History Happy Hour

By Rick Beyer and Christopher Anderson

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Crowd into the virtual bar with Chris Anderson and Rick Beyer to plumb intoxicating history topics and kibbitz over juicy tidbits. Each week, Chris and Rick invite a guest author to share cocktails and talk history. Like who? Like Andrew Roberts, Joe Balkoski, Chris Wallace, Lynne Olson, and Hampton Sides, for example. You never know who'll stop by. History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap. Brought to you by Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours – and our loyal Patreon patrons.

Episode Date
In the Days of Billy the Kid with author James B Mills: Encore Episode 303
May 24, 2026
The Navigator's Letter: The Story of Two WWII Airmen, a Doomed Mission, and the Woman who Bound Them Together with author Jan Cress Dondi: Episode 302
May 17, 2026
Remember Us:  American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II with author Robert Edsel: Episode 301
May 10, 2026
The Crown';s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas with author Brooke N. Newman: Episode 300
May 03, 2026
The Nazi Mind:  Twelve Warnings from History with author Laurence Rees: Episode 299
Apr 26, 2026
History Happy Talk with Rick Beyer and Chris Anderson : Episode 298
Apr 19, 2026
G.I. G-Men: The Untold Story of the FBI's;s Search for American Traitors, Collaborators, and Spies in World War II Europe with author Stephen Harding: Episode 297
Apr 12, 2026
Takeover, Hitler's Final Rise to Power with author Timothy Rybeck: Encore Episode 296
Apr 05, 2026
Surrender of Japan with author Richard Overy : Encore Episode 295
Mar 29, 2026
Beyond Blackhawk Down with author Jonathan Carroll: Encore Episode 293
Mar 15, 2026
Kevin Passmore on The Maginot Line:A New History  Ep 292: Episode 292
Mar 08, 2026
History Happy Hour  – Japanese Accounts of Saipan: Guest: Dan King
Mar 02, 2026
Sherman's 1864 March and Emancipation in the Civil War: Guest: Bennett Parten
Feb 22, 2026
Black Medal of Honor Recipients of WWII: Guest: Robert Child
Feb 15, 2026
Tuskegee Airmen: Forgotten Souls: Guest: Cheryl Thompson
Feb 08, 2026
Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in the Cold War: Guest: Alexander Rose
Feb 01, 2026
Capture of the Submarine U-505 in WWII: Guest: Alexander Rose
Jan 25, 2026
Belgium Spying in Germany WWI and WWII: Guest: Helen Fry
Jan 18, 2026
Marines in the Pacific: Guest: Henry Sledge
Jan 11, 2026
Common Sense: Guest: Jack Kelly
Jan 05, 2026
History Happy Hour  – RAF Bomber Command: Guest: Marcus Gibson
Dec 28, 2025
George's War: Guest: Sue Heydon
Dec 21, 2025
Belle Starr: Guest: Dane Huckelbridge
Dec 14, 2025
Liberty Ships: Guest: Doug Most
Dec 07, 2025
WWII in Africa: Guest: Saul David
Nov 30, 2025
Coming Home after WWII: Guest: David Nasaw
Nov 24, 2025
U.S. Army in The Pacific: Guest: John McManus
Nov 16, 2025
Saving the Jews of Denmark: Tim Brady
Nov 09, 2025
Matisse in WWII: Guest: Christopher C. Gorham
Nov 02, 2025
In the Days of Billy the Kid: Guest: James B Mills
Oct 26, 2025
A Year in Churchill's Life: Guest: Dr. John Furman Daniel III
Oct 19, 2025
The Nazi Mind: Guest: Laurence Rees
Oct 05, 2025
The 29th Division in 1945: Guest: Joe Balkoski
Sep 28, 2025
Burying the Enemy: Guest: Tim Grady
Sep 21, 2025
Hitler's Rise: Guest: Timothy Ryback
Sep 14, 2025
Surrender of Japan: Guest: Richard Overy
Sep 07, 2025
The Last Year of the Civil War: Guest: Scott Ellsworth
Aug 31, 2025
History Happy Talk
Aug 24, 2025
Allied Air War: Guest: Paul Bingley
Aug 18, 2025
Liberation of Naples: Guest: Keith Lowe
Aug 10, 2025
Building and Dropping the Bomb: Guest: Garrett M. Graff
Aug 03, 2025
National History Day: Guest: Dr. Cathy Gorn and Students
Jul 28, 2025
Mr. Churchill in The White House: Guest: Robert Schmuhl
Jul 20, 2025
Six Plantagenet Kings and England's Rise: Guests: Dr Caroline Burt and Richard Partington
Jul 13, 2025
Insurgency in Somalia: Guest: Jonathan Carroll
Jul 07, 2025
Female Ferry Pilots in WWII: Guest: Becky Aikman
Jun 29, 2025
Murder in WWII London: Guest: Amy Helen Bell
Jun 22, 2025
Capture of the U-505: Guest: Alexander Rose
Jun 15, 2025
The Women of Ravensbrück: Guest: Lynne Olson
Jun 08, 2025
Eyewitness to D-Day: Guest: Garrett M. Graff
Jun 01, 2025
The Boats That Hit the Beaches: Guest: Andrew Whitmarsh
May 25, 2025
Churchill's D-Day: Guests: General Sir Richard Dannatt & Allen Packwood
May 18, 2025
Belle Starr: Guest: Dane Huckelbridge
May 12, 2025
U.S. Army in The Pacific: Guest: John McManus
May 04, 2025
Lexington and Concord 250th Anniversary: Guest: Joel Bohy
Apr 20, 2025
History Happy Talk: Guests: Chris Anderson & Rick Beyer
Mar 09, 2025
32nd Division in World War II: Guest: Mark D. Van Ells
Mar 03, 2025
Buffalo Soldiers: Guest: John Langellier, Ph.D.
Feb 23, 2025
Churchill in the Trenches: Guest: Dr. John Furman Daniel III
Feb 16, 2025
Paris Undercover: Guest: Matthew Goodman
Feb 09, 2025
One Day in World War II: Guest: Rona Simmons
Feb 02, 2025
The U.S. Through Axis Eyes: Guest: Harry Yeide
Jan 26, 2025
Mexican Americans in World War II: Guest: Dave Gutierrez
Jan 20, 2025
Bastogne and The Bulge: Guest: Martin King
Jan 12, 2025
The 29th Division in 1945: Guest: Joe Balkoski
Jan 06, 2025
The Six Triple Eight: An Inside Look: Guest: Kevin Hymel
Dec 29, 2024
Mr. Churchill in The White House: Guest: Robert Schmuhl
Dec 09, 2024
History Happy Talk : Guests: Christopher Anderson and Rick Beyer
Dec 01, 2024
The Normandy Battle of Villers-Bocage: Guest: Daniel Taylor
Nov 24, 2024
British Airborne in World War II: Guest: Saul David
Nov 17, 2024
Secret Science for D-Day Invasion: Guest: Dr. Rachel Lance
Nov 10, 2024
Native Nations: Guest: Kathleen DuVal
Nov 03, 2024
Six Plantagenet Kings and England's Rise: Guests: Dr Caroline Burt and Richard Partington
Oct 27, 2024
A Combat Nurse in WWII: Guest: NCR Davis
Oct 20, 2024
29th Division in WWII: Guest: Joe Balkoski
Oct 13, 2024
9th Army Commander Gen. William Simpson: Guest: William Stuart Nance
Oct 06, 2024
Survival Tale: Guest: Eric Jay Dolin
Sep 29, 2024
France's War in WWII: Guest: Douglas Porch
Sep 22, 2024
Battle of Antietam: Guest: D. Scott Hartwig
Sep 15, 2024
New York's Female Mob Boss: Guest: Margalit Fox
Sep 08, 2024
History Happy Hour Encore  – WWII Artic Convoys: Guest: David Kenyon
Sep 01, 2024
Liberation of Paris: Guest: Patrick Bishop
Aug 25, 2024
Reporting on the Nazis: Guest: Pamela D. Toler
Aug 18, 2024
1860 Chicago Convention: Guest: Edward Achorn
Aug 11, 2024
Tinian and the Defeat of Japan: Guest: Don Farrell
Aug 04, 2024
John Hancock: Guest: Brooke Barbier
Jul 28, 2024
The Big Red One: Guest: Gregory Fontenot
Jul 21, 2024
The Women of British Intelligence: Guest: Dr. Helen Fry
Jul 14, 2024
Captain Cook's Last Voyage: Guest: Hampton Sides
Jul 08, 2024
Pearl Harbor Spy: Guest: Ronald Drabkin
Jun 30, 2024
Abolitionist Charles Sumner: Guest: Stephen Puleo
Jun 23, 2024
Doolittle Raid Mystery: Guest: Dan Hampton
Jun 16, 2024
American Servicewomen in World War II: Guest: Lena Andrews
Jun 09, 2024
History Happy Hour Encore: Normandy Master Class: Guests: Matt Broggie, Erik Flint, Hugh MacDonald-Buchanan
Jun 02, 2024
Eisenhower and D-Day: Guest: Michel Paradis
May 26, 2024
The Normandy Battle of Villers-Bocage: Guest: Daniel Taylor
May 19, 2024
Canadians in Normandy: Guest: David O'Keefe
May 12, 2024
D-Day Special: Guest: Giles Milton, Joe Balkoski, Craig Symonds
May 05, 2024
Queen Elizabeth II: Guest: Alexander Larman
Apr 28, 2024
British Airborne in World War II: Guest: Saul David
Apr 22, 2024
1921 Murder Farm Massacre: Guest: Earl Swift
Apr 14, 2024
With the Infantry in World War II: Guest: Peter Hart
Apr 07, 2024
General Meade at Gettysburg: Guest: Kent Masterson Brown
Mar 31, 2024
Excavating Rev War Soldiers: Guests: Steven Smith, Wade Catts, Jen Janofsky
Mar 24, 2024
Black Sheriff Bass Reeves: Guest: Art T. Burton
Mar 17, 2024
December 1942: A World at War: Guest: Peter Harmsen
Mar 10, 2024
29th Division in World War II: Guest: Joe Balkoski
Feb 25, 2024
A Combat Nurse in WWII: Guest: NCR Davis
Feb 19, 2024
New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia: Guest: Terry Golway
Feb 11, 2024
9th Army Commander Gen. William Simpson: Guest: William Stuart Nance
Feb 04, 2024
General George Patton: Guest: Kevin Hymel
Jan 28, 2024
History Happy Talk
Jan 21, 2024
WWII Artic Convoys: Guest: David Kenyon
Jan 14, 2024
John Hancock: Guest: Brooke Barbier
Jan 07, 2024
Epic Battles of Ancient Greece: Guest: Dr Stephen Kershaw
Dec 31, 2023
Pointe-du-Hoc: Guest: Stephen Zaloga
Dec 24, 2023
African Americans in World War II: Guest: Matthew F. Delmont
Dec 17, 2023
Germany and Genocide: Guest: Andrew I. Port
Dec 10, 2023
1932: The Pivotal Year: Guest: Scott Martelle
Dec 03, 2023
History Happy Talk: Guest: Chris Anderson & Rick Beyer
Nov 27, 2023
The Fall of France: Guest: Michael Scott Neiberg
Nov 19, 2023
Submarines at Midway: Guest: Mark W. Allen
Nov 12, 2023
Napoleonic Wars: Guest: Alexander Mikaberidze
Nov 05, 2023
Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: Guest: Stephen G. Rabe
Oct 29, 2023
Eleanor Roosevelt Goes to War: Guest: Shannon McKenna Schmidt
Oct 22, 2023
Anna May Wong: Guest: Yunte Huang
Oct 15, 2023
Anna Rosenberg: Guest: Christopher C. Gorham
Oct 08, 2023
American as Apple Pie: Guest: Rossi Anastopoulo
Oct 01, 2023
Six-Triple-Eight Postal Battalion: Guest: Edna Cummings
Sep 18, 2023
Canada's WWII Battle for the Scheldt Estuary: Guest: Mark Zuehlke
Sep 10, 2023
With the Infantry in World War II : Guest: Peter Hart
Sep 03, 2023
Daily Life in Nazi Germany : Guest: Julia Boyd
Aug 27, 2023
General Meade at Gettysburg: Guest: Kent Masterson Brown
Aug 21, 2023
Josephine Baker WWII Spy: Guest: Damien Lewis
Aug 13, 2023
Patton and Kevin Hymel : Guest: Kevin Hymel
Aug 06, 2023
Epic Battles of Ancient Greece: Guest: Stephen P. Kershaw
Jul 24, 2023
Resisting Hitler: Guest: Halik Kochanski
Jul 09, 2023
Hessians in the Revolutionary War: Guest: Friederike Baer
Jul 02, 2023
Excavating Rev War Soldiers: Guests: Steven Smith, James Legg, Wade Catts, Jen Janofsky
Jun 25, 2023
African-American Marshal Bass Reeves: Guest: Art T. Burton
Jun 18, 2023
D-Day Special: Guests: Giles Milton, Joe Balkoski, Craig Symonds
Jun 11, 2023
African Americans in World War II: Guest: Matthew F. Delmont
Jun 04, 2023
Pointe du Hoc: Guest: Steven Zaloga
May 29, 2023
Dunkirk; The German View: Guest: Robert Kershaw
May 22, 2023
History Happy Hour  – Resisting Hitler: Guest: Halik Kochanski
May 15, 2023
Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: Guest: Stephen G. Rabe
May 07, 2023
The Faces of Margraten: Guests: Sebastiaan Vonk, Jori Videc, Ari-Jan Van Hees
Apr 23, 2023
How Germany Lost WWI: Holger Afflerbach
Apr 16, 2023
Sergeant York: Myth vs. Reality: Guest: James P. Gregory Jr.
Apr 02, 2023
History Happy Hour Encore  – Nazi Billionaires: Dynasties of the Third Reich: Guest: David de Jong
Mar 26, 2023
History Happy Hour Encore  – Third Anniversary Special: Guest: Andrew Roberts, Susan Eisenhower, Craig Symonds, Joe Balkoski, Giles Milton, Judy Batalion, Patrick Bishop, and Charles Person. Plus younger versions of Chris and Rick!
Mar 20, 2023
Japanese-American GIs in World War II: Guest: Daniel James Brown
Mar 12, 2023
The Woman Who Saved the Temples: Guest: Lynne Olson
Feb 26, 2023
Germans on the March: Guest: Peter Wilson
Feb 19, 2023
History Happy Hour: Humor in Hell: Guests: Peter Hart and Gary Bain
Feb 12, 2023
Mussolini and Fascism: Guests: John Foot
Jan 22, 2023
Normandy Breakout Masterclass: Guests: Matt Broggie, Erik Flint, and Hugh McDonald-Buchanan
Jan 15, 2023
History Happy Hour Encore   Josephine Baker WWII Spy: Guest: Damien Lewis
Jan 08, 2023
WWII: A Reassessment: Guest: Richard Overy
Jan 02, 2023
When the Irish Invaded Canada: Guest: Christopher Klein
Dec 25, 2022
Billy the Kid: Guest: James B. Mills
Dec 19, 2022
One Soldier's Forgotten Story in World War II: Guest: Walt Larimore
Dec 04, 2022
Hessians in the Revolutionary War: Guest: Friederike Baer
Dec 04, 2022
Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo: Guest: Craig Symonds
Nov 27, 2022
The First Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh vs. The French: Guest: Christopher Goscha
Nov 20, 2022
Second Rangers in The Hurtgen Forest: Guest: Bob Drury
Nov 14, 2022
French Resistance Leader Marie-Madeleine Fourcade: Guest: Lynne Olson
Nov 06, 2022
Nazi Fugitives: Guests: Dr. Danny Orbach
Oct 31, 2022
World War II: A Reassessment: Guest: Richard Overy
Oct 09, 2022
Harry Truman Presidency: Guest: Jeffery Frank
Oct 02, 2022
Tank Warfare Against the Nazis: Guest: Peter Hart
Sep 25, 2022
The Cold War Superspy: Guest: Tim Tate
Sep 18, 2022
The 29th Division in World War II: Guest: Joseph Balkoski
Sep 11, 2022
British Pacifists in World War II: Guest: Tobias Kelly
Sep 04, 2022
Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull and the Last Stand of the Sioux: Guest: Mark Lee Gardner
Jul 31, 2022
Revolutionary War Privateers: Guest: Eric Jay Dolin
Jul 24, 2022
Lord Cornwallis: Guests: Richard Middleton
Jul 17, 2022
Interrogating German Generals in Washington DC: Guests: Robert K. Sutton
Jul 10, 2022
Down by the Sea in Books: Guests: Admiral James Stavridis
Jun 26, 2022
USSR vs Japan 1939 -The Battle of Khalkhin Gol: Guests: David Murphy
Jun 19, 2022
Maximilian and Carlota: Guests: Edward Shawcross
Jun 12, 2022
The Battle of Midway: Guests: Brendan Simms and co-author Steven McGregor of The Silver Waterfall: How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway
May 22, 2022
Ancient Sparta: Guest: Philip Matyszak, author of Sparta: Rise of a Warrior Nation
May 15, 2022
The Windsors and Their Scandalous Exile: Guest: Andrew Lownie, author of Traitor King:  The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor.
May 01, 2022
Nazi Billionaires: Dynasties of the Third Reich: Guest: David De Jong, author of Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties
Apr 24, 2022
The Afterlife of Ben Franklin: Guest: Michael Meyer, Author, Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet: The Favorite Founder's Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American Prosperity
Apr 18, 2022
HHH Special: Normandy Master Class: Hosts Chris Anderson and Rick Beyer exploring the beaches and battlefields of Normandy - in person
Apr 11, 2022
World War I German Sabotage : Guest: Michael Digby, author Burn, Bomb, Destroy:  German Sabotage Campaign in North American 1914-1917
Mar 28, 2022
War in the Ukraine: History Repeats?: Guests: Sean McMeekin, Stalin's war, David Murphy, The Winter War, Keith Lowe, The Fear and the Freedom
Mar 20, 2022
The Argonne (WWI) : Guest: Richard Merry, author The Great War in the Argonne Forest
Mar 13, 2022
The Spy Hotel: Guest: Stephen Duffy, Security Manager, St. Ermin's Hotel
Mar 06, 2022
WWII's British Band of Brothers: Guest: Peter Hart, author, At Close Range: Life and Death in an Artillery Regiment 1939-1945
Feb 27, 2022
Robert E. Lee: Guest: Allen Guelzo, author, Robert E. Lee A Life
Feb 20, 2022
General George Patton : Guest, Kevin Hymel, author Patton's War
Feb 06, 2022