History Nerds United
by Brendan Dowd
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JFK’s Obsession with Winston Churchill with Joel Nelson
JFK’s Obsession with Winston Churchill with Joel Nelson
About this podcast
Let's make history fun again! Come listen to interviews with award winning authors, the rantings of a history nerd, and various other things. Enjoy!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 248 episodes
- JFK’s Obsession with Winston Churchill with Joel Nelson · 36 min · Season 5 Episode 59Send us Fan Mail Ask not! Joel Nelson joins me to talk Kennedy’s Only Hero: How JFK’s Obsession with Winston Churchill Defined His Presidency. Buy Kennedy's Only Hero Check out…
- Books I Don't Want You To Miss for October 2026 · 5 min · Season 5 Episode 58Send us Fan Mail Here they are, the books I don’t want you to miss for October 2026! The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East by Simon Sebag Montefiore Get smart about…
- Catholic Nuns and the Women of Texas's Death Row with Lawrence Wright · 27 min · Season 5 Episode 57Send us Fan Mail Let's get redeemed! Lawrence Wright joins me to talk Redemption: Faith, Justice, and Sisterhood on Death Row. Buy Redemption Check out Lawrence's website Support…
- The Real Sherlock Holmes with Lindsey Fitzharris · 42 min · Season 5 Episode 56Send us Fan Mail It's elementary! Lindsey Fitzharris joins me to discuss Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes. Buy Sleuth-Hound Check out Lindsey's website Support…
- Neurosurgery with Barbara Lazio · 28 min · Season 5 Episode 55Send us Fan Mail Let's scrub in! Barbara Lazio joins me to talk Off the Top of My Head: Stories from the Operating Room That Will Make You Laugh (or Cry). Buy Off the Top of My…
- Johnny Carson with Mark Malkoff · 40 min · Season 5 Episode 54Send us Fan Mail Here's Johnny! Mark Malkoff joins me to talk Love Johnny Carson: One Obsessive Fan's Journey to Find the Genius Behind the Legend. Buy Love Johnny Carson Support…
- The California Gold Rush and the Road to the Civil War with Nathaniel Philbrick · 35 min · Season 5 Episode 53Send us Fan Mail Let's go west! Nathaniel Philbrick joins me to talk The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World. Buy The Rush Check out…
- A Decimated Family and the Battle to End Dementia with Robert Kolker · 43 min · Season 5 Episode 52Send us Fan Mail Let's face the unknown! Robert Kolker joins me to talk The Vanishing Family: Love, Fate, and the Quest to End Dementia. Buy The Vanishing Family Check out Bob's…
- Books I Don't Want You To Miss for August 2026 · 6 min · Season 5 Episode 51Send us Fan Mail The Ego Trip by Kimon de Greef (Doubleday Books) There Will Come Soft Rains by Brianna Gervat The City Without Jews by Douglas Smith (FSG books) Injustice Town…
- The Hindenburg Disaster with Catherine Grace Katz · 43 min · Season 5 Episode 50Send us Fan Mail Let's land this thing! Catherine Grace Katz joins me to talk Shadow Before the Flame: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Prelude to War. Buy Shadow Before the Flame…
- A KGB Defector in Post-Revolution Iran with Ben Macintyre · 36 min · Season 5 Episode 49Send us Fan Mail Let's defect! Ben Macintyre returns to talk Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy. Buy Redwood Support the show
- The Brutality of the American Revolution with Mark Edward Lender · 42 min · Season 5 Episode 48Send us Fan Mail Let's revolt! Mark Edward Lender joins me to talk War Without Mercy: Liberty or Death in the American Revolution. Buy War Without Mercy Support the show
- Family and Legacy with Tom Junod · 44 min · Season 5 Episode 47Send us Fan Mail Let's remember dad! Tom Junod joins me to talk In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man: A Memoir. Buy In the Days of My Youth I Was Told…
- The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) with Matthew Wolfe · 36 min · Season 5 Episode 46Send us Fan Mail Let's start a fire! Matthew Wolfe joins me to talk Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage. Buy Fires in…
- Books I Don't Want You To Miss for August 2026 · 6 min · Season 5 Episode 45Send us Fan Mail Tim Curry - Vagabond (Grand Central Publishing) Stone Lands - Fiona Robertson (Pegasus) Ortiz’s War - Nicholas Reynolds and Katie Sanders (Harper Horizon)…
- The Women Flyers of World War II with Becky Aikman · 35 min · Season 5 Episode 44Send us Fan Mail Let's take off! Becky Aikman joins me to talk Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During World War II. Buy Spitfires Check out Becky's…
- Carlos the Jackal with Joby Warrick · 42 min · Season 5 Episode 43Send us Fan Mail Let's catch a super terrorist! Joby Warrick joins me to talk The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's First Super-Terrorist. Buy Carlos the Jackal…
- Surviving the Syrian Revolution with Loubna Mrie · 46 min · Season 5 Episode 42Send us Fan Mail Let's survive! Loubna Mrie joins me to talk Defiance: A Memoir of Awakening, Rebellion, and Survival in Syria. Buy Defiance Check out Loubna's website Support…
- The Atomic Bombs with James M. Scott · 1 h 2 min · Season 5 Episode 41Send us Fan Mail He's back! James M. Scott joins me to talk Empire of Ashes: Truman, Hirohito, and the Descent into Total War. Buy Empire of Ashes Check out James' website…
- Books I Don't Want You To Miss for July 2026 · 5 min · Season 5 Episode 40Send us Fan Mail Another month, another list of books I don’t want you to miss just because they didn’t get to come on the pod! How to Rule the World by Theo Baker – or as I like…
