Civil War Talk Radio
By Gerry Prokopowicz
Since October 2004, host Gerry Prokopowicz (East Carolina University history professor) has held weekly in-depth conversations about Civil War history with various historians, authors, curators, artists and other people whose work is of interest to students of the Civil War era. Guests have included James McPherson, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Gary Gallagher, Caroline Janney, Peter Carmichael, Carol Reardon, and many others. Although the show is named "talk radio," it has little in common with traditional talk radio, in that the guests do most of the talking, on subjects of their choosing. There's no ranting by the host, and no callers. Lists and...
Recent Episodes
Civil War Talk Radio - February 25, 2026 (Lindsay Rae Smith Privette: How Medicine Won the Vicksburg Campaign)
● Released 6 days ago
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28 February 2026
Civil War Talk Radio- February 18, 2026 (Joseph Stahl & Matthew Borders: Faces of Union Soldiers)
● Released 2 weeks ago
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21 February 2026
Civil War Talk Radio - February 11, 2026 (John M. Kinder & Jennifer M. Murray: Civil War Memories in a Polarized America)
● Released 3 weeks ago
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14 February 2026
Civil War Talk Radio - February 4, 2026 (Sarah Jones Weicksel: A Nation Unraveled)
● Released 4 weeks ago
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7 February 2026
Civil War Talk Radio - January 28, 2026 (Rob Edwards: Defiant, The Story of Robert Smalls)
● Released 1 month ago
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31 January 2026
Civil War Talk Radio - January 21, 2026 (Edwin P. Rutan II: Reclaiming the Honor of the High Bounty Men)
● Released 1 month ago
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24 January 2026
Civil War Talk Radio - January 14, 2026 (Matthew Pinsker: Boss Lincoln)
● Released 2 months ago
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17 January 2026
Civil War Talk Radio - December 10, 2025 (Jeffrey J. Harding & Jon M. Nese: Gettysburg Campaign Weather)
● Released 3 months ago
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13 December 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - December 3, 2025 (Jonathan S. Jones: Opioid Slavery)
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6 December 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - November 19, 2025 (Alexandre Caillot: Late to the Fight)
● Released 3 months ago
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22 November 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - November 12, 2025 (Robert P. Watson: Rebels at the Gates)
● Released 4 months ago
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15 November 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - October 29, 2025 (Damian Shiels: The Green and the Blue)
● Released 4 months ago
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1 November 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - October 22, 2025 (Nigel Lambert: The Battle of Hatcher's Run)
● Released 4 months ago
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25 October 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - October 8, 2025 (James Marten: Biography of the 6th Wisconsin)
● Released 5 months ago
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11 October 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - October 1, 2025 (Scott Ellsworth: Midnight on the Potomac)
● Released 5 months ago
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4 October 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - September 17, 2025 (Jerilyn James Lee: Stories of the USCT)
● Released 6 months ago
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20 September 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - September 10, 2025 (Jonathan White & Lucas Morel: F. Douglass on A. Lincoln)
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13 September 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - September 3, 2025 (Ryan Quint: Battle of Dranesville)
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6 September 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - August 27, 2025 (A. Wilson Greene: Petersburg Trilogy, vol. 2)
● Released 6 months ago
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30 August 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - November 18, 2005 (Live from Gettysburg, with David Long)
● Released 8 months ago
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27 June 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - September 23, 2005 (Thomas Desjardin: One, Two, Many Gettysburgs)
● Released 8 months ago
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27 June 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - September 9, 2005 (Chris Fonvielle, Jr.: The Last Port)
● Released 8 months ago
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27 June 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - March 4, 2005 (Catherine Clinton: Civil War the Next Generation)
● Released 8 months ago
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25 June 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - June 11, 2025 (Michael Hardy: Feeding Lee's Army)
● Released 9 months ago
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13 June 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - June 4, 2025 (KT Shively and Peter C. Luebke: The Second Manassas Campaign)
● Released 9 months ago
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6 June 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - May 28, 2025 (Matthew Locke: Charleston's Castle Pinckney)
● Released 9 months ago
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31 May 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - May 21, 2025 (James Robbins Jewell and Eugene S. Van Sickle: Memoir from the 54th)
● Released 10 months ago
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24 May 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - April 30, 2025 (Michael deGruccio: George Cole's Strange and Tragic Wounds)
● Released 10 months ago
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3 May 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - April 23, 2025 (Carol E. Harrison and Thomas J. Brown: Zouave Theaters)
● Released 10 months ago
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1 May 2025
Civil War Talk Radio - April 16, 2025 (Lesley Gordon: Cowardice and Combat in the Civil War)
● Released 11 months ago
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19 April 2025