Best Midwestern History Association Podcasts (2024)

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Dr. Sergio Gonzalez - Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin 1:03:22

4M ago1:03:22

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Dr. Carolina Ortega leads a discussion on Dr. Sergio Gonzalez's book, Stangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin, published by the University of Illinois Press.By Midwestern History Association

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When a Dream Dies - Pamela Riney-Kehrberg 1:00:08

5M ago1:00:08

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Dr. Pamela Riney-Kehrberg discusses her new book, When a Dream Dies: Agriculture, Iowa, and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s.By Midwestern History Association

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Josiah Rector - Toxic Debt: An Environmental Justice History of Detroit 59:20

6M ago59:20

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Dr. Josiah Rector joins the podcast to talk about his recent book, Toxic Debt: An Environmental Justice History of Detroit.By Midwestern History Association

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Steven Conn - Lies of the Land 50:42

7M ago50:42

50:42

Steven Conn discusses his new book, Lies of the Land: Seeing Rural America for What It Is - and Isn't.By Midwestern History Association

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Max Fraser - Hillbilly Highway 1:08:17

8M ago1:08:17

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Max Fraser discussers migration, labor, and culture in the Midwest by examining the experiences of migrant white workers in the region. The full book, Hillbilly Highway: The Transappalachian Migration and the Making of a White Working Class, can be purchased at the Princeton University Press website, https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780…

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Crystal Marie Moten - Continually Working 59:44

9M ago59:44

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Crystal Marie Moten - Continually Working by Midwestern History AssociationBy Midwestern History Association

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John Nelson - Muddy Ground: Native Peoples, Chicago's Portage, and the Transformation of a Continent 50:47

10M ago50:47

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John Nelson - Muddy Ground: Native Peoples, Chicago's Portage, and the Transformation of a Continent by Midwestern History AssociationBy Midwestern History Association

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Melissa Ford - A Brick and a Bible 51:53

11M ago51:53

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Dr. Melissa Ford joins us to discuss her new book A Brick and a Bible: Black Women's Activism in the Midwest During the Great Depression, published by Southern Illinois University Press.By Midwestern History Association

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Ashley Howard - What to the "Other" is the Midwest? 55:16

1y ago55:16

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Ashley Howard - What to the "Other" is the Midwest? by Midwestern History AssociationBy Midwestern History Association

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The Good Country with Jon Lauck 56:01

1y ago56:01

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Jon Lauck discussed his most recent book, The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest, 1800-1900.By Midwestern History Association

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Dr. Alonzo Ward and African American Hybrid Labor Activism 50:16

1+ y ago50:16

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Dr. Alonzo Ward is an assistant professor of history at Eastern Illinois University. He focuses on African American history in the Midwest during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as the general history of race and ethnicity in the United States. Specifically, he researches African American labor history in Illinois in conjuncti…

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Steven Moore - The Distance from Slaughter County 1:03:10

1+ y ago1:03:10

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Writer Steven Moore discusses his recent collection essays, The Distance from Slaughter County: Lessons from Flyover Country, recently published at the University of North Carolina Press.By Midwestern History Association

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Dr. Christopher Ali - Farm Fresh Broadband 45:15

1+ y ago45:15

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Dr. Christopher Ali is the Pioneers Chair in Telecommunications and Professor of Telecommunications in the Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State. His research interests include media and telecommunications policy and regulation, broadband policy, critical political economy, critical geography, comparative media systems, qualitative res…

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Dr. Fernandez-Jones, MexiRican Placemaking in Grand Rapids, Michigan 1:13:40

1+ y ago1:13:40

1:13:40

Dr. Fernández-Jones discusses her research which appeared in an edited collection titled, Building Sustainable Worlds: Latinx Placemaking in the Midwest. She also discusses her forthcoming book, Making the MexiRican City: Migration, Placemaking, and Activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Both projects were published by University of Illinois Press.…

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Pipeline Populism with Dr. Kai Bosworth 1:10:03

2y ago1:10:03

1:10:03

Dr. Kai Bosworth discusses his book, Pipeline Populism: Grassroots Environmentalism in the Twenty-First Century which was recently published by the University of Minnesota Press.By Midwestern History Association

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Dr. Sasha Maria Suarez, Assistant Professor of History at UW-Madison 43:14

2y ago43:14

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Dr. Sasha Maria Suarez, an assistant professor of history at UW-Madison talks about her latest essay "Indigenizing Minneapolis: Building American Indian Community Infrastructure in the Mid-Twentieth Century,” which appears in Indian Cities: Histories of Indigenous Urbanism, published by the University of Oklahoma Press. From the publisher: "From an…

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Drs. Andrew Klumpp, Pamela-Riney Kehrberg, and Rebecca Conard on Regionalism & Local History 1:00:48

2y ago1:00:48

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Camden joins Drs. Andrew Klumpp, Pamela-Riney Kehrberg, and Rebecca Conard for a wide-ranging conversation about regionalism, state and local history, and a recent issue of The Annals of Iowa.If you are interested in learning more about The Annals of Iowa, previous issues are available here: https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/annals-of-iowa/issues/…

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Phil Christman, author of Midwest Futures and Instructor of English at the University of Michigan 57:18

2y ago57:18

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Camden and Phil have a wide-ranging conversation about the Midwest as a place and as an idea, focusing particuarly on Phil's lastest book Midwest Futures available from Belt Publishing (https://beltpublishing.com/products/midwest-futures). From the Publisher:The Midwest: Is it middle? Or is it Western? As Phil Christman writes in this idiosyncratic…

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Dr. Benjamin E. Park Assistant Professor of American Religion at Sam Houston State University 38:32

2+ y ago38:32

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Camden and Dr. Benjamin Park discuss Dr. Park's book "Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier." From the Publisher: In Kingdom of Nauvoo, Benjamin E. Park draws on newly available sources to re-create the founding and destruction of the Mormon city of Nauvoo. On the banks of the Mississippi in Illinois, t…

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Dr. Brandon Ward, History Lecturer, Perimeter College at Georgia State University 52:22

2+ y ago52:22

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Guest, Dr. Brandon Ward who is the author of the recent study "Living Detroit Environmental Activism in an Age of Urban Crisis" (Routledge 2021) has a wide-ranging conversation with Camden about the ways environmental concerns were inseparable from issues related to housing, civil rights, suburbanization, organized labor, and deindustrialization in…

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Edward E. Curtis IV, the William M. and Gail M. Plater Chair of Liberal Arts at IUPUI 49:20

2+ y ago49:20

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This episode, Camden sits down with Edward E. Curtis IV who is the William M. and Gail M. Plater Chair of Liberal Arts &Professor of Religious Studies at IUPUI. Dr. Curtis discusses his most recent book, Muslims of the Heartland: How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest (New York University Press).From the publisher: "The American …

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Dr. Molly Rozum, Ronald R. Nelson Chair of Great Plains and South Dakota History 52:18

2+ y ago52:18

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On this edition of Heartland History, Camden is joined by Dr. Molly Rozum of the University of South Dakota to discuss her new book Grasslands Grown: Creating Place on the U.S. Northern Plains and Canadian Prairies. From the University of Nebraska Press: "In Grasslands Grown Molly P. Rozum explores the two related concepts of regional identity and …

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Lynne Heasley, Professor of Environment and Sustainability at Western Michigan University 56:00

2+ y ago56:00

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This episode, Camden sits down with Dr. Lynne Heasley,Professor of Environment and Sustainability at WMU to discuss her new book "The Accidental Reef and Other Ecological Odysseys in the Great Lakes" (2021). Dr. Heasley's book is available through Michigan State University Press https://msupress.org/9781611864076/the-accidental-reef-and-other-ecolo…

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Professor Kristy Nabhan-Warren, author of "Meat Packing America" (2021) 56:14

3y ago56:14

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In this episode, Camden has a conversation with Professor Kristy Nabhan-Warren, who is the V.O. and Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair in Catholic Studies Departments of Religious Studies and Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa, about her latest published research, "Meat Packing America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and …

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Dana Caldemeyer, Associate Professor of History at South Georgia State College 30:04

3y ago30:04

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Heartland History is back! We are thrilled to host a conversation with guest Dr. Dana Caldemeyer, Associate Professor of History at South Georgia State College. Dr. Caldemeyer talks with our new host Dr. Camden Burd about her new book "Union Renegades: Miners, Capitalism, and Organizing in the Gilded Age" (2021)published by the University of Illino…

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Sergio González, Assistant Professor of Latinx Studies at Marquette University 30:30

5+ y ago30:30

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Jillian Marie Jacklin of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of History interviews Sergio González who is the Assistant Professor of Latinx Studies in the Departments of History and of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Marquette University. Jacklin and González discuss his 2017 book "Mexicans in Wisconsin" published by the Wisconsi…

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Kathryn Remlinger, Professor of English & Linguistics at Grand Valley State University 34:45

6+ y ago34:45

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Guest contributor Professor Katie Day Good of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio interviews Professor Kathryn Remlinger, author of Yooper Talk: Dialect as Identity in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, published by the University of Wisconsin Press (2017). Professor Remlinger — in addition to helpfully explaining what a “Yooper” is! — discusses her work wit…

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Liesl Olson, Director of Chicago Studies at the Newberry Library 43:14

6+ y ago43:14

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For the 40th episode of the podcast, Jon talks with Liesl Olson about her new book published by Yale University Press, titled "Chicago Renaissance: Literature and Art in the Midwest Metropolis" (2017). Olson is the Director of Chicago Studies at the Newberry library and has taught at the University of Chicago, received fellowships from the National…

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Steve Paul, Author of "Hemingway at Eighteen: The Pivotal Year That Launched an American Legend" 34:46

7y ago34:46

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Jon interviews Steve Paul, a former Kansas City Star reporter and the author of “Hemingway at Eighteen: The Pivotal Year That Launched an American Legend,” published this month by Chicago Review Press. Paul discusses his work researching Hemingway, learning more about his connections to the Kansas City Star, and the importance of the Midwest to Hem…

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Melissa Fraterrigo, Author of Glory Days 34:19

7y ago34:19

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Jon talks with author Melissa Fraterrigo, whose latest book titled "Glory Days" was published by the University of Nebraska Press in September of 2017. In the interview, Fraterrigo discusses growing up (and later living) all across the Midwest, how she became an author, and her love of teaching writing and literature as the current Director and as …

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John Kenyon, Director of the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature 19:34

7y ago19:34

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One day away from Heartland History's one year anniversary, Jon talks about the background of the Iowa City Book Fair with John Kenyon, the Director of the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature. They also discuss the festival this year, the literary past and present of Iowa City, and the importance of Iowa's designation as only one of twenty UNESCO C…

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Mark Soderstrom, Professor of History at SUNY Empire State College 46:50

7y ago46:50

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Dr. Mark Soderstrom of SUNY Empire State College discusses his dissertation work on race, segregation, and housing at the University of Minnesota in the early 20th century, as well as an exhibit based on his research at the University of Minnesota's Elmer L. Andersen Library Atrium Gallery entitled "A Campus Divided: Progressives, Anti-Communists, …

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Tricia Oman, Professor at Hastings College and director of Hastings College Press 30:22

7y ago30:22

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Tricia Oman, professor at Hastings College and director of Hastings College Press discusses growing up in the Midwest, discovering its literary heritage and prominence in the early 20th century, studying the growing cultural invisibility of Midwestern culture in latter half of the 20th century, the ways in which the Midwest has been defined popular…

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Bethel Saler, Associate Professor of History at Haverford College 37:43

7y ago37:43

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Dr. Bethel Saler discusses her 2015 book "The Settler's Empire: Colonialism and State Formation in America's Old Northwest" published by University of Pennsylvania Press. The 1783 Treaty of Paris, which officially recognized the United States as a sovereign republic, also doubled the territorial girth of the original thirteen colonies. The fledglin…

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Matthew E. Stanley Professor of History at Albany State University 28:20

7y ago28:20

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Matthew E. Stanley's intimate study The Loyal West:Civil War and Reunion in Middle America (University of Illinois Press) explores the Civil War, Reconstruction, and sectional reunion in this bellwether region. Using the lives of area soldiers and officers as a lens, Stanley reveals a place and a strain of collective memory that was anti-rebel, ant…

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Bruce Bigelow, Professor of Geography History and Anthropology, Butler University 34:02

7y ago34:02

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Dr. Bruce Bigelow is a Professor of History at Butler University. His interest in teaching centers on the historical cultural geography of the US, especially the Midwest. He also teaches courses on the Civil War, US Urban History, the American Empire since 1945, the American Midwest, and World History. He also teaches Cultural Geography: Regions of…

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Greg Dowd, Professor of History Michigan University 50:06

7y ago50:06

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Greg Dowd is a past chair of the the Department of American Culture (AC) and a past director of the AC Native American Studies program. His scholarly interests include the study of rumor and the history of the North American Indian East during the colonial, revolutionary, and early national periods. He has taught history at the University of Notre …

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Defending the Revolt from the Village: Reinforcing Sinclair Lewis in the Age of Trump 1:32:21

7y ago1:32:21

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From the 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature in East Lansing, Michigan. Dr. Jeffrey Swenson (Hiram College) presents his paper "Defending the Revolt from the Village: Reinforcing Sinclair Lewis in the Age of Trump." Dr. Marcia Noe (University of Tennessee Chattanooga), Jon Lauck, and the audience respond.Jeff S…

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Matt Pehl, Assistant Professor of History Augustana University 42:00

7y ago42:00

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Matt Pehl, Assistant Professor of History at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Dr. Pehl specializes in twentieth century U.S. history, which a special interest in religion, race, gender, and working-class history. His book, The Making of Working-Class Religion, was published in 2016 by the University of Illinois Press.…

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Dave Page, Retired English Professor and F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar 29:31

7y ago29:31

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Dave Page discusses the life and writings F. Scott Fitzgerald, in addition to, his latest work, F.Scott Fitzgerald In Minnesota: The Writer & His Friends At Home, published by University of Minnesota Press.By Midwestern History Association

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Andrew Jewell,Professor of Digital Projects at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries 39:12

7+ y ago39:12

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Andrew Jewell is a Professor of Digital Projects at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries and the editor of the Willa Cather Archive. Andy has published several essays on Willa Cather and other American writers, scholarly editing, and digital humanities. He is co-editor of the book The American Literature Scholar in the Digital Age (Universi…

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Scott Atkinson, Editor-in-Chief of Belt Magazine 35:14

7+ y ago35:14

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An interview with Scott Atkinson Editor-in-Chief of Belt Magazine and writing instructor at The University of Michigan-Flint. Scott is an award-winning journalist who has written for several publications including The New York Times, Vice, and Writer's Digest. He is also the editor of Belt Magazine and in 2016 edited Happy Anyway: A Flint Anthology…

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Dr. Harry Thompson, Executive Director, The Center for Western Studies, at Augustana University 34:42

7+ y ago34:42

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Jon Lauck discusses The 49th annual Dakota Conference on the Northern Plains with Dr. Harry Thompson, Executive director for The Center for Western Studies at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South DakotaRELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS: OBSERVING THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REFORMATIONThe conference will be held April 21-22, 2…

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Patrick Kerin, The Buckeye Muse 22:59

7+ y ago22:59

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Patrick Kerin discusses his work as the President of the Greenhills Historical Society and "Buckeye Muse" his new blog which focuses on Ohio and Ohio Valley writers and and writing, past and present, and Ohio Valley literary culture, in addition to, sites of literary and historical significance in Ohio and the Ohio Valley.…

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Jonathan Kasparek, Associate Professor of History at University of Wisconsin, Waukesha 35:28

7+ y ago35:28

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Jonathan Kasparek, Associate Professor of History at University of Wisconsin, Waukesha discusses progressive politics in Wisconsin and his recent book, "Fighting Son: A Biography of Philip F. LaFollette," which traces La Follette's journey through public office, as well as, his life after the waning of the Progressive era.…

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Nancy Berlage, Professor of History at Texas State University 32:54

7+ y ago32:54

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An interview with Dr. Nancy Berlage, professor of History at Texas State University. Her research and teaching interests include public history, the American political culture, and rural culture. Dr. Berlage discusses her most recent work, Farmers Helping FarmersThe Rise of the Farm and Home Bureaus was published by Louisiana State University Press…

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Dr. Christopher Phillips - Professor of History, University of Cincinnati 42:56

7+ y ago42:56

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An in-depth interview with Dr. Christopher Phillips, Professor of History and Department Head, at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Phillips discusses his new book, "The Rivers Ran Backward: The Civil War and the Remaking of the American Middle Border" which underscores the regional consciousness during this divisive time period.…

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Philip Greasley, Associate Professor of English, University of Kentucky 24:23

7+ y ago24:23

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An interview with Dr. Philip Greasley, Professor of English at The University of Kentucky and editor for the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature (SSML). Dr. Greasley discusses the influence of Midwestern literature, the Chicago Renaissance, and his work on Dictionary of Midwestern Literature Vol. 2: Dimensions of the Midwestern Literary …

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Dr. Silvana Saddali, Associate Professor, St. Louis University. 46:40

7+ y ago46:40

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An interview with Dr. Silvana R. SiddaliAssociate Professor, Eugene A. Hotfelder Professor of Humanities at St. Louis University. Dr. Siddali discusses her book, " Frontier Democracy: Constitutional Conventions in the Old Northwest" and her examination of "the debates over state constitutions in the antebellum Northwest (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Mi…

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Dr. Michael C. Steiner, Emeritus Professor of American Studies, Cal State Fullerton 32:40

7+ y ago32:40

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Dr. Michael D. Steiner, Emeritus Professor of American Studies at California State University- Fullerton discusses his recent work, Regionalist on the Left: Radical Voices from the American West, sense of place and space, cultural geography in relation to regionalism.By Midwestern History Association

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