Tides of History Creators & Guests

Patrick Wyman is a writer.

Leah Sutherland is a producer. She produced scripted and non-scripted audio series for Wondery Media including I, Survivor, Tides of History, Hollywood & Crime, and The Moment (July 2019).

Morgan is the creator and host of Burst Your Bubble, a podcast that looks at -isms and -phobias in pop culture, from racism in a movie to homophobia in a TV show or sexism in a song. Combining education and entertainment, the show has a media literacy lens with a dash of history thrown in.

Kyle Harper is an author, professor of classics & letters, and senior vice president & provost at the University of Oklahoma.

Duncan Weldon is a journalist, former political advisor, economist, researcher, and market strategist.

Louis Moore is an associate professor of history at Grand Valley State University and author of the books, "We Will Win the Day: The Civil Rights Movement," "Black Athlete," and "Quest for Equality."

Razib Khan is an American geneticist and science educator best known for his work in population genetics and consumer genetics.

Josiah Ober is a classical political theorist and Professor of Classics & Political Science at Stanford University.

Richard White is an historian, a past President of the Organization of American Historians, and the author of influential books on the American West, Native American history, railroads, and environmental history.

Felipe Fernández-Armesto is a historian and author.

Judith MacKenzie Bennett is an American historian and emerita professor of history. She writes and teaches about medieval Europe, specifically focusing on gender, women's history, and rural peasants.

Keith Pluymers is an expert on early modern history & environmental history, professor of history at Illinois State University, and author.

Valerie Hansen is an American professor, historian, and author. Currently she teaches Chinese and world history at Yale University, where she is a professor of history.

John Hawks is a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He also maintains a paleoanthropology blog.

Albro Lundy is a TV writer.

Sheilagh Catheren Ogilvie is a Canadian historian, economist, and academic, she specializing in economic history.

Jennifer Raff is an anthropologist, geneticist, martial artist, science writer, president of Anth Genetics, and assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Kansas.

Lisa M. Bitel is a Professor of History and Religion at the University of Southern California.

Gary Oldman is an actor and filmmaker. He is known for versatility and expressive acting style. He is regarded as one of the greatest actors of his generation.