Drafting the Past

By Kate Carpenter

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Episodes: 44

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Drafting the Past is a podcast devoted to the craft of writing history. Each episode features an interview with a historian about the joys and challenges of their work as a writer.

Episode Date
Episode 43: Margaret O'Mara Starts with the People
Mar 26, 2024
Episode 42: Kimberly Harper Didn't Know She Could Be a Writer
Mar 12, 2024
Episode 41: Nathan Perl-Rosenthal Doesn't Want to Let Go
Feb 27, 2024
Episode 40: Grace Elizabeth Hale is Undisciplined
Feb 13, 2024
Episode 39: Benjamin Park Stays Rooted
Jan 30, 2024
Episode 38: The Best History Books You Read This Year
Dec 19, 2023
Episode 37: Martha Hodes Delves Into Her Own Past
Dec 05, 2023
Episode 36: Catherine McNeur Writes With Delight
Nov 21, 2023
Episode 35: Tanisha C. Ford Builds the Story's Layers
Nov 07, 2023
Episode 34: Bruce Dorsey Puts True Crime on Stage
Oct 24, 2023
Episode 33: Sarah McNamara Takes Us to Ybor City
Oct 10, 2023
Episode 32: Samantha Muka Finds Joy in the Work
Sep 26, 2023
Episode 31: Katrina Phillips Starts With the Fragments
Sep 13, 2023
Episode 30: Lauren Lassabe Shepherd Shamelessly Reaches Out
Aug 29, 2023
Episode 29: Anna Zeide Gets Comfortable
Aug 15, 2023
Episode 28: Melissa Sevigny Skates Down the River
Aug 01, 2023
Episode 27: Carly Goodman Tells Us What Happened
Jul 18, 2023
Episode 26: Aaron Sachs Knows Historians Are Writers!
Jul 04, 2023
Episode 25: Kidada Williams Preaches the Gospel of Audience
Apr 11, 2023
Louis Moore Knows His Stuff
Mar 28, 2023
Episode 23: Andrew Wehrman Writes the Next Topic Sentence
Mar 14, 2023
Episode 22: Lyndsie Bourgon Sculpts the Story
Feb 28, 2023
Episode 21: Andrew Simon Listens to History
Feb 14, 2023
Episode 20: Natalia Mehlman Petrzela Takes Culture (Not Too) Seriously
Dec 06, 2022
Episode 19: Deborah Harkness Does Her Best Historical Work
Nov 22, 2022
Episode 18: Adam Sowards Follows His Curiosity
Nov 08, 2022
Episode 17: Marcia Chatelain Writes Anywhere She Can
Oct 25, 2022
Episode 16: Abby Mullen Finds Focus
Oct 11, 2022
Episode 15: Einav Rabinovitch-Fox Builds Language Muscles
Sep 27, 2022
Episode 14: Dan Bouk Finds Wonder in the Boring
Aug 30, 2022
Episode 13: Isabela Morales Protects the Writer's Spirit
Aug 16, 2022
Episode 12: Victoria Wolcott Marinates in the Sources
Aug 02, 2022
Episode 11: Erin L. Thompson Finds the Strange
Jul 19, 2022
Episode 10: David M. Perry Writes Out Loud
Jul 05, 2022
Episode 9: Nishant Batsha, Lapsed Historian, Debut Novelist
Jun 21, 2022
Episode 8: Elizabeth Hennessy Bridges Geography and History
Jun 07, 2022
Episode 7: Ben Railton Builds Consistency and Community Online
May 11, 2022
Episode 6: Carole Emberton Finds the Emotional Heart
Apr 26, 2022
Episode 5: Mia Bay Embraces Imperfection
Apr 12, 2022
Episode 4: Zachary Schrag Asks Who Does What to Whom
Mar 29, 2022
Episode 3: Bathsheba Demuth Evokes a Place
Mar 15, 2022
Episode 2: Davarian Baldwin Blends Ideas and Narrative
Mar 01, 2022
Episode 1: Megan Kate Nelson Experiments with Structure
Feb 15, 2022
Episode 0: Introducing Drafting the Past
Jan 19, 2022