as well as Tudor art.Miranda Kaufmann, website: http

Under the Banner of King Death, Marcus Rediker and David Lester, Part 1

Feb 16 2023 26 mins  
Send us a textAhoy, mateys! Anne Marie here! In this episode, we share part 1 of Anne Marie's interview with Marcus Rediker and David Lester about their graphic novel, Under the Banner of King Death. Yup, that’s right, we’re going to talk about Pirates. If you listened to our most recent mini episode, you met David and Marcus in our Let’s get Quizzical segment.Not only do we

Mini Episode, Henry VIII Party Favors? & Lets get Quizzical

Feb 13 2023 11 mins  
Send us a textWhen 34-year-old Charlie Clarke was feeling down about losing his beloved dog to cancer, he decided to go metal detecting to take his mind off of his loss. Sometimes good things happen at the worst of times, and that's just what happened to Charlie when he uncovered a never before seen early sixteenth-century artifact.David Lester and Marcus Rediker, authors of Under

Anna Borzello, Dancing on the Foreshore, Part 2

Feb 08 2023 31 mins  
Send us a textPart 2 of Anne Marie's interview with Anna Borzello about her years foraging along the foreshore for remnants of the lives of everyday people, breadcrumbs that lead to snapshots of the past, bringing into sharper focus the commonplace, for the times, routines of ordinary people. Anna is a crafty historian, able to spin an engaging narrative around each artifact she fi

February 4, This Day in History, Patty Hearst, Yalta, Banks go Bust

Feb 04 2023 5 mins  
Send us a textMinisode: February 4, This Day in HistoryListen to this episode to discover what happened on this day in history. Clues are in the title!The People History: https://www.thepeoplehistory.comHistory: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-historyBritannica: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-daySupport the showFollow us on Social Media:Instagram: @armchairhistoriansTwitter

Anna Borzello, Dancing on the Foreshore, Part 1

Jan 31 2023 26 mins  
Send us a textIn this episode, Anne Marie talks to Anna Borzello. Previously, she worked as the BBC correspondent for Focus in Africa in Uganda from 1995 to 2001. These days you can find Anna on the River Thames foreshore foraging for historical artifacts which tell the story of London’s expansive history.Anna admittedly plans her life around the river’s tides. Before she commi