Barry Sheppard is joined by historian and broadcaster, Donal Fallon to talk about the life and work of author, playwright, and republican Brendan Behan.
Dr Paul Corthorn from Queen's University Belfast speaks to Barry Sheppard about his book 'Enoch Powell: Politics and Ideas in Modern Britain'.
Barry Sheppard discusses the life of Mary Ann McCracken with Paula Reynolds and Aaron McIntyre from the Belfast Charitable Society.
Barry Sheppard is joined by authors Dr Gareth Mulvenna, "Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries: The Loyalist Backlash" and Dr Jonathan Evershed "Ghosts of the Somme: Commemoration and Culture War in Northern Ireland" to discuss Loyalist youth gangs and Loyalist and Unionist commemorations of the Somme.
Barry Sheppard is joined by human rights activist and author, Dr Brian Dooley. Author of several books, including "Robert Kennedy: The Final Years" and "Black and Green: The Fight for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland & Black America", Brian is speaking to Barry about Ireland and the Irish diaspora and his book "Choosing the Green? Second Generation Irish and the Cause of Ireland".
Barry Sheppard speaks with American philosopher, political activist, social critic, and public intellectual, Professor Cornel West.
Recorded on NVTV for History Now's 100th episode, Professor West discusses how history has played an important role in teaching philosophy and discusses some of the historical figures who have made an impact upon his life.
Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, Eddie S. Glaude Jr. speaks to Barry Sheppard about his book 'Begin Again - James Baldwin's America and its Urgent Lessons for Today'.
Recorded in February 2020, Barry Sheppard was joined by Dr Brian Hanley from Trinity College Dublin, and Dr Ida Milne from Carlow College to talk about the aborted commemoration of Royal Irish Constabulary officers who died during the Irish War of Independence, asking if this proposed commemoration impacted Fine Gael's 2020 election campaign.
Barry Sheppard speaks with Dr Stuart Mathieson about the history of science vs religion and his Leverhulme Trust-funded project Fundamentalism as an Ulster phenomenon? Popular Protestantism, 1859–1939.
Barry Sheppard is joined by former National President of the rural Irish organisation, Muintir na Tíre (the People of the Land) to discuss the organisation and its founder Canon John Hayes, on the 90th anniversary of its first meeting (7 May 1931).
Professor Linda Connolly of Maynooth University joins Barry Sheppard to talk about her research into sexual violence during the Irish revolutionary period.
Barry Sheppard is joined by historian and host of the History of the Cuban Revolution podcast, Nick Ramos.
A podcast series that covers the history of Cuba, from Columbus to Castro, focusing on the events of the Cuban Revolution of 1953-1959, its causes, and its repercussions.
https://thinkabouthistory.podbean.com/
Barry Sheppard welcomes Dr Elaine Callinan from Carlow College and Dr Martin O'Donoghue from University of Sheffield to speak about Irish election propaganda.
Dr Brian Hanley speaks to Barry Sheppard about his book 'The Impact of the Troubles on the Republic of Ireland, 1968-79: Boiling Volcano'?
History Now Extra - Barry Sheppard is joined by Dr Emily Mark-Fitzgerald, Associate Professor in the School of Art History and Cultural Policy at University College Dublin. Emily is speaking about the controversy over the alteration of photographs in the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum by Irish photography artist, Matt Loughrey, and the colourization of historical photographs.
Dr Eric Morier-Genoud talks to Barry Sheppard about the role of the Catholic Church in Mozambique while it was a Portuguese colony and after its war of independence.
Cécile Gordon, Project Manager of the Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection, talks to Barry Sheppard about the background to the digitalization of the Military Archives and the fascinating insight into the role of women in the period.
Music journalists Stuart Bailie and Conor McCaffrey talk to historian Barry Sheppard about how music trends have shaped Irish society over the past 50 years.
Barry Sheppard speaks with Professor Kehinde Andrews about his new book, The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World.
Professor Andrews is Professor of Black Studies in the School of Social Sciences at Birmingham City University.
Historian Dr Margaret Ward talks to Barry Sheppard about how the female suffrage movement reacted to the Home Rule question and the First World War.