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Armchair Historians

Anne Marie Cannon

98 episodes

6 days ago

Send us a text This week’s Rewind episode brings back one of our most memorable conversations—perfect for anyone who’s ever felt that jolt of wonder holding a fragment of the past. Anne Marie sits down with noted mudlark Jason Sandy—member of the Society of Thames Mudlarks, trustee of the Thames Museum Trust, and co-author of Thames Mudlarking: Searching for London’s Lost Treasures—to explore the River Thames as the longest open-air archaeological site in London. Jason shares how a National G...

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Send us a text This week’s Rewind episode brings back one of our most memorable conversations—perfect for anyone who’s ever felt that jolt of wonder holding a fragment of the past. Anne Marie sits down with noted mudlark Jason Sandy—member of the Society of Thames Mudlarks, trustee of the Thames Museum Trust, and co-author of Thames Mudlarking: Searching for London’s Lost Treasures—to explore the River Thames as the longest open-air archaeological site in London. Jason shares how a National G...

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Episodes (20/98)

Armchair Historians

Jason Sandy: How A Riverbed Became The Largest Open-Air Museum In London

Send us a text This week’s Rewind episode brings back one of our most memorable conversations—perfect for anyone who’s ever felt that jolt of wonder holding a fragment of the past. Anne Marie sits down with noted mudlark Jason Sandy—member of the Society of Thames Mudlarks, trustee of the Thames Museum Trust, and co-author of Thames Mudlarking: Searching for London’s Lost Treasures—to explore the River Thames as the longest open-air archaeological site in London. Jason shares how a National G...

1 month ago

56 minutes

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Eric Walter, My Amityville Horror, Minisode

Send us a text In this special Halloween edition minisode, host Anne Marie Cannon continues her conversation with documentary filmmaker Eric Walter, diving into the making of his award-winning film My Amityville Horror. In the documentary, Daniel Lutz recounts his own chilling version of the infamous Amityville haunting that terrified his family in 1975—an experience that would inspire a best-selling novel and a long-running series of films. Together, Anne Marie and Eric discuss the blurred l...

1 month ago

22 minutes

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Eric Walter, Dark Side of the Mountain, The Disappearance of Keith Reinhard

Send us a text Every town has its ghosts. For the quiet Colorado mining town of Silver Plume, those ghosts are real people who vanished without a trace. In this two-part Halloween special of Armchair Historians, host Anne Marie Cannon talks with award-winning filmmaker Eric Walter, whose documentaries explore the unsettling corners of human experience. Walter’s film Dark Side of the Mountain investigates the mysterious disappearance of journalist Keith Reinhard, whose story eerily mirrors tha...

1 month ago

56 minutes

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Last Train Leaving Belgium, Part 2: Jeff Lipkes

Send us a text This is part one of an interview Anne Marie did in 2020. Sadly, shortly after the interview, Jeff Lipkes passed away. This episode is dedicated to him. Jeff Lipkes was born and raised in Los Angeles and educated at U.C. Berkeley and Princeton, completing his Ph.D. in History in 1995. His dissertation was awarded the Joseph Dorfman Prize by the History of Economics Society. Rehearsals: The German Army in Belgium, August 1914 was published by University of Leuven Press in Octob...

1 year ago

40 minutes

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Last Train Leaving Belgium, Part 1

Send us a text It's been a while, fellow Armchair Historians! Welcome back to the show!! This episode is the first in a series. This supplementary podcast to the in-production documentary Last Train Leaving Belgium is the first episode, which introduces the story of Therese, an eight-year-old Belgian child facing the soon-to-be occupation of her country by foreign invaders. Over the next few weeks, we will rebroadcast all the previous episodes of Last Train Leaving Belgium. We welcome you t...

1 year ago

20 minutes

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Charlie Chaplin vs. America, Scott Eyman

Send us a text Hello, fellow Armchair Historians. We're back and ready to bring more amazing histories. In this episode, Anne Marie talks to bestselling author Scott Eyman. Scot is a prolific writer whose muse is the enduring careers of iconic film industry legends. Scott talks about his latest book, Charlie Chaplin Vs. America: When Art, Sex, And Politics Collide. Scott Eyman website: https://scotteyman.com Scott Eyman: https://www.facebook.com/ScottEyman1 Scott Eyman Twitter: https://tw...

2 years ago

43 minutes

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PART 2: Under the Banner of King Death, Marcus Rediker and David Lester

Send us a text PART 2 listen to PART1 here: Ahoy, mateys! Anne Marie here! In this episode, we share part 2 of Anne Marie's interview with Marcus Rediker and David Lester about their graphic novel, Under the Banner of King Death. Yup, that’s right, we’re going to talk about Pirates. If you listened to our most recent mini episode, you met David and Marcus in our Let’s get Quizzical segment. Not only do we talk about egalitarian style government on the pirate ship, we also talk about the evo...

2 years ago

35 minutes

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John Blanke, The Black Tudors, Mini Episode

Send us a text In this mini episode, Anne Marie revisits Black Tudors, by Miranda Kaufmann. Anne Marie purchased the book whilst visiting Mary Rose Museum back in 2017 to research the African presence in Tudor England. One of the central figures, perhaps the most well known black Tudor, John Blanke appears in the historical record as well as Tudor art. Miranda Kaufmann, website: http://www.mirandakaufmann.com Black Tudors by Miranda Kaufmann: https://amzn.to/3IIBpMJ Michael Ohajuru, ...

2 years ago

9 minutes

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Under the Banner of King Death, Marcus Rediker and David Lester, Part 1

Send us a text Ahoy, mateys! Anne Marie here! In this episode, we share part 1 of Anne Marie's interview with Marcus Rediker and David Lester about their graphic novel, Under the Banner of King Death. Yup, that’s right, we’re going to talk about Pirates. If you listened to our most recent mini episode, you met David and Marcus in our Let’s get Quizzical segment. Not only do we talk about egalitarian style government on the pirate ship, we also talk about the evolution of David and Marcus’s co...

2 years ago

26 minutes

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Mini Episode, Henry VIII Party Favors? & Lets get Quizzical

Send us a text When 34-year-old Charlie Clarke was feeling down about losing his beloved dog to cancer, he decided to go metal detecting to take his mind off of his loss. Sometimes good things happen at the worst of times, and that's just what happened to Charlie when he uncovered a never before seen early sixteenth-century artifact. David Lester and Marcus Rediker, authors of Under the Banner of King Death, take on the Pirate Speak "Let's get Quizzical" challenge. Under the Banner of King ...

2 years ago

11 minutes

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Anna Borzello, Dancing on the Foreshore, Part 2

Send us a text Part 2 of Anne Marie's interview with Anna Borzello about her years foraging along the foreshore for remnants of the lives of everyday people, breadcrumbs that lead to snapshots of the past, bringing into sharper focus the commonplace, for the times, routines of ordinary people. Anna is a crafty historian, able to spin an engaging narrative around each artifact she finds. In this episode, Anne Marie talks to Anna Borzello. Previously, she worked as the BBC correspondent ...

2 years ago

31 minutes

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February 4, This Day in History, Patty Hearst, Yalta, Banks go Bust

Send us a text Minisode: February 4, This Day in History Listen to this episode to discover what happened on this day in history. Clues are in the title! The People History: https://www.thepeoplehistory.com History: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day Support the show Follow us on Social Media: Instagram: @armchairhistorians Twitter: @ArmchairHistor1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/armchairhistorians Support Armchair Historian...

2 years ago

5 minutes

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Anna Borzello, Dancing on the Foreshore, Part 1

Send us a text In this episode, Anne Marie talks to Anna Borzello. Previously, she worked as the BBC correspondent for Focus in Africa in Uganda from 1995 to 2001. These days you can find Anna on the River Thames foreshore foraging for historical artifacts which tell the story of London’s expansive history. Anna admittedly plans her life around the river’s tides. Before she commits to doctor’s appointments, lunch dates, fill in the blank, she first consults the tide charts. Low tide wi...

2 years ago

26 minutes

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Emily Strasser, Half-Life of a Secret, Part 2

Send us a text Not too long ago, Anne Marie had the opportunity to talk to Emily Strasser. Emily has written a book about a little-known community built in secret by the United States government in rural western Knoxville, Tennessee. Oak Ridge was one of three secret cities constructed by the Manhattan Project. Emily Strasser is a writer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She received her MFA in nonfiction from the University of Minnesota. Her work has appeared in Catapult, Ploughshares, ...

2 years ago

24 minutes

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Emily Strasser, Half-Life of a Secret

Send us a text Not too long ago, Anne Marie had the opportunity to talk to Emily Strasser. Emily has written a book about a little-known community built in secret by the United States government in rural western Knoxville, Tennessee. Oak Ridge was one of three secret cities constructed by the Manhattan Project. If you listened to last week’s episode about Anna Rosenberg, there is a tie-in here. Anna Rosenberg negotiated a hush-hush deal between then-president Franklyn D. Rosevelt and th...

2 years ago

26 minutes

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Christopher C. Gorham, Who Was Anna Rosenberg?

Send us a text In this first episode of 2023, Anne Marie interviews Christopher C. Gorham, high school history teacher and author of The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America. This relatively unknown history is about a woman who yielded a great deal of political power throughout much of the 20th century, and whose legacy is little known. Who was Anna Rosenberg, and why don't we know about her? A true confidante is one in whom your secrets are s...

2 years ago

26 minutes

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Peace and Prosperity in 2023

Send us a text Anne Marie stops by to wish you a happy New Year and gets a little deep and philosophical about her love of history. #happynewyear Support Armchair Historians: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/armchairhistorians Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/belgiumrabbitproductions Support the show Support the show Follow us on Social Media: Instagram: @armchairhistorians Twitter: @ArmchairHistor1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/armchairhistorians Support Armchair Historians: Patreon: https://...

2 years ago

5 minutes

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Stephanie & Elise, Denver Ghost Hunters, Part 2

Send us a text In this fourth episode of our October History and Haunting Series, Anne Marie talks to Denver Ghost Hunters' (DGH) team members Stephanie and Elise about their favorite histories and how their ghost-hunting endeavors connect to them. They share digital recordings of disembodied voices (or EVPs) of spirits from beyond and line up the history with the haunting. With the nineteenth-century United States Western expansion, many a restless soul came to the then Kansas Terr...

3 years ago

34 minutes

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Stephanie & Elise, Denver Ghost Hunters, Part 1

Send us a text In this third episode of our October History and Haunting Series, Anne Marie talks to Denver Ghost Hunters' (DGH) team members Stephanie and Elise about their favorite histories and how their ghost-hunting endeavors connect to them. With the nineteenth-century United States Western expansion, many a restless soul came to the then Kansas Territory (Colorado) with only their dream and a prayer in hopes of finding a better life. Many of DGH's local haunts are steeped in th...

3 years ago

36 minutes

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A Haunted History of Invisible Women, Leanna Renee Heiber and Andrea Janes Part 2

Send us a text Anne Marie continues her discussion with the co-authors of A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts. This non-fiction book is coauthored by actress, playwright, ghost tour guide and award-winning bestselling author Leanna Renee Hieber and Boroughs of the Dead founder Andrea Janes. “Sorrowful widows, vengeful jezebels, innocent maidens, wronged lovers, even the occasional axe-murderess—America’s female ghosts differ widely in background,...

3 years ago

36 minutes