Off the Deaton Path
55 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsStan Deaton is the Senior Historian and The Dr. Elaine B. Andrews Distinguished Historian at the Georgia Historical Society, and the Emmy-winning writer and host of Today in Georgia History. The Off the Deaton Path podcast includes Stan's thoughts on books, sports, movies, people, beer, and more, especially as they relate to Georgia history.
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Podcast S7E13: Georgia’s Big Cat: The Life of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize
April 19, 2024 14:49 - 133 MBStan’s guest this week is Jerry Grillo, author of Big Cat: The Life of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize. Mize was born in Demorest, Georgia, and played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball and won 5 World Series.
Podcast S7E12: It Doesn’t Feel Like Thursday: The Week, A History of the Unnatural Rhythms That Made Us Who We Are
April 12, 2024 21:33 - 150 MBWhy do the days of the week have their own particular feeling, and how did that happen? This week Stan’s guest is historian and author David Henkin from the University of California, Berkeley, discussing his book, The Week: A History of the Unnatural Rhythms that Made Us Who We Are. We take the seven-day week ...Continue Reading »
Podcast S7E11: David Blight on Yale and Slavery, History and Memory
April 05, 2024 17:58 - 149 MBHow do we hold institutions accountable for the sins of the past? In this podcast, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Blight of Yale University talks with Stan about his latest book, Yale and Slavery: A History, and how he and a team of researchers uncovered Yale’s historical involvement with slavery, the slave trade, abolition, and Jim ...Continue Reading »
Podcast S7E10: Bigfoot and Baseball
March 28, 2024 21:42 - 93.4 MBThis week Stan discusses a new book on an old legend—Bigfoot—and the hope that springs eternal with the return of the Beloved Braves and Major League Baseball.
Podcast S7E9: Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta—and How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports
March 06, 2024 21:58 - 134 MBStan’s guest this week is Clayton Trutor, talking about his recent book Loserville, the winner of the Georgia Historical Society’s 2023 Bell Award for the best book in Georgia history published in 2022. Clayton discusses how Atlanta’s quest for professional sports franchises—the Braves, Falcons, Hawks, and Flames—re-shaped Atlanta and Georgia in the second half of ...Continue Reading »
Podcast S7E8: Elizabeth Varon on General James Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
February 22, 2024 22:07 - 143 MBThis week Stan’s guest is historian and author Elizabeth Varon from the University of Virginia discussing her latest book, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied The South. She talks about the life and career of this most controversial Georgian, from whether “Longstreet was late” at Gettysburg, and how his post-war decision to support Radical Reconstruction, ...Continue Reading »
S7E7 Podcast: What Do You See? An Interview with Author Jeryn Alise Turner
December 14, 2023 19:13 - 142 MBStan’s guest this week is best-selling author Jeryn Turner, who discusses her writing life, her upbringing, books, and the inspiration behind her fulfilling life.
Podcast S7E6: Pass the Crying Towel: The 2023 College Football Season
December 07, 2023 22:44 - 71.3 MBStan brings out his over-used crying towel and reviews the inglorious end to the Dogs’ season, reviews the College Football Playoff mess, and looks ahead to next season.
S7E5 Podcast: John Shelton Reed on Barbecue, the South, and Geezerhood
November 30, 2023 22:02 - 146 MBStan’s guest this week is renowned (and recovering) sociologist John Shelton Reed, who discusses his career, what’s still southern about the South, the Campaign for Real Barbecue, and writing country music lyrics.
S7E4 Podcast: What the #@%& Happened to the Braves?
October 20, 2023 19:32 - 66.1 MBIn this episode Stan brings out the crying towel and reviews the quick end to a glorious Braves season, offers his take on how to “fix” the playoffs, and looks ahead to next season.
S7E3 Podcast: History, Memory, and Monuments: A Conversation with Kevin Levin
October 05, 2023 21:03 - 143 MBThis week Stan’s guest is Kevin Levin, author of the Civil War Memory Substack blog and one of the country’s foremost experts on the history and memory of the Civil War era, including the ongoing controversy surrounding Confederate monuments and debates concerning the teaching of slavery and race in the classroom.
S7E2 Podcast: C. Vann Woodward: America’s Historian
September 28, 2023 19:52 - 158 MBStan’s guest this week is Dr. Jim Cobb of the University of Georgia, talking about his new biography of historian C. Vann Woodward, one of the most distinguished and important historians of the 20th century.
Podcast S7E1: What Happened to the Vital Center in Politics?
September 21, 2023 21:41 - 151 MBStan’s guest this week is political scientist Sidney Milkis of the University of Virginia, who discusses his new book, What Happened to the Vital Center? Presidentialism, Populist Revolt, and the Fracturing of America. This is a wide-ranging discussion about American political history and the US Constitution.
Podcast S6E5: A Vow of Silence and the Mongolian Rhapsody
June 29, 2023 21:12 - 82 MBIn this podcast Stan discusses the newly available Ed Jackson Collection at GHS, Freddie Mercury’s handwritten lyrics to “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Ed Ames’ tomahawk throw, and college students giving up their cellphones to take a vow of silence.
S6E4: If Your Phone’s Not Ringing, It’s Me
May 25, 2023 21:35 - 106 MBDo unexpected calls on your smart phone send you into panic mode? Should people text before calling? Do you hate text messages too? Is AI the end of the world as we know it? Stan discusses these pressing issues and more, including this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners, the travails of our beloved Braves, and the ...Continue Reading »
Podcast S6E3: The Fate of the Top Nazis after World War II
February 17, 2023 19:17 - 64.5 MBIn this episode, Stan looks at what happened to Hitler and his top henchmen—Goebbels, Himmler, Goring, Bormann, and others. How do we know so much about the Nazis despite the lack of physical remains, monuments and statues?
Podcast S3E6: The Fate of the Top Nazis after World War II
February 17, 2023 19:17 - 64.5 MBIn this episode, Stan looks at what happened to Hitler and his top henchmen—Goebbels, Himmler, Goring, Bormann, and others. How do we know so much about the Nazis despite the lack of physical remains, monuments and statues?
Podcast S6E2: Johann Neem: History and Democracy
November 18, 2022 20:45 - 116 MBIn this episode Stan interviews Dr. Johann Neem, historian and author, whose research focuses on the history of American democracy. They discuss history in the public realm, why history has become so controversial in recent years, and where it’s all headed.
Podcast S6E1: Star Trek, Horrifying Cliches, & Goodbye Georgy Girl
September 02, 2022 18:07 - 77.3 MBThis week Stan looks back at one of the most popular TV shows ever, a Mad magazine cartoonist who left his mark on the holidays, a critical day in the American Civil War, a milestone birthday of a legendary football coach, one of the most momentous days in Olympic history, Travis McGee novels, and much ...Continue Reading »
Podcast S5E2: Dayton Duncan
April 15, 2022 12:52 - 58.4 MBDayton Duncan has worked with Ken Burns for more than 30 years writing and producing some of the most important and critically acclaimed documentaries in history. In this podcast he talks about his career with Burns and Florentine Films, living part-time in Georgia, and what comes next.
S5E1: Happy Halloween
October 28, 2021 21:36 - 40.1 MBOnce again this year, in celebration of the spooky season Stan reads a favorite ghost story, “Rats” by the master of the genre, M.R. James, first published in 1929. Also, this week in history and a dark day in Mayberry. Draw near the fire, dim the lights, and enjoy…..
Podcast S4 E10: We Salute You, and Farewell
September 17, 2021 20:42 - 41.3 MBThis week Stan remembers the birth and death of two iconic musicians from the 20th century, and the recent deaths of five historians whose work over the past 60 years helped redefine several eras of American history.
Podcast S4E9: Elvis, Napoleon, and the Bakersfield Sound
August 13, 2021 17:59 - 29.5 MBThis week Stan revisits the death of the King, the birth of the phonograph, Buck Owens, the Aztec empire, Alfred Hitchcock, Napoleon, Margaret Mitchell, and one of the darkest episodes in Georgia history. He also remembers Rosalyn Carter’s birthday, a hero from Iwo Jima, and shares new additions to the Off the Deaton Path bookshelf.
Podcast S3E8: 1776
July 01, 2021 21:25 - 36.3 MBFor Independence Day, Stan talks about This Week in History (including Elvis, the CDC, the Beatles, Sherlock Holmes, Thomas Jefferson & John Adams), notes the birthday of a celebrated historian, remembers a segregationist southern governor from the Civil Rights Movement, highlights new additions to the Off the Deaton Path bookshelf, and revisits one of his ...Continue Reading »
Podcast S4E8: 1776
July 01, 2021 21:25 - 36.3 MBFor Independence Day, Stan talks about This Week in History (including Elvis, the CDC, the Beatles, Sherlock Holmes, Thomas Jefferson & John Adams), notes the birthday of a celebrated historian, remembers a segregationist southern governor from the Civil Rights Movement, highlights new additions to the Off the Deaton Path bookshelf, and revisits one of his ...Continue Reading »
Podcast S4E7: Item! Stan Lee and the Golden Age of Comics
June 04, 2021 17:56 - 38.4 MBStan talks about This Week in History (including King George III, AIDS, RFK, Mount Everest, & Charles Dickens), remembers a record-breaking baseball player, highlights new additions to the Off the Deaton Path bookshelf, and spotlights an incredible and historic collection of golden-age comic books about to hit the auction block–and the influence of comics in ...Continue Reading »
Podcast S4E6: The Stamp Act, Houdini, & Spike Lee
March 18, 2021 19:03 - 33.8 MBStan talks about This Week in History (the Stamp Act, James Jackson, Spike Lee, the first Black graduate of West Point, the Masters, Tomochichi, & Houdini), says goodbye to a pathbreaking historian and actor, spotlights new additions to the Off the Deaton Path bookshelf, and welcomes the opening of Major League Baseball.
Podcast S4E5: To the Best of My Ability: Presidential Inaugurations, from Washington to Biden
January 14, 2021 22:04 - 38.5 MBStan looks at the history of this quadrennial event that goes back 232 years, from the Bible Washington used to the only inauguration held on an airplane, the only president sworn in by a woman, two inaugurals almost cancelled by cold weather, and why there have been 9 "non-scheduled extraordinary" inaugurations.
Podcast S4E4: Georgia Politics, Past and Future: An Interview with Keith Mason
November 12, 2020 22:30This week’s guest is Keith Mason, a Gwinnett County native who served as Governor Zell Miller’s Chief of Staff and in President Bill Clinton’s administration. He was instrumental in the passage of the Georgia Lottery and the Hope Scholarship. Keith discusses political figures past and future, including Zell Miller, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, James Carville, ...Continue Reading »
S4E3: Halloween Podcast: Vanished From the Face of the Earth
October 30, 2020 15:11 - 29.1 MBFor Halloween, Stan tells four of his favorite stories of people who simply vanished into thin air: The story of one of our Founding Fathers who vanished while mailing a letter; the most famous maritime missing persons mystery ever; the story of a man who literally was there one minute and gone the next; and finally ...Continue Reading »
Podcast S4E2: The British Are Coming: Rick Atkinson and the American Revolution
October 15, 2020 20:22 - 63.7 MBThis week Stan interviews Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Atkinson about the first volume of his new Revolution trilogy, The British Are Coming: The War for America, Volume 1: Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777. Rick discusses researching at Windsor Castle, George III’s handwriting, walking the battlefields, Washington’s leadership, and plays “Overated/Underated.” All this plus another edition of the ...Continue Reading »
Podcast S4E1: The Cigarette: A Political History
October 01, 2020 21:38 - 55.8 MBIn our first podcast of the season, Stan talks to Sarah Milov of the University of Virginia about her recent book The Cigarette: A Political History, and about the fascinating history of smoking and anti-smoking in America–including a snippet of the creepy Johnny Smoke PSA from the late ’60s. We also check out “This Week in ...Continue Reading »
S3E4: Political Insider Jim Galloway
February 07, 2020 22:00 - 41.1 MBStan talks to Jim Galloway, a 40-year veteran of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the lead writer and founder of the AJC’s Political Insider blog, the best-read and most influential political blog in the state. Jim talks about Georgia’s changing demographics and their effect on Georgia politics, Donald Trump in historical context, the future of newspapers and ...Continue Reading »
S3E3: Food for the Soul: Art as History
December 17, 2019 15:45 - 49.7 MB“It’s my job to see the noble aspect of everything.” Stan interviews artist Ross Rossin, winner of the 2019 GHS Berrien Award for Lifetime Achievement in GA History.
S3E2: The Monkey’s Paw
October 31, 2019 21:25 - 24.1 MBIn honor of All Hallow’s Eve, Stan reads an old favorite, W.W. Jacob’s “The Monkey’s Paw.” Enjoy!
S3E1: One of the Last Living WWII Combat Veterans Remembers: The Invasion of Guam, 75 Years Later
July 19, 2019 13:39 - 35.2 MBThis week’s special guest is 95-year-old Fred Mingledorff, one of the last living combat veterans of World War II. Mr. Mingledorff was there 75 years ago, on June 21, 1944, for the invasion of Guam during World War II, a turning point in the war against the Japanese. He talks with Stan about what he ...Continue Reading »
S2E11: D-Day at 75
June 06, 2019 13:10 - 46.8 MBGHS President and CEO Todd Groce joins Stan for a discussion about the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion and liberation of Fortress Europe—what happened in 1944, its importance in World War II and the defeat of Nazi Germany, and what it all means 75 years later.
S2E10: Steve Oney
April 22, 2019 08:30 - 54.7 MBStan’s guest this week is prize-winning author and journalist Steve Oney, talking about his latest book, A Man’s World: A Gallery of Fighters, Creators, Actors, and Desperadoes (UGA Press) and his interviews with Greg Allman, Harrison Ford, Nick Nolte, Herschel Walker, and many others.
S2E9: Paul Pressly, Ossabaw Island, and Environmental History
January 14, 2019 19:57 - 41.5 MBThis week’s podcast guest is Paul Pressly, who talks about Ossabaw Island, his new book on environmental history–Coastal Nature, Coastal Culture—just out from UGA Press, and the history and future of Georgia’s great barrier island treasures.
S2E8: A Charles Dickens Christmas: Christmas at Dingley Dell, from The Pickwick Papers
December 23, 2018 09:00 - 24.1 MBA special Christmas podcast, with Stan reading from one of his favorite books, as Mr. Pickwick and his fellow Pickwickians visit Dingley Dell Manor Farm for a good old fashioned English Christmas. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
S2E7: The League of Women Voters of Coastal GA
December 17, 2018 15:38 - 31.1 MBStan’s guest this week is Cuffy Sullivan, the president of the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia. She talks about the League’s history, its mission, and what it does and doesn’t do.
S2E5: David W. Blight
November 14, 2018 21:30 - 50.4 MBStan’s guest this week on the podcast is David Blight of Yale University, author of the pathbreaking new biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, published by Simon & Schuster. David talks about the 12 years he worked on the book, the private Savannah collection of Douglass papers that opened up new insights into Douglass’s extraordinary ...Continue Reading »
S2E4: Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2018 17:12 - 13.2 MBOnce again this year, in celebration of the spooky season Stan reads a favorite ghost story, “Call First” by Ramsay Campbell, first published in 1975. Draw near the fire, dim the lights, and enjoy…..
S2 E3: Lost and Found: Charles Lamar, The Wanderer, and the Slave-Trader’s Letter-Book
October 26, 2018 21:25 - 42.7 MBStan’s guest this week is Jim Jordan, talking about his new book, The Slave-Trader’s Letter-Book, published in 2018 by UGA Press. Jim tells the fascinating story of Savannah businessman Charles Lamar, who in 1858 illegally brought one of the last shipments of enslaved Africans to the United States, and whose papers were confiscated by the ...Continue Reading »
S2 E2: The American Revolution and John Ferling, Part 2, October 19, 2018
October 19, 2018 21:45 - 26 MBPart 2 of Stan’s interview with historian John Ferling on Jefferson, Paine, and Monroe, as well a lightning round of “Rate that Founding Father.”
S2 E1: The American Revolution and John Ferling, Part 1, October 5, 2018
October 05, 2018 20:15 - 29.4 MBStan talks to author John Ferling about his new book, Apostles of Revolution: Jefferson, Paine, Monroe and the Struggle Against the Old Order in America and Europe.
Homicide: Life on the Street, Part 2
February 20, 2018 22:20 - 24.2 MBThis week is Part 2 of Stan’s interview with real-life Homicide detective Sgt. Hiram “Pete” Rivera with the Savannah Police Department. They talk about what real homicide detectives do out on the street, in the Box, what Hollywood gets right and wrong about its portrayals of homicide detectives, and the hardest part of the job. ...Continue Reading »
Homicide: Life on the Street, Part 1
February 06, 2018 22:44 - 25 MBThis week Stan talks to a real-life Homicide detective, Sgt. Hiram “Pete” Rivera with the Savannah Police Department, about what real homicide detectives do out on the street, in the box, and what Hollywood gets right and wrong about the job. This is part one of a two-part episode. Enjoy.
January 5 Podcast: Let the Big Dog Eat
January 05, 2018 22:24 - 16.3 MBStan previews the upcoming National Championship game between Georgia and Alabama and relives the glory glory that was the 1980 championship team. Go Dogs.
December 7 Podcast: The Halifax Explosion, the College Football Playoffs, and more
December 08, 2017 20:52 - 21.9 MBThis week Stan tells the story of the tragedy of the largest man-made explosion in the pre-atomic age that happened 100 years ago this week, shares random thoughts about the college football playoffs, and remembers Cornelia Walker Bailey.