Episode 136: The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes - Conevery Bolton Valencius (Origins, Part 16)
Do you feel the earth move under your feet? Well, if you don't, join host Sean Rost as he talks with Conevery Bolton Valencius about the New Madrid earthquakes.
Episode Image: Cracks and footprints in dried mud following a Mississippi River flood, date unknown [Thelma Blumberg Collection (S0402), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Conevery Bolton Valencius holds a PhD from Harvard University. Presently, she is Professor of History at Boston College. She is the author of The Health of the Country: How American Settlers Understood Themselves and Their Land and The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes.
12 Oct 2026
Episode 135: The Boones of Missouri - Holly Welch (Origins, Part 15)
Have you heard of Daniel Boone? Probably. Have you heard of Nathan and Olive Boone? Maybe not. Holly Welch of Missouri State Parks joins Sean Rost to discuss the history of the Boone Family in Missouri as well as Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead State Historic Site in Ash Grove, Missouri.
Episode Image: Nathan Boone Monument, Ash Grove, Missouri, date unknown [Gerald R. Massie Photographs (P0016), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Holly Welch is Superintendent of Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead State Historic Site
28 Sept 2026
Episode 134: Germans in America - Walter Kamphoefner (Origins, Part 14)
Just in time for Oktoberfest, Walter Kamphoefner joins host Sean Rost to discuss German history, culture, and life in Missouri, particularly his upbringing in the state's German Heritage Corridor and his book, Germans in America: A Concise History.
Episode Image: German Singing Society, St. Louis, 1936 [Arthur Witman Photograph Collection (S0733), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Walter Kamphoefner holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Missouri. He is a Professor in History at Texas A&M University. He is the author of The Westfalians: From Germany to Missouri and Germans in America: A Concise History. He is also the co-editor of News from the Land of Freedom: German Immigrants Write Home, Germans in the Civil War: The Letters They Wrote Home; Longer than a Man's Lifetime in Missouri; and Preserving German Texan Identity: Reminiscences of William A. Trenckmann, 1859-1935.
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