Today, we have Dr. Patrick Allitt on the show. Dr. Allitt is the Cahoon Family Professor of American History and the Undergraduate Honors Coordinator at Emory University. He has a PhD from UC Berkeley and is the author of seven books, most recently A Climate of Crisis: America in the Age of Environmentalism. He’s also the presenter of a number of lecture series through the Great Courses, one of which is titled The West, a focal point of this conversation. There’s a lot I’d admire in the work of Dr. Allitt, primarily among those being his ability to translate academic work to a broader audience, something that I am trying to do here with this podcast.
Today, we have Dr. Stephen Aron on the program. He is the President and CEO of the Autry Autry Museum of the American West....
In this episode, we explore the Bear Flag Revolt, a founding myth of our state that lives on our state flag. Our Patreon Page:...
We continue the story of California and the Civil War by discussing the fighting in the Southwest.