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
EPS Podcast Shorts "Picture it, Pizza Hut, 1992"
You’ve just come back famished from a late Spring baseball game or it’s Saturday in the Winter and your Book It! pin is filled up. Maybe you’re celebrating a birthday or just want to take a look at f…
00:23:12 |
Tue 07 Mar 2023
Episode 22: Diners
"Everyday is Diner Day in the USA" Diners as documents w/ ScottGiven the choice, I’ll always go with the fresh-brewed-coffee scented, sizzling-griddle-sounding, sit-where-you’d like diner over any ot…
00:33:34 |
Thu 02 Mar 2023
EPS Podcast Shorts "You Teach Me and I'll Teach You"
My son and I started a new tradition a few months ago that when he stays home sick from school, and is feeling up to it, we record a podcast together about something he has interest in. With National…
00:24:04 |
Mon 27 Feb 2023
Episode 21: Cobra Kai
"Johnny Hit and Kick Bullies" Cobra Kai as a Primary Source w/ Adam of Raised on FilmReboots, sequels, prequels and reimaginations have been all the rage of late, and there’s plenty of reasons for th…
00:36:31 |
Thu 23 Feb 2023
EPS Podcast Shorts "Kidz Bop with Cheeseburgers and Pop"
Last week’s short centered around collectible Garfield glasses from McDonald’s that originated somewhere in the 1980s. It was determined that it was unlikely that these breakable pieces were inserted…
00:14:53 |
Tue 21 Feb 2023
Episode 20: Saturday Night Fever (1977)
"More than a Disco Movie to Me" 1977's Saturday Night Fever as a Primary Source w/ KevinJohn Travolta is attached to two movies that define the 1970s, 1977’s Saturday Night Fever and the following ye…
00:38:48 |
Thu 16 Feb 2023
EPS Podcast Shorts: "For the Love of Lasagna"
It always looks like I’m having a yard sale when I set up for my live podcast karaoke events. Everything from records to comic books, VHS tapes, toys, even glassware is laid out, hoping to catch the…
00:21:13 |
Tue 14 Feb 2023
Episode 19: Super Bowl I
"Opening Drive": Super Bowl I and Pro Football's Fight to Dethrone Baseball w/ Deremy of Bigger than the GameThe Super Bowl has become so ingrained in American popular culture that it is difficult …
00:00:29 |
Thu 09 Feb 2023
Revisiting Eric and Bob Revisit Highway 61 Revisited (AKA Pt II)
Here's part II of my discussion with another Bob my impromptu guests this Fall at Defiant Records and Craft Beer in Laconia, NHHighway 61 Revisited factors heavily in Bob Dylan’s undisputed place in …
00:15:48 |
Tue 07 Feb 2023
Episode 18: NYC Parkways
"Moses- Deliver Us": NYC Parkways with Chance KellyNew York City commuters don’t have a lot of time to dwell on the history of the roads they use each day to get to and from work and home, but behind…
00:37:26 |
Thu 02 Feb 2023
EPS Podcast Shorts: "Eric and Bob Revisit Highway 61 Revisited"
Season 2 picks back up with a short that was recorded way back in October of last year at Defiant Records and Craft Beer in Laconia, New Hampshire. What a perfect spot for a night of podcast karaoke…
00:16:25 |
Tue 31 Jan 2023
Special Bonus Episode "A Christmas Story Christmas, Christmas"
This year’s, A Christmas Story Christmas has been presented as the official sequel to the 1983 contemporary classic, despite a few other pieces of media that have come out over the last twenty to thi…
00:40:56 |
Sat 24 Dec 2022
Episode 17: Cleveland's The "A Christmas Story" House
"The House at Good Old Cleveland Street" - Analyzing The "A Christmas Story" House as a Primary Source w/ Guide Ernie ScalesIt may come as a surprise that 1983’s “A Christmas Story” was not a big hi…
00:40:54 |
Thu 22 Dec 2022
EPS Podcast Shorts "Train of Thought"
Chris Van Allsburg’s The Polar Express has been a staple of the Christmas season since it was published in 1984, perhaps challenging The Night Before Christmas as standard bedtime read-alouds on Chri…
00:24:36 |
Tue 20 Dec 2022
Episode 16: "Hojo's Motel/ Holiday Inn" with the Retrologist, Rolando Pujol
I was delighted to be joined recently by the Rolando Pujol, to discuss and dissect two 20th century documents of American road culture , Howard Johnson’s and Holiday Inn. And while I promote listeni…
00:37:21 |
Thu 15 Dec 2022
EPS Podcast Shorts: "Hitting the Road"
Road Rash II was developed by Electronic Arts in 1992 for the Sega Genesis, the 16 bit video game platform that had itself been created to compete with home video game giant, Nintendo. Both game and…
00:23:33 |
Tue 13 Dec 2022
Episode 15: Crystal Blue Christmas - Studying The Breaking Bad Store ABQ with owners Ed and Marq
Admittedly, Breaking Bad has little to do with the Christmas season, but considering how much fun I had making this episode, I felt compelled to release it before the mid-season break which will arri…
01:19:56 |
Thu 08 Dec 2022
EPS Podcast Shorts "The Ballad of Kevin McCallister"
Home Alone was a topic for season one of the EPS Podcast last year, but honestly, as my guest Shay remarks, one could devote several podcasts and college courses to the story and still have more to s…
00:28:17 |
Tue 06 Dec 2022
Episode 14: "At the Mall!": Analyzing shopping malls as primary sources, with Kyle Lincoln
It’s December first, the holiday shopping season is well underway, and if it was December at anytime between the early 70s and the early 2000s you’d probably be at the mall right about now. Afterall…
01:06:47 |
Thu 01 Dec 2022
EPS Podcast Shorts: "And We're Putting it on Wax"
I try to connect my short and long episodes in some way each week, so seeing as how Thursday’s episode is all about shopping malls, I figured a source that comes from the early 2000s, the last hurrah…
00:17:41 |
Tue 29 Nov 2022
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