History Detective is a podcast for teachers, students and lovers of history. It delves into stories from the past that don’t always get told in the textbooks. Every episode will include an original song that compliments the topic. This is a classroom friendly resource that aligns with history curriculums. Visit Amped Up Learning for accompanying teaching resources for every episode.
Latest episodes
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29 min
The Belfast Express with Brigid Carrick
Meet Brigid Carrick the author of The Belfast Express. Brigid Carrick is a retired midwife who was born and raised in Dublin. She qualified as a nurse in Ireland before emigrating…
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33 min
Good Girl, Goodbye: Caitlin Judd Interview
Meet Caitlin Judd author of Good Girl, Goodbye. Get in touch with Caitlin: Caitlin's website Caitlin's SubstackCaitlin's Instagram Buy her book Click to join my mailing listTeacher…
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26 min
The Last Tibetan Kingdom Rose Lane
Meet Rose Lane the Author of The Last Tibetan Kingdom as she journey's to a medieval walled city that few people in the world have ever visited. Buy the book Rose's website Click t…
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32 min
Time Kneels Between Mountains: Amra Pajalic
Meet Amra Pajalic author of Time Kneels Between Mountainsaward winning author, educator, and PhD researcher. In 2009 she won the Melbourne Prize for Literature's Civic Choice Award…
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32 min
Shrewd Little Sleuth Scott Leckie Interview
Shrewd Little Sleuth reads like Forrest Gump meets L.A. Confidential, a real-life descent into espionage, power, and moral reckoning that spans from Pearl Harbor to Hollywood’s smo…
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27 min
1925 A Literary Encyclopedia Tom Lutz Interview
Meet Tom Lutz author of 1925 A Literary Encyclopedia.The accompanying website: https://theyear1925.com/1925: Table of Contents https://theyear1925.com/table-of-contents/ Anita Loos…
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10 min
Daughters in Boxes Toshiko Kishida
Meet Toshiko Kishida, feminist in Meiji Japan who delivered the famous Daughters in Boxes Speech. Click to join my mailing listTeachers Pay Teachers StoreGrab a copy of History, He…
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22 min
Looking Out and Beyond Toby Hammerschlag
Looking Out and Beyond set in the early 1950s during the dark Apartheid era, in a small rural town in South Africa, with flashbacks to the battle fields of the Second World War in…
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29 min
The Lotus Shoes- Jane Yang Interview
Meet Jane Yang, debut author of the delightful historical fiction The Lotus Shoes.The Lotus Shoes bookSold for Silver by Janet LimChinese Dress Valerie GarrettLiziqi Youtube channe…
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34 min
The Butterfly Women: Madeleine Cleary
Meet Madeleine Cleary the debut author the the Historical Fiction novel The Butterfly Women. Lush, dark and meticulously researched, The Butterfly Women weaves romance and mystery…
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30 min
Enough is Enuf- Gabe Henry Interview
Buy the paper copy of Enough is EnufAudiobook version of Enough is Enuf Click to join my mailing listTeachers Pay Teachers StoreGrab a copy of History, Her Story, Our Story from Am…
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33 min
Marion Taffe Interview By Her Hand
Meet Marion Taffe, debut Australian author of By Her Hand, an engrossing historical fiction debut, a tale of family, battles and female empowerment.Marion Taffe Instagram Marion Ta…
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32 min
The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli Ryan Butta Interview
Meet Ryan Butta, author of 2 books about Australian History "The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli: The many lives and tragic death of Harry Freame, the Anzac hero betrayed by his nation.…
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8 min
The Christmas Angel of the Outback Nancy Bird
Meet Nancy Bird who was the first woman with a commercial pilot's license in the British Empire.In 1935, she travelled to rural NSW taking Sister Silver dressed as Father Christmas…
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31 min
New York Times Best Selling Author Gayle Forman on Not Nothing
Meet Gayle Forman the author of Not Nothing. Visit Gayle's website here: https://www.gayleforman.com/ Click to join my mailing listTeachers Pay Teachers StoreGrab a copy of History…
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19 min
The Mask Hunter Anna Wilmans Interview
Meet Anna Wilmans the author of The Mask Hunter a cracking, fast paced mystery novel set in the intrepid world of archaeology, highlighting some of the dubious practices that museu…
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22 min
Rise of the Spider Interview with Michael P Spradlin
Meet Michael P. Spradlin the author of Rise of the Spider a middle school historical fiction novel set in 1929 Germany. Visit Michael's website here! Click to join my mailing listT…
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33 min
The Death of Dora Black Lainie Anderson Interview
In today’s episode I am going to be chatting to the author of a new Historical Fiction murder mystery The Death of Dora Black, Lainie Anderson. Lainie has made Kate Cocks the star…
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12 min
Vietnam War: Operation Babylift
Learn the plight of the babies who were airlifted at the end of the Vietnam War in a program called Operation Babylift.On the first day of the operation, there was a tragic crash t…
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9 min
Samurai Women
In this episode, we delve into the fascinating world of onna-bugeisha, the female samurai who defied traditional gender roles in shogunate Japan. Spanning a period from the 1100s t…