Passion and Practicality: A Liberal Arts Podcast
History
Episodes
![History Speaker Series with Dr. Luke Peterson](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog12680496/Working_Historians_Logo_Sloan_Final_Resized_2000albpc_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 10, 2024
History Speaker Series with Dr. Luke Peterson
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
Dr. Luke Peterson teaches Arabic and Middle Eastern history at Southern New Hampshire University and Duquesne University. In this episode, Dr. Peterson discusses his new book, The U.S. Military in the Print News Media: Service and Sacrifice in Contemporary Discourse, which “analyzes the history of the popular discourse in the United States concerned with the U.S. military and its engagement in foreign wars from the Spanish-American War through to the U.S. invasions of Iraq and the War on Terror.”
This episode was recorded live on April 18, 2024 and originally broadcast on the Working Historians podcast feed.
![Constitution Day 2023: The Fourteenth Amendment and Modern United States History](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog12680496/Working_Historians_Logo_Sloan_Final_Resized_2000albpc_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Constitution Day 2023: The Fourteenth Amendment and Modern United States History
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Get out your parchment and quill, it’s Constitution Day! In this episode, Dr. Rob Denning will discuss the historical origins of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, how legal and popular conceptions of the Amendment have changed over the decades, and how the Amendment is relevant to our present political sphere.
Dr. Denning is the Associate Dean for Southern New Hampshire University’s online graduate and undergraduate history programs, the host of the Working Historians podcast series, and producer of the Passion and Practicality podcast series.
This episode was originally released on the Working Historians feed.
![Careers in History with Dr. Rob Denning](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12680496/Passion_and_Practicality_Logo_2022_rounded_b9il4_300x300.png)
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Careers in History with Dr. Rob Denning
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
In this episode, originally broadcast on February 4, 2022, Associate Dean Rob Denning describes the skills that students learn while in pursuit of a history degree that will be valuable on the job market after graduation (even in fields that don't include the word "history"). He also describes some of the ways that students can prepare for the job market before graduation.
![Critical Thinking, The Liberal Arts, and Citizenship: Jeffrey Scheuer, Freelance Author](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12680496/Passion_and_Practicality_Logo_2022_rounded_b9il4_300x300.png)
Friday Aug 18, 2023
Friday Aug 18, 2023
Jeffrey Scheuer is a freelance writer who specializes in information ecosystems. Today, Jeff talks to the Passion and Practicality crew about his new book, Inside the Liberal Arts: Critical Thinking and Citizenship. In the book, and in this conversation, Jeff explains how critical thinking is specifically related to the liberal arts, and how critical thinking and the liberal arts are essential to the survival of democracy.
![Museum Careers for History Students: Jazlyn Sanderson - Director, Museum of Native American History](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12680496/Passion_and_Practicality_Logo_2022_rounded_b9il4_300x300.png)
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Jazlyn Sanderson is the Director of the Museum of Native American History. In this episode, Jazlyn talks to Southern New Hampshire University's David Buresh about the benefits of having a history degree and how to get into the museum field. David and Jazlyn go into different types of internship within the Museum of Native American History, as well as how to make yourself stand out in the industry overall.
![Museum Careers for History Students: Karen Kincaid Brady - Programming Director, Neill-Cochran House Museum](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12680496/Passion_and_Practicality_Logo_2022_rounded_b9il4_300x300.png)
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Friday Jun 02, 2023
In this episode, SNHU's Callie Cook interviews Karen Kincaid Brady, Programming Director at Neill-Cochran House Museum, about the value of building your network, opportunities in history, and creative ways to connect and build experience.
![Museum Careers for History Students: Karl McKinnon - Assistant Director of Operations and Chief Financial Officer, Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12680496/Passion_and_Practicality_Logo_2022_rounded_b9il4_300x300.png)
Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
Karl McKinnon is the Assistant Director of Operations & Chief Financial Officer at the Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, and speaks to SNHU's Peter Bartel on how to make yourself stand out when applying for careers in the museum world. In this recording, Karl expands upon the importance of exuding passion for your work, as well as the value of having experience outside of the classroom.
![Museum Careers for Historians: Buster Ratliff - Director of Operations, Cultural Foundation of the Texas Panhandle and Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog12680496/Passion_and_Practicality_Logo_2022_rounded__6zoe0_300x300.png)
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Our featured guest for this episode is Buster Ratliff, Director of Operations with the Cultural Foundation of the Texas Panhandle & Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. Buster talks with us about the value of building your network and understanding company values.
![Careers for Historians: Bonnie Barnes - Executive Director, Keys History and Discovery Center](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog12680496/Passion_and_Practicality_Logo_2022_rounded_e78278fc-512a-ec62-9cb7-691d3f9c0618_300x300.png)
Friday Nov 11, 2022
Friday Nov 11, 2022
Today we have our featured guest, Bonnie Barnes, Executive Director with Keys History and Discovery Center in Florida. Today’s topic is informational interviewing, company research, and different career paths one can explore with a history degree.
![”The Importance of the Liberal Arts” with Tim Garrity - Historian, Mount Desert Island Historical Society](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12680496/Passion_and_Practicality_Logo_2022_rounded_b9il4_300x300.png)
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Tim Garrity has served as a hospital administrator and the director of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, from which he recently retired. We have talked to Tim before about his organization, but this time we discuss his view of the liberal arts in general, what liberal arts degree holders bring to various industries, and what liberal arts students should learn to market themselves better for different career paths. For more information on Tim and the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, listen to our earlier conversation here: https://workinghistorians.podbean.com/e/tim-garrity-executive-director-mount-desert-island-historical-society/. Learn more about the Mount Desert Island Historical Society here: https://mdihistory.org/.