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Heartland History is the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association. Hosted by Joshua Kluever and Kevin Mason, the podcast features interviews with scholars, writers, and other professionals about the history of America’s heartland.
Listen to the interview on Heartland History, the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association, hosted by Josh Kluever and Kevin Mason. Find the episode in the link in the comments or wherever you get your podcasts!
New Episode!
Check out the newest installment of Heartland History as we visit with Sid Shroyer about his new work "When Once Destroyed: A Historical Memoir of the Life and Death of Small Town."
Listen to the interview on Heartland History, the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association, hosted by Josh Kluever and Kevin Mason. Find the episode in the link in the comments or wherever you get your podcasts!
and advertisements to unearth the poorly understood stories of opiate-addicted Civil War veterans in unflinching detail, illuminating the war’s traumatic legacies.
New from University of North Carolina Press and recently short-listed for the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, Jones's book draws from veterans' firsthand accounts as well as mental asylum and hospital records, government and medical reports, newspaper coverage of addiction…
New Episode!
Check out the newest installment of Heartland History as we visit with Jonathan S. Jones about his new work "Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis."
Listen to the interview on Heartland History, the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association, hosted by Josh Kluever and Kevin Mason. Find the episode in the link in the comments or wherever you get your podcasts!
Join us for a powerful conversation on AIDS in the Midwest, exploring queer communities, care networks, and the politics of the heartland.
Special New Double-Feature Episode!
Check out the newest installment of Heartland History as we visit with Katie Batza and René Esparza to explore how AIDS was not just a coastal story through two new books out now on University of North Carolina Press.
Listen to the interview on Heartland History, the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association, hosted by Josh Kluever and Kevin Mason. Find the episode wherever you get your podcasts!
Whether you are on the road, in the kitchen, or taking a quiet moment between gatherings, it is the perfect companion for holiday listening. Tune in, share the episode with a fellow history enthusiast, spread a little Midwestern cheer, and we look forward to seeing you in the New Year.
This episode features a conversation with Coreen Derifield on her powerful new book, "We Were Still Ladies: Gender and Industrial Unionism in the Midwest after World War II," which reexamines labor, gender, and power in the postwar heartland.
Happy holidays from Heartland History and the Midwestern History Association! To celebrate the season, we are releasing a special bonus episode as our gift to you!
Listen to the interview on Heartland History, the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association, hosted by Josh Kluever and Kevin Mason. Find the episode in the link in the comments or wherever you get your podcasts!
The latest from University of Illinois Press's "The Working Class in American History" series, Clark's book draws on years of interviews and archival research to present the rich, fascinating, and sometimes confounding lives of men and women who worked in Detroit-area automotive plants in the 1950s.
New Episode!
Check out the newest installment of Heartland History as we visit with Daniel J. Clark about his new work "Listening to Workers: Oral Histories of Metro Detroit Autoworkers in the 1950s."
Listen to “Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy” on Heartland History, the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association, hosted by Josh Kluever and Kevin Mason. Find the episode in the link in the comments or wherever you get your podcasts! (end)
We also reflect on the enduring impact on the crew’s families and the communities shaped by the disaster, and what this iconic shipwreck still has to teach us about work, infrastructure, and the shifting tides of the American economy. (3/4)
In our conversation, we explore the stormy night of November 10, 1975, when the ship went down on Lake Superior, and discuss how the authors connect the tragedy and the loss of 29 lives to the wider collapse of American manufacturing and changing labor conditions. (2/4)
New Episode!
We mark the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald with authors Thomas M. Nelson and Jerald Podair, whose new book "Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy" was recently released by Michigan State University Press. (1/4)
Listen to “Her Place in the Woods” on Heartland History, the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association, hosted by Josh Kluever and Kevin Mason. Find the episode in the link in the comments or wherever you get your podcasts! (4/5)
found her place in the woods, bridged the gap between people and wild places, and left a lasting mark on environmental history. Tune in and let her story pull you into the heart of the Midwest’s wilderness. (3/5)
In this episode of Heartland History, focused on the new book from University of Minnesota Press, "Her Place in the Woods: The Life of Helen Hoover, hear how a pioneering naturalist… (2/5)
New Episode!
Step into the forest with author David Hankensen and discover the remarkable life of Helen Hoover. (1/5)
