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?
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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?”
George Custer Part 1: There are not Enough Indians in the World to Defeat the Seventh Cavalry.
Calling History: Listen In on Conversations with History’s Most Influential People.
51 minutes 50 seconds
9 months ago
George Custer Part 1: There are not Enough Indians in the World to Defeat the Seventh Cavalry.
On April 20, 1876, George Custer was at the 1876 Centennial Exhibit when he received a call from the future…
In this episode, Custer will share what inspired him to join the military in hopes of finding a life of adventure. He’ll explain why did didn’t get kicked out of WestPoint despite receiving more than 700 demerits. And he’ll share his role at Gettysburg that might have been a turning point in the civil war.
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Steve Alexander is a distinguished actor, author, and living historian renowned for his portrayal of George Armstrong Custer. His deep commitment to authenticity has earned him recognition as the "Foremost Custer Living Historian" by the United States Congress and the Senates of Michigan and Ohio. Alexander has appeared in over forty docudramas and films, such as the History Channel's "Custer's Last Man" and A&E's award-winning "George Armstrong Custer: America's Golden Cavalier."
He is the author of the quintessential 2010 biography "G. A. Custer to the Little Big Horn" and its successor, "Believe in the Bold: Custer and the Gettysburg Campaign." Steve and his wife Sandy reside in the restored Bacon-Custer home in Monroe, Michigan. To learn more or contact Steve go to georgecuster.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?”
