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The History Things Podcast A conversational approach to interpreting history.
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Hosts Patrick McGuire and Matt Borders aim to connect you to some of your favorite stories from the past as well as ones you might not have ever heard before!

Last night was so much fun! Thank you to the Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center for having us out to do our firs...
02/11/2024

Last night was so much fun! Thank you to the Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center for having us out to do our first ever live show! It was an incredible chat INSIDE the famed seminary in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania about the town in the year 1869 with our good friend Codie Eash - Writer and Historian! We discussed a visit from Frederick Douglass, and what the town was like 6 years after the battle was fought there!
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Recording in front of a live audience was an amazing experience, certainly one we will not forget! Thank you to everyone who came out to see the show! It was great to see so many of our friends, both old and new!
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For those of you who couldn’t make it out for this one, don’t worry yourself a bit! You will be able to hear this conversation later in the month for Season 5’s “Black Friday Special!”
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The fourth annual “24 Hours on the Ridge” is this Friday and Saturday, November 1 and 2 at the Seminary Ridge Museum and...
28/10/2024

The fourth annual “24 Hours on the Ridge” is this Friday and Saturday, November 1 and 2 at the Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center in Gettysburg, PA! During this ambitious event, Museum Admission will be FREE, with donations toward the Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree encouraged and very appreciated, and some events having a minimum donation requested.
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On Friday at 6:30pm on the Museum’s second floor, we are going to be recording an episode in front of a live audience, to discuss “Gettysburg 1869” with Codie Eash, SRMEC Director of Education and Interpretation.
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You might remember Codie Eash from his previous visit to the podcast where he took us through the dramatic story of the ride of Alexander Hays on July 3, 1863!
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This is our first live recording endeavor and we are incredibly excited for the opportunity and to see all of you in person this Friday!
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24/10/2024

🔮🧙‍♂️🧙‍♀️🎃👻 It is spooky season!!! 👻 🎃 🧙‍♀️ 🧙‍♂️ 🔮
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One of our favorite seasons is upon us! The time of year when things get weird(er) on ! Coming up on Monday 10/28, we have special guest .j.broomall in the to discuss some of the more macabre souvenirs that soldiers of the American Civil War found themselves collecting!
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Join us for “A Quest For Bones,” for on your favorite podcast app!
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15/10/2024

🔮🧙‍♂️🧙‍♀️🎃👻 It is spooky season!!! 👻 🎃 🧙‍♀️ 🧙‍♂️ 🔮 :One of our favorite seasons is upon us! The time of year when things get weird(er) on ! Coming up on 10/28, we have special guest .j.broomall in the to discuss some of the more macabre souvenirs that soldiers of the American Civil War found themselves collecting! :Join us for “A Quest For Bones,” for on your favorite podcast app! :

We did something new! All this talk on the show this month about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, got a couple of old...
30/09/2024

We did something new!

All this talk on the show this month about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, got a couple of old musicians going, and we took a crack at covering one of our favorite songs!

Check out the episode we dropped today about the history and impact of the song and also head over to YouTube to watch our performance of the Gordon Lightfoot classic!

Special thanks to Jonathan Filson, Pat’s band mate in Auld Mally, for participating in this project and laying down the drums!

Happy Birthday ! We know our man likes to keep a low profile when he’s off the microphones, but we couldn’t let our favo...
09/08/2024

Happy Birthday ! We know our man likes to keep a low profile when he’s off the microphones, but we couldn’t let our favorite information wizard pass another revolution around the sun without acknowledging how grateful we are for him keeping the laces straight here on the podcast! Plus he looks fantastic for being a nearly 10,000 year old history mage!
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We love you Matty-B, Happy Happy Happy Birthday!
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06/08/2024

A corrupt local government? U.S. veterans recently home from WWII? Voting violations? People who have had enough? - - It sounds like story of the 1946 Battle of Athens, Tennessee!
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Join us as we chat with our friends from Ill-Equipped History to discuss this incredible story of more than a decade of corruption and abuse of authority that eventually boiled over into an actual gunfight between armed veterans of the Second World War and local politicians and the Sherriff’s Department of Athens, Tennessee! The results might surprise you!
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Download this episode and all episodes of for on all major podcast apps!
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Thanks for listening! We hope you enjoy the show!
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This Paranormal Life

Like so many of you we were devastated to learn of the news of Pete’s passing. Our hearts go out to this wife and childr...
21/07/2024

Like so many of you we were devastated to learn of the news of Pete’s passing. Our hearts go out to this wife and children as well as to his colleagues, friends, students, and anyone else who shared his wisdom and his laughter. We were honored to have known him and worked with him on several occasions, however no honor was greater than being able to call him a friend, and for that honor, we are indescribably grateful.
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Whether you have read his work, listened to his lectures, listened to him on our friends Addressing Gettysburg - Podcast, or caught up with him casually, you were likely better for it…
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Tonight we toast another great mind and better person that left us way too soon… with all of our love, respect, and admiration, thank you Pete, we will miss you terribly forever!
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- Pat & Matt

27/06/2024

We’re back for this years installment of “From The Field!”

This season we are going through the 1864 Valley Campaign of Jubal Early, with a focus on the fighting on July 9, 1864 at Monocacy Junction!

Mid year is out now! - Catch up on where we have been and where we are going this season, as well as hear about some of ...
22/06/2024

Mid year is out now! - Catch up on where we have been and where we are going this season, as well as hear about some of our off-mic lives and updates!
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03/06/2024

🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨- The Battle Of Jutland
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Pat and Matt have a deep interest in World War One, and while they have got you down into the trenches and high above them, they have only brushed the war at sea when talking about the tragic sinking of the Lusitania. That all ends now as the guys take on the largest naval engagement of the war, the Battle of Jutland!
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To help the work through this clash of navies, Pat and Matt are joined by Justin Voithofer, an up and coming historian and veteran with a real passion for naval history. He delves into the contending navies, the British Grand Fleet and Germany’s High Seas Fleet, their origins and use during the Great War. Justin also breaksdown the results of the battle, why both sides claimed victory and his thoughts on who actually won. It’s thunder on the high seas and we hope you can join us!
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The History Things Podcast is brought to you by History Things with Pat & Matt Borders Books!
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07/05/2024

🚨‼️NEW EPISODE ‼️🚨
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With the success of the Pacific Theater deep dive, the guys are at it again! Pat and Matt have brought back their buddy Avery Lentz, this time to speak on the European and North African Theaters of World War II!
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Avery lays out the run up to the outbreak of the war in Europe and how the world responded. The Axis and the Allies and how some of them switch sides over the course of the war is looked at in detail. This episode touches on the multiple fronts of the European Theater, as well as the ups and downs of the forces engaged on those fronts.
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The guys also touch on the social upheaval of the war in Europe as well, both on the fighting fronts and the home fronts. What does it take to continue to wage a full scale war? All this and more is discussed!
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Join us again next week as we talk to for an more American-centric overview of the campaigns in the west! And then once again join us the Monday after that for the conclusion of Avery’s juggernaut WWII overviews!
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22/04/2024

‼️🚨 Coming soon! 🚨‼️
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Join us May 6th as we continue our first look at the Second World War!
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Once again, join us and special guest Avery Lentz (), like you have never heard him before! This May we drop THREE episodes covering the war in Europe and North Africa from the from the invasion of Poland all the way to the fall of Berlin!
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And stay tuned because in addition to our good friend Avery, we are also joined by to take an overview look at the American-specific involvement of the European Theater of Operations!
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On an unseasonably warm Spring day, the 2024 edition of “From The Field,” began production! :
09/04/2024

On an unseasonably warm Spring day, the 2024 edition of “From The Field,” began production!
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🗺️ MAP COMPANION: HTP EP 66: WWII - Pacific Theater 1937-1945:Through the epic conversation with Avery about the Pacific...
01/04/2024

🗺️ MAP COMPANION: HTP EP 66: WWII - Pacific Theater 1937-1945
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Through the epic conversation with Avery about the Pacific Theater of operations during the Second World War, he references several maps that he used for keeping track of things as he researched and presented the story!
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We have posted those maps (hopefully in the correct order) for you to follow along with!
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It just happened like that…:We hope everyone had a good holiday weekend and was able to take the time to reflect on the ...
30/05/2023

It just happened like that…
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We hope everyone had a good holiday weekend and was able to take the time to reflect on the spirit of !
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Now back to work! And with everyone (including us), dragging a little bit on a Tuesday, we thought we’d keep it light!
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We have a new episode coming up June 1st featuring , then of HistoryNet, now with the American Battlefield Trust!
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