As the library asks, "What do you geek?" I geek science fiction, fantasy, the outdoors, critical race theory, politics, organizing, among other things. Mostly, I geek history. So I've tied all that together into one podcast. Change Over Time is a podcast using historical thinking to explore geekiness. Sometimes I’ll be reporting from the field. Other times I’ll explore how different ideas, theories, or methods used by historians can be used by non-historians. I’ll also release edited pieces of oral histories I’ve done with interesting people. Sign up for the Alternative Historian newsletter to keep up to date.
Part of the joy of oral history is talking with interesting people. This series, Geeking with…, features great conversations with fascinating folks. E...
The mid-term elections are days away, but what happens after? Actually, there are a lot of people who’ve been doing work for a long time. This episode...
In a small, non-descript strip mall in the middle of a university neighborhood in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico is a comic book shop. The shop is loud, the ta...
On January 28, 2017 Donald Trump signed an executive order banning certain people from certain countries from coming into the US. Popularly called a M...
When the Inauguration came I did the only reasonable thing I could think of: I ran to my mommy. We will hear from Doña Edna, a retired RN, former unio...
Change Over Time is featuring another in the Feeling Political series, a collection about feelings, politics, and action. This episode features Rita V...
Change Over Time hosts another episode in the Feeling Political series, a collection of interviews where I look at how feelings, politics, and action ...
This episode launches the Feeling Political series on Change Over Time. Feeling Political explores the interaction between politics, emotions, and act...
I start with my mother, Doña Edna Garcia. I had visited Puerto Rico at Thanksgiving last year to see my family and I shoved a microphone in their face...
Additional content about putting the aftermath of Hurricane Maria into historical context. This bonus of Change Over Time includes an interview with V...