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15 Minute History

15 Minute History is a history podcast designed for historians, enthusiasts, and newbies alike.

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Benjamin Wright

Benjamin Wright is Public Affairs Officer at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds an MA from Kings College, London, where he wrote about Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy in the lead up to the US entry into the First World War. As a journalist he has worked throughout the states of Texas and New Mexico.

Host On

  • Episode 154: The Nature of Empire: Power, Ecology and Knowledge
  • Episode 153: Horses and Humans throughout History
  • Episode 152: Rethinking the Slave Trade
  • Episode 151: Henri Christophe: First and Last King of Haiti 
  • Episode 150: America First: The Debate Then and Now

Guest On

  • Episode 113: 1968 – The Year the Dream Died
  • Episode 99: The 40 Acres During World War I
  • Episode 60: Texas and the American Revolution
  • University of Texas Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services

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