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Reckoning with Jason Herbert

Reckoning with Jason Herbert is a long-form conversation podcast about history, the outdoors, and the stories that shape who we are.Each episode features historians, writers, scientists, and thinkers in wide-ranging conversations about wild places, forgotten pasts, cultural memory, and the forces—human and natural—that continue to shape our lives.This isn’t a news cycle show or a debate podcast. It’s a space for reflection, curiosity, and serious conversation—meant to be listened to slowly.If you’re

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106:41

Episode 83: The Right Stuff with Kevin Rusnak, Tyler...

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2024/06/26

This week Kevin Rusnak, Tyler Peterson, and Michael Bazemore drop into talk about the Cold War, daredevils, and the birth of the Space Program. We have a lot of fun talking about the men and women who made NASA and maybe the coolest movie poster of all time.

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80:29

Episode 82: Blood In Blood Out with Jimmy Santiago...

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2024/06/19

This week poet and screenwriter Jimmy Santiago Baca joins Jimmy Patiño and me to talk about his 1993 epic Blood In Blood Out. We talk about Jimmy's life story, the challenges facing Chicanos in the 70s & 80s and the film's legacy today. This is a special pod. Hope you like it.About our guests:Jimmy Santiago Baca is a poet and activist of Chicano and Apache descent and author of Martin and Meditations on the South Valley (1987), which received the 1988 Before Columbus Foundation’s American...

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76:49

Episode 81: Close Encounters of the Third Kind/A...

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2024/06/13

This week Greg Eghigian drops in to talk about Steven Spielberg's first extraterrestrial film and his new book charting the global history of UFO sightings. We get into the histories behind the sightings, how the Cold War affected how we think about space aliens, and whether or not one should put gravy on Devil's Tower.About our guest:Greg is a professor of history and bioethics at Penn State University. A historian of both the human sciences and modern Europe, he is particularly interested i...

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103:36

Episode 80: The Goonies and Generation X with John...

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2024/06/05

This week Jamie Goodall joins #HATM regulars John Wyatt Greenlee and Leah Lagrone to get to the bottom of a serious question: to which generation does The Goonies belong. We are up to no good in this episode and even through in some pirate history to boot. HATM never says die.About our guests:Dr. John Wyatt Greenlee is a medievalist and a cartographic historian. His academic research is primarily driven by questions of how people perceive and reproduce their spaces: how movement through the world

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91:48

Episode 79: The Birdcage/The History of Queer Miami...

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2024/05/30

This week Julio Capó, Jr. drops in to talk about The Birdcage. We get into Robin Williams' queer performances, what this film meant then, and what it means now. We also talk about Julio's scholarship of Miami's immigration and LGBTQ+ history, along with our mutual love of Florida. One of the best pods we've ever done. I hope you enjoy. About our guest:Professor Capó is a transnational historian whose research and teaching interests include modern U.S. history, especially the United States’s r...

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68:29

Episode 78: 21 Jump Street/Policing and the War on...

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2024/05/22

This week Max Felker-Kantor and I talk about what may be the world's most unlikely history movie: 21 Jump Street. We talk about the real-life attempts to embed police officers undercover in schools, the rise and fall of D.A.R.E., and the role DARE played in creating the carceral state. This is such a surprising episode with some real revelations and Max is an awesome guest. I hope you dig it.About our guest:Max Felker-Kantor is an associate professor of history at Ball State University. He te...

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88:15

Franklin Episode 8 with Kelsa Pellettierre and Liz...

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2024/05/20

This week Liz Covart drops in to talk with Kelsa and I about the final episode of Franklin, along with her thoughts on the show as it was. We get into the diplomatic manuevering at Paris, Liz's Codfish moment, the brigand that was William Augustus Bowles and ask if the French lost the American Revolution.About our guest:Liz Covart is a historian of early America who practices scholarly history, public history, and digital humanities, primarily as the Founding Director of Colonial Williamsburg...

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59:16

Episode 77: Jaws with Melissa Cristina Márquez

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2024/05/15

This week marine biologist and world reknowned shark expert Melissa Cristina Márquez dives in to talk all things Jaws. We talk about her career as a scientist, the role of sharks in the ecosystem, and the impact the book and film had on global shark populations. This is a different look for HATM and a lot of fun talking to an inspiring scholar. We're gonna need a bigger pod.About our guest:Known as the "Mother of Sharks," Melissa Cristina Márquez is a Latina marine biologist and conservationi...

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106:11

Franklin Episode 7 with Kelsa Pellettiere, Michael...

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2024/05/13

Listen. You don't need to have watched the Franklin series at this point. Listen to THIS POD. This one. Everything you need is here. We've got Kelsa Pellettiere. We have Michael Hattem. We have JOANNE FREEMAN. We have colonial ideologies and diatribes on where an American Revolution series should go. We have disappointment in Michael Douglas. We have fart jokes. We have codfish (you'll see). Easily one of the most fun conversations of my life. Enjoy.About our guests:Kelsa Pelletiere is the gu...

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64:31

Franklin Episode 6 with Kelsa Pellettiere

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2024/05/11

This week Kelsa and I ask the tough questions about the series: Are they spending too much time on Temple? Is Lafayette the best character? How will they resolve the series? Which Founding Father would have had an OnlyFans account? Stick around for the wildest discussion on the American Revolution you've ever heard.

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85:32

Episode 76: In the Heart of the Sea with Bathsheba...

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2024/05/08

This week we are joined Bathsheba Demuth to talk about the Chris Hemsworth-led In The Heart of the Sea. Bathsheba is the author of one of my favorite books, Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait and we talk about the history of whaling, her work with Indigenous communities in the Yukon, and of course, Moby Dick. This is one of the most fun conversations I've had on this podcast and I hope you enjoy.About our guest:Bathsheba Demuth is writer and environmental hist...

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66:17

Episode 75: Red Dawn with Kathleen Belew

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2024/05/01

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85:49

Franklin Episode 5 with Kelsa Pelletiere and Seth Cotlar

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2024/04/29

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75:18

Episode 74: Inside Out with Agnes Arnold-Forster

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2024/04/25

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74:57

Franklin Episode 4 with Kelsa Pelletiere and Lindsay...

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2024/04/22

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73:14

Episode 73: Gidget and the rise of California beach...

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2024/04/17

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Franklin Episodes 1-3 with Kelsa Pelletiere and Craig...

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2024/04/14

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Episode 72: Robocop and guns in America with Drew...

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2024/04/11

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97:15

Episode 71: A Knight's Tale with Thomas Lecaque, John...

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2024/04/04

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95:21

Episode 70: Munich with Jeffrey Melnick and Erik M....

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2024/03/27

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