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Off the Deaton Path

Off the Deaton Path is a podcast for anyone interested in lively conversation about American history and culture. Host Stan Deaton of the Georgia Historical Society explores the rich field of history through interviews with award-winning authors of some of the best contemporary works in history, biography, and non-fiction, as well as wide-ranging conversations about sports and popular culture, from movies to television, bourbon to beer, and Bigfoot to baseball.

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S7E4 Podcast: What the #@%& Happened to the Braves?

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2023/10/20

In this episode Stan brings out the crying towel and reviews the quick end to a glorious Braves season, offers his take on how to “fix” the playoffs, and looks ahead to next season.

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S7E3 Podcast: History, Memory, and Monuments: A...

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2023/10/05

This week Stan’s guest is Kevin Levin, author of the Civil War Memory Substack blog and one of the country’s foremost experts on the history and memory of the Civil War era, including the ongoing controversy surrounding Confederate monuments and debates concerning the teaching of slavery and race in the classroom.

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S7E2 Podcast: C. Vann Woodward: America’s Historian

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2023/09/28

Stan’s guest this week is Dr. Jim Cobb of the University of Georgia, talking about his new biography of historian C. Vann Woodward, one of the most distinguished and important historians of the 20th century.

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Podcast S7E1: What Happened to the Vital Center in...

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2023/09/21

Stan’s guest this week is political scientist Sidney Milkis of the University of Virginia, who discusses his new book, What Happened to the Vital Center? Presidentialism, Populist Revolt, and the Fracturing of America. This is a wide-ranging discussion about American political history and the US Constitution.

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Podcast S6E5: A Vow of Silence and the Mongolian...

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2023/06/29

In this podcast Stan discusses the newly available Ed Jackson Collection at GHS, Freddie Mercury’s handwritten lyrics to “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Ed Ames’ tomahawk throw, and college students giving up their cellphones to take a vow of silence.

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S6E4: If Your Phone’s Not Ringing, It’s Me

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2023/05/25

Do unexpected calls on your smart phone send you into panic mode? Should people text before calling? Do you hate text messages too? Is AI the end of the world as we know it? Stan discusses these pressing issues and more, including this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners, the travails of our beloved Braves, and the ...Continue Reading »

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Podcast S6E3: The Fate of the Top Nazis after World...

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2023/02/17

In this episode, Stan looks at what happened to Hitler and his top henchmen—Goebbels, Himmler, Goring, Bormann, and others. How do we know so much about the Nazis despite the lack of physical remains, monuments and statues?

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Podcast S6E2: Johann Neem: History and Democracy

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2022/11/18

In this episode Stan interviews Dr. Johann Neem, historian and author, whose research focuses on the history of American democracy. They discuss history in the public realm, why history has become so controversial in recent years, and where it’s all headed.

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Podcast S6E1: Star Trek, Horrifying Cliches, &...

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2022/09/02

This week Stan looks back at one of the most popular TV shows ever, a Mad magazine cartoonist who left his mark on the holidays, a critical day in the American Civil War, a milestone birthday of a legendary football coach, one of the most momentous days in Olympic history, Travis McGee novels, and much ...Continue Reading »

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Podcast S5E2: Dayton Duncan

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2022/04/15

Dayton Duncan has worked with Ken Burns for more than 30 years writing and producing some of the most important and critically acclaimed documentaries in history. In this podcast he talks about his career with Burns and Florentine Films, living part-time in Georgia, and what comes next.

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S5E1: Happy Halloween

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2021/10/28

Once again this year, in celebration of the spooky season Stan reads a favorite ghost story, “Rats” by the master of the genre, M.R. James, first published in 1929. Also, this week in history and a dark day in Mayberry. Draw near the fire, dim the lights, and enjoy…..

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Podcast S4 E10: We Salute You, and Farewell

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2021/09/17

This week Stan remembers the birth and death of two iconic musicians from the 20th century, and the recent deaths of five historians whose work over the past 60 years helped redefine several eras of American history.

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Podcast S4E9: Elvis, Napoleon, and the Bakersfield Sound

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2021/08/13

This week Stan revisits the death of the King, the birth of the phonograph, Buck Owens, the Aztec empire, Alfred Hitchcock, Napoleon, Margaret Mitchell, and one of the darkest episodes in Georgia history. He also remembers Rosalyn Carter’s birthday, a hero from Iwo Jima, and shares new additions to the Off the Deaton Path bookshelf.

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Podcast S4E8: 1776

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2021/07/01

For Independence Day, Stan talks about This Week in History (including Elvis, the CDC, the Beatles, Sherlock Holmes, Thomas Jefferson & John Adams), notes the birthday of a celebrated historian, remembers a segregationist southern governor from the Civil Rights Movement, highlights new additions to the Off the Deaton Path bookshelf, and revisits one of his ...Continue Reading »

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Podcast S4E7: Item! Stan Lee and the Golden Age of...

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2021/06/04

Stan talks about This Week in History (including King George III, AIDS, RFK, Mount Everest, & Charles Dickens), remembers a record-breaking baseball player, highlights new additions to the Off the Deaton Path bookshelf, and spotlights an incredible and historic collection of golden-age comic books about to hit the auction block–and the influence of comics in ...Continue Reading »

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Podcast S4E6: The Stamp Act, Houdini, & Spike Lee

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2021/03/18

Stan talks about This Week in History (the Stamp Act, James Jackson, Spike Lee, the first Black graduate of West Point, the Masters, Tomochichi, & Houdini), says goodbye to a pathbreaking historian and actor, spotlights new additions to the Off the Deaton Path bookshelf, and welcomes the opening of Major League Baseball.

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Podcast S4E5: To the Best of My Ability: Presidential...

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2021/01/14

Stan looks at the history of this quadrennial event that goes back 232 years, from the Bible Washington used to the only inauguration held on an airplane, the only president sworn in by a woman, two inaugurals almost cancelled by cold weather, and why there have been 9 "non-scheduled extraordinary" inaugurations.

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Podcast S4E4: Georgia Politics, Past and Future: An...

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2020/11/12

This week’s guest is Keith Mason, a Gwinnett County native who served as Governor Zell Miller’s Chief of Staff and in President Bill Clinton’s administration. He was instrumental in the passage of the Georgia Lottery and the Hope Scholarship. Keith discusses political figures past and future, including Zell Miller, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, James Carville, ...Continue Reading »

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S4E3: Halloween Podcast: Vanished From the Face of...

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2020/10/30

For Halloween, Stan tells four of his favorite stories of people who simply vanished into thin air: The story of one of our Founding Fathers who vanished while mailing a letter; the most famous maritime missing persons mystery ever; the story of a man who literally was there one minute and gone the next; and finally ...Continue Reading »

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Podcast S4E2: The British Are Coming: Rick Atkinson...

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2020/10/15

This week Stan interviews Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Atkinson about the first volume of his new Revolution trilogy, The British Are Coming: The War for America, Volume 1: Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777. Rick discusses researching at Windsor Castle, George III’s handwriting, walking the battlefields, Washington’s leadership, and plays “Overated/Underated.” All this plus another edition of the ...Continue Reading »

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