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Will McClay, a Professor of History at Hillsdale College is the guest on this episode as we talk about his book, “Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story”

Dr. Ashley Rogers Berner, Director of Education Policy at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland discusses the history of teaching in the United States.

Today we talk to Joseph Daniels about how history and heritage will be used to commemorate and celebrate the nation's Semiquincentennial, or the 250th year since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Daniels is the CEO of the America 250 Foundation charged with supporting the nation's celebration.

How did Clarence Three Stars, a son of the Lakota warrior Yellow Knife, navigate the profound cultural transition from the 1860s to the 1920s?

History 605 host Dr. Ben Jones talks with author Jerome Greene about his book, All Guns Fired at One Time.

Deadwood epitomizes the wild west. But had it remained as it was in 1876, it wouldn't be here today. It took more than gold, gambling, and gunfire for the…

History 605 explores the history of South Dakota, the northern Great Plains, and the Midwest. South Dakota’s State Historian Ben Jones will visit with guests about their books, museum exhibits and artifacts, and historic sites in the state and region. Along the way, you’ll learn how to think, not what to think, about history and the people of the past.

Votes for women passed in 1918, after failing several times before. But amidst a World War, a global pandemic, and anxious national discussions about…

General Custer is one of the most written about people in American history. Author Sandy Barnard has spent many years researching his life, the US Army in…

Recently re-released, Historian Andrew Isenberg's book, "The Destruction of the Bison, 1750-1920" was the topic of conversation in the 3rd episode of…