American History Hotline

History

Bob Crawford searches for the best historians and experts to answer listener questions about American history — from the Revolutionary War to rock & roll feuds. Got a question? Send it to AmericanHistoryHotline@gmail.com.

Episodes

America's Other WWII Internment Camps

How Accurate Is the Movie Lincoln? Harold Holzer on Spielberg's 2012 Film

Do We Really Need Political Parties?

Tuscarora Jack: Patriot or Villain?

When Presidents and Vice Presidents Don't Get Along

How Accurate Was The Oregon Trail Game? The Real History Behind America's Most Famous Video Game | Sarah Keyes

25 Years After 9/11: What Did America Learn from the War on Terror? | Peter Bergen

Trump Ranked the Presidents. A Historian Responds

Why Does America Have the Electoral College? Peter Sagal Explains

Why Did the U.S. Army Keep Disbanding the Rangers?

How Did the Cold War End? Reagan, Gorbachev & the Secret Summit That Changed History

Why Did Disease Devastate Native Americans—but Not European Colonists? | Charles C. Mann

The Man Who Saved Kyoto?

Did Amelia Earhart survive her disappearance? (Part 2)

What Happened to Amelia Earhart? Inside the World's Greatest Aviation Mystery (Part 1)

Do Americans Have a Right to Know the President's Health?

Did Jim Morrison's Dad Start the Vietnam War?

Who Invented School? The Surprising History of Education in America

Was Abortion Always Controversial? From the Pilgrims to Dobbs v. Jackson

Why Is Congress So Old? And How Can We Change This?