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Hosted by Gerry Prokopowicz.

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity
Rarely has guests
10% of recent episode titles look like interviews
Episode length
60 min
Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.
Publishing
Monthly
707 episodes · last 2026-10-03
Language
English (US)
Declared in the feed as en-us.
Where it's from
Outside the UK
The feed declares en-us.
Reach
95
Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.
Confirmed by the show updated 2026-10-13
Takes pitches
Yes
Paid slot
No, guests are free no fee
The slot
65 min remote audio
Books ahead
1-4 months
Based in
United States
Wants
Historians, authors, curators, artists and others whose work is of interest to students of the American Civil War era
Do not pitch
Historical fiction; historical topics outside of the American Civil War era.
Reachable, but check the format. The contact is the show's own and it is independently published, but recent episode titles show little sign of interviews. Read a few before pitching.

How this show compares to other culture & arts podcasts

This show runs interviews less often than most Culture & Arts podcasts, so a guest pitch is a longer shot here.

Measured against every culture & arts podcast in the directory that has published in the last year.

This show Category average
Episodes featuring a guest 10% 17%
Episodes in the last 90 days 7 10
Typical episode length 60 min 43 min
Episodes published in total 707 149
Reach percentile 95 50

Reach is a percentile among shows you could realistically get booked on, built from chart history, longevity, activity and cadence. It is not a download figure. Nobody outside a show can see those.

What the show says about itself

Since October 2004, host Gerry Prokopowicz (East Carolina University history professor) has held weekly in-depth conversations about Civil War history with various historians, authors, curators, artists and other people whose work is of interest to students of the Civil War era. Guests have included James McPherson, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Gary Gallagher, Caroline Janney, Peter Carmichael, Carol Reardon, and many others. Although the show is named "talk radio," it has little in common with traditional talk radio, in that the guests do most of the talking, on subjects of their choosing. There's n

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

  1. Civil War Talk Radio - September 30, 2026 (Angela M. Zombek: Penitentiaries, Punishment, and Military Prisons)
  2. Civil War Talk Radio - September 23, 2026 (David S. Reynolds: Jamestown, Plymouth, and the Struggle for America's Soul)
  3. Civil War Talk Radio - September 16, 2026 (David A. Welker: The Invalid Corps)
  4. Civil War Talk Radio - September 9, 2026 (Robert Gudmestad: The United States Mississippi River Squadron
  5. Civil War Talk Radio - September 2, 2026 (Anne Sarah Rubin: Sherman's March and America)
  6. Civil War Talk Radio - August 26, 2026 (Paul Quigley: The Man Behind the Cane)
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Common questions

Does Civil War Talk Radio accept guests?

Yes. The show has confirmed directly that it accepts guest pitches.

How do I contact Civil War Talk Radio?

Yes. Civil War Talk Radio publishes a contact address in its own RSS feed, and it is the show's own inbox rather than a shared network desk. We hold it and release it to people on a plan. We never invent an address and never send a pitch on your behalf.

Does Civil War Talk Radio charge guests a fee?

No. The show has told us directly that guests are not charged.

How often does Civil War Talk Radio publish?

It publishes about once a month. There are 707 episodes in the feed. Episodes run about 60 minutes.

Is Civil War Talk Radio still active?

Yes. It has published within the last 90 days.