About this episode

The episode concludes a conversation about public history and the evaluation of historical media with Ethan Healey.

Join me for the conclusion of my conversation with educator and Early America expert Ethan Healey as we discuss the power of public history, the importance of critically evaluating consumed media, why there can be value in even the flimsiest of historical media, and of course - more books! If want to check out any of the books we discussed during our conversation, head over to my bookshop storefront where I have curated a special list just for this conversation. To learn more abou...

People in this episode

Host: Alycia Asai

Guest: Ethan Healey

Topics covered

• public history
• media evaluation
• historical media
• books
• Early America

Keywords

• public history
• media
• historical evaluation
• books
• Early America

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