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 • 20 episodes
You Are A Weirdo (with Historian Doug Sofer, Ph.D.)
Latest Episodes
You're A Room Full Of World Historians (Live From SEWHA 2024)
How does history help us come to grips with the strangeness of now? Find out as the scholars of the Southeast World History Association tackle that very question! This special session of SEWHA's annual meetin...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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40:06
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There once was a jolly fellow with a red nose who lived in London; historical documents mention something about a certain "S. Clause."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
You Repeat Yourself You Repeat Yourself
It bears repeating that we live in strange times. Take, for instance, duplication technology. Today, no matter who you are, you can draw an image or scribble out some text, and copy it as many times as you’d like. Yet when we consider that copy...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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39:08