Skip to content

Off the Deaton Path

  • Home
  • Browse by Type
    • Podcast Episodes
    • Videos
    • Writings
  • About Stan Deaton
  • About the Georgia Historical Society
Off the Deaton Path

Dispatches From Off the Deaton Path: A Georgian on the Titanic

1 Reply

April 15 marks the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Dr. Deaton discusses a forgotten Georgia writer onboard that night: Jacques Futrelle.

This entry was posted in People, Public History, Writers on April 14, 2020 by Stan Deaton.

Dispatches From Off the Deaton Path: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Leave a reply

With this Sunday marking the 75th anniversary of FDR’s death, Dr. Deaton looks back at our 32nd president’s leadership during another national crisis, the Great Depression–and how the New Deal changed the way every president since FDR has responded to a crisis.

This entry was posted in People, Politics, Public History on April 9, 2020 by Stan Deaton.

Dispatches From Off the Deaton Path: Hank Aaron

Leave a reply

While professional baseball is on hold, Dr. Deaton recalls baseball great Hank Aaron, who broke Babe Ruth’s record this week in 1974.

This entry was posted in People, Sports on April 7, 2020 by Stan Deaton.

Dispatches From Off the Deaton Path: The History of Toilet Paper

Leave a reply

In the latest Dispatches From Off the Deaton Path, Dr. Deaton discusses the history of an often overlooked but essential item.

This entry was posted in Culture, Public History on April 3, 2020 by Stan Deaton.

Dispatches From Off the Deaton Path: The Great Flu Pandemic of 1918

1 Reply

Listen to GHS Senior Historian Dr. Stan Deaton discuss the great flu pandemic of 1918 in a new installment of Dispatches From Off the Deaton Path.

This entry was posted in Books, Public History on April 1, 2020 by Stan Deaton.

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Audio Podcasts

  • January 5 Podcast: Let the Big Dog Eat
  • S3E3: Food for the Soul: Art as History
  • Ken Burns’ The Vietnam WarNew Podcast: Ken Burns’ The Vietnam War
  • S8E20 Podcast: Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II
  • This week: Fall Beers
  • S2 E2: The American Revolution and John Ferling, Part 2, October 19, 2018
  • S3E1: One of the Last Living WWII Combat Veterans Remembers: The Invasion of Guam, 75 Years Later
  • Podcast S6E5: A Vow of Silence and the Mongolian Rhapsody

Archives

Categories

Recent Posts

  • S9E15 Podcast: A Nation of Laws: A Conversation with Larry D. Thompson
  • S9E14 Podcast: Being Thomas Jefferson
  • S9E13 Podcast: The American Revolution as a Global Conflict
  • S9E12 Podcast: Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters
  • S9E11 Podcast: The US 250
Proudly powered by WordPress