How To Be A Historian
I'm Clyde Brittelle, a teenage history buff. I've been a fan of history for as long as I can remember. Whenever someone has asked me what I want to do when I grow up, I've said "I want to be a historian". But then I realized I didn't have a firm grasp on what being a historian entails. I thought a great medium to use to learn about what it means to be a historian would be a podcast. This podcast gives me a chance to help others like me learn about historians and their work and it allows me to talk with historians about their research, writing, daily life, and everything else that has to do with being a historian.
I decided to have two types of episodes on "How to be a historian", the first interviews with historians. Each of these interviews will be split into two episodes, one about their journey to becoming a historian and the other focusing on their area of expertise, centering around a piece that they have created (whether that be a book, documentary, article, etcetera). The second type of episodes will be 10-15 minutes and cover different historical topics I find interesting and want to discuss. If you’ve ever wondered what being a historian entails, or if you’re just an overall history lover, then I hope this podcast appeals to you!
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- Update frequency
- every 25 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 13
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
King: A Life
Today I have the honor of interviewing the Pulitzer prize winning biographer and journalist Jonathan Eig about his recent book King: A Life. In the last episode we discussed his career, biographies, …
A Conversation With Jonathan Eig
The Life of a Historian: Prithi Kanakamedala
Brooklynites
Appeasement Part 3: Ascension
Appeasement Part 2: Momentum
Appeasement Part 1: The Rise of the Monster
Appeasement is taught as one of the most disastrous foreign policies in human history. For half a decade, the great powers of Britain and France bent to the will of a dictator from Berlin. Hoping, ju…
Fire and Rain
On this episode I interview Carolyn Eisenberg an award winning author and professor of US History and American Foreign Relations at Hofstra University about her book Fire and Rain: Nixon Kissinger an…
The Life of a Historian
On this episode I interview Carolyn Eisenberg an award winning author and professor of US History and American Foreign Relations at Hofstra University. We discuess her journey to becoming a historian…
The 1876 Election: A House Divided
The Finland Effect
One of the largest wars in the world at this moment is the Russia-Ukraine war. It recently reached its 2 year anniversary with Ukraine still holding out. Much of the international community assumed t…
Hell on Earth: Part 1 The Bombing of Japan
In this episode, I discuss the bloody and destructive Allied bombing campaigns of World War Two. I'm doing this because much of the world has taught WW2 as a black-and-white conflict—a crusade aga…
Hell on Earth: Part 2 The Bombing of Germany
In this episode, I discuss the bloody and destructive Allied bombing campaigns of World War Two. I'm doing this because much of the world has taught WW2 as a black-and-white conflict—a crusade agains…