Can I Call You? (+ 3 New Episodes!)
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In case you’ve missed them, three new episodes have come out since the last time I emailed. Links to those episodes are below. The No. 1 thing you can do to support Drafting the Past is to tell a friend about it, so if you connected with one of these episodes, please pass it along!
First, though, I have a big favor to ask. I’m trying to learn how more about how listeners interact with Drafting the Past, what people value most, and how I can improve. Eventually I’ll make a survey to share widely, but first I’d like to have some one-on-one chats with listeners to make sure I’m asking the right questions. So here’s the favor:
Can I call you?
If you’re up for it, I’d love to have a 15-minute conversation about how you listen to the show and what you get (or don’t get!) from it. You can schedule a call right here. As a thanks, I’ll send you a Drafting the Past ceramic mug (pictured here with enticing hot cocoa as bribery).
I'm sending this request to newsletter subscribers and Patreon supporters first. I'm aiming for about 20 calls, so if the link no longer works, it probably means I've gotten everyone I need for now. Thanks for helping me make the show as valuable for listeners as possible!
New Episodes: Andrew Hartman, Tracy Slater, and Raphael Cormack
Episode 69: Andrew Hartman Takes the Time to Get it Right: I spoke with Andrew about his new book, Karl Marx in America, including how he stuck with a project that was a decade in the making. Listen here.
Episode 70: Tracy Slater Finds Her Footing as a Narrative Historian: Tracy and I talked about her path to narrative history, including switching agents after the agent who sold her memoir said she didn't think there was a market for her narrative history book. Listen here.
Episode 71: Raphael Cormack Makes Meaning from Unreliable Sources: I had a fascinating conversation with Raph about what it's like to write a history where most of your sources are usually lying--or at least stretching the truth--and how it might not really matter in the end for the history he was trying to tell. Listen here.
Thanks for listening!