From Here to History

About From Here to History

The history podcast where Chris Swanson and Jason Weidert discuss events and people of the past with as much openness, understanding, and fairness as we can muster. Our only agenda is to inform in an entertaining and engaging way. We teach high school, after all, and that's a tough audience. Our hope is that if we can keep teenagers interested we may be able to pull off a worthwhile podcast, too. We try to release one episode every month. But we're teachers with busy young families so if we go a little longer than that between episodes, bear with us!

Publisher

Chris Swanson & Jason Weidert

Category

history · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Feb 2022

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

37 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Oct 2026

   The Cold War, Pt 2: A Contest of Visions

   Host Dr. Eleanor Vance interviews historian Dr. David Chen about how Woodrow Wilson and Vladimir Lenin's competing visions shaped the Cold War's early trajectory.

2. 

   2 Apr 2026

   The Cold War, Pt 1: Marx & The Bolsheviks

   The Cold War was the great ideological conflict of the 20th century. In the first of our multi-part series, we will discuss one of the two ideological belligerents in that war: communism. We try to describe its appeal, trace its deep roots in western history, take a look at its modern prophet Karl Marx, and briefly examine how the Bolsheviks as Marxist foot soldiers created the world's first communist state in Russia. For further reading: Lenin: the man, the dictator, and the master of terror...

3. 

   23 Dec 2025

   Houdini Among the Spirits, Pt 2

   In the second of two episodes on Houdini and the Spiritualists, we discuss Houdini's multi-front war against fraudulent mediums. It was an all-consuming undertaking, waged from the stage, in print, on lecture tours, and in the halls of congress. Along the way we discuss a handful of colorful figures and the strange, mysterious circumstances surrounding Houdini's death. The Official Houdini Séance next year could be the year! Further Reading: The Life & Afterlife of Harry Houdini by ...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

28 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

29 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 23 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

12

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85