We Heart 90s History (Trailer)

Margaret O’Mara on the Clintons, Tech, and Memory

We were joined by Professor Margaret O’Mara of the University of Washington, who had a front row seat to the Clinton campaign and went on to become an expert in the history of information technology and Silicon Valley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Angus Burgin on the Rise of the Internet

We were joined by Angus Burgin, Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, and talked about how the arrival of the Internet remade life and politics in the 90s. Angus shared his thoughts on the motivations behind his upcoming book, which offers an intellectual history of the Internet. Lee Vinsel is a professor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech. Benjamin Waterhouse is a professor of History at UNC Chapel Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

David Kirsch on the Dot Com Bubble and Bust

We chat with historian David Kirsch, Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School, about how to understand the Dot Com bubble and bust of the late 1990s and early 2000s. David both lived through the Dot Com moment as a California resident and is a scholar of technology bubbles, including through his coauthored book, Bubbles and Crashes: The Boom and Bust of Technological Innovation [https://bookshop.org/a/12343/9780804793834] (Stanford University Press, 2019). We talk to him about how to think about past and contemporary bubbles from both personal and professional historical perspectives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

We Heart 90s History (Trailer)

Hosts Lee Vinsel (Science Technology and Society, Virginia Tech) and Ben Waterhouse (History, UNC Chapel Hill), along with producer Joe Forte (Virginia Tech Publishing & Press), introduce a new podcast featuring conversations with historians about the history of the 1990s and how to study it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]