Thecuriousmanspodcast

Dec 10 2024 100 ep. 58 mins 14
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The curious man Matt Crawford interviews authors and interesting people about topics ranging from history to politics to everyday stimulating topics. If you like to learn and are as curious as I am please join in!

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Dr. Robert D. Hicks Interview Episode 116

Dec 10 2024 71 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with author Robert D. Hicks about his book, Wounded for Life: Seven Union Veterans of the Civil War. Most histories of wounded Civil War veterans construe them as feminized men whose manhood has suffered due to their inability to provide for and raise families or engage in business. Wounded for Life complicates this picture by examining how seven veterans―six

Dan Mulligan Interview Episode 115

Dec 04 2024 55 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with Dan Mulligan the creator and founder of Tidus Wallet. Dan is the Founder and CEO of Nycrypto and Tidus Wallet. With 12 years of experience in product and digital marketing, Dan specializes in optimizing user journeys and driving customer acquisition. He holds an MBA with a focus on advertising and has served as Director and CMO for Web3 companies, S&P 500

Jim Wallis Interview Episode 114

Dec 03 2024 50 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with preacher Jim Wallis about his book, The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Reclaiming Democracy. It is time says Jim Wallis, to call out genuine faith―specifically the “Christian” in White Christian Nationalism―inviting all who can be persuaded to reject and help dismantle a false gospel that propagates

Patricia Walsh Chadwick Interview Episode 113

Dec 02 2024 66 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with author Patricia Walsh Chadwick about her book, Breaking Glass: Tales from the Witch of Wall Street. Patricia grew up in a religious community-turned-cult in the Boston area. At the age of seventeen, she was forced out of her home, leaving behind her entire family, and without access to higher education. From her first job as a receptionist at a brokerage f

Betina Anton Interview Episode 112

Nov 28 2024 57 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with journalist and author Betina Anton about her book, Hiding Mengele: How a Nazi Network Harbored the Angel of Death. Josef Mengele, known worldwide for unimaginably cruel human experiments and for sending thousands of people to the gas chambers at Auschwitz, was a fugitive in South America for thirty-four years after World War II, sought by the Israeli secre

Dr. James Gregory Interview Episode 111

Nov 27 2024 55 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with author Dr. James Gregory about his novel, Zephyr's War. Zep Zephyr cultivated sunflowers in the shadow of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, yearning for a life beyond the fields. Determined to escape his humble beginnings, Zep flees his family farm and sets his sights on New York City, driven by a burning desire to amass wealth. As he delves into finance,

John Oller Interview Episode 110

Nov 26 2024 61 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with author John Oller about his book, Gangster Hunters: How Hoover's G-men Vanquished America's Deadliest Public Enemies. J. Edgar Hoover was the face of the FBI. But the federal agents in the field, relentlessly chasing the most notorious gangsters of the 1930s with their own lives on the line, truly transformed the Bureau. In 1932, the FBI lacked jurisdictio

Kevin B. Smith Interview Episode 109

Nov 21 2024 63 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with educator and author Kevin B. Smith about his book, The Jailor's Reckoning: How Mass Incarceration is Damaging America. How does a Black man in Austin get sent to prison on a 70-year sentence for stealing a tuna sandwich, likely costing Texas taxpayers roughly a million dollars? In America, your liberty—or even your life—may be forfeit not simply becaus

Aran Shetterly Interview Episode 108

Nov 20 2024 62 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with author Aran Shetterly about his book, Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City's Soul. On November 3, 1979, as activist Nelson Johnson assembled people for a march adjacent to Morningside Homes in Greensboro, North Carolina, gunshots rang out. A caravan of Klansmen and Neo-Nazis sped from the scene, leaving behind fiv

Tom Shanahan Interview Episode 107

Nov 19 2024 64 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with veteran award winning sportswriter Tom Shanahan about his book, The Right Thing to Do: The True Pioneers of College Football Integration. The stories of these groundbreaking college football pioneers and the coaches who fought for integration—led by Michigan State’s Duffy Daugherty and his coaching tree, featuring the likes of Dan Devine, Chuck Fairban