Calling History: Listen In on Conversations with History’s Most Influential People.
Anthony Dean
121 episodes
6 months ago
The Calling History Podcast is an unscripted, interview style phone conversation with the heroes, the villains, and the great thinkers of history. It’s an opportunity to ask them anything, in their time, while they are living it.
How did Benjamin Franklin feel about leaving his comfortable life of fame and excess in London as a loyal British citizen to risk it all and return to America as a rebel? How did record setting Louise Thaden feel about racing and beating Amelia Earhart and yet her name is almost unknown? Who is Jack the Ripper and why did he enter the scene so violently and then disappear like a whisper?
Subscribe now and join this entertaining, interesting, and unpredictable journey back in time as we learn who these people really were and answer the question, “If you could call anyone in history, what would you ask them?”
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The Calling History Podcast is an unscripted, interview style phone conversation with the heroes, the villains, and the great thinkers of history. It’s an opportunity to ask them anything, in their time, while they are living it.
How did Benjamin Franklin feel about leaving his comfortable life of fame and excess in London as a loyal British citizen to risk it all and return to America as a rebel? How did record setting Louise Thaden feel about racing and beating Amelia Earhart and yet her name is almost unknown? Who is Jack the Ripper and why did he enter the scene so violently and then disappear like a whisper?
Subscribe now and join this entertaining, interesting, and unpredictable journey back in time as we learn who these people really were and answer the question, “If you could call anyone in history, what would you ask them?”
Eleanor Roosevelt Part 2: You Have to Do What You Think You Can Not Do.
Calling History: Listen In on Conversations with History’s Most Influential People.
52 minutes 56 seconds
10 months ago
Eleanor Roosevelt Part 2: You Have to Do What You Think You Can Not Do.
In Part 2 of the 1961 conversation with Eleanor Roosevelt, she explains why the United Nations gave her a standing ovation, how she transformed herself from having racist thoughts to dedicating her lives to those who she once may have judged, and she will talk quite a bit about lesbians in the Democratic party.
Start episode 2 to join the conversation.
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Ruth Pangrace’s inspiring portrayal of Eleanor Roosevelt is a powerful reminder that a person’s value is judged by their contribution. Few have given more selflessly than Eleanor Roosevelt. Ruth joined Women in History in 1998 and portrays fourteen notable American women. In addition to Eleanor Roosevelt, her favorites include Susan B Anthony, Julia Child, and Georgia O’Keeffe. Ruth has an M. Ed and has taught pre-school to graduate level education, English and history classes. Ruth can be reached at women@womeninhistoryohio.com, or ruthpangrace@gmail.com.
Calling History: Listen In on Conversations with History’s Most Influential People.
The Calling History Podcast is an unscripted, interview style phone conversation with the heroes, the villains, and the great thinkers of history. It’s an opportunity to ask them anything, in their time, while they are living it.
How did Benjamin Franklin feel about leaving his comfortable life of fame and excess in London as a loyal British citizen to risk it all and return to America as a rebel? How did record setting Louise Thaden feel about racing and beating Amelia Earhart and yet her name is almost unknown? Who is Jack the Ripper and why did he enter the scene so violently and then disappear like a whisper?
Subscribe now and join this entertaining, interesting, and unpredictable journey back in time as we learn who these people really were and answer the question, “If you could call anyone in history, what would you ask them?”
