Episodes

  • S10E1 Podcast: National Treasure: The Declaration of Independence

    S10E1 Podcast: National Treasure: The Declaration of Independence
    Jul 2 2026
    As part of GHS’s ongoing US250 commemoration—and just in time for July 4—Stan’s guest is author and historian Michael Auslin, talking about his new book, National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, 2026), the inspiring story of the Declaration from the Philadelphia boardinghouse where Jefferson drafted it to ...Continue Reading »
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  • S9E22 Podcast: The Imperial Presidency

    S9E22 Podcast: The Imperial Presidency
    Jun 18 2026
    As part of GHS’s ongoing US250 commemoration, Stan and GHS President & CEO Todd Groce discuss Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.’s historical classic, The Imperial Presidency, first published in 1973. Writing In the shadow of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal, Schlesinger ominously argued that the presidency had become uncontrollable, king-like, and unaccountable to Congress or ...Continue Reading »
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  • S9E21 Podcast: George Washington, Slavery, and American Memory

    S9E21 Podcast: George Washington, Slavery, and American Memory
    Jun 4 2026
    Stan’s guest this week is historian John Garrison Marks, discussing his new book, Thy Will Be Done: George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory (University of North Carolina Press, 2026), which tells the story of Americans’ long struggle to come to terms with Washington’s legacy of slavery. He traces how politicians, ...Continue Reading »
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  • S9E20 Podcast: The 10th Inning with Mark Bradley: Remembering Ted Turner and Bobby Cox

    S9E20 Podcast: The 10th Inning with Mark Bradley: Remembering Ted Turner and Bobby Cox
    May 21 2026
    Former AJC sports writer Mark Bradley returns as Stan’s guest this week to share his memories about two Atlanta legends who died earlier this month. Bradley covered the Braves during all of Cox’s remarkable and record-breaking second tenure as manager from 1990 to 2010, including 14 consecutive division titles, 5 National League championships, and the ...Continue Reading »
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  • Podcast S9E19: Glenn McNair and Georgia History: From Savannah PD to ATF to the GHQ

    Podcast S9E19: Glenn McNair and Georgia History: From Savannah PD to ATF to the GHQ
    May 7 2026
    Stan’s guest this week is historian Glenn McNair, talking about his life and career in law enforcement—as a Savannah police officer, Secret Service agent, with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms—his 25 years as teacher and historian at Kenyon College, and his 16-year tenure as editor of the Georgia Historical Quarterly, the scholarly journal ...Continue Reading »
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  • S9E18 Podcast: In the Shadow of the Great House: The Plantation in America

    S9E18 Podcast: In the Shadow of the Great House: The Plantation in America
    Apr 23 2026
    Stan’s guest this week is UGA professor Daniel Rood, talking about his new book, In the Shadow of the Great House: A History of the Plantation in America (W.W. Norton, 2026), a new history of American slavery and American capitalism. The plantation traces its roots to the Portuguese conquest of an island in the Atlantic ...Continue Reading »
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  • S9E17 Podcast: The Fear of a Standing Army: Were the Founders Wrong?

    S9E17 Podcast: The Fear of a Standing Army: Were the Founders Wrong?
    Apr 9 2026
    How is it that a country founded in fear of a standing army would come to think of its military as a bulwark of democracy? Why has there never been a military coup in the United States? As part of GHS’s ongoing US250 commemoration, Stan’s guest this week is Kori Schake of the American Enterprise ...Continue Reading »
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  • S9E16 Podcast: The Last Adieu: Lafayette’s Triumphant Return

    S9E16 Podcast: The Last Adieu: Lafayette’s Triumphant Return
    Mar 26 2026
    As part of GHS’s ongoing commemoration of the US250, Stan’s guest this week is author and historian Ryan L. Cole, discussing his new book, The Last Adieu: Lafayette’s Triumphant Return, the Echoes of Revolution, and the Gratitude of the Republic (Harper Horizon, 2025). The Marquis de Lafayette arrived in America in 1777 to fight in ...Continue Reading »
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