Civil War Talk Radio

Civil War Talk Radio

Each week since October 2004, host Gerald Prokopowicz and a guest discuss the various aspects of Civil War History. Each show consists of an hour long conversation with guests from the very well known historians James McPherson, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Gary Gallagher to mention a few. Gerald also speaks with artists such as Don Troiani, filmmakers Ken Burns, re-enactors Rob Hodge, novelists Jeff Shaara, curators, game designers, children’s authors, collectors, and others. In addition to well known names like the ones mentioned, the show often features authors of first books who are just starting to make their reputations.

Episodes

April 19, 2025 63 mins

Lesley Gordon, Dread Danger: Cowardice and Combat in the American Civil War

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Stuart W. Sanders, Anatomy of a Duel: Secession, Civil War, and the Evolution of Kentucky Violence.css-1t8gq41{border:none;background-image:none;background-color:transparent;box-shadow:none;color:#2F3133;cursor:pointer;font-size:inherit;padding:0;-webkit-text-decoration:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;width:-webkit-max-content;width:-moz-max-content;width:max-content;}.css-1t8gq41:hover,.css-1t8gq41:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;}

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April 4, 2025 61 mins

Michael Vorenberg, Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War

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March 29, 2025 61 mins

Frank J. Cirillo, The Abolitionist Civil War: Immediatists and the Struggle to Transform the Union

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March 21, 2025 63 mins

Yael Sternhell, War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War

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March 7, 2025 61 mins

Derrick S. Brown, Operations Manager, Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site

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February 28, 2025 64 mins

Patrick Lewis, co-editor with James Hill Wellborn III, Playing at War: Identity and Memory in Civil War Video Games

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February 21, 2025 62 mins

David A. Welker, "African American Intelligence Contributions During the American Civil War," in the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence.

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February 14, 2025 67 mins

Richard Carwardine, Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union

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February 7, 2025 63 mins

Allen C. Guelzo, author of Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment

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February 3, 2025 61 mins

Dr. Robert D. Hicks,  Wounded for Life: Seven Union Veterans of the Civil War

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January 31, 2025 55 mins

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January 15, 2025 58 mins

Bennett Parten, author of Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of America's Largest Emancipation

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December 13, 2024 56 mins

Aaron Sheehan-Dean and Caroline Janney, co-editors of Janney, Carmichael, Sheehan-Dean, eds., THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA: Essays Inspired by the Scholarship of Gary W. Gallagher

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December 8, 2024 58 mins

William B. Styple, author of Generals in Bronze: Interviewing the Commanders of the Civil War

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November 22, 2024 56 mins

Nigel Hamilton, author of Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents

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November 17, 2024 56 mins

Niels Eichhorn and Duncan A. Campbell, authors of The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism.

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November 1, 2024 55 mins

Bjorn Skaptason, former Shiloh National Military Park Ranger and bibliopole for the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, joins Gerry to discuss Ambrose Bierce and the Civil War.

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October 24, 2024 55 mins

Michael Megelsh, author of Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America.

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October 17, 2024 52 mins

Andrew Sillen, author of Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White

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