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
Social Control in the Progressive Era - Dr. Erin Bush
Is it the government’s job to legislate the social behavior of its citizens? In the Progressive Era, many elites believed that it was, and they created institutions to “fix” noncompliance. Dr. Lynn P…
01:05:01 |
Tue 17 Oct 2023
George Washington: America’s Founding Farmer - Dr. Bruce Ragsdale
When George Washington was asked to describe himself, one of the first words he used was farmer. Farming was central to Washington’s identity, and enslaved people were central to Washington's farms. …
00:55:07 |
Tue 03 Oct 2023
Treason! Who was Peggy Shippen Arnold? - Dr. Charlene Boyer Lewis
The name Benedict Arnold has become synonymous with the word traitor. But what role did his wife, Peggy Shippen Arnold, play in the plot to deliver West Point to the British army? Isaac Loftus and Dr…
01:03:31 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Teddy Roosevelt and the Gilded Age - Dr. Greg Jackson
The Gilded Age. You may know it as an era in American history, but beyond that, it remains a mystery. Professor Greg Jackson, host of the podcast History That Doesn’t Suck, explains to Dr. Lynn Price…
01:03:43 |
Tue 05 Sep 2023
How the French Fantasized About the United States - Dr. Bertrand Van Ruymbeke
Most of us studied the American Revolution in grade school. But what did other nations think about the event? Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus welcome Dr. Bertrand Van Ruymbeke to discuss h…
01:03:44 |
Tue 22 Aug 2023
Shipwrecks and Seadogs Feed drop! The Cod Wars
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Episode Description: The Cod Wars were a series of conflicts that took place between Iceland and Great…
00:42:46 |
Tue 15 Aug 2023
Marriage and Personhood in the 18th Century - Dr. Karin Wulf, PhD
How did a woman's designation of legal personhood change when she got married in the eighteenth century? And what rights did she lose? Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins welcome historian and…
00:59:44 |
Tue 08 Aug 2023
The Corporations That Built British Colonialism - Dr. Philip J. Stern
What roles did public and private power take in the creation of the British Empire? Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus welcome Dr. Philip J. Stern to discuss four centuries of corporate power…
01:00:09 |
Tue 25 Jul 2023
The Odious Immorality of Alexander Hamilton - Jessie Serfilippi
Historians have called Alexander Hamilton an abolitionist, and he was portrayed as opposed to slavery in the famous broadway musical. However, when writer Jessie Serfilippi dug into the sources, she …
00:57:08 |
Tue 11 Jul 2023
Pirates!!! Or Rather, British Impressment... Dr. Denver Brunsman
Ever heard a story of someone being hit on the head at a bar and ending up on a British naval vessel? Dr. Denver Brunsman studies the process in between! He joins Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price R…
00:56:24 |
Tue 27 Jun 2023
Founding Friendships + First Family - Dr. Cassandra Good
Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins welcome Dr. Cassandra Good to explore friendships between men and women in the eighteenth century. Did they exist, and do we misinterpret them today? Dr. Go…
01:20:04 |
Tue 13 Jun 2023
George Washington, The Seven Years’ War, & Post-traumatic Stress - Daniel Cross
Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins welcome Daniel Cross to the show to examine a side of George Washington and warfare that is rarely discussed—the painful aftereffects. The modern-day vocabu…
01:07:00 |
Tue 30 May 2023
The Free State of Jones: Mississippi’s Longest Civil War - Dr. Victoria E. Bynum
Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins chat with Dr. Vikki Bynum about a state that you likely never knew existed. Newton Knight and his followers in Mississippi decided it wasn’t enough to simpl…
01:03:42 |
Tue 16 May 2023
The Humanity Archive - Jermaine Fowler
Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins welcome public historian, bestselling author, podcast host, and the proud founder of The Humanity Archive, Jermaine Fowler. His book, The Humanity Archive: …
00:54:05 |
Tue 02 May 2023
Intertwined: Slavery at George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins welcome the talent behind the award-nominated podcast, “Intertwined: The Enslaved Community at George Washington’s Mount Vernon”—co-writers Jeannette Patric…
01:00:35 |
Tue 18 Apr 2023
Sojourner of Empires: Thomas Law - Dr. Rosemarie Zagarri
Lynn and Isaac welcome Dr. Rosemarie Zagarri to explore ideas of empire through the lens of Thomas Law, the grandson-in-law of George Washington. Law lived and thrived in both British India and the n…
01:10:21 |
Tue 04 Apr 2023
History Daily Drop! America's Founding Fathers
We are re-releasing 2 episodes from one of our favorite shows History Daily!
America’s Founding Fathers
Episode 1 - The Battle of Princeton - January 3, 1777. General George Washington snatches vict…
00:36:00 |
Tue 28 Mar 2023
Samantha Snyder - Founding Influencer Elizabeth Willing Powel
Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins are joined by Historian Samantha Snyder to talk about a very important woman in Philadelphia Society in the eighteenth century: Elizabeth Willing Powel. Pow…
00:58:10 |
Tue 21 Mar 2023
Widow's Gin: How Lady Catharine Littlefield Greene Changed the World - Carin Bloom
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Historian and Archaeologist Carin Bloom to discuss Catharine Littlefield Greene and her husband Nathanael Greene. Nathanael may have been one …
01:01:48 |
Tue 07 Mar 2023
Slavery and Marronage in the Great Dismal Swamp - Dr. Marcus P. Nevius
Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Historian Dr. Marcus P. Nevius to look into the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina and its role as a haven for self-emancipated…
01:01:35 |
Tue 21 Feb 2023
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