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Our website is dedicated to Civil War Talk Radio (CWTR). CWTR is a weekly, hour long, intenet-based talk radio show hosted by Gerry Prokopowicz of East Carolina University. Each week, Gerry interviews leading historians, authors, enthusiasts, etc. on all things Civil War related. There are currently 630 Hours of interviews available for your listening pleasure. Use this site to view show information, download the MP3 files, listen to the MP3 files and get additional information on guests.
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Season 20 - Latest shows listed below.
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2023 | | Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862 |
| Victor Vignola | March 13, 2024 |
| Victor Vignola, author of "Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862" |
2022 | | The Army under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era |
| Cecily N. Zander | February 28, 2024 |
| Dr. Cecily N. Zander, author of "The Army under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era" |
2021 | | Sand, Science and the Civil War: Sedimentary Geology and Combat |
| Scott Hippensteel | February 21, 2024 |
| Scott Hippensteel, author or "Sand, Science and the Civil War: Sedimentary Geology and Combat" |
2020 | | Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration |
| Harold Holzer | February 14, 2024 |
| Harold Holzer, author of "Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration" |
2019 | | Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction |
| Fergus M. Bordewich | February 7, 2024 |
| Fergus M. Bordewich, author of "Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction" |
2018 | | When General Grant Expelled the Jews |
| Jonathan Sarna | January 31, 2024 |
| Jonathan D. Sarna, author of "When General Grant Expelled the Jews (Jewish Encounters Series)" |
2017 | | Oracle of Lost Causes: John Newman Edwards and His Never-Ending Civil War |
| Matthew Christopher Hulbert | January 24, 2024 |
| Matthew Christopher Hulbert, author of "Oracle of Lost Causes: John Newman Edwards and His Never-Ending Civil War" |
2016 | | A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism |
| Andrew Lang | January 17, 2024 |
| Andrew Lang, author of "A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism" |
2015 | | Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South |
| Elizabeth Varon | January 10, 2024 |
| Elizabeth Varon, author of "Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South" |
2014 | | Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta–and Then Got Written Out of History |
| Howell Raines | December 13, 2023 |
| Howell Raines, author of "Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta–and Then Got Written Out of History" |
2013 | | A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime: Antietam, Gettysburg, and Beyond |
| John Banks | December 6, 2023 |
| John Banks, author of "A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime: Antietam, Gettysburg, and Beyond" |
2012 | | Wars Civil and Great: The American Experience in the Civil War and World War I |
| Kornisorn Wongsrichanalai and David Sibey | November 29, 2023 |
| Kornisorn Wongsrichanalai and David Sibey, editors of "Wars Civil and Great: The American Experience in the Civil War and World War I" |
2011 | | Beyond the Battle Museum, Gettysburg |
| Andrew Dalton | November 15, 2023 |
| Andrew Dalton, executive director at Beyond the Battle Museum in Gettysburg, PA Website: Beyond the Battle Museum, Gettysburg |
2010 | | American Catholics and the Quest for Equality in the Civil War Era |
| Robert Emmett Curran | November 8, 2023 |
| Robert Emmett Curran, author of "American Catholics and the Quest for Equality in the Civil War Era" |
2009 | | Burnsides Boys: The Unions Ninth Corps and the Civil War in the East |
| Darin Wipperman | November 1, 2023 |
| Darin Wipperman, author of "Burnsides Boys: The Unions Ninth Corps and the Civil War in the East" |
2008 | | Plants in the Civil War: A Botanical History |
| Judith Sumner | October 25, 2023 |
| Judith Sumner, author of "Plants in the Civil War: A Botanical History" |
2007 | | Inheriting Heritage, LLC |
| Gene Harmon | October 18, 2023 |
| Gene Harmon, of Inheriting Heritage, LLC. "Inheriting Heritage, LLC provides professional interpretive consulting, interpretive training, and heritage interpretation to sites nationwide and is passionate about helping people connect to historical, cultural, and natural resources." Website: Inheriting Heritage, LLC |
2006 | | Shermans Woodticks: The Adventures, Ordeals and Travels of the Eighth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War |
| Paul Hodnefield | October 4, 2023 |
| Paul Hodnefield, author of "Shermans Woodticks: The Adventures, Ordeals and Travels of the Eighth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War" |
2005 | | The Civil War Letters of Sarah Kennedy: Life under Occupation in the Upper South |
| Minoa Uffelman | September 27, 2023 |
| Minoa Uffelman, co-editor of "The Civil War Letters of Sarah Kennedy: Life under Occupation in the Upper South" |
2004 | | I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign |
| D. Scott Hartwig | September 20, 2023 |
| D. Scott Hartwig, author of "I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign" |
2003 | | Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade |
| Jonathan W. White | September 13, 2023 |
| Jonathan W. White, author of "Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade" |
2002 | | Gettysburg in Color: Volume 1 Brandy Station to the Peach Orchard & Volume 2: The Wheatfield to Falling Waters |
| Patrick and Dylan Brennan | September 6, 2023 |
| Patrick Brennan and Dylan Brennan, authors of "Gettysburg in Color: Volume 1 Brandy Station to the Peach Orchard & Volume 2: The Wheatfield to Falling Waters" |
2001 | | Love and Duty: Confederate Widows and the Emotional Politics of Loss |
| Angela Esco Elder | August 30, 2023 |
| Angela Esco Elder, author of "Love and Duty: Confederate Widows and the Emotional Politics of Loss" |
Impediments of War
About the photo at the top of our website: The photo is of the Engineers of the 8th N.Y. State Militia, 1861, listening to Civil War Talk Radio on their Jukebox....one of the lesser known Impediments of War.
Mar 6, 2024 |
Scheduled guest: No Live Show, SPRING BREAK!! |
Mar 13, 2024 |
Scheduled guest: Victor Vignola, Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862 |
Mar 20, 2024 |
Scheduled guest: John Reeves, Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant |
Mar 27, 2024 |
Scheduled guest: Scott A. MacKenzie, The Fifth Border State: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Formation of West Virginia, 1829–1872 |
Apr 3, 2024 |
Scheduled guest: Tom Saielli, Land Stewardship Manager, American Battlefield Trust |
Apr 10, 2024 |
Scheduled guest: Jaime Amanda Martinez, Confederate Slave Impressment in the Upper South |
Apr 17, 2024 |
Scheduled guest: Shae Smith Cox, The Fabric of Civil War Society: Uniforms, Badges, and Flags, 1859–1939 |
Apr 24, 2024 |
Scheduled guest: Kyle Sinisi, The Last Hurrah: Sterling Price's Missouri Expedition Of 1864 |
May 1, 2024 |
Scheduled guest: Robert K. D. Colby, An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South |
May 8, 2024 |
Scheduled guest: Carolyn Ivanoff, We Fought at Gettysburg: Firsthand Accounts by the Survivors of the 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry |
May 15, 2024 |
Scheduled guest: No live show—“This Hallowed Ground” tour |
May 22, 2024 |
Scheduled guest: Richard Upsher Smith, Jr., editor, A Quaker Colonel, His Fiancée, and Their Connections: Selected Civil War Correspondence |
May 29, 2024 |
Scheduled guest: Brian Matthew Jordan, co-editor, Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of Civil War Graves |
Jun 5, 2024 |
Scheduled guest: No live show — Normandy tour |
Jun 12, 2024 |
Scheduled guest: To Be Announced |