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Susanna Elm and Kristina Sessa, "War and Community in Late Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

Susanna Elm and Kristina Sessa, War and Community in Late Antiquity (Cambridge UP, 2026)

Late Antiquity (ca. 250–600 CE) was a world at war: barbarian migrations, civil wars, raids, and increasingly porous frontiers affected millions of its inhabita... more

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Jack Cheevers

Author of Kennedy's Coup, A White House Plot, A Saigon Murder, and America's Descent into Vietnam

Simon and Schuster (publisher of the book)

Episode: Jack Cheevers, "Kennedy’s Coup: A White House Plot, a Saigon Murder, and America's Descent into Vietnam" (Simon and Schuster, 2026)

Kristina Sessa

Professor of History and co-editor of War and Community in Late Antiquity

The Ohio State University

Episode: Susanna Elm and Kristina Sessa, "War and Community in Late Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

Susanna Elm

Professor of History and co-editor of War and Community in Late Antiquity

University of California, Berkeley

Episode: Susanna Elm and Kristina Sessa, "War and Community in Late Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

Stephen Sims

Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester Institute of Technology

Episode: A Shakeup Is Coming for the Nation-State: A Conversation with Stephen Sims

Douglas Waller

Author and former Times/Newsweek correspondent

Episode: Douglas Waller, "The Determined Spy: The Turbulent Life and Times of CIA Pioneer Frank Wisner" (Penguin, 2026)

Zaakir Tameez

Author of Charles Sumner, Conscience of a Nation

Author, Scholar

Episode: Zaakir Tameez, "Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation" (Henry Holt, 2025)

Mia Martin Hobbs

Editor, historian of modern warfare, focuses on oral histories with veterans

University/academic context mentioned in credits

Episode: Mia Martin Hobbs and Joan Beaumont, "Challenging Anzac: Stories That Don't Fit the Legend" (NewSouth, 2026)

Carolyn Holbrook

Historian at Deakin University

Deakin University

Episode: Mia Martin Hobbs and Joan Beaumont, "Challenging Anzac: Stories That Don't Fit the Legend" (NewSouth, 2026)

Jacob Siegel

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Great Podcast! But sound quality …
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A Wasted Opportunity on a Timely Topic
This is a very complex topic, and I appreciate the author’s attempt to distill it into a 25-minute excerpt. Like the scholars cited in the research, Robinson’s work should be given a prominent place in mid- and senior-level PME.
The interviewer did a poor job of eliciting detailed answers. In fact, she sounded by turns bored or patronizing, and was either out of her depth or so inattentive that she bungled Robinson’s full name at the end. Not nearly the best episode I’ve heard, but I will check... more
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Get an interviewer who can speak ...
... the host has a bizarre accent that sounds like Peter Sellers as "Dr. Strangelove" but to make it worse makes awful, weird grunting sounds. He also interrupts as does not give the interviewee enough time to speak. Great books, great topics but the host makes the podcast unlistenable.
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Jim Downs, "Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine" (Harvard UP, 2023)

Q: Beyond the published records, how did you delve into unwritten historical backgrounds of epidemiology and marginalized populations?

By combining training in history, anthropology, and epidemiology, Downs used non-traditional sources, oral histories, and organizational archives to illuminate voices often excluded, such as washerwomen in Cape Verde, and by re-reading canonical accounts to center those protagonists.

Drew Flanagan, "From Occupation to Integration: Recivilizing the French Zone of Post-Nazi Germany, 1945-1955" (LSU Press, 2026)

Q: What role did German intermediaries and local actors play in the occupation?

German intermediaries were essential for administration and governance; the French preferred Francophiles but also relied on local elites, police, postmasters, and other trusted figures to implement policies, while gradual democratization allowed elections that shifted power toward locally elected German officials, reducing French control over time.

Drew Flanagan, "From Occupation to Integration: Recivilizing the French Zone of Post-Nazi Germany, 1945-1955" (LSU Press, 2026)

Q: How did economic policy, particularly reparations and orientation, operate in practice, and what long-term legacies did they leave?

Reparations provided immediate extraction to fund recovery, while orientation (mise en valeur) aimed to redesign the regional economy to fit French needs, tying the zone into France's Monet Plan and linking cross-border supply chains to France's postwar revival, ultimately helping seed later European integration despite causing friction with Germans.

Drew Flanagan, "From Occupation to Integration: Recivilizing the French Zone of Post-Nazi Germany, 1945-1955" (LSU Press, 2026)

Q: Could you start by outlining the core idea behind recivilizing the French Zone and why it mattered in 1945–1955?

The central argument is that France framed its occupation of the German borderlands as a civilizing mission, using a mix of military power, colonial experience, and cultural-political programs to remake the zone in a way that would secure French interests, justify its presence, and potentially reframe Germany within a Western European order.

Mia Martin Hobbs and Joan Beaumont, "Challenging Anzac: Stories That Don't Fit the Legend" (NewSouth, 2026)

Q: Why does Anzac endure despite ongoing scholarly critique and changing social attitudes?

Its endurance is tied to its function as a symbol and ritual that fosters group identity, while its evolution—shifting focus from martial heroism to trauma, loss, and resilience—helps it stay relevant to newer generations.

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