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Thecuriousmanspodcast

Apr 30, 2020

In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with historian and author Lindsay Chervinsky about her book The Cabinet. When most of us think about The Cabinet it is as a part of our government that we take for granted. Chervinsky's book points out this was not always the case and if not for Washington creating the cabinet...


Apr 28, 2020

In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with author Neil Bascomb about his book Faster. A former top driver, a down on its luck automaker and an American heiress who team up to take on Hitler's best drivers and fastest cars. WWII has a lot of incredible stories and Bascomb sure has a way of finding them. This is a fast...


Apr 23, 2020

In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with author Dane Huckelbridge about his book, No Beast S Fierce. This is the insane story about a tiger that killed and ate 436 people in Nepal and India in the early 20th century. The legendary hunter Jim Corbett is sent to hunt this man-eater down and the chase begins. While this...


Apr 21, 2020

In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with best selling author and historian Jon Gertner about his book The Ice At The End Of The World. This is the story of the early exploration of Greenland's ice sheet and the scientific investigations that followed. Earth's largest laboratory might just hold the key to our future if...


Apr 14, 2020

In this episode Matt Crawford speak with author Dr. Jamie Goodall about her book Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay. This is a compendium of fantastic pirate stories linked together through the different eras it covers. A span of over three centuries and over thirty pirates discussed these pages turn themselves folks. A...