On Top of the World

In this episode Matt and I debate whether to prioritize content or skills in the world history classroom. We also refere... Read more

In a surprise announcement last week, the College Board declared they are cutting out the whole first half of the AP Wor... Read more

We’re heading back to the “Blood Lands” of Eastern Europe for a sobering discussion of the uses and abuses of the histor... Read more

In this episode, Matt and Dave discuss Niall Ferguson’s controversial bestseller Civilization: The West and the Rest wit... Read more

In this episode, Matt and I start a three-part arc on food and world history. We discuss how to teach sugar (using Sidne... Read more

How do you teach the evolution of race and racism in world history?  From the post-classical era to the Enlightenment an... Read more

Dave and Matt sit down with Michael Vann to talk about his new graphic history, The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empire, Diseas... Read more

In today’s episode, Matt and I discuss two books that connect food and world history – Planet Taco by Jeffrey Pilcher an... Read more

Due to a busy holiday travel schedule, Matt and I were unable to record a new podcast for early December. Instead, we ar... Read more

Reminder: Free registration for the 2018 Great Lakes History Conference! What is the Cold War to a World Historian? Dav... Read more

Matt and Dave continue their interview with Rick Warner! We discuss the announced halving of the AP World History course... Read more

In this episode, Matt and Dave discuss how we evaluate our performance in the classroom over a round of Shiner Bock beer... Read more

The original “Bro-dels” Matt and Dave tackle Jo Guldi and David Armitage’s The History Manifesto.  How should historians... Read more

In this episode, Matt and I debut a new segment in this podcast called “Texting in Class.” During this segment we review... Read more

In this episode, Matt and Dave discuss the place of Southeast Asia in world history with Eric Jones, an associate profes... Read more

After a week in Salt Lake City grading the AP World History exams, Matt and I take a quick look at the changes coming to... Read more

Matt and I have been together in Utah for the AP World History reading, and today we managed to find some time in the ev... Read more

New episodes are on the way! In the meantime, you can listen to Matt and Dave talking through some primary source analys... Read more

In this episode Matt and Dave discuss how teachers can prepare students for the transition from high school to universit... Read more

In this episode, Matt and I chat with Niklas Frykman about the Age of Revolutions! We start by discussing life on an 18t... Read more