Latin America and the Cuban Missile Crisis — a Blogcast Episode

U.S. History at 250–Native Nations, the Declaration of Independence, and the Revolutionary Era

This special OAH conference panel debrief episode is the second in our U.S. History at 250 series. It features a conversation about “Native Nations, the Declaration of Independence, and the Revolutionary Era” between Elizabeth Ellis (Princeton University), Philip Deloria (Harvard University), Kathleen DuVal (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and Samantha Seeley (University of Richmond). Listen to hear them talk more about Native Nations and the Revolutionary Era. Bluesky: @oah.org | Facebook: The Journal of American History #JAHCast

U.S. History at 250–Public History and the American Revolution

This special OAH conference panel debrief episode is the first in our U.S. History at 250 series. It features a conversation about “Public History and the American Revolution at 250” between Dr. Karin Wulf (Director of the John Carter Brown Library Director and Professor of History at Brown University) and Dr. Andrew Davenport (Vice President for Research and Saunders Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello). Listen to hear their perspectives on public history and the value of teaching history in the contemporary moment. Bluesky: @oah.org | Facebook: The Journal of American History #JAHCast

Reconstructing the American Home: Western Boardinghouses on the Comstock Lode — Nicole Martin

This podcast episode features a conversation between JAH associate editor Dr. Amy Ransford and Dr. Nicole Martin about her recent JAH article “Reconstructing the American Home: Western Boardinghouses on the Comstock Lode” published in the September 2025 issue. Listen to learn more about the important role of boarding houses and boarding house women during Reconstruction in the West. Martin also challenges assumptions about the “home” in the context of rising domesticity and the moral Christian home in the early nineteenth century. Read Martin’s JAH article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaaf098 [https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaaf098] Bluesky: @oah.org | Facebook: The Journal of American History #JAHCast

Latin America and the Cuban Missile Crisis — a Blogcast Episode

This Blogcast episode features Renata Keller’s blog piece, “Latin America and the Cuban Missile Crisis,” published in Process: A Blog for American History on October 7th, 2025. In this episode, our podcast host, Anna Biesecker-Mast, reads Keller’s piece, which analyzes the variety of Latin Americans’ reactions to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Read the blog here: https://www.oah.org/process/keller-latin-america-and-the-cuban-missile-crisis/ [https://www.oah.org/process/keller-latin-america-and-the-cuban-missile-crisis/] Bluesky: @oah.org | Facebook: The Journal of American History For more information on OAH 2026, visit: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah2026/ [https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah2026/] #JAHCast

Devin Kennedy — Silent Partners: Indirect Investment and Financialization in the United States, 1950–1975

This podcast episode features a conversation between executive editor Stephen Andrews and University of Wisconsin-Madison history professor Devin Kennedy about his recent Journal of American History article, “Silent Partners: Indirect Investment and Financialization in the United States, 1950–1975." Listen to learn more about how exactly Americans were involved in the financialization of the United States in the second half of the twentieth century. Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaae268 [https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaae268] Bluesky: @oah.org | Facebook: The Journal of American History For more information on OAH 2026, visit: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah2026/ [https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah2026/] #JAHCast