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United SHE StandsAre We Living Through Another Gilded Age? A History Lesson With Alycia AsaiIn episode 131, our special guest, Alycia Asai, gives us a history lesson on the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era. Alycia is an independent historian whose research interests center around women, labor, and the evolution of the social safety net in the United States. She is the researcher, producer, and host of the podcast, Civics & Coffee where she explores the stories of America’s past in the time it takes to enjoy your morning coffee.Alycia’s Book Recommendations on the Gilded Age & Progressive Era:* Standing at Armageddon by Nell Irvin Painter...2025-07-1545 min
The Modern Scholar PodcastBecoming a Historian with Alycia AsaiWelcome to Season Six of The Modern Scholar Podcast!
In this episode we nerd out with our FIRST EVER repeat guest—the wonderful and creative Alycia Asai from the Civics and Coffee podcast!
Alycia first appeared during Season Two, and I would encourage you all to taken a listen to that conversation here. Since that time, Alycia completed her MA in History from Sonoma State University, and in this episode we explore her graduate journey, her work as a podcaster, and her plans for the future!
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A Better Peace: The War Room PodcastBONUS EPISODE: MAKING AIRWAVES, A ROUND TABLE SESSION FROM #SMH2023!In March 2023, the Society for Military History held its annual meeting in San Diego. During the conference, Phil Shackleford, librarian, military historian and host of The Modern Scholar Podcast, moderated a roundtable titled Making Airwaves – The Profession of History and the World of Podcasting. Phil was kind enough to share the live recording of the roundtable and we want to share it with you, our listeners.
The panel included the hosts of multiple podcast hosts in the military history sphere:
Bill Allison, Georgia Southern University, Co-Host, Military Historians are People, Too! https://www.mhptpodcast.com/
Alycia Asai, Sonoma State University, Ho...2023-04-071h 33
The Modern Scholar PodcastCoffee, History, and Becoming a Caster of PodsToday's episode is a very special one, as I recently had the opportunity to visit with Alycia Asai. Alycia is the host, researcher and producer of the weekly podcast Civics & Coffee. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in History from Sonoma State University where she is returning to pursue graduate work. She fell in love with history at a young age thanks to a teacher who pointed out the beautiful flaws found throughout our past. She believes history is fun and engaging – if told the right way. When not creating new episodes for the podcast she enjoys traveling with her...2022-10-1843 min
Axelbank Reports History and Today#100: A Celebration of HistoryWe made it to a hundred episodes! Our celebration features a discussion between four hobbyists who have taken their passion for history to a whole new level.Listen as host Evan Axelbank chats with Alicya Asai of the podcast "Civics and Coffee," Jeremy Anderberg of the newsletter "What to Read Next," and Steve Floyd of the website "Best Presidential Bios." We all explain why we love history and why we wanted to take our passion public!“Axelbank Reports History and Today” could not have made it to this milestone without our listeners, Patrons, guests and thei...2022-10-111h 16
The Modern Scholar PodcastBONUS EPISODE: Beyond the Ivory TowerWelcome to the VERY FIRST bonus episode of the show!
I have a few random thoughts about the history profession that I'd like to share - hopefully all of you find them useful!
A few fellow podcast shoutouts:
Military Historians Are People, Too! with Brian Feltman and Bill Allison
Civics and Coffee with Alycia Asai
Drafting the Past with Kate Carpenter
Check out these folks and their shows!2022-08-0920 min
Armchair HistoriansEpisode 34: Alycia Asai, Civics and Coffee, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory FireI love coffee and I love history. Which is why, when I stumbled on the podcast of our next guest, I knew I had found something good. Alycia Asai is the host and producer of Civics and Coffee, a podcast about The people, events and topics of United States history, shared in the time it takes to enjoy a cup of coffee.According to Alycia, unlike a lot of other history based podcasts, she keeps her episodes short and sweet - giving her listeners their history in the time it takes to drink their morning cup of c...2020-12-1634 min