Our History

15 Minute History Description: 15 Minute History is a history podcast designed for historians, enthusiasts, and newbies alike. This is a joint project of Hemispheres, the international outreach consortium at the University of Texas at Austin, and Not Even Past, a website with articles on a wide variety of historical issues, produced by the History Department at the University of Texas at Austin. This podcast series is devoted to short, accessible discussions of important topics in world history, United States history, and Texas history with the award winning faculty and graduate students at the University of Texas at Austin, and distinguished visitors to our campus. They are meant to be a resource for both teachers and students, and can be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in history. University of Texas at Austin My Review of History of the Second Ku Klux Klan: 1. I rate this podcast a 10/10. The podcast is set up by historians and teachers in History. The podcast felt as if it ...

 HISTORY DETECTIVE: Rosa Parks, I'm not tired Description: History Detective is a podcast for teachers, students and lovers of history. It delves into stories from the past that don’t always get told in the textbooks. 1. From just this episode, this podcast becomes a 10/10. The setting for this podcast was peaceful where the commentator was professional in their information and displayed their research through their work. Not only was the podcast clear and simple, but a transcript was also on the same page for readers to follow along with the dictator. 2. Rosa Parks is commonly known as the first black woman to refuse to give up their seat for a white citizen during the Civil Rights era of the United States. The creator of this podcast went further beyond and researched events that happened prior to this incident, and sure enough, it opened my eyes to many events that were not known enough 3. It was surprising to me that this podcast revealed so much information about the Rosa Park...