About the Podcast

In each episode of In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters, we take up topics in American history and explore them through feature pieces, interviews, book and film reviews, and more. Our guiding philosophy is that history is not just about the past - it's about our world, here and now. History explains why things are the way they are, everything from our economy, religious practices, and foreign policy, to political ideology, family structure, and rates of poverty. Our aim is to be both informative and educational, as well as entertaining and funny. We hope you'll join us for memorable journeys In The Past Lane.

About the Host

Edward T. O'Donnell

Host and Historian-At-Large, Edward T. O’Donnell is a historian, podcaster, writer, and public speaker. He earned his PhD in US History from Columbia University. He is an associate professor of history at Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA where he teaches courses on reform movements, Irish American history, the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, and US wars. He is the author of Henry George and the Crisis of Inequality: Progress and Poverty in the Gilded Age (Columbia University Press, 2015), Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum (Random House, 2003), and the US history textbook (co-author) Visions of America: A History of the United States (Pearson, 3rd ed. 2016). He also has created two video courses for The Great Courses (aka The Teaching Company): Turning Points in American History and America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. For more information, please visit his websites: www.EdwardTODonnell.com. www.InThePastLane.com. You can follow Ed on Twitter @InThePastLane

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