You Are A Weirdo (with Historian Doug Sofer, Ph.D.)
Welcome to this shiny series about the power of history to help you understand the Strangeness of Now. Sure it may be disconcerting to find that you—and everyone else alive today—are a bunch of weirdos. But it's going to be okay; your host Doug Sofer is a doctor of history and has been trained to help people in situations exactly like yours.
After all, he is a weirdo—just like you.
Podcasting since 2022 • 21 episodes
You Are A Weirdo (with Historian Doug Sofer, Ph.D.)
Latest Episodes
You Can't Head West When The West Is In Your Head
Scholars, politicians and meme-slingers alike talk about Western Civilization as if it's something concrete. Since it's named after a compass direction, you might even assume it refers to some actual place. But even old-school, traditional West...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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40:49
You're A Room Full Of World Historians (Live From SEWHA 2024)
This episode was revised with a brand-new tell-all confession and correction in late July, 2025.How does history help us come to grips with the strangeness of now? Find out as the scholars of the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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42:15
You're A Civil War Historian (with Aaron Astor)
What parts of today’s world would freak out folks who lived during the U.S. Civil War? In this first-ever interview-based episode* of the You Are A Weirdo history podcast, we ask a real-life U.S. Civil War historian t...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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45:47
Your Planet, Your History and The 'S-Clause' Mystery
There once was a jolly fellow with a red nose who lived in London; historical documents mention something about a certain "S. Clause." Then, in 1833, he and his mates disappeared without a trace. Finding out what happened to him has something t...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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32:38
History Is in Your Nature—And Nature Is in Your History
Take a walk on the wild side with your historian host as we unearth some of the big-picture insights of environmental history. Forage in the wilderness, stroll around a giant pie, and hear about what ancient folks did for a living. You’ll also ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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29:08