Interview With Professor Greg Jackson

1865

Airship / Wondery

Fiction, Drama, Government, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, History

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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In this bonus episode, Professor Greg Jackson, a bona fide historian and host of the podcast History That Doesn't Suck, joins executive producer Lindsay Graham and co-creator and lead writer Steven Walters in a discussion about Civil War history, its consequences and controversies, the importance of learning history ⁠— and why podcasting about it is important.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, executive producer of 1865.
0:08.4	In this bonus episode, I thought we'd continue to dive into the real history behind the
0:12.4	show, but this time, with a real historian.
0:15.7	Joining me today is Professor Greg Jackson.
0:18.3	Hello, Greg.
0:19.3	Hey, how are we doing?
0:20.3	Greg is an assistant professor of integrated studies at Utah Valley University.
0:24.6	He received his bachelor's in history in a master's in French studies from Brigham
0:27.9	Young University with a 4.0 GPA.
0:31.5	Then Greg completed his PhD in history at the University of Utah with a 3.95 GPA proving
0:37.4	that Greg is slipping a bit.
0:38.7	Yes, no, I have completely.
0:40.5	As you can tell, I was really phoning it in there.
0:43.1	Well, we've not asked Greg here just for his bonafides, but because he's also the host
0:48.6	of the popular podcast, History that Doesn't Suck.
0:52.0	He and his team, Ryder and researcher, CL Salazar, an audio magician, Josh Bady, put together
0:57.2	a bi-weekly podcast that investigates American history in a narrative story-driven format.
1:02.5	And as the host of two other narrative story-driven American history shows, I recognized immediately
1:07.1	not just the depth of the scholarship behind history that Doesn't Suck, but a storytelling
1:11.2	craft that does not suck.
1:14.2	And in a four-two-disc coincidence, Greg is just now covering the Civil War in his podcast,
1:19.1	so he's the perfect guest to talk to today.
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