“The Dig” and Sutton Hoo

Just watched “The Dig” on Netflix and it reminded me of a fun conversation I had with Dr. Courtnay Konshuh on the Hour of History Podcast. We talked about Anglo-Saxons and where archaeology meets history and art. I still haven’t read Beowulf, but I will someday!

The Finca Paso Seco

For the past few years I have researched and written about the Finca Paso Seco, a refugee relief hostel in Cuba established by the American Friends Service Committee to help Jewish Europeans as they fled the Holocaust. I will add more information as I continue to update this site, but for now you can listen …

Back to History

My apologies to fans and followers of the Hour of History Podcast, who have undoubtedly noticed its absence for the last few months. A temporary reorganization and hiatus from the podcast was necessary after a great run of new content that dated back to the podcast’s origins in 2017. This year, 2020, has been a …