2 Complicated 4 History
2 Complicated 4 History is a show that examines the “deleted scenes” of history. In each episode, co-hosts Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by a different guest bringing a fresh perspective to the history you thought you knew.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 63
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
I Have Avenged America!
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by historian Dr. Julia Gaffield to uncover the overlooked legacy of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a central—but often forgotten—figure of the Haitian …
01:03:01 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
The Zombies are Coming!
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus sit down with cultural historian Dr. Kelly J. Baker to explore America’s enduring obsession with a zombie apocalypse. What does our fascination with the und…
00:59:26 |
Tue 01 Jul 2025
Art as Political Expression in the American Revolution
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by historian Dr. Zara Anishanslin to uncover the overlooked world of non-elite painters—women, nonwhite men, and others who used their brushes to…
01:01:54 |
Tue 10 Jun 2025
The Surprising History of Eels
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by John Wyatt Greenlee to dive into the surprising history of one slippery creature—the eel. Once a delicacy, currency, contraband, and even a sp…
01:03:31 |
Wed 28 May 2025
Surviving History - Louee Dessent
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Louee Dessent to discuss his hit YouTube series Survive History. Taking the goal of making history relevant to another level, Dessent puts him…
00:54:42 |
Tue 13 May 2025
Marquis de Lafayette’s Return to the United States
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Elizabeth Reese to discuss the 1824-1825 visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States. The last surviving general of the Revolutiona…
01:03:28 |
Tue 29 Apr 2025
Humans: A Monstrous History - Dr. Surekha Davies
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Dr. Surekha Davies to explore the history of humanity through the study of monsters. Created by humans to explain their world and each other f…
01:02:34 |
Tue 15 Apr 2025
Innovation during the Great Depression - Jason Voiovich
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Innovation Historian Jason Voiovich to explore how many of today’s iconic products, entertainment, and cultural heroes trace their origins to …
01:10:01 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
Saving Yellowstone - Dr. Megan Kate Nelson
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Dr. Megan Kate Nelson to explore the history of Yellowstone, America’s first national park, and its pivotal role in shaping the nation’s
ident…
01:06:47 |
Tue 18 Mar 2025
The Lost Appalachian Trail - Dr. Mills Kelly
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Dr. Mills Kelly to explore the origins of the Appalachian Trail, the lives it touched, and a long-forgotten section in Virginia. While the tra…
01:02:46 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
A History of Antisemitism - Lincoln A. Mullen and John G. Turner
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by John G. Turner and Lincoln A. Mullen, creators of the new podcast “Antisemitism U.S.A.,” to explore the history of antisemitism in the United …
01:12:10 |
Tue 24 Dec 2024
Justice for a President’s Daughter - Barbara Vorndick
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Barbara Vorndick to explore the life of Eliza Monroe and the story that has been told about her for two-hundred years—and why it is false. Now…
01:07:22 |
Tue 10 Dec 2024
The History and Psychology of Espionage - Philip Thompson
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Philip Thompson to discuss the history of espionage and the psychological motivations behind becoming an international spy.
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01:13:38 |
Tue 26 Nov 2024
John Dickinson: Penman of the Founding - Dr. Jane E. Calvert
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Dr. Jane E. Calvert to discuss the lesser known and under appreciated founder John Dickinson. Find out why Dickinson should be placed alongsid…
01:07:05 |
Tue 12 Nov 2024
Halloween Stories - A Historical Ghost Story by John A. Lomax
We have had a particularly cursed month over at 2C4H. In order to do right by our guests and audience we are sharing a historical ghost story as we work to finish some of the episodes that have had s…
00:08:39 |
Tue 29 Oct 2024
Native Nations: A Millennium in North America - Dr. Kathleen DuVal
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Dr. Kathleen DuVal to discuss the history of Native Americans over a millennium. Dr. DuVal reveals history from natives’ perspectives, turning…
01:02:27 |
Tue 15 Oct 2024
Scientist Turned Spy and the 1793 Conspiracy - Dr. Patrick Spero
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Dr. Patrick Spero to discuss an obscure French scientist who became a spy in the newly formed United States. Who was Andres Michaux? And how d…
00:57:04 |
Tue 01 Oct 2024
John Adams and the Peaceful Transfer of Power - Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky to examine John Adams’ presidency and the peaceful transfer of power in the nascent United States. How has Adams’ legac…
01:08:58 |
Tue 17 Sep 2024
Who Was Ernest Hemingway? - Charles Fournier
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Charles Fournier to discuss Ernest Hemingway, his constructed identity, and vernacular landscapes. Hemingway looked up to Theodore Roosevelt a…
01:02:16 |
Tue 03 Sep 2024
James Oglethorpe and Antislavery in Georgia - Michael L. Thurmond
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Michael L. Thurmond to discuss James Oglethorpe, the founder of the only British American colony that prohibited chattel slavery prior to the …
01:06:40 |
Tue 20 Aug 2024
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