Annus Horribilis: 1968 with Kevin Boyle and Greg Messel

Host Alan Campbell travels back in time with two authors, Kevin Boyle and Greg Messel, to revisit a strange and “horrible” year: 1968.

Dr. Kevin Boyle is an historian of 20th century United States with a particular interest in modern American social movements. Boyle has published widely and received various awards, including finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Boyle’s upcoming books are The Splendid Dead, a micro-history of political extremism in the early 20th century, and The Splintering, a narrative history of the 1960s.

Greg Messel has contributed to a variety of publications and won a Wyoming Press Association Award as a columnist. His recently published Dreams That Never Were is his eleventh novel and is a historical fiction account of the events surrounding the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

https://www.gregmessel.com/dreams-that-never-were
https://www.history.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/core-faculty/kevin-boyle.html