Naval Academy History Productions

About Naval Academy History Productions

Stories, debates, interviews, and memories. Fire, fury, scandal, and legend. Naval Academy students and faculty explore all things in the past, under the sun, and over the horizon.

Publisher

Department of History, US Naval Academy

Category

education · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jan 2022

Latest episode

25 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

73 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Aug 2026

   To Fix a National Character: The United States in the First Barbary War, 1800-1805 by Dr. Abby Mullen (Scholars by the Sea #17)

   Dr. Abigail "Abby" Mullen, Assistant Professor of History at the US Naval Academy, discusses her book, To Fix a National Character: The United States in the First Barbary War, 1800–1805 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024).

2. 

   2 Apr 2026

   The Roots of Cooperation: Constructing Interstate Alliances in Ancient Greece by Dr. Nicholas Cross (Scholars by the Sea #16)

   Dr. Nicholas Cross, assistant professor in the USNA Department of History, discusses his recent book, The Roots of Cooperation: Constructing Interstate Alliances in Ancient Greece (University of Michigan Press, 2026).

3. 

   15 Oct 2025

   Animal Sacrifice and the Origins of Islam by Dr. Brannon Wheeler (Scholars by the Sea #15)

   Dr. Brannon Wheeler, professor in the USNA Department of History, discusses his recent book, Animal Sacrifice and the Origins of Islam (Cambridge University Press, 2022).

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

108,181

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.4 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

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

Quality

12

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

75