Happy New Year! As of today, Stefan Schöberlein (Texas A&M–Central Texas) and Jessica Van Gilder (Georgia Tech) are the new co-chairs of the C19 Podcast!

Finally had a chance to listen to this while doing some pre-holiday food prep. It's delightful! Check out this great episode of @c19podcast.bsky.social by @ainenorris.bsky.social about one of the "Queens of Ghost-Land," a purported milk-bewitching woman named Sally (Sallie) Friddly.

New episode out today featuring Alex Alston (Bryn Mawr College) and Maurice O. Wallace (Rutgers University, New Brunswick)!

It's called marketing

I tried a couple new things this term. It has been my best term since 2019. Among my trial runs was self-directed reading, following the advice of Mary Isbell on @c19podcast.bsky.social I highly recommend this & it should be part of your 2025 best of public humanities, @americanstudier.bsky.social

Big thanks to the amazing folks at @c19podcast.bsky.social for letting me babble about Appalachian witchcraft and math. 🖤🖤🖤 It’s an honor to do this work.

The old enchanted milk pail trick. Nice.

New episode out now! Join Aíne Norris (Old Dominion University) in searching the archives for records of “Sally Friddly” of Potts Creek, Alleghany County, Virginia, who was accused of enchanting a milk pail to steal cream from her neighbors.

Our next episode contains a witch! Or does it?

If you liked "S03 E02 | Wives and Their Authors: Elizabeth and Herman Melville, Literary Labor, and Women's Work" back in the day, you should read @ishmaelcallme.bsky.social's essay in the latest issue of @j19journal.bsky.social!

The humanities are so hot right now

This is my university! Seeking 18th century-ists!

New episode! Join Rachel Trusty (Bucknell University) as she discusses James Chesser and Georgianna Holly's queer marriage in 19th-century Arkansas! soundcloud.com/c19podcast/s...

We need new producers to serve on the C19 Podcast Subcommittee for the 2026-2028 term! Send us your applications by 9/29!

FWIW, in this course I am trying a version of Mary Isbell’s student-selected reading curriculum. Too early to say that is why attendance & participation are so strong, but it’s certainly my working thesis.

Perfect mid-August listening. You gotta check it out.

Excited to dig into this!

New episode! As you compile your syllabus, learn how Mary Isbell (University of New Haven) structures her classroom when students don't read assigned readings. soundcloud.com/c19podcast/s...

Our next episode is by Mary Isbell, author of Searching for Wonder: Teaching Literature with Student-Selected Texts! Stay tuned! unewhaven.pressbooks.pub/searchingfor...

"I started watching this during the pandemic, as, oh, I can't go outside my house, but I can watch this guy make me an 18th century boiled apple inside of a bit of a dough and call it a pudding. And you know what, that's something." –Christopher Douglas (Jacksonville State University)

I got a lot of thoughts.... right now I'm at the overview of the earliest content period of the channel. I watched back then. I forgot about those episodes in that 2014-16ish period. I stopped watching when it moved away from that presentation style getting away from going to sites and experts.

"Never forget that no peer-reviewed journal article you ever write will reach as many people as an ASMR video about making an 1807 version of macaroni and cheese."

"Never forget that no peer-reviewed journal article you ever write will reach as many people as an ASMR video about making an 1807 version of macaroni and cheese."

Gonna have to drop everything to write about how the company running these Prompt Engineering Certificates (with laundered brand equity) was created by a Venture Capital firm. Not “funded” or “bankrolled.” The VCs imagined it, invented it, built it, then installed their hand-picked “founder.”

Our next season is about to begin! First episode is on popular depictions of Early America on YouTube

If you're more of an audiobook / podcast cat, A Literary History of the United States is also available on Audible. You can learn about the literature of the road on the road!

Look at this all-star cast

Our forum on P.T. Barnum's American Museum is finally out in J19! muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Really proud of this article out now in J19 on Pauline Hopkins, science, history, race, and morality. There is one glaring factual error that I apologize to the people of Sudan for. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Twain Studies has been at the forefront of digital scholarship since the 1990s. Among those most responsible was Stephen Railton, who passed away last week. He created the first internet repository of Twainia. Condolences especially to his son & fellow public scholar, @americanstudier.bsky.social.

Still accepting proposals for Season 10! What are you working on?

We've extended our deadline for Season 10 proposals to March 15! Feel free to reach out to Ashley or Ryan here or at [email protected] with questions or to brainstorm potential ideas for episodes! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Two more days!🎧

There are a lot of reasons for despair these days. I get it. It's also time to get after it! Registration for this year's Douglass Day is at an all-time high. Demand for histories of organizing and activism is just gonna keep going up and up 📈

Join us on Feb. 14th, Frederick Douglass’s chosen bday, for a day of collective love for Black history! You can join thousands of others to help make American history accessible for everyone by transcribing fascinating historical records! #DouglassDay @douglassday.bsky.social

New Episode! Join Marlene L. Daut (Yale University) and Grégory Pierrot (UConn-Stamford) as they revisit Ridley Scott's big-budget 2023 biopic, Napoleon, out of Apple Studios. soundcloud.com/c19podcast/s...

Pitch us an episode! We'll begin reviewing proposals for Season 10 on 2/15. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Happy Anniversary, Sam & Livy Clemens. marktwainstudies.com/happy-annive...

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

The American Vandal’s Podmother

We have so many episodes soundcloud.com/c19podcast

The C19 Podcast is on Bluesky now: @c19podcast.bsky.social! Follow, subscribe, &c.

Kudos to @c19americanists.bsky.social for leaving X/Twitter! I understand why that place might still be necessary/useful for folks but in general I hope more professional organizations follow suit.

Season 10 proposals are due on 2/15! We're looking for projects that explore the nineteenth-century United States! docs.google.com/document/d/1...