The Civil War Talk Radio Companion
Your Source for Show Information
Our website is dedicated to Civil War Talk Radio (CWTR). CWTR is a weekly, hour long, intenet-based talk radio show hosted by Gerry Prokopowicz of East Carolina University. Each week, Gerry interviews leading historians, authors, enthusiasts, etc. on all things Civil War related. There are currently 705 Hours of interviews available for your listening pleasure. Use this site to view show information, download the MP3 files, listen to the MP3 files and get additional information on guests.
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Season 23 - Latest shows listed below.
Click on the Episode Title for additional information on episode, links to download or listen to episode and a transcript of Gerry's monologue.
| 2301 | | The Man Behind the Cane: Preston Brooks, Political Violence, and the Road to the Civil War |
| | Paul Quigley | August 26, 2026 |
| | Paul Quigley, author of "The Man Behind the Cane: Preston Brooks, Political Violence, and the Road to the Civil War." |
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Impediments of War
About the photo at the top of our website: The photo is of the Engineers of the 8th N.Y. State Militia, 1861, listening to Civil War Talk Radio on their Jukebox....one of the lesser known Impediments of War.
| Aug 26, 2026 |
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Scheduled guest: Paul Quigley, The Man Behind the Cane: Preston Brooks, Political Violence, and the Road to the Civil War |
| Sep 2, 2026 |
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Scheduled guest: Anne Sarah Rubin, Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman’s March and America |
| Sep 9, 2026 |
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Scheduled guest: Robert H. Gudmestad, The Devil’s Own Purgatory: The United States Mississippi River Squadron in the Civil War |
| Sep 16, 2026 |
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Scheduled guest: David A. Welker, "Now I'm With the Invalids": The Veteran Reserve Corps in America’s Civil War |
| Sep 23, 2026 |
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Scheduled guest: David S. Reynolds, Two Ships: Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America |
| Sep 30, 2026 |
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Scheduled guest: Angela M. Zombek, Penitentiaries, Punishment, and Military Prisons: Familiar Responses to an Extraordinary Crisis during the American Civil War |
| Oct 7, 2026 |
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Scheduled guest: No new show, Fall Break |
| Oct 14, 2026 |
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Scheduled guest: David A. Powell, The Atlanta Campaign: Volume 3: From the Chattahoochee to Peach Tree Creek, June 28 to July 20, 1864 |
| Oct 21, 2026 |
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Scheduled guest: Karl L. Rubis and Timothy M. Gilhool (CASCOM Command Historians), Teaching the Civil War to Today’s Officers |
| Oct 28, 2026 |
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Scheduled guest: Bryan Cheeseboro (National Park Service), The Civil War Defenses of Washington |