# professor history (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover professor history. Page: Feed: --- ## [Joanna Dee Das - Faith Family and Flag: Branson Entertainment and the Idea of America](https://soundcloud.com/user-223689921/joanna-dee-das-faith-family) _2026-08-01 · Heartland History_ Joanna Dee Das - Faith Family and Flag: Branson Entertainment and the Idea of America Heartland History is the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association Hosts: Josh Kluever, Kevin Mason [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2369007464-user-223689921-joanna-dee-das-faith-family.mp3) ## [Prof. Christa Dierksheide & Prof. Nick Guyatt, ‘Jefferson’s Wolf: A Founding Father’s Troubling Answer to the Problem of Slavery’ (Harvard University Press, 2026)](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-wood11/episodes/Prof--Christa-Dierksheide--Prof--Nick-Guyatt--Jeffersons-Wolf-A-Founding-Fathers-Troubling-Answer-to-the-Problem-of-Slavery-Harvard-University-Press--2026-e3lkvdu) _2026-07-04 · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast_ “The wolf is a metaphor for race war, and we mean race war on a genocidal scale.” We release this episode at a historic moment. This Saturday, 4 July 2026, marks the semiquincentennial of America's founding. Few historians are better placed, with their complementary research expertise, to reassess the legacy of what is commemorated each year—and especially this year—as Independence Day. Our guests… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/a3a368c8/podcast/play/122370942/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-4%2F427335101-44100-2-a358a02d13ac4.m4a) ## [Cory Haala - When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992](https://soundcloud.com/user-223689921/hh-when-dems-won-the-heartland) _2026-07-01 · Heartland History_ Cory Haala - When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992 Heartland History is the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association Hosts: Josh Kluever, Kevin Mason [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2344873802-user-223689921-hh-when-dems-won-the-heartland.mp3) ## [Dr. Elsa Devienne, '"Paper or Plastic?": The Forgotten Movement to Ban Polystyrene in the US and the (Lost) Battle of Perception (1980s to today)'](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-wood11/episodes/Dr--Elsa-Devienne--Paper-or-Plastic--The-Forgotten-Movement-to-Ban-Polystyrene-in-the-US-and-the-Lost-Battle-of-Perception-1980s-to-today-e3l6uq5) _2026-06-24 · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast_ “What happened? At one point, we were really close to banning polystyrene. What happened?” In this episode, we’re joined by Dr Elsa Devienne (Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Northumbria University), a scholar of the twentieth-century United States with expertise in environmental history, urban history, the history of the body and, more recently, discard studies and… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/a3a368c8/podcast/play/121911557/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-24%2F426726519-44100-2-dc2daee6e365d.m4a) ## [Robert M. Frame III - Making Mill City: Flour and Fortune in Minneapolis](https://soundcloud.com/user-223689921/making-mill-city-flour-and) _2026-06-01 · Heartland History_ Robert M. Frame III - Making Mill City: Flour and Fortune in Minneapolis Heartland History is the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association Hosts: Josh Kluever, Kevin Mason [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2325623345-user-223689921-making-mill-city-flour-and.mp3) ## [Dr. Caroline Johnston, 'Rocky Mountain Extractivism in Washington'](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-wood11/episodes/Dr--Caroline-Johnston--Rocky-Mountain-Extractivism-in-Washington-e3jl4uv) _2026-05-20 · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast_ This episode explores ‘carbon cowboys,’ the creation of A Blueprint for Conservative Government (1980), and an emerging historical concept: ‘extractive-statism.’ Dr Caroline Johnston is a political, environmental, and economic historian of the modern United States, and, since September 2025, the Paul Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in American History at Cambridge University. At the seminar, she… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/a3a368c8/podcast/play/120279455/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-20%2F424544783-44100-2-a8fe69bc8e91b.m4a) ## [Dr. Patrick Griffin, 'The American Revolution and Global Empire'](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-wood11/episodes/Dr--Patrick-Griffin--The-American-Revolution-and-Global-Empire-e3j6qg3) _2026-05-13 · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast_ “Whether we like it or not, the American Revolution is kind of central to the idea of American civic life, and very central to American notions of sense of self. So, that's critical—and it has been that way consistently, really, since the time of the American Revolution itself, until this very day.” This episode features a conversation with historian Patrick Griffin, a scholar whose research… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/a3a368c8/podcast/play/119809987/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-11%2F423911992-44100-2-36201a2864b1d.m4a) ## [Kevin Mason - Retracing the Dragoon Trail in Iowa](https://soundcloud.com/user-223689921/retracing-the-dragoon-trail-in) _2026-05-01 · Heartland History_ Kevin Mason - Retracing the Dragoon Trail in Iowa: Environmental Transformation Along the Des Moines River Heartland History is the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association Hosts: Josh Kluever, Kevin Mason [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2309265200-user-223689921-retracing-the-dragoon-trail-in.mp3) ## [Annual Pitt Professor Beth Bailey, 'Making Change: Why the US Army Matters'](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-wood11/episodes/Annual-Pitt-Professor-Beth-Bailey--Making-Change-Why-the-US-Army-Matters-e3imkmi) _2026-04-30 · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast_ "Of course, it's an institution of social change. Because it has to manage all of the social changes that are taking place in society—because it's pulling people in." In this episode, we're joined by special guest Beth Bailey, the 2025–26 Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Fellow of Jesus College. Established in the 1940s, the Pitt… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/a3a368c8/podcast/play/119279762/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-30%2F423189208-44100-2-d122b4a6adeb5.m4a) ## [Prof. David Farber, 'The War on Drugs'](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-wood11/episodes/Prof--David-Farber--The-War-on-Drugs-e3hsmue) _2026-04-15 · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast_ “What makes one drug or another useful to politicians?” David Farber asks. At the seminar, Farber presented new work on the late twentieth-century “war on drugs” in the United States—what it was, how it functioned, and whether it has proven politically durable. Focusing on the legislative process, he examines the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act and its disproportionate criminalisation of crack cocaine,… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/a3a368c8/podcast/play/118430094/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-14%2Fa0b71879-10af-e439-f0d0-4dc455e64406.mp3) ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5LVsYxaN3ICI) _2026-04-15 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [Jameson Sweet - Mixed-Blood Histories: Race, Law, and Dakota Indians in the 19th-Century Midwest](https://soundcloud.com/user-223689921/mixed-blood-histories-race-law) _2026-04-01 · Heartland History_ Jameson Sweet - Mixed-Blood Histories: Race, Law, and Dakota Indians in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest Heartland History is the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association Hosts: Josh Kluever, Kevin Mason [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2291885885-user-223689921-mixed-blood-histories-race-law.mp3) ## [Dr. Erin Shearer, 'Enslaved Women, Infanticide, and a Feminist History of Harm: A New Direction in Slavery Studies'](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-wood11/episodes/Dr--Erin-Shearer--Enslaved-Women--Infanticide--and-a-Feminist-History-of-Harm-A-New-Direction-in-Slavery-Studies-e3h8pbc) _2026-04-01 · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast_ N.B.: This episode describes sexual violence and graphic bodily harm. (With sincere apologies for the re-upload due to a technical issue.) “We’re still, as a society, so apprehensive about ascribing to women a nature of violence. When we do, we often use pathological discourses as a way of explaining why these women would be exceptions to the rule.” Our guest, Dr Erin Shearer, is a Fellow in… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/a3a368c8/podcast/play/117777196/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-2%2F423307477-44100-2-7a45b4552d568.m4a) ## [Prof. Eliga Gould, 'Union and Disunion: The Turbulent History of the United States' Founding Treaty'](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-wood11/episodes/Prof--Eliga-Gould--Union-and-Disunion-The-Turbulent-History-of-the-United-States-Founding-Treaty-e3g0vhh) _2026-03-06 · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast_ When we think about the founding documents of the United States, two likely come to mind: the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. But perhaps not the third — the Treaty of Paris (1783), the agreement that ended the Revolutionary War and formally recognized American independence. Our guest this week, Professor Eliga H. Gould, argues that this largely forgotten founding document is… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/a3a368c8/podcast/play/116472817/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-6%2Fff55bac4-335c-c35f-9776-1ec5d53f240b.mp3) ## [Sid Shroyer - When Once Destroyed: A Historical Memoir of the Life and Death of a Small Town](https://soundcloud.com/user-223689921/sid-shroyer-when-once) _2026-03-01 · Heartland History_ Sid Shroyer - When Once Destroyed: A Historical Memoir of the Life and Death of a Small Town Heartland History is the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association Hosts: Josh Kluever, Kevin Mason [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2275368074-user-223689921-sid-shroyer-when-once.mp3) ## [Dr. Kathleen Belew, ‘Thoughts and Prayers: America in the Age of Mass Violence’](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-wood11/episodes/Dr--Kathleen-Belew--Thoughts-and-Prayers-America-in-the-Age-of-Mass-Violence-e3fa1hf) _2026-02-19 · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast_ “In 2024…the number of children and teachers killed in school shootings surpassed not only military, but active police duty deaths. So our entire carceral and military apparatus had fewer fatalities than children and teachers in schools. And we’ve gone up since then. We’re on a steady inflection up.” Our guest academic this week, Dr Kathleen Belew , is a historian of the present. She defines the… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/a3a368c8/podcast/play/115721199/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-19%2F665063a6-b412-bc00-ff0b-b336491d7678.mp3) ## [Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis](https://soundcloud.com/user-223689921/opium-slavery-civil-war-veterans-and-americas-first-opioid-crisis) _2026-01-30 · Heartland History_ Jonathan Jones - Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis Heartland History is the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association Hosts: Josh Kluever, Kevin Mason [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2257343777-user-223689921-opium-slavery-civil-war-veterans-and-americas-first-opioid-crisis.mp3) ## [Katie Batza and René Esparza - AIDS in the Midwest Roundtable](https://soundcloud.com/user-223689921/katie-batza-and-rene-esparza-aids-in-the-midwest-roundtable) _2026-01-01 · Heartland History_ Katie Batza - AIDS in the Heartland How Unlikely Coalitions Created a Blueprint for LGBTQ Politics René Esparza - From Vice to Nice: Midwestern Politics and the Gentrification of AIDS Heartland History is the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association Hosts: Josh Kluever, Kevin Mason [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2222426696-user-223689921-katie-batza-and-rene-esparza-aids-in-the-midwest-roundtable.mp3) ## [(BONUS) - Derifield - We Were Still Ladies - MHA Book Talk](https://soundcloud.com/user-223689921/bonus-derifield-we-were-still-ladies-mha-book-talk) _2025-12-24 · Heartland History_ Coreen Derifield - We Were Still Ladies: Gender and Industrial Unionism in the Midwest After World War II Heartland History is the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association Hosts: Josh Kluever, Kevin Mason [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2235471380-user-223689921-bonus-derifield-we-were-still-ladies-mha-book-talk.mp3) ## [Daniel Clark - Listening to Workers: Oral Histories of Metro Detroit Autoworkers in the 1950s](https://soundcloud.com/user-223689921/daniel-clark-listening-to-workers-oral-histories-of-metro-detroit-autoworkers-in-the-1950s) _2025-12-01 · Heartland History_ Daniel Clark - Listening to Workers: Oral Histories of Metro Detroit Autoworkers in the 1950s Heartland History is the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association Hosts: Josh Kluever, Kevin Mason [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2215101788-user-223689921-daniel-clark-listening-to-workers-oral-histories-of-metro-detroit-autoworkers-in-the-1950s.mp3) ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0JUxUFOtDHnn) _2025-12-01 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [Dr. Brenna Greer, 'African Americans and the Photographic Seat of Honour'](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-wood11/episodes/Dr--Brenna-Greer--African-Americans-and-the-Photographic-Seat-of-Honour-e3b9d53) _2025-11-24 · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast · Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast_ ‘Why do people look at Black people the way they do?’ This is the central provocation of our guest scholar's work. Dr Brenna Greer is an African Americanist and Associate Professor of History at Wellesley College . Her work traverses the histories of culture, race, gender, and, more recently, citizenship in the United States. We discuss her paper, “African Americans and the Photographic Seat of… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/a3a368c8/podcast/play/111506019/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-21%2F916032cc-ce35-0b9d-2d75-61503ffeb99c.mp3)