Drafting the Past
Hosted by Kate and Kate Carpenter · DTP Media LLC
4.9from 104 ratings
- 127
- Episodes
- 29
- Transcribed
- 104
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About Drafting the Past
Drafting the Past is a podcast devoted to the craft of writing history. Each episode features an interview with a historian about the joys and challenges of their work as a writer.
- Publisher
- DTP Media LLC
- Category
- arts · history · leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Jan 2022
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
29 of 127 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
118: Shane White Is An Avowed Completist
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
117: Katherine Grandjean Lands Every Word Like a Tiny Punch
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
116: Thomas Andrews Revels in Revision
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118: Shane White Is An Avowed Completist
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So I have individual documents. And then I also, with the municipal archives material, the court cases, I initially Xeroxed and then later on photographed and then scanned the material. And so I've got about six or seven filing drawers full of material. So whenever I want to write something, if I'm writing something about fortune tellers, I will then read through everything I have on New York in the first half of the 19th century. and take out, again, word for word, every item about fortune telling and put them into a document, which will probably only be 10 pages long. And then that is what I use to write the chapter on fortune telling. […]
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- Shane White
- Katherine Grandjean
- Thomas Andrews
- Eric Jay Dolin
- Catherine Grace Katz
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 67 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 37 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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Who hosts Drafting the Past?
Kate and Kate Carpenter host the show. Published by DTP Media LLC.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
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