2 Complicated 4 History

2 Complicated 4 History

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2 Complicated 4 History is a show that examines the “deleted scenes” of history. In each episode, co-hosts Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by a different guest bringing a fresh perspective to the history you thought you knew.
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03/12/26

The Unknown Edgar Allan Poe - Chris Semtner

Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus sit down with author and fine artist Chris Semtner to explore the lesser-known side of Edgar Allan Poe. Best remembered as the dark, brooding voice behind “The Raven,” Poe was far more than a master of the m… Read more

03/12/26

Hollywood Hates Hitler!: Jew-Baiting, Anti-Nazism, and the Senate Investigation into Warmongering in Motion Pictures - Dr. Chris Yogerst

Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus talk with author and historian Dr. Chris Yogerst about the uproar sparked by a few isolationist senators who accused Hollywood’s early anti-Nazi films of promoting war. Their ill-fated investigation became a… Read more

03/10/26

Political Rhetoric and the Moral High Ground - Dr. Matthew Mason

Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus welcome historian Dr. Matthew Mason to explore the struggle for the moral high ground during the American Revolution. They unpack how the language of slavery and freedom shaped public debate—and how it becam… Read more

03/10/26

The Bonds of Freedom - Dr. Jake Subryan Richards

Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus welcome Dr. Jake Subryan Richards to examine the uncertain path to freedom for Africans rescued from the illegal slave trade in the nineteenth-century Atlantic World. Their stories reveal legal struggles, ef… Read more

10/29/25

The Shocking Partisanship of the Founders - Dr. Tyson Reeder

Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus talk with Dr. Tyson Reeder about how foreign powers shaped America’s early politics under James Madison. As Federalists supported Britain and Democratic-Republicans championed France, the young republic wres… Read more

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