Historian Walter Johnson, author of “The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States,” joins local civil rights icon, Percy Green, founder of ACTION and the man who climbed the arch–to talk about a range of issues pertinent to Johnson’s new book including racism,…
Liz Wolfson speaks with Dr. Ezelle Sanford III, a medical historian and post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, and Chelsey Carter, a medical anthropologist and PhD/MPH candidate at Washington University in St. Louis, about the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19. Topics discussed include: how Sanford and Carter are thinking…
Nick Sacco is a public historian — he explains exactly what that is during this episode — as well as a writer and National Park Service ranger at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. He’s been involved with public history since 2010, and has worked for the National Council on…
Informal History is a publication/podcast which brings together a group of professional and amateur historians from the archives to the streets, the museum to the gallery floor. Each host brings to the project a unique perspective of what public history should be. Below, meet our editorial and podcast personalities as share why they think Informal History offers a unique, fresh take at creating a more authentic, accessible public history.
