History’s Hook is a weekly audio-media series that uses local stories…stories found in everyone’s backyard…to explore national and world history. The show features experts and eye-witnesses to events that make those connections in history. The show’s host, Tom Price is a veteran historian who has spent nearly 30 years working in museums and archives finding those documents and objects that tell the stories of all of us. He has published numerous articles on U.S. History and has curated fifteen major exhibitions related to American History and culture.
Latest episodes
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History's Hook RM EP26 10-24-2026 Voices Long Gone TN Cemeteries
Cemeteries as we know them today came about in the 1830’s. Prior to that, the dead were typically buried in churchyards and backyards. But with this change, the often elaborate pla…
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History's Hook RM EP23 10-10-2026 Lt Gen Spence Armstrong Pt 2of2
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History's Hook RM EP22 09-19-2026 General Spence Armstrong Part1
Born and raised in Mt. Pleasant, Spence Armstrong went on to a stellar military career which began at the United States Naval Academy, before transferring to the Air Force to becom…
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History's Hook 09-03-2026 RM EP55 09-03-2026 Ron Ladd USN Ret
What does it feel like to be in control of enough firepower to obliterate a continent? Join host Tom Price as he interviews former ballistic missile sub commander Ronald Ladd.After…
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History's Hook RM EP32 08-15-2026 Maj Gen Wm Hickman Pt2
On this episode, we continue our look at the extraordinary life of a man who has found great success as a career military man. Major General William Hickman spent 36 years serving…
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History's Hook RM EP31 08-01-2026 MajGen Wm Hickman Pt1
On this episode, we look at the extraordinary life of a man who has found great success as a career military man. Major General William Hickman spent 36 years serving his country.…
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History's Hook RM EP48 07-04-2026 Dedication Cecil Whiteside
Centenarian Cecil Whiteside, WWII Naval VeteranMr. Cecil Whiteside has spent most of his life in Hampshire, Tennessee with the exception of the years 1942-1945, when he was a membe…
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History's Hook RM EP4 06-20-2026 Jail Fire
In the summer of 1977, forty-two people perished in the worst jail fire in Tennessee’s history. The tragedy garnered national news attention and led to many new laws pertaining to…
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History's Hook 05-30-2026 RMEP56 Admiral Stephen Barnett USN
He wasn’t born near the sea. He didn’t attend the United States Naval Academy, yet Rear Admiral Stephen Barnett has had a stellar naval career. From piloting P-3’s during Operation…
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History's Hook RM EP3 04-25-2026 Hidden Figures
History’s Hook hosts Tom Price and Jo Ann McClellan discuss the lives of several African-Americans who started life in Maury County, Tennessee and went on to national acclaim in va…
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History's Hook RM EP50 04-04-2026 Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury Pathfinder of the Seas
Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury, although raised in Tennessee in the early 19th century, had a calling for the sea. His scientific approach to the navy led to him earning the nick…
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History's Hook RM EP15 03-21-2026 Out of Slavery Life of Elias Polk
Elias Polk was born into slavery North Carolina, but grew up in Tennessee. The majority of his life was spent serving James K. Polk who would eventually become the 11th President.…
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History's Hook RM EP40 03-07-2026 Negro Baseball League
Baseball is the quintessential American sport. Its long history dates back to the mid-19th century. But the sport has had a fractious history when it came to race relations. Despit…
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History's Hook 02-14-2026 Columbia Race Riots 1946 Part2
February 25, 1946 was a pivotal day in the history of the country, but no one knew it at the time. Gladys Stephenson and her son James had a disagreement with a local store over th…
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History's Hook RM EP17 01-31-2026 Columbia Race Riot of 1946 Part1
February 25, 1946 was a pivotal day in the history of the country, but no one knew it at the time. Gladys Stephenson and her son James had a disagreement with a local store over th…
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History's Hook RM EP3 01-10-2025 Maury County Hidden Figures
History’s Hook hosts Tom Price and Jo Ann McClellan discuss the lives of several African-Americans who started life in Maury County, Tennessee and went on to national acclaim in va…
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History's Hook RM EP7 12-20-2025 Embattled President Andrew Johnson TN Presidents Pt3
Starting life off from the humblest beginnings, Andrew Johnson rose from a simple tailor to a statesman. The only Southerner to remain in the Senate following secession, Johnson wa…
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History's Hook RM EP6 11-29-2025 Young Hickory James K Polk TN Presidents Pt2
Tennessee boasts three presidents. Host Tom Price begins his three part presidential series by interviewing the long-time director of the President James K. Polk Home and Museum, J…
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History's Hook RM EP13 11-01-2025 Andrew Jackson TN Presidents Pt1
As part of the series on Tennessee’s three presidents, this episode of History’s Hook focuses on the first of them: Andrew Jackson. Old Hickory, the first populist president change…
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History's Hook RM EP26 10-18-2025 TN Cemeteries
Cemeteries as we know them today came about in the 1830’s. Prior to that, the dead were typically buried in churchyards and backyards. But with this change, the often elaborate pla…