Podcast Pick: History Briefs with Host Brad Shreve
I’m not a podcast connoisseur but I know a good one when I hear it, and History Briefs, with host Brad Shreve, is a winner. Brad burst onto the scene with his Queer Writers of Crime podcast (full disclosure, I was a guest), a wonderful series of interviews with LGBTQ+ writers of mysteries, thrillers and crime fiction. And now he’s hit on an idea whose time has come: short, 20-minute-or-less podcasts about historical facts and events we may never have even known we wanted to learn about – but we do! These podcasts are addictive, and can be listened to on the drive to work, or getting your steps in, cleaning the kitchen, or just sitting spellbound while he tells us the real stories of the Mayo Clinic’s beginnings, the famous and infamous Combat Zone in Boston, the some-say-dubious accomplishments of Alfred Nobel, and more.
I love this podcast and think you will, too. And like a good potato chip, you won’t be satisfied with just one.
Do you want to learn something during your busy day? There are some awesome one-hour, two-hour, and even three-hour history podcasts out there. If you’ve got the time, they offer a wealth of knowledge. But, what about when you’re on the run and want to fit some brief history into your schedule? History Briefs is for you.
Bits of history you may know only a little bit about or not at all presented in 20 minutes or less. Some small parts of major events and some quirky stuff too. Subjects come from world history, American history, entertainment, ancient history, cultural, English, European, medieval, political, economic, social, world war, civil war…this could go on all day. Some will surprise you. Some will be silly. You never know what you’re going to get, but you do know it will be brief.