The AskHistorians Podcast

u/EdHistory101, u/Steelcan909, u/restricteddata

askhistorianspodcast@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

The AskHistorians Podcast is built to bring serious, community-vetted historical scholarship to a broad audience—often centered on how we interpret evidence, narratives, and public memory. For PR pros, it’s a strong outlet for historians and subject-matter experts who can translate academic work into engaging public-facing context.

Metrics

Episodes: 278

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 3.7k subscribers

Contact Information

askhistorianspodcast@gmail.com

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Host

u/EdHistory101 - AskHistorians community contributor; hosts episodes and facilitates interviews with authors and experts discussing historical methodology, rhetoric, and evidence-based interpretation.

u/Steelcan909 - AskHistorians community contributor; co-hosts episodes focused on specialized historical fields and public-facing explanations of scholarly research.

u/restricteddata - AskHistorians community contributor; co-hosts episodes and brings an expert perspective to interviews on historical topics such as science, technology, and policy-adjacent history.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Scholarly authors (often university-affiliated) and/or established public history experts (academic writers, major podcasters) with demonstrable subject-matter authority and ability to discuss methods/evidence clearly. In AskHistorians culture, guests typically connect to known literature and provide specific, source-informed historical analysis.
Required Achievements:  
Authored or co-authored books/articles in their historical niche, Notable public-facing scholarship (e.g., reputable podcasting, exhibitions, or public history projects), Research tied to primary sources/archives and clearly articulated historiographic approaches

Recent Guest Discussions

Emily Winderman - Back-alley Abortion Rhetorical History; Canon And Archives; Shifts In Abortion Discourse; Race And Rhetoric In U.s. Historical Narratives

Dominic Perry - History Of Egyptology; Field Status Today; Media Portrayals Of Egypt

Alex Wellerstein - Truman And Atomic Bombs; Nuclear Encounters; Interpretations Of Truman And Macarthur; Hiroshima/nagasaki And Korean War

Recent Topics

History, Historiography, Archives, Archaeology, Rhetoric

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The AskHistorians Podcast
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AskHistorian Podcast Episode 251: American Medieval

June 12, 2026

Prof. Matthew Gabriele hosts the American Medieval podcast.  /u/Steelcan909 talks to him about his work as a podcaster, the importance of the Medieval world to contemporary America, pop culture, and more!  58min.

AskHistorians Podcast Episode 250: Emily Winderman and the rhetoric of back alley abortion

April 30, 2026

This week, u/EdHistory101 talks with Emily Winderman about her book, Back-Alley Abortion: A Rhetorical History. The conversation covers specifics around rhetoric and rhetorical histories including the role of the canon, working in the archives while pregnant, how discussion of abortion has shifted over time, and how abortion is not unique when it comes to American rhetoric but does hold a particular position in discourse because it's not just about abortion, how white and Black women have ta...

AskHistorians Podcast Episode 249: Egyptology Today with the History of Egypt Podcast

March 13, 2026

u/Steelcan909 and Dominic Perry, the host of the History of Egypt Podcast, discuss the history of Egyptology, stories from ancient Egypt, the situation of the field today, and why Hollywood can't seem to make any stories about Egypt that don't involve Cleopatra.  78min

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