Armchair Historians
What's your favorite history? Each interview on this podcast begins with this one question. Our guests are people who like history and get really excited about a particular time, place or person from our distant or not so distant past. The jumping off point is the place where our they became curious then entered the rabbit hole into discovery through scholarly research, pop culture, documentaries, other podcasts...We look at history through the filter of other peoples eyes.https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=965986
Episodes
97 episodes
Last Train Leaving Belgium, Part 2: Jeff Lipkes
This is part one of an interview Anne Marie did in 2020. Sadly, shortly after the interview, Jeff Lipkes passed away. This episode is dedicated to him.Jeff Lipkes was born and raised in Los Angeles and educated at U.C. Berkeley and Prin...
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Last Train Leaving Belgium, Part 1
It's been a while, fellow Armchair Historians! Welcome back to the show!! This episode is the first in a series. This supplementary podcast to the in-production documentary Last Train Leaving Belgium is the first episode, which introduces the s...
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Charlie Chaplin vs. America, Scott Eyman
Hello, fellow Armchair Historians. We're back and ready to bring more amazing histories. In this episode, Anne Marie talks to bestselling author Scott Eyman. Scot is a prolific writer whose muse is the enduring careers of iconic film industry l...
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PART 2: Under the Banner of King Death, Marcus Rediker and David Lester
PART 2listen to PART1 here:Ahoy, mateys! Anne Marie here! In this episode, we share part 2 of Anne Marie's interview with Marcus Rediker and David Lester about their graphic novel, Under the Banner of King Death. Yup, t...
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John Blanke, The Black Tudors, Mini Episode
In this mini episode, Anne Marie revisits Black Tudors, by Miranda Kaufmann. Anne Marie purchased the book whilst visiting Mary Rose Museum back in 2017 to research the African presence in Tudor England. One of the central figures...
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Under the Banner of King Death, Marcus Rediker and David Lester, Part 1
Ahoy, mateys! Anne Marie here! In this episode, we share part 1 of Anne Marie's interview with Marcus Rediker and David Lester about their graphic novel, Under the Banner of King Death. Yup, that’s right, we’re going to talk about Pira...
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Mini Episode, Henry VIII Party Favors? & Lets get Quizzical
When 34-year-old Charlie Clarke was feeling down about losing his beloved dog to cancer, he decided to go metal detecting to take his mind off of his loss. Sometimes good things happen at the worst of times, and that's just what happened to Cha...
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Anna Borzello, Dancing on the Foreshore, Part 2
Part 2 of Anne Marie's interview with Anna Borzello about her years foraging along the foreshore for remnants of the lives of everyday people, breadcrumbs that lead to snapshots of the past, bringing into sharper focus the commonplace, for the ...
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February 4, This Day in History, Patty Hearst, Yalta, Banks go Bust
Minisode: February 4, This Day in HistoryListen to this episode to discover what happened on this day in history. Clues are in the title!The People History: https://www.thepeoplehistory...
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Anna Borzello, Dancing on the Foreshore, Part 1
In this episode, Anne Marie talks to Anna Borzello. Previously, she worked as the BBC correspondent for Focus in Africa in Uganda from 1995 to 2001. These days you can find Anna on the River Thames foreshore foraging for historical artifa...
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Emily Strasser, Half-Life of a Secret, Part 2
Not too long ago, Anne Marie had the opportunity to talk to Emily Strasser. Emily has written a book about a little-known community built in secret by the United States government in rural western Knoxville, Tennessee. Oak Ridge was one of thre...
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Emily Strasser, Half-Life of a Secret
Not too long ago, Anne Marie had the opportunity to talk to Emily Strasser. Emily has written a book about a little-known community built in secret by the United States government in rural western Knoxville, Tennessee. Oak Ridge was one of thre...
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Christopher C. Gorham, Who Was Anna Rosenberg?
In this first episode of 2023, Anne Marie interviews Christopher C. Gorham, high school history teacher and author of The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America. This relatively unknown h...
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Peace and Prosperity in 2023
Anne Marie stops by to wish you a happy New Year and gets a little deep and philosophical about her love of history. #happynewyearSupport Armchair Historians:Patreon: https://www....
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Stephanie & Elise, Denver Ghost Hunters, Part 2
In this fourth episode of our October History and Haunting Series, Anne Marie talks to Denver Ghost Hunters' (DGH) team members Stephanie and Elise about their favorite histories and how their ghost-hunting endeavors connect to them. Th...
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Stephanie & Elise, Denver Ghost Hunters, Part 1
In this third episode of our October History and Haunting Series, Anne Marie talks to Denver Ghost Hunters' (DGH) team members Stephanie and Elise about their favorite histories and how their ghost-hunting endeavors connect to them. <...
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A Haunted History of Invisible Women, Leanna Renee Heiber and Andrea Janes Part 2
Anne Marie continues her discussion with the co-authors of A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts. This non-fiction book is coauthored by actress, playwright, ghost tour guide and award-winni...
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A Haunted History of Invisible Women, Leanna Renee Heiber and Andrea Janes Part 1
If you know Anne Marie at all, you know that Halloween is her favorite holiday. Some of you may know that, as a side gig, she is the founder of Silver Queen Walking Tours. By popular demand,...
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Ilise Carter, The Red Menace
In this episode, Anne Marie talks to author, sweetheart of the sideshow, and fashion writer Ilise Carter about her new book The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History. In America, lipstick is the fo...
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Andrew Nagorski, Saving Freud
In this episode, Anne Marie Talks to Andrew Nagorski about his new book Saving Freud: The Rescuers Who Brought Him to Freedom. The book recounts the dramatic true story of Sigmund Freud’s last-minute escape to London following the German annexa...
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Robert S. McElvaine, The Times They Were a-Changin,' 1964
In this episode, Anne Marie talks to professor of history and author Robert McElvaine about his latest book, The Times They Were a-Changin': 1964, the Year the Sixties Arrived and the Battle Lines of Today Were Drawn. 1964 is w...
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Jason Sandy, Thames Mudlarking: Searching for London's Lost Treasures
In this episode, the third in our Mudlark Series, Anne Marie interviews Jason Sandy, co-author of Thames Mudlarking: Searching for London's Lost Treas...
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Lynn Pew, Alice and the Mudlark, River Irwell
In this episode, the second in our Mudlark series, Anne Marie talks to Mudlark Lynn Pew. Lynn mudlarks along the River Irwell in Lancashire, England, where she scours its banks for beautiful pieces of broken pottery, little pieces of history tu...
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Si Finds, Luck in the Muck, Mudlarking the River Thames
In this special episode of Armchair Historians, Anne Marie is joined by her great-nephew and co-host Finley. We talk to YouTube sensation Simon Bourne of Si Finds about one of our favorite hobbies, treasure hunting and specifically mudlarking. ...
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Making History/ The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past, Richard Cohen
Today’s guest has made it his mission to look at the chroniclers who have shaped our understanding of the past by looking at their personal history and taking into account how their personal story shaped their biases and therefore their interpr...
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