History Episodes

1,300 | J. Everett Prewitt Explores Resilience, Identity, and the Human SpiritJ. Everett Prewitt is an award-winning author, Vietnam veteran, and former U.S. Army officer whose storytelling captures the heart of history, resilience, and the human experience.His debut novel, Snake Walkers, won four first-place fiction awards and the Bronze Medal for General Fiction in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year contest. His second novel, A Long Way Back, received six awards, including first place from the Independent Publishers of New England.In 2024, Everett released Something About Ann and The Last Time I Saw Willie, earning multiple award nominations. His latest work, A Life in the Sunshine (2025), has been praised by U.S. Book Review and Midwest Book Review for its authenticity, depth, and uplifting perspective on perseverance and identity.When he isn’t writing, Everett enjoys golf, tennis, billiards, backgammon, jazz, and a fine glass of cabernet—living proof that a life …

1,138 | Bringing the 9th Century to Life: D. H. Morris on Genealogy, Historical Fiction & LegacyA native of San Diego, California, D. H. Morris has lived on four continents and traveled through many countries. She has four children and eleven grandchildren and currently lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Choral Music education and pursued graduate work in English at USU and law at the University of Utah. She is also a published playwright.As a descendant of Judith and Baldwin, the author discovered their intriguing story while doing a genealogical project. This journey inspired her to research everything about the 9th Century – including food, politics, travel, war, education, clothing, jewelry, religion, holidays, marriage customs, and medicine. She loves this remarkable time in history when the European countries we know today were being formed and fighting for their very existence. She is pl…

Robin Bernstein teaches US cultural history at Harvard University. She is the author of Freeman's Challenge: The Murder That Shook America's Original Prison for Profit, which won the 2025 PROSE Award for North American/U.S. History and the 2025 Montaigne Medal. Freeman's Challenge also received Honorable Mention for the 2025 Merle Curti Award for Social History from the Organization of American Historians and is currently longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award. Ibram X. Kendi called Freeman's Challenge "a triumph." Angela Y. Davis described Freeman's Challenge as "provocative, robust" and "deft"; Tiya Miles called it a "narrative tour de force. . . riveting and heartbreaking." Visit Robin at https://www.robinbernsteinphd.com/ .━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love!👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.robinbernsteinphd.com/👉 Check out Robin's book! https://www.amazon.com/Freemans-Challenge-Murder-Americas-Original/dp/022674423X🎬 Need stunning v…