New Books in History
Hosted by Miranda Melcher · Marshall Poe
4.1from 249 ratings
- 4,889
- Episodes
- 2,279
- Transcribed
- 249
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About New Books in History
This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
- Publisher
- Marshall Poe
- Category
- history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Apr 2022
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
2,279 of 4,889 episodes have a transcript.
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Michael R. Fischbach, "I Did It for My Country: Sirhan Sirhan, Palestine, and the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy" (Columbia UP, 2026)
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Glenn Peers, "Strange and Familiar History of Byzantine Art: Interpretation, Risk, and Empathy" (ARC Humanities Press, 2026)
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Katherine Grandjean, "Kingdom of Devils: A Tale of Murder in the Shadow of the American Revolution" (Random House, 2026)
Inside a recent episode
Michael R. Fischbach, "I Did It for My Country: Sirhan Sirhan, Palestine, and the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy" (Columbia UP, 2026)
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And that and some experiences of prejudice also deeply affected his psyche, as had the refugee experience, exposure to violence. All this affected his mental health. And also aroused in him a real deep sense of anger and Palestinian nationalism, anger at the United States and Israel and anyone who supported Israel, which eventually included, tragically, Robert F. Kennedy. So that's why I did delve so much into Sir Hans' background, is that it's key to understanding who he was. It's key to understanding why he did what he And I think any forensic examination of history, I mean, let alone an assassination or a murder or a terrorist event or what have you, I think just the study of history in general requires us as professional historians to get into the granular details about why something happened. […]
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- Michael R Fischbach
- Glenn Peers
- Katherine Grandjean
- Pablo F Gómez
- Anna D Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann
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