01/20/2023. Episode 51 – Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America.

Commentators: Grace Argo, Nidihi Gundimeda, Elizabeth Stafford, Hailey Brady, Maggie Vanderfold

 

1/21/22 Episode 39 – Author Conversation with Martha S. Jones, “Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All”

Commentators: Martha S. Jones.

2/18/22 Episode 40 – The Varieties of Retail Experience; or, Buying Books in Nineteenth-Century America

Commentators: Paul Erickson.

3/18/22 Episode 41 – Women in Photographs

Commentators: Cynthia Motzenbecker.

4/15/22 Episode 42 – Legends and Hoaxes on the Early American Frontier

Commentators: Gregory Dowd.

5/20/22 Episode 43 – The Importance of Companion Animals to U.S. Civil War Soldiers

Commentators: Marcy Sacks.

6/17/22 Episode 44 – Teaching Black History

Commentators: Latoya M. Teague and Dr. Richard Bell.

7/15/22 Episode 45 – Classic Food and Restaurants of the Upper Peninsula

Commentators: Russell M. Magnaghi.

8/19/22 Episode 46 – The Strange Genius of Mr. O The World of the United States’ First Forgotten Celebrity

Commentators: Carolyn Eastman.

10/21/2022. Episode 48 – Fundraising has a history you can tell through Objects

Commentators: Amanda Moniz

11/18/2022. Episode 49 – Seeing Red Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America

Commentators: Michael Witgen

12/16/2022 Episode 50 – Exploring Tooth Worm and Tooth Fairy Folklore with Curators from the U-M Dental School Sindecuse Museum

Commentators: Tamara Barnes

1/15/21 Episode 27 – Author Conversation with Shana Klein, “Fruits of Empire: Art, Food, and the Politics of Race in the Age of American Expansion”

Commentators: Shana Klein.

2/19/21 Episode 28 – “Framing Identity,” Representations of Empowerment and Resilience in the Black Experience

Commentators: Samantha Hill.

3/19/21 Episode 29 – One Year Anniversary, “What We’re Reading Now”

Commentators: Sara Quashnie, Dick Marsh, Paul Erickson.

4/16/21 Episode 30 – Fellow Spotlight with Sarah Swedberg, “Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution”

Commentators: Sarah Swedberg, Jayne Ptolemy.

5/21/21 Episode 31 – Stories of Maritime Heritage in the Great Lakes Region

Commentators: Art Cohn, Stacy Daniels.

6/18/21 Episode 32 – Author Conversation with Crystal Lynn Webster, “Beyond the Boundaries of Childhood: African American Children in the Antebellum North”

Commentators: Crystal Lynn Webster, Paul Erickson.

7/16/21 Episode 33 – Fellow Spotlight with Karen Marrero, “Detroit’s Hidden Channels: The Power of French-Indigenous Families in the Eighteenth Century

Commentators: Karen Marrero, Jonathan Quint.

8/20/21 Episode 34 – Michilimackinac: “Where archaeology and history meet”

Commentators: Lynn Evans.

9/17/21 Episode 35 – The Hacke ‘Pirate’ Atlas with Fellows Chet Van Duzer & Danny Zborover

Commentators: Chet Van Duzer, Danny Zborover.

10/15/21 Episode 36 – Book Fairs 101: the hunt and the hype

Commentators: Jay Platt, Garrett Scott.

11/19/21 Episode 37 – Native American Boarding Schools as a Tool of U.S. Empire

Commentators: Veronica Pasfield.

12/17/21 Episode 38 – Readings that have influenced Clements Staff

Commentators: Paul Erickson, Jayne Ptolemy, Claire Danna.

1/15/21 Episode 27 – Author Conversation with Shana Klein, “Fruits of Empire: Art, Food, and the Politics of Race in the Age of American Expansion”

Commentators: Shana Klein.

2/19/21 Episode 28 – “Framing Identity,” Representations of Empowerment and Resilience in the Black Experience

Commentators: Samantha Hill.

3/19/21 Episode 29 – One Year Anniversary, “What We’re Reading Now”

Commentators: Sara Quashnie, Dick Marsh, Paul Erickson.

4/16/21 Episode 30 – Fellow Spotlight with Sarah Swedberg, “Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution”

Commentators: Sarah Swedberg, Jayne Ptolemy.

5/21/21 Episode 31 – Stories of Maritime Heritage in the Great Lakes Region

Commentators: Art Cohn, Stacy Daniels.

6/18/21 Episode 32 – Author Conversation with Crystal Lynn Webster, “Beyond the Boundaries of Childhood: African American Children in the Antebellum North”

Commentators: Crystal Lynn Webster, Paul Erickson.

7/16/21 Episode 33 – Fellow Spotlight with Karen Marrero, “Detroit’s Hidden Channels: The Power of French-Indigenous Families in the Eighteenth Century

Commentators: Karen Marrero, Jonathan Quint.

8/20/21 Episode 34 – Michilimackinac: “Where archaeology and history meet”

Commentators: Lynn Evans.

9/17/21 Episode 35 – The Hacke ‘Pirate’ Atlas with Fellows Chet Van Duzer & Danny Zborover

Commentators: Chet Van Duzer, Danny Zborover.

10/15/21 Episode 36 – Book Fairs 101: the hunt and the hype

Commentators: Jay Platt, Garrett Scott.

11/19/21 Episode 37 – Native American Boarding Schools as a Tool of U.S. Empire

Commentators: Veronica Pasfield.

12/17/21 Episode 38 – Readings that have influenced Clements Staff

Commentators: Paul Erickson, Jayne Ptolemy, Claire Danna.

3/27/20 Episode 1 – What We’re Reading Now

Commentators: Paul Erickson, Sara Quashnie, Dick Marsh.

4/3/20 Episode 2 – Women and the Right to Vote

Commentators: Jayne Ptolemy, Estrella Salgado, Christina Karas.

4/10/20 Episode 3 – Part of the Story: Minorities in U.S. Military History

Commentators: Louis Miller, Jakob Dopp.

4/17/20 Episode 4 – Author Conversation with Megan Kate Nelson

Commentators: Megan Kate Nelson.

4/24/20 Episode 5 – Identity in Photography

Commentators: Gabe Konrad, Samantha Hill, Les High.

5/1/20 Episode 6 – Author Conversation with Sarah Blackwood

Commentators: Sarah Blackwood.

5/8/20 Episode 7 – Biographies

Commentators: Emiko Hastings, Peggy Harrington, Andrew Rutledge.

5/15/20 Episode 8 – American Histories and the Struggle for Equality

Commentators: Rex Hauser, Hayley O’Malley.

5/22/20 Episode 9 – Leadership

Commentators: Doug Johnson, Sara Quashnie, Straus Scantlin.

5/29/20 Episode 10 – Author Conversation with Chris Phillips

Commentators: Christopher N. Phillips.

6/5/20 Episode 11 – Collectors Corner: Miniature Books with Joan Knoertzer

Commentators: Joan Knoertzer.

6/12/20 Episode 12 – Reader Panel – Civil War Experiences

Commentators: Sander Shapiro, Jean Franzino, Jim Davis.

6/19/20 Episode 13 – “Battles of the American Revolutionary War” Reader Panel

Commentators: Art Acton, Tom Wagner.

6/26/20 Episode 14 – Fellow Spotlight with Scott Heerman

Commentators: M. Scott Heerman.

7/10/20 Episode 15 – Author Conversation with Martin Brückner

Commentators: Martin Brückner.

7/17/20 Episode 16 – Collectors Corner with Jack Deo

Commentators: Jack Deo.

7/24/20 Episode 17 – Author Conversation with Brian P. Luskey

Commentators: Brian Luskey, Dyke Benjamin, Paul Erickson.

7/31/20 Episode 18 – “Literature and Public Life in the 19th Century” Reader Panel

Commentators: Lisa McGunigal, Sigrid Anderson, Micah Donohue.

8/7/20 Episode 19 – Fanny Palmer: The Life & Works of a Currier & Ives Artist

Commentators: Stéphanie Delamaire, Clayton Lewis.

8/14/20 Episode 20 – Author Conversation with Daniel Livesay

Commentators: Daniel Livesay.

8/21/20 Episode 21 – PhD Students Studying American History

Commentators: Jonathan Quint, Zachary Kopin, Hunter Harris.

8/28/20 Episode 22 – Fellow Spotlight with Guillaume Teasdale and Andrew Sturtevant

Commentators: Guillaume Teasdale, Andrew Sturtevant.

9/18/20 Episode 23 – Collectors Corner with Kevin Hugh Lynch

Commentators: Kevin Hugh Lynch, Clayton Lewis.

10/16/20 Episode 24 – The Papers of William H. Busbey, Civil War Soldier and Newspaper Editor

Commentators: Ted Young, Linda Zimmermann, Cheney J. Schopieray.

11/20/20 Episode 25 – Writing and Publishing Inspired by Genealogical Research

Commentators: Wendy Chapin Ford, Sarah Messer, Kay Miller.

12/18/20 Episode 26 – Author Conversation with Martha Kennedy

Commentators: Martha H. Kennedy, Phoebe Gloeckner.