Humanizing History with Brad Meltzer
Mom Brain
Gallery Media Group, Hilaria Baldwin & Daphne Oz
3.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Brad Meltzer is a NY Times Bestselling fiction and non-fiction author who also hosts Brad Meltzer's Lost History and Brad Meltzer's Decoded, both on the History Channel. He also has a children's book series, Ordinary People Change the World. He believes kids will learn history if we make history more human and show them that ordinary people (just like them) from the past did great things.
Brad tells Daphne and Hilaria about how he gets his own children (and your kids) to appreciate history for its humanity. He also explains how many of his protagonists were characters he created to excite his kids about history. He says children become intrigued when the character is an everyday ordinary person that accomplishes great things. He encourages everyone to be more thoughtful and more civil. Come for the history, but stay for the amazing story about former President, George H.W. Bush.
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Hilaria: Petite 'n Pretty Makeup for Kids
Daphne: Reply All Podcast, episode #158 The Case of the Missing Hit
Brad: Jeni's Ice Cream
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| 0:00.0 | Being a mom is the toughest job there is and it doesn't come with instructions. |
| 0:05.0 | So it's okay if you don't have all the answers. |
| 0:07.7 | We'll figure it out together. |
| 0:09.4 | This is Mombrain with Alaria Bulbwin and Daphne Oz. |
| 0:17.0 | Hey guys, welcome back to Mombrain. I'm Elaria and I'm Daphne and today's guest is none other than the |
| 0:22.0 | number one New York Times best-selling author Brad Melter. |
| 0:26.2 | If you guys are history buffs, like I am, like I've grown up with, you've definitely read one of |
| 0:30.7 | his many best-selling historical thrillers. |
| 0:32.6 | He's got a bunch of kids books that are incredible. |
| 0:34.7 | I feel like I need the whole library. |
| 0:36.5 | Or you might have caught one of his History Channel shows |
| 0:38.9 | like Brad Meltser's Lost History or Brad Meltszer's decoded. |
| 0:42.6 | So this is going to be a really incredible interview guys |
| 0:45.8 | with him just because he is so, he's such a good storyteller. |
| 0:49.8 | He is so passionate about what he does. |
| 0:53.6 | And I am very inspired by his children's book. |
| 0:56.9 | So he has an amazing line of children's books |
| 0:59.5 | called Ordinary People Change the World. |
| 1:02.1 | And I'm really excited to get these books for the kids because I think that they're going to eat them up or read them up. |
| 1:08.0 | So we are going to get you guys one hell of a history lesson here. We're going to ask you about fostering a love of history and a reading in our kids, |
| 1:15.2 | and we're going to pepper him with a few more questions about how he gets the secret history that |
| 1:20.4 | apparently everybody else has forgotten about, but we all need to know. That the secret service wants, secret service wants by the way. |
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