Heartland History
Episodes
Retracing the Dragoon Trail in Iowa: Environmental Transformation Along the Des Moines River
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Mason - Retracing the Dragoon Trail in Iowa: Environmental Transformation Along the Des Moines River Heartland History is the official podcast ...
Mixed-Blood Histories: Race, Law, and Dakota Indians in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jameson Sweet - Mixed-Blood Histories: Race, Law, and Dakota Indians in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest Heartland History is the official podcast of t...
Sid Shroyer - When Once Destroyed: A Historical Memoir of the Life and Death of a Small Town
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sid Shroyer - When Once Destroyed: A Historical Memoir of the Life and Death of a Small Town Heartland History is the official podcast of the Midwest...
Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Jones - Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis Heartland History is the official podcast of the Midwestern Hist...
Katie Batza and René Esparza - AIDS in the Midwest Roundtable
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Batza - AIDS in the Heartland How Unlikely Coalitions Created a Blueprint for LGBTQ Politics René Esparza - From Vice to Nice: Midwestern Polit...
(BONUS) - Derifield - We Were Still Ladies - MHA Book Talk
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coreen Derifield - We Were Still Ladies: Gender and Industrial Unionism in the Midwest After World War II Heartland History is the official podcast o...
Daniel Clark - Listening to Workers: Oral Histories of Metro Detroit Autoworkers in the 1950s
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Clark - Listening to Workers: Oral Histories of Metro Detroit Autoworkers in the 1950s Heartland History is the official podcast of the Midwes...
Thomas M. Nelson, Jerald Podair - Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas M. Nelson, Jerald Podair - Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy Heartland History is the official podcast of...
David Hakensen - Her Place in the Woods: The Life of Helen Hoover
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Hakensen - Her Place in the Woods: The Life of Helen Hoover Heartland History is the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association H...
Tim Mulherin-This Magnetic North: Candid Conversations on a changing Northern Michigan
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Mulherin-This Magnetic North: Candid Conversations on a changing Northern Michigan by Midwestern History Association
Erik S. McDuffie - The Second Battle for Africa: Garveyism, the US Heartland, and Global Freedom
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erik S. McDuffie - The Second Battle for Africa: Garveyism, the US Heartland, and Global Freedom by Midwestern History Association
Willa Hammit Brown - Gentlemen of the Woods: Manhood, Myth, and the American Lumberjack
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Willa Hammit Brown - Gentlemen of the Woods: Manhood, Myth, and the American Lumberjack by Midwestern History Association
Josh Nygren - The State of Conservation: Rural America and the Conservation-Industrial Complex since 1920
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Nygren - The State of Conservation: Rural America and the Conservation-Industrial Complex since 1920 by Midwestern History Association
Stephanie Ternullo - How the Heartland Went Red
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Ternullo discusses her new book, How the Heartland Went Red: Why Local Forces Matter in an Age of Nationalized Politics (Princeton Universit...
Reflections on Midwestern History
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A group of scholars discuss the history and future of Midwestern History.
Paul Renfro - The Life and Death of Ryan White: AIDS and Inequality in America
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Renfro discusses his new book, The Life and Death of Ryan White: AIDS and Inequality in America (UNC Press, 2024).
Dr. Casey Huegel - Cleaning Up The Bomb Factory
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Casey Huegel discusses his book, Cleaning Up the Bomb Factory: Grassroots Activism and Nuclear Waste in the Midwest
Dr. Sergio Gonzalez - Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Carolina Ortega leads a discussion on Dr. Sergio Gonzalez's book, Stangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin, p...
When a Dream Dies - Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Pamela Riney-Kehrberg discusses her new book, When a Dream Dies: Agriculture, Iowa, and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s.
Josiah Rector - Toxic Debt: An Environmental Justice History of Detroit
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Josiah Rector joins the podcast to talk about his recent book, Toxic Debt: An Environmental Justice History of Detroit.
Steven Conn - Lies of the Land
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Conn discusses his new book, Lies of the Land: Seeing Rural America for What It Is - and Isn't.
Max Fraser - Hillbilly Highway
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Max Fraser discussers migration, labor, and culture in the Midwest by examining the experiences of migrant white workers in the region. The full book,...
Crystal Marie Moten - Continually Working
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Crystal Marie Moten - Continually Working by Midwestern History Association
John Nelson - Muddy Ground: Native Peoples, Chicago's Portage, and the Transformation of a Continent
16 Oct 2023
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John Nelson - Muddy Ground: Native Peoples, Chicago's Portage, and the Transformation of a Continent by Midwestern History Association
Melissa Ford - A Brick and a Bible
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Melissa Ford joins us to discuss her new book A Brick and a Bible: Black Women's Activism in the Midwest During the Great Depression, published by...
Ashley Howard - What to the "Other" is the Midwest?
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley Howard - What to the "Other" is the Midwest? by Midwestern History Association
The Good Country with Jon Lauck
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Lauck discussed his most recent book, The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest, 1800-1900.
Dr. Alonzo Ward and African American Hybrid Labor Activism
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Alonzo Ward is an assistant professor of history at Eastern Illinois University. He focuses on African American history in the Midwest during the ...
Steven Moore - The Distance from Slaughter County
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Writer Steven Moore discusses his recent collection essays, The Distance from Slaughter County: Lessons from Flyover Country, recently published at th...
Dr. Christopher Ali - Farm Fresh Broadband
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Christopher Ali is the Pioneers Chair in Telecommunications and Professor of Telecommunications in the Bellisario College of Communications at Pen...
Dr. Fernandez-Jones, MexiRican Placemaking in Grand Rapids, Michigan
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Fernández-Jones discusses her research which appeared in an edited collection titled, Building Sustainable Worlds: Latinx Placemaking in the Midw...
Pipeline Populism with Dr. Kai Bosworth
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kai Bosworth discusses his book, Pipeline Populism: Grassroots Environmentalism in the Twenty-First Century which was recently published by the Un...
Dr. Sasha Maria Suarez, Assistant Professor of History at UW-Madison
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sasha Maria Suarez, an assistant professor of history at UW-Madison talks about her latest essay "Indigenizing Minneapolis: Building American Indi...
Drs. Andrew Klumpp, Pamela-Riney Kehrberg, and Rebecca Conard on Regionalism & Local History
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Camden joins Drs. Andrew Klumpp, Pamela-Riney Kehrberg, and Rebecca Conard for a wide-ranging conversation about regionalism, state and local history,...
Phil Christman, author of Midwest Futures and Instructor of English at the University of Michigan
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Camden and Phil have a wide-ranging conversation about the Midwest as a place and as an idea, focusing particuarly on Phil's lastest book Midwest Futu...
Dr. Benjamin E. Park Assistant Professor of American Religion at Sam Houston State University
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Camden and Dr. Benjamin Park discuss Dr. Park's book "Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier." From the...
Dr. Brandon Ward, History Lecturer, Perimeter College at Georgia State University
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Guest, Dr. Brandon Ward who is the author of the recent study "Living Detroit Environmental Activism in an Age of Urban Crisis" (Routledge 2021) has a...
Edward E. Curtis IV, the William M. and Gail M. Plater Chair of Liberal Arts at IUPUI
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, Camden sits down with Edward E. Curtis IV who is the William M. and Gail M. Plater Chair of Liberal Arts & Professor of Religious Studie...
Dr. Molly Rozum, Ronald R. Nelson Chair of Great Plains and South Dakota History
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of Heartland History, Camden is joined by Dr. Molly Rozum of the University of South Dakota to discuss her new book Grasslands Grown: ...
Lynne Heasley, Professor of Environment and Sustainability at Western Michigan University
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, Camden sits down with Dr. Lynne Heasley, Professor of Environment and Sustainability at WMU to discuss her new book "The Accidental Reef...
Professor Kristy Nabhan-Warren, author of "Meat Packing America" (2021)
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Camden has a conversation with Professor Kristy Nabhan-Warren, who is the V.O. and Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair in Catholic Studies Dep...
Dana Caldemeyer, Associate Professor of History at South Georgia State College
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Heartland History is back! We are thrilled to host a conversation with guest Dr. Dana Caldemeyer, Associate Professor of History at South Georgia Stat...
Sergio González, Assistant Professor of Latinx Studies at Marquette University
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jillian Marie Jacklin of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of History interviews Sergio González who is the Assistant Professor of Latin...
Kathryn Remlinger, Professor of English & Linguistics at Grand Valley State University
26 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Guest contributor Professor Katie Day Good of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio interviews Professor Kathryn Remlinger, author of Yooper Talk: Dialect ...
Liesl Olson, Director of Chicago Studies at the Newberry Library
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For the 40th episode of the podcast, Jon talks with Liesl Olson about her new book published by Yale University Press, titled "Chicago Renaissance: Li...
Steve Paul, Author of "Hemingway at Eighteen: The Pivotal Year That Launched an American Legend"
13 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jon interviews Steve Paul, a former Kansas City Star reporter and the author of “Hemingway at Eighteen: The Pivotal Year That Launched an American L...
Melissa Fraterrigo, Author of Glory Days
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jon talks with author Melissa Fraterrigo, whose latest book titled "Glory Days" was published by the University of Nebraska Press in September of 2017...
John Kenyon, Director of the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature
10 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
One day away from Heartland History's one year anniversary, Jon talks about the background of the Iowa City Book Fair with John Kenyon, the Director o...
Mark Soderstrom, Professor of History at SUNY Empire State College
19 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mark Soderstrom of SUNY Empire State College discusses his dissertation work on race, segregation, and housing at the University of Minnesota in t...
Tricia Oman, Professor at Hastings College and director of Hastings College Press
04 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tricia Oman, professor at Hastings College and director of Hastings College Press discusses growing up in the Midwest, discovering its literary herita...
Bethel Saler, Associate Professor of History at Haverford College
07 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bethel Saler discusses her 2015 book "The Settler's Empire: Colonialism and State Formation in America's Old Northwest" published by University of...
Matthew E. Stanley Professor of History at Albany State University
26 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew E. Stanley's intimate study The Loyal West: Civil War and Reunion in Middle America (University of Illinois Press) explores the Civil War, Rec...
Bruce Bigelow, Professor of Geography History and Anthropology, Butler University
20 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bruce Bigelow is a Professor of History at Butler University. His interest in teaching centers on the historical cultural geography of the US, esp...
Greg Dowd, Professor of History Michigan University
15 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Dowd is a past chair of the the Department of American Culture (AC) and a past director of the AC Native American Studies program. His scholarly ...
Defending the Revolt from the Village: Reinforcing Sinclair Lewis in the Age of Trump
13 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
From the 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature in East Lansing, Michigan. Dr. Jeffrey Swenson (Hiram College) pres...
Matt Pehl, Assistant Professor of History Augustana University
23 May 2017
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Matt Pehl, Assistant Professor of History at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Dr. Pehl specializes in twentieth century U.S. histor...
Dave Page, Retired English Professor and F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar
15 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Page discusses the life and writings F. Scott Fitzgerald, in addition to, his latest work, F.Scott Fitzgerald In Minnesota: The Writer & His Frie...
Andrew Jewell,Professor of Digital Projects at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries
02 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Jewell is a Professor of Digital Projects at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries and the editor of the Willa Cather Archive. Andy ha...
Scott Atkinson, Editor-in-Chief of Belt Magazine
26 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Scott Atkinson Editor-in-Chief of Belt Magazine and writing instructor at The University of Michigan-Flint. Scott is an award-winnin...
Dr. Harry Thompson, Executive Director, The Center for Western Studies, at Augustana University
20 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Lauck discusses The 49th annual Dakota Conference on the Northern Plains with Dr. Harry Thompson, Executive director for The Center for Western St...
Patrick Kerin, The Buckeye Muse
17 Apr 2017
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Patrick Kerin discusses his work as the President of the Greenhills Historical Society and "Buckeye Muse" his new blog which focuses on Ohio and Ohio ...
Jonathan Kasparek, Associate Professor of History at University of Wisconsin, Waukesha
22 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Kasparek, Associate Professor of History at University of Wisconsin, Waukesha discusses progressive politics in Wisconsin and his recent book...
Nancy Berlage, Professor of History at Texas State University
28 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Dr. Nancy Berlage, professor of History at Texas State University. Her research and teaching interests include public history, the A...
Dr. Christopher Phillips - Professor of History, University of Cincinnati
27 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An in-depth interview with Dr. Christopher Phillips, Professor of History and Department Head, at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Phillips discusses...
Philip Greasley, Associate Professor of English, University of Kentucky
23 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Dr. Philip Greasley, Professor of English at The University of Kentucky and editor for the Society for the Study of Midwestern Liter...
Dr. Silvana Saddali, Associate Professor, St. Louis University.
17 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Dr. Silvana R. Siddali Associate Professor, Eugene A. Hotfelder Professor of Humanities at St. Louis University. Dr. Siddali discu...
Dr. Michael C. Steiner, Emeritus Professor of American Studies, Cal State Fullerton
16 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Michael D. Steiner, Emeritus Professor of American Studies at California State University- Fullerton discusses his recent work, Regionalist on the...
Dr. Larry Lockridge
07 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Larry Lockridge, Professor Emeritus of English at New York University, discusses his work, Shade of the Raintree: The Life and Death of Ross Lockr...
Adam Arenson, Professor of History, Manhattan College
21 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Arenson, Professor of History at Manhattan College discusses his book- The Great Heart of the Republic St. Louis and the Cultural Civil War. Dr. ...
Steve Hahn
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Pulitzer-Prize winning historian, Steven Hahn. Dr. Hahn discusses his latest book, A Nation without Borders: The United States and ...
James Connolly Director, Center for Middletown Studies, Professor of History
08 Jan 2017
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James Connolly Director, Center for Middletown Studies and George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of History, at Ball State University in Mun...
Marvin L. Bergman, State Historical Society of Iowa Editor, The Annals of Iowa
08 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marvin Bergman discusses his work as Editor the Annals of Iowa, the State Historical Society of Iowa’s quarterly, scholarly history journal. Since 1...
Jon Butler,Professor Emeritus of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies at Yale University
22 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Butler, the Howard R. Lamar Professor Emeritus of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies at Yale University discusses his work and the i...
National Register Historian Denis Gardner, Minnesota Historical Society
21 Dec 2016
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National Register Historian Denis Gardner, Minnesota Historical Society. Denis discusses the importance of the National Register, historic preservatio...
David Grabitske, Field Services Manager, Minnesota Historical Society
21 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
David serves as the field services manager for the Minnesota Historical Society travelling nearly 35,000 miles a year to engage with, and assist, loca...
Jennifer Barker-Devine Associate Professor of History Illinois College
20 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jenny Barker Devine discusses her book, "On Behalf of the Family Farm" which traces the development of women’s activism and agrarian feminisms in th...
Paul Stone Professor of History, University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
19 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Stone Professor of History, University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs discusses regionalist impulses of the early 20th century. ...
Kevin Ehrman-Solberg, Web Developer and GIS Director for Historyapolis
18 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Lauck interviews Kevin Ehrman-Solberg, Web Developer and GIS Director for The Historyapolis Project, a collaborative endeavor that relies on the c...
Bill Green, Professor of History Augsburg College and VP of the Minnesota Historical Society
15 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bill Green discusses race and civil rights in Minnesota history. His recent book, A Peculiar Imbalance in Early Minnesota: 1837-1869, and Degrees ...
Michael J. Lansing. Augsburg College,Associate Professor, History Department Chair
15 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michael J. Lansing. Augsburg College,Associate Professor, History Department Chair discusses his research on the North American West, political histor...
Caitlyn Perry Dial, Interim Director,The Michigan Women’s Historical Center and Hall of Fame
14 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Caitlyn Perry Dial, Interim Director,The Michigan Women’s Historical Center and Hall of Fame
Episode Three David Brodnax, Professor of History at Trinity Christian College
01 Nov 2016
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Episode Three David Brodnax, Professor of History at Trinity Christian College in Illinois. Dr. Brodnax broad research interests include African Ameri...
Dr. James Madison
20 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. James H. Madison discusses Indiana history, the importance of local and regional history, and Indiana 's role in the American Civil War
Andrew Seal, The American Midwest, and Essentialism
10 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Seal, PhD candidate , American Studies at Yale University discusses his research on the American Midwest, Midwestern identity, and essentialism...