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Talitha L. LeFlouria
Historian of Black women, mass incarceration, and the legacies of American slavery
The University of Texas at Austin
Episode: Searching for Jane Crow: Black Women and Mass Incarceration in America from the Auction Block to the Cell Block with Talitha LeFlouria (Beacon Press, 2022)
Eleanor Johnson
Professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University and author of Scream with Me.
Columbia University
Episode: Monstrous Bitch: A History of Terrifying Women with Eleanor Johnson (Princeton UP, 2026)
Keri Leigh Merritt
Historian and writer whose books include Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South
Episode: An Inconvenient Woman: The Extraordinary Life of Lillian Smith, the Southerner Who Defied Jim Crow America with Keri Leigh Merritt (St. Martin's Press, 2026)
Christopher J. Leahy
Historian and author of President Without a Party: The Life of John Tyler
Coker University
Episode: Presidentess: The Life of First Lady Julia Gardner Tyler with Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy (UP of Kansas, 2026)
Sharon Williams Leahy
Independent scholar and author of articles on First Ladies
Episode: Presidentess: The Life of First Lady Julia Gardner Tyler with Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy (UP of Kansas, 2026)
Lauren Nicole Henley
Assistant professor of leadership studies whose research focuses on violent crime in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
University of Richmond
Episode: Inquisition for Blood: The Making of a Black Female Serial Killer in the Jim Crow South with Lauren Nicole Henley (LSU Press, 2026)
Anna Krome-Lukens
Historian and teaching professor of public policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Episode: Strong State, Weak Links: Eugenics and the Southern Politics of Welfare with Anna Krome-Lukens (UNC Press, 2026)
Christina Firpo
Professor of History, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Episode: Christina E. Firpo, "Beauty and the Nation: Women, Culture, and the National Image in Interwar Vietnam" (Columbia UP, 2025)
Erin Maglaquel
Author of Presence, A Hidden History of the Female Body
Astra House / University of (implied) author
Episode: Erin Maglaquel "Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body" (Astra House, 2026)

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Presidentess: The Life of First Lady Julia Gardner Tyler with Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy (UP of Kansas, 2026)
Q: Can you comment on that a little, like what you had to learn in order to find the meaning in the lithographs?
Sharon Williams Leahy explained that the image's meaning depended on 1840s social conventions. Their research into the image, court records, directories, newspapers and artists' records showed it was a caricature, not an advertisement, and that Julia had not posed for it.
Presidentess: The Life of First Lady Julia Gardner Tyler with Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy (UP of Kansas, 2026)
Q: So what prompted you to explore Julia Gardner Tyler?
Christopher J. Leahy's research on John Tyler led him to a box of family letters he could not decipher. Sharon Williams Leahy read them and questioned the claim that Julia had posed for the scandalous lithograph, prompting their investigation and biography.
Strong State, Weak Links: Eugenics and the Southern Politics of Welfare with Anna Krome-Lukens (UNC Press, 2026)
Q: Why was Brewer v. Volk so important, and why do you think the case was not a case of a wronged woman seeking to protect her rights, but rather the outcome of an elite conspiracy to support and expand the state's sterilization program?
Krome-Lukens cautions that she has no definitive evidence of a conspiracy, but points to signs that politically connected reformers and lawyers coordinated the case. The court overturned the 1929 law on due-process grounds without rejecting eugenics, and the subsequent 1933 law created a clearer administrative process that enabled many more sterilizations.
Strong State, Weak Links: Eugenics and the Southern Politics of Welfare with Anna Krome-Lukens (UNC Press, 2026)
Q: How did reformers apply the principles and goals of eugenics to the creation of state institutions, like the Caswell Training School?
Caswell provided care, custodial support and vocational training, but it also confined people and enabled control over their behavior and sexuality. Some reformers supported institutionalization to remove people from settings where officials had less control, and prioritized adult women who could reproduce.
Inquisition for Blood: The Making of a Black Female Serial Killer in the Jim Crow South with Lauren Nicole Henley (LSU Press, 2026)
Q: Talk a little bit about the crimes, talk about the victims for us.
Henley explains that she revised the book to introduce victims as people with relationships, work, and community ties before recounting their deaths, drawing on archival records to restore details of their lives.

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A scholarly interview channel that features authors discussing recently published books and the historical or cultural contexts surrounding them. Episodes cover a wide range of topics including gender, feminism, postcolonial studies, art and culture, and the politics of law and education, with hosts guiding deep-dive conversations that illuminate archival sources, methodological choices, and cross-disciplinary connections. The show often centers on biographical or historical figures, translating expert scholarship for a broader audience, and frequently situates the discussion within broader social movements or policy debates. A notable strength is the rigorous yet accessible exploration of niche subjects—making it helpful for researchers, e... more

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