Everything is a Primary Source
History through Pop CultureJoin social studies teacher, historian and pop culturist Eric Salmonsen as he and his drop-in guests break down pop culture artifacts to see what history can be forged from them.Learn how you can contribute to the conversation at everything-history.com
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 203
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Part-2-Palooza IV: Saturday Night Fever
Part I of "More Than a Disco Movie to Me" aired on February 16, 2023With Kevin of I Helped Make That PodcastWhen he’s not in front of the camera Kevin Higgins hosts a podcast called I Helped Make Tha…
00:16:33 |
Wed 05 Jul 2023
Part-2-Palooza III: Super Bowl I
Part I of "Opening Drive" aired on February 9, 2023With Deremy of Bigger than the GameUnless you are a diehard football fan, the week before the 4th of July doesn’t really set the scene to talk about…
00:51:03 |
Tue 27 Jun 2023
Part-2-Palooza II: NYC Area Parkways
Part I of "Moses Deliver Us" was posted on February 3, 2023.With Chance KellyPart II goes from the Westchester County parkways to Robert Moses, Al Smith and Franklin Roosevelt's roles and legacy in a…
00:36:14 |
Tue 20 Jun 2023
Part-2-Palooza I: Hojo's/Holiday Inn
Part II "Hojo's/ Holiday Inn" posted on December 15, 2022.With Rolando Pujol, The RetrologistPart II explores even more about how the the two motel chains, as well as other familiar franchised compan…
00:41:49 |
Tue 13 Jun 2023
The Power of Primary Sources with Laurie Halse Anderson
It was such an honor to have a Laurie Halse Anderson, an authority on finding and analyzing historical documents, join the Everything is a Primary Source so the two of us could discuss the power of p…
01:17:23 |
Fri 12 May 2023
Episode 30: The Beatles and the Civil Rights Movement
"In My Life" Dr. Kitty Oliver's life and career as a reflection of the Beatles eraDr. Kitty Oliver cites her experience seeing The Beatles at the Gator Bowl in the 1960s as the event that changed ev…
00:38:05 |
Thu 27 Apr 2023
EPS Podcast Shorts: Laurie Halse Anderson Preview
The Second Season of the Everything is a Primary Source podcast is nearing its end, but I’d like to use the final EPS Podcast short slot to give a preview of the bonus episode that will be released …
00:21:03 |
Tue 25 Apr 2023
Episode 29: Oregon Trail
"Trailblazers": The Oregon Trail game as a Primary Source with Dan of Tracing the PathThe Oregon Trail. That term evokes images of either pioneers making their way from east to west in the middle of …
00:36:10 |
Thu 20 Apr 2023
EPS Podcast Shorts: Wii
"We Love Wii"Nintendo could have followed the trend of Sony and Microsoft in the early 2000s and produce a console that had players sitting on couches and beanbag chairs playing their games through w…
00:24:36 |
Wed 19 Apr 2023
Episode 28: MS Blues Trail and Million Dollar Quartet Musical
Land of the Rising Sun: MS Blues Trail and Million Dollar Quartet Musical as Primary SourcesThis two-tiered episode is less about the 1950s, or Sun Records or the blues, and more about the early 21st…
00:57:20 |
Fri 14 Apr 2023
EPS Podcast Shorts: SNL (pt2)
EPS Podcast Shorts "Recorded Live from Biddeford, It's Sometime on Tuesday!" Pt 2This is the second part of my conversation with Tony regarding Saturday Night Live, recorded live at Banded Brewing in…
00:15:11 |
Tue 11 Apr 2023
Episode 27: Neon
"I am a Neon Light" Talking neon with Jeremy of the SCAIf there is anyone who gets me and the Everything is a Primary Source mindset, it is Jeremy Ebersole and the Society for Commercial Archaeology,…
00:39:37 |
Thu 06 Apr 2023
EPS Podcast Shorts: SNL (pt 1)
EPS Podcast Shorts "Recorded Live from Biddeford, It's Sometime on Tuesday!"Phil Hartman was the kind of person SNL’s producer, Lorne Michaels, has always tried to stock his cast with--smart, multi-f…
00:16:53 |
Tue 04 Apr 2023
Episode 26: Dungeons and Dragons
"Suburban Rebels" - Dungeons and Dragons as a Primary Source w/ Rob from We Met in a TavernDungeons and Dragons has seen an uptick in exposure these last few years, thanks in large part to its heavy …
00:40:48 |
Thu 30 Mar 2023
"Talkin' T2 with TJ, Pt 2"
This is the second part of my conversation with TJ at Banded Brewing in Biddeford, Maine about the Sega Genesis version of the Terminator 2: Judgement Day Arcade Game.
00:14:53 |
Tue 28 Mar 2023
Episode 25: Buddy Holly and the Crickets
"Not Fade Away" Buddy Holly and the Crickets as a Primary SourceBuddy Holly and the Crickets contributed significantly to the evolution of rock n roll, especially in the realm of creating a rock n ro…
00:45:10 |
Thu 23 Mar 2023
EPS Podcast Shorts "I'll Be Back...Again, and Again, and Again" Pt1
Back in 1991 and 1992, Terminator 2: Judgement Day was a pop culture force to be reckoned with. T2 broke box office records and won awards, pioneered computer effects in movie-making and tells an inc…
00:18:50 |
Tue 21 Mar 2023
Episode 24: National Toy Hall of Fame
"A Strong Figure for Children's History": The Strong Museum of Play w/ Chris BenschEstablished in 1968 as the “Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum of Fascination,” the first iteration of what would becom…
00:41:23 |
Thu 16 Mar 2023
EPS Podcast Shorts "Doctor(s) My Eyes"
I’m always on the lookout for irregular pop culture relics so when I came across a selection of TV and movie-related 45s at a thrift store recently I gladly took the lot. The copy of “The Theme from …
00:02:32 |
Tue 14 Mar 2023
Episode 23: Amazon.com
"A to Z of the www." Amazon.com as a Primary Source of the 1990s w/Christopher MimsInitially Amazon.com was a product of the existing infrastructure of United States, including the ever-expanding ac…
00:31:35 |
Thu 09 Mar 2023
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