IdaHistory: Conversations

About IdaHistory: Conversations

So many American's like their history manufactured and packaged to suit their world view. They prefer the history they injest to be highly palatable and easily digested, an entree meant to reassure themselves of their own exceptionalism. However, history is as complicated as humanity itself, why would it be anything else? History is, afterall, the study of our ansestors and thus, in a fashion, of ourselves. If history doesn't confront our miscoceptions with stark realities and lessons from the past, what good is it? Historians and authors London Talbot and Mark Iverson run towards these subjects! They enjoy diving in the mess that is American history. Highway to History is the recorded record of their attemot to have interesting and challenging conversations about America's past, present and future. Step on in our 1978 GMC Kingsley motorhome and listen up!

Publisher

IdaHistory - Mark Iverson

Category

education · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

16 Jan 2023

Latest episode

22 Jan 2025

Latest episodes

53 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Jan 2025

   10: Highway to History #10: A Very Biased History of the Lynching of Black Americans

   Correction to the episode: enslaved people confiscated by the U.S. Navy after 1808 were freed. This episode is very explicit and describes horrific acts of violence.

2. 

   15 Jan 2025

   9: Highway to History #9 - LA Fires, TikTok Ban, & RIP President Carter

   Mark and London discuss current events, including the New Orleans terrorist attack, the Las Vegas cyber attack, and the implications of President Jimmy Carter's human rights legacy.

3. 

   26 Dec 2024

   8: Highway to History #8 - United CEO, the Fall of Assad & Drones Over Jersey

   We got away from following a specific subject matter this episode and focused on some relevant topics in the news right now. Between the assassination of the United Healthcare CEO, the fall of Assad's regime in Syria, UFO's spotted over New Jersey, and the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, there's a lot of history in the making happening before our eyes.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.4 / 5

26 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 23 / 100

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Quality

25

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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