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The History Things Podcast
A conversational approach to interpreting history. Hosts Patrick and Parker aim to connect you to some of your favorite stories from the past as well as ones you might not have ever heard before! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, & YouTube at @TheHistoryThingsPodcast
Episodes
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HTP EP 75: Union Mills Homestead - A Family Divided w/Kyle Dalton
Send us Fan Mail While Pat and Matt are very familiar with the military aspects of the American Civil War, what about the civilians of the Civil War Era? To…
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HTP EP 74: The Myth of Little Round Top w/Garry Adelman
Send us Fan Mail The History Things Podcast is proud to have on one of the great personalities and guides of the American Civil War, the Historian of the…
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HTP EP 73: The Battle Of Monocacy Junction 1864 (&More) w/ Tracy Evans
Send us Fan Mail With July comes thoughts of Gettysburg, but 2024 marks the 160th Commemoration of the THIRD Confederate Invasion, the 1864 Monocacy Campaign!…
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HTP EP 72: Mid Year Review (Season 5)
Send us Fan Mail It's that time of year again, the Season 5 mid year review! Join hosts Pat, Matt and their producer Parker as they discuss the season this…
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HTP EP 71: The Battle of Jutland w/Justin Voithofer
Send us Fan Mail Pat and Matt have a deep interest in World War One, and while they have got you down into the trenches and high above them, they have only…
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HTP EP 70: WWII - War In Europe & North Africa Pt. 2 w/Avery Lentz
Send us Fan Mail The guys are back in studio with their pal and World War II extraordinaire, Avery Lentz! After last weeks perspectus on the American…
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HTP EP 69: WWII - E.T.O. USA Prospectus w/Dr. Jared Frederick
Send us Fan Mail The History Things Podcast Cast World War II review continues! This time with a close look at the American involvement in the European…
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HTP EP 68: WWII - War In Europe & North Africa w/Avery Lentz
Send us Fan Mail With the success of the Pacific Theater deep dive, the guys are at it again! Pat and Matt have brought back their buddy Avery Lentz, this time…
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HTP EP 67: WWII - War In The Pacific 1937-1945 Pt. Two w/Avery Lentz
Send us Fan Mail Pat and Matt are back in the Pacific with their colleague Avery Lentz! With the monster episode Avery provided the guys on the Pacific Theater…
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HTP EP 66: WWII - War In The Pacific 1937-1945 Pt. One w/Avery Lentz
Send us Fan Mail With the amount of time the guys have spent in military history it's a wonder that it has taken them this long to get around to the largest…
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HTP EP 65: Easter Rising 1916 w/Anthony Trusso
Send us Fan Mail The History Things Podcast St. Patrick's Day special is covering a heavy topic this year, the Easter Rising of 1916. Erupting in the midst of…
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HTP EP 64: 48th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment - The Coal Miners w/John Hoptak
Send us Fan Mail Building off their first of the year topic, Pat and Matt got the chance to discuss the most famous soldiers of Schuylkill County…
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HTP EP 62: (Re) Introduction - Welcome To The History Things Podcast
Send us Fan Mail As we kick off Season 5, we thought it would be a good idea to reintroduce ourselves and The History Things Podcast. Matt and Pat are Park…
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HTP EP 63: Coal Miner’s Revolt w/Jake Wynn
Send us Fan Mail What better way to kick off Season Five than by getting down into the weeds on some regional history!? This month the guys are speaking to…
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HTP EP 61: End Of Year (Season 4)
Send us Fan Mail Woooo! We have made it to the end of Season 4 and another calendar year! It has been an intense season, with a wide variety of subjects…
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HTP EP 60: Braddock’s Navy (BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL) w/Kyle Dalton
Send us Fan Mail This seasons Black Friday Bonus Episode has the boys hacking through the wilderness of western Maryland and Pennsylvania with some rather…
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HTP EP 59: Lizzie Borden & The Trial Of The Century (HALLOWEEN SPECIAL) w/ Sarah Miller
Send us Fan Mail Happy Halloween from The History Things Podcast! For the last couple seasons the guys have brought you fun, spooky episodes for the Halloween…
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HTP EP 58: Cooking With The First Ladies w/Sarah Morgan
Send us Fan Mail The guys at The History Things Podcast have had the opportunity to work with famous historians, to world class museums, as well as with our…
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HTP EP 57: Rawlins & Grant at Vicksburg w/Melissa Winn
Send us Fan Mail As a follow up to the summer discussion with Melissa Winn about the important relationship between Ulysses S. Grant and his Chief of Staff…
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HTP EP 56: The Pennsylvania Reserves w/ Eric Mohney
Send us Fan Mail After a rollicking adventure on the water the boys are back in their element, the American Civil War. This time they are hosting Eric Money…
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HTP EP 55: Black Beard The Pirate: Separating The Man From The Myth w/ Kevin P. Duffus
Send us Fan Mail Hope you are ready to weigh anchor, because it's Pat's birthday week and The History Things Podcast is taking on a topic he has wanted to do…
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HTP EP 54: Gettysburg And The Battle For Memory w/D. Scott Hartwig
Send us Fan Mail As the guys wrap up the 160th Gettysburg offensive, Pat and Matt have brought the legendary Scott Hartwig back on the show to talk about the…
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HTP EP 53: “A Most Glorious Fourth!” - The Siege of Vicksburg w/ Andrew Miller
Send us Fan Mail The History Things Podcast has said it before and on this 160th commemoration of The Most Glorious Fourth, we will say it again. There is so…
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HTP EP 52: Gettysburg - The Ride of Alexander Hays w/ Codie Eash
Send us Fan Mail As part of The History Things Podcast continued Gettysburg 160th Blitz, the guys are speaking to historian Codie Eash about one of the most…
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HTP EP 51: The Battle of Gettysburg w/D. Scott Hartwig
Send us Fan Mail You read that episode title correctly, not only are Pat and Matt taking on the Battle of Gettysburg in honor of its 160th commemoration, but…
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HTP EP 50: Mid Year Review/Episode 50!!!!!
Send us Fan Mail Holy Cow! The History Things Podcast has made it to 50 episodes! Pat and Matt didn't really know how far they would go with their podcast, but…
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HTP EP 49: “ It is simply country or no country…” Major John Rawlins w/ Melissa Winn
Send us Fan Mail Heading into the summer, Pat and Matt are joined by Melissa Winn, the now former Director of Photography Research for HistoryNet. Melissa…
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**HTP YouTube Special** - Real-time sinking of the Lusitania
Send us Fan Mail Coming Sunday May 7th! Join us as we watch the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in real-time as produced by the YouTube channel Titanic Animators!
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HTP EP 48: Sinking of RMS Lusitania (Murder On The Atlantic)
Send us Fan Mail For the second quarter of Season 4 the guys are diving deep with our resident shipwreck enthusiast and producer Parker! You may recall…
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HTP EP 47: St. Patrick's Day Special w/ Matt Callery (Addressing Gettysburg)
Send us Fan Mail Happy St. Patrick's Day and welcome to The History Things Podcast St. Patrick's Day Special! For this four leaf clover festooned holiday the…
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HTP EP 46: The Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol 1854 - 1855 w/ Darrell Rivers
Send us Fan Mail Sevastopol, THE siege of the Crimean War and the focus of much of the mythology surrounding the conflict. Sevastopol became not only a…
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HTP EP 45: The Crimean War 1853 - 1856: An Overview w/ Darrell Rivers
Send us Fan Mail To begin Season 4 of The History Things Podcast, Matt and Pat have brought on the Minister of the Ministry for History, Darrell Rivers, known…
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HTP EP 44: Season 3 Year End Review 2022
Send us Fan Mail It's that time of year again, the end of season, so it's time for the Season 3 Year End Review! What a season it has been! The guys have…
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HTP EP 43: Historians On Tap LIVE @ Frederick Social 7/19/2022
Send us Fan Mail The following is a recording of The History Things Podcast's guest appearance on Historians on Tap when they visited Frederick, MD earlier…
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HTP EP 42: Murder Along The Potomac! The Shocking Killing of Samuel Calvin Lamar
Send us Fan Mail Friend of the show and Editor in Chief of the Civil War Times, as well as Historynet.com, Dana Shoaf, is back in the studios to drop another…
The History Things PodcastHTP EP 41: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2022
Send us Fan Mail It's Halloween! This year Matt & Pat are going all in with a special Halloween Episode of The History Things Podcast! To aid them in their…
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HTP EP 40: Brigadier General Erastus B. Tyler
Send us Fan Mail For Quarter 4, Pat and Matt sit down with the editor of HistoryNet, Dana Shoaf. If you don't know his name you definitely know his work, as…
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HTP EP 39: Air War - World War One
Send us Fan Mail For this Bonus Episode we take to the sky with Co-Host Matt Borders as we look at the often romantized aspect of the the First World War, the…
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HTP EP 38: Battle of Second Bull Run (Second Manassas) August 28-31, 1862
Send us Fan Mail In July we spoke to Anthony Trusso about First Manassas, or First Bull Run and the first major battle of the Civil War in the Eastern Theater…
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HTP EP 37: The Battle of the Somme 1916 Pt. 2
Send us Fan Mail On July 1 Pat and Matt were joined by guest Rob Enfield, the brains and face behind the brilliant YouTube channel, British Muzzleloaders. Rob…
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HTP EP 36: Battle of First Bull Run (First Manassas) July 21, 1861
Send us Fan Mail Pat & Matt are back in the studio, this time with their friend and fellow ranger, Anthony Trusso. Anthony gives the guys a run down on the…
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HTP EP 35: The Battle of the Somme 1916 Pt. 1
Send us Fan Mail We kick off the second half of our third season with another trip to the Western Front of the First World War! Rob from the YouTube channel…
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HTP EP 34: Season 3 Mid Year Review 2022
Send us Fan Mail Can you believe we are half way through Season 3 already? On this mid year review Pat & Matt are looking back at the opening episodes of…
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HTP EP 33: The Penobscot Expedition 1779
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to another BONUS edition of The History Things Podcast! In this episode we are joined by special guest Patrick Callaway - PHD…
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HTP EP 32: The Siege of Boston
Send us Fan Mail For our follow-up Quarter 2, Pat and Matt are joined once again by the Curator of the Concord Museum, David Wood. David took us through the…
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HTP EP 31: The Shot Heard 'Round The World - The Battle of Lexington & Concord April 19, 1775
Send us Fan Mail The Shot Heard 'Round the World! It's a phrase we've all heard, but what does it mean and what is it referring to? For this Season 3, Quarter…
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HTP EP 30: Graveyard of the Atlantic Follow-up
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the conclusion of our Quarter 1 cycle for season 3! We are excited to once again dive deep into the waters of one of the Atlantic…
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HTP EP 29: The Wreck of the Steamship Home 1837
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to another BONUS edition of The History Things Podcast! In this episode we change it up a bit by keeping things in house with…
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HTP EP 28: The Outer Banks & The Graveyard of the Atlantic
Send us Fan Mail Season 3 is here! In our 2022 kickoff episode, we hang out with the Administrator of the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Cape Hatteras…
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HTP EP 27: Season 2 Year End Review
Send us Fan Mail That is a wrap for the second season of The History Things Podcast! What an incredible year we have had! Between our amazing guests, the…
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HTP EP 26: READY PLAYER ONE
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to another BONUS edition of The History Things Podcast! In this episode we sit down with Brandi Ahmer, video game collector, to…
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HTP EP 25: Into the Furnace (PART TWO)
Send us Fan Mail In our Season 2 Quarter 4 follow-up installment of the History Things Podcast, Matt and Pat hang out once again with author and historian…
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HTP EP 24: Into The Furnace (PART ONE)
Send us Fan Mail In our Season 2 Quarter 4 installment of the History Things Podcast, Matt and Pat finally take the show to the Western Front: 1916…
The History Things PodcastHTP EP 23: Remembering 9/11 - 20 Years Later: A Reflection
Send us Fan Mail In this special presentation by The History Things Podcast, co-Hosts Pat McGuire & Matt Borders take us back to that awful Tuesday in…
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HTP EP 22: One Fort/Three Wars Follow-up
Send us Fan Mail It's time for the follow up episode for Quarter 3's "One Fort, Three Wars" with Maryland Park Ranger Rob Ambrose. Rob takes Pat and Matt into…
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HTP EP 21: The Revolutionary War in the Adirondacks
Send us Fan Mail Keeping with our episode 3 theme of colonial and revolutionary history, The History Things Podcast has a bonus episode for you! Pat and Matt…
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HTP EP 20: One Fort/Three Wars
Send us Fan Mail The second half of Season 2 gets under way with a great conversation with our very good friend, Rob Ambrose. Rob is a Park Ranger who wears…
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HTP EP 19: Season 2 MID YEAR REVIEW 2021
Send us Fan Mail BOOM! And just like that we have made to the halfway point of our Season 2 adventure here on The History Things Podcast! Here at our second…
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HTP EP 18: Lincoln Assassination Follow-up
Send us Fan Mail In our Quarter 2 follow-up, Pat and Matt are joined once again by special guest Coby Treadway, the Education Coordinator at the Surratt House…
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HTP EP 17: Murder at Ford's Theater
Send us Fan Mail In our first bonus episode of Season 2, we hang out with our very good friend Jana Friesen McCabe, who is currently the Chief of…