Author name: Places and Profiles Podcast

Daniel Allen Butler joins host Adam Camac to discuss the real story of the Titanic.  Dan is a maritime and military historian and the author of eleven books, including Unsinkable: The Full Story of the RMS Titanic and Other Side of the Night: The Carpathia, the Californian, and the Night the Titanic Was Lost.

Dr. Randolph Head joins host Adam Camac to discuss key events in the historical and cultural development of Switzerland and some of the issues and challenges faced by modern Switzerland.  Randy is a professor of history at the University of California, Riverside. He is the co-author with the late Clive Church of A Concise History of Switzerland and the author of Jenatsch’s Axe: Social Boundaries, Identity, and Myth in the Era of the Thirty Years’ War.

Dr. Michael Seth joins host Adam Camac to discuss key figures, events, and characteristics from the history of Korea.  Michael is a professor at James Madison University, and he has spent time living and working in Korea. He is the author of A Brief History of Korea: Isolation, War, Despotism and Revival: The Fascinating Story of a Resilient But Divided People, Education Fever: Politics, Society and the Pursuit of Schooling in South Korea, North Korea: A History, and Korea at War: Conflicts That Shaped the World.

Dr. Sarah Morris joins host Adam Camac to discuss the significance of the song “Country Roads” to the state of West Virginia and the global impact of “Country Roads.”  Sarah is an assistant professor in the English department at West Virginia University, and she is West Virginia University’s Coordinator of Undergraduate Writing. She has extensively researched the impact of the song “Country Roads,” has an extensive background as a teacher, and is the author of the forthcoming book Transformation, Translation, and Complication: Take Me Home Country Roads.

Larry O’Dell, State Historian with the Oklahoma Historical Society, joins host Adam Camac to discuss key figures and events in the historical and cultural development of Oklahoma.

Dr. Jill Hedges joins host Adam Camac to discuss the life and legacy of Juan and Eva Peron and the continuing significance of Peronism in Argentina. Jill is Deputy Director and Senior Analyst for Latin America with Oxford Analytica, and she is the author of Argentina: A Modern History, Evita: The Life of Eva Perón, and Juan Perón: The Life of the People’s Colonel.

Host Adam Camac talks about the Places and Profiles Podcast, its format and frequency, and why you should listen. The Places and Profiles Podcast uses storytelling, history, and current events to explore the issues, stories, and people that have shaped different places into what they are today.
New episodes are published every Thursday.