This is a great list for those interesting in getting a long view on our current coronavirus crisis. Thanks to the good folks at the Omohundro Institute for compiling it....
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Ben Franklin's World Podcast
Podcasts Help Historians Speak to the Public
Are you listening to The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast? We are heading into the studio today to record an episode on history teaching with special attention to the “Reacting the Past” model. Over at The Anxious Bench, Chris...
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The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast at Harvard’s “Sound Education” Conference
The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast co-host and producer Drew Hermeling is in Cambridge, Massachusetts this weekend. He is doing a presentation on the podcast at Sound Education: A Conference for Educational Podcasts and Listeners. Harvard University is hosting...
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Episode 24: The Way of Improvement Leads to Ben Franklin’s World
To close out Season 3, host John Fea and producer Drew Dyrli Hermeling turn to a fellow podcaster and early American scholar, Liz Covart (@lizcovart), the host of the wildly successful Ben Franklin’s World. They discuss how podcasting has emerged as a...
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Liz Covart Joins the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
History podcaster Liz Covart has a new full-time job. The creator and host of Ben Franklin’s World just announced that she will be joining the staff of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture as its New Digital Projects...
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The Intended Audience of "Ben Franklin's World"
Check out Sadie Bergen’s interview with historian Liz Covart at AHA Today. As many of you know, Covart is the host and creator of the popular “Ben Franklin’s World” podcast. I am a fan and regular listener. During the interview...
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Providence to Harrisburg Playlist
Here was the playlist for the ride home from the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in Providence: Outtakes from Springsteen, The Ties That Bind Box Set Podcast: In the Past Lane. Episode on political primaries Podcast: Ben...
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Mark Noll Visits "Ben Franklin's World"
Liz Covart, the host of the Ben Franklin’s World podcast, talks with Notre Dame University historian Mark Noll about his most recent book In the Beginning Was the Word: The Bible in American Public Life, 1492-1783. Here is a taste...
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Should Liz Covart Start a History Podcast Network?
I love it when Liz Covart, host of the popular Ben Franklin’s World podcast, thinks in public on her blog. In her most recent ruminations she writes about the potential of a history podcast network. I think it’s a great...
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Liz Covart and the Omohundro Institute Team-Up for "Doing History"
Liz Covart, the prolific podcaster responsible for Benjamin Franklin’s World, is teaming up with the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture for a new podcast series. “Doing History: A Podcast Serious About How Historians Work,” will be a monthly...
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Liz Covart Takes Us Inside *Ben Franklin’s World*
Ben Franklin’s World has taken the history podcast world by storm. In this video Liz Covart, the creator and host of the show, gives us a glimpse of how the podcast is made. Liz reads every book that is featured...
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Happy First Birthday to “Ben Franklin’s World”
If you are not listening to this podcast you are missing some great conversations about books and early American history! Few do it better than Liz Covart!...
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