The Biographers Podcast
1) Office Hours Ep 9: Historical Prophylactics
Time to sit back and relax for another casual episode of Office Hours. We go through questions and corrections from our series on Mark Twain, and share an amazing story from one of our listeners who h...Show More
2) Concerning Jim: An Interview with Professor Shelley Fisher Fishkin
This week, we are thrilled to be joined for an interview with one of the world's leading Mark Twain scholars who currently teaches at Stanford University: Professor Shelley Fisher Fishkin (https://she...Show More
3) Mark Twain Part 10: No Humor In Heaven.
It’s finally time to close the book on the life of the incomparable Mark Twain. His final ten years would not be easy, riddled with heartache and devastation, but the world at large would finally awak...Show More
4) Mark Twain Part 9: A Long Farewell To Business.
Tough times lay ahead for Mark Twain in part nine of our series on the legendary humorist. Somewhere along the way, Sam Clemens got it into his head that he was a businessman, but nothing could be fur...Show More
5) Mark Twain Part 8: Jim & Huck.
In part eight of our series on the godfather of American comedy, Mark Twain, we finally get into the development and publishing of his most famous novel: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The book was c...Show More
6) Mark Twain Part 7: Back on the Mississippi.
In part seven of our series on the incomparable Mark Twain, the godfather of American comedy finally publishes one of his most seminal works: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Though the book is largely p...Show More
7) Mark Twain Part 6: The (Not So) Gilded Age.
As we press on with the life of Mark Twain, trouble starts to brew in the early years of the 1870s. Some personal tragedy will strike the Clemens family, and Sam will experience some of his first true...Show More
8) Mark Twain Part 5: The American Vandal's Progress.
In part five of our series on Mark Twain, the author is officially back stateside after a trip through Europe and the “Holy Land.” From these experiences, he would write his first novel, The Innocents...Show More
9) Mark Twain Part 4: The Quaker City Sinner.
As we continue our series, we witness the steady rise of legendary author and orator, Mark Twain, following the publication of his famous short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. A...Show More
10) Mark Twain Part 3: Roughin' It.
The American Civil War has officially begun! In part three of our series on Mark Twain, we see the not-yet-writer briefly join the Missouri State Guard before fleeing west with his brother. After a fe...Show More