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187 - Nathaniel Philbrick, The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World
Nathaniel Philbrick is one of the most widely read narrative historians in the country. He grew up in Pittsburgh, the son of an English...
186 - Dr. Kevin Waite, The Boundless Biddy Mason
Historian Kevin Waite returns to the show to discuss his new biography, The Boundless Biddy Mason: An Odyssey from Slavery to Freedom Across the...
185 - Podcast Updates and Dr. Iris Engstrand
Today I'm doing something a little different. I'm re-releasing a conversation I recorded back in 2021 with Dr. Iris Engstrand, one of the great...
184 - Joseph Ogilvy, Tin Can Coast: A History of Industry, Greed, and Fishing in the Golden State
In this episode of the History of California Podcast, host Jordan Mattox sits down with writer and chef Joseph Ogilvy to discuss his first...
183 - Dr. Jon Dawson, In Dubious Battle
John Steinbeck's In Dubious Battle (1936) is the coldest and most clinical of his California labor novels — the story of a fruit strike...
182 - John Langellier: Bastion by the Bay: The Many Lives of the Presidio of San Francisco
Founded in 1776, the Presidio of San Francisco has served three nations, guarded the "harbor of harbors" for nearly 250 years, and evolved from...