Show overview
Civil War Talk Radio has been publishing since 2004, and across the 22 years since has built a catalogue of 712 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 650 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 25th season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 52 min and 58 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language History show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 26 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Gerry Prokopowicz.
From the publisher
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 no ranting by the host, and no callers. Lists and links to all previous episodes can be found at www.impedimentsofwar.org, along with titles of upcoming episodes.
Latest Episodes
View all 712 episodesCivil War Talk Radio - October 14, 2026 (David A. Powell: The Atlanta Campaign, Volume 3)
Civil War Talk Radio - September 30, 2026 (Angela M. Zombek: Penitentiaries, Punishment, and Military Prisons)
Civil War Talk Radio - September 23, 2026 (David S. Reynolds: Jamestown, Plymouth, and the Struggle for America's Soul)
Civil War Talk Radio - September 16, 2026 (David A. Welker: The Invalid Corps)
Civil War Talk Radio - September 9, 2026 (Robert Gudmestad: The United States Mississippi River Squadron
Civil War Talk Radio - September 2, 2026 (Anne Sarah Rubin: Sherman's March and America)
Civil War Talk Radio - August 26, 2026 (Paul Quigley: The Man Behind the Cane)
Civil War Talk Radio - June 24, 2026 (M. Chris Bryan and Theodore Savas: The Chancellorsville Papers)
Civil War Talk Radio - June 3, 2026 (Steve Gowler: The Burning Thoughts of William Goodell)
Civil War Talk Radio - May 27, 2026 (Jared Peatman: To Gettysburg and Beyond with the Twentieth Maine )
Civil War Talk Radio - May 20, 2026 (W. Fitzhugh Brundage: A Fate Worse Than Hell)
Civil War Talk Radio - April 29, 2026 (James A. Goecker: The Third Indiana Cavalry, East Wing)
Civil War Talk Radio - April 22, 2026 (Joseph Michael Boslet: Reassessing Little Round Top)
Civil War Talk Radio - April 15, 2026 (Kenneth Noe: Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief)
Civil War Talk Radio - April 8, 2026 (Aaron Sheehan-Dean: Fighting with the Past)
S22 Ep 23Civil War Talk Radio - April 1, 2026 (J. Mark Powell: Witness to War)
J. Mark Powell, Witness to War: The Story of the Civil War Told By Those Who Lived It
S22 Ep 22Civil War Talk Radio - March 25, 2026 (Benjamin L. Cwayna: The Invincible Twelfth SC)
Benjamin Cwayna, The Invincible Twelfth: The 12th South Carolina Infantry of the Gregg-McGowan Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia
S22 Ep 21Civil War Talk Radio - March 18, 2026 (Lance J. Herdegen: Opening Manassas)
Lance J. Herdegen, co-author (with Bill Backus), Opening Manassas: The Iron Brigade, Stonewall Jackson, and the Battle on Brawner's Farm, August 28, 1862
S22 Ep 20Civil War Talk Radio - March 4, 2026 (Edward J. Hagerty: Soldier of the South Richard Anderson)
Edward J. Hagerty, Soldier of the South: Lieutenant General Richard H. Anderson at War and Peace.
S22 Ep 19Civil War Talk Radio - February 25, 2026 (Lindsay Rae Smith Privette: How Medicine Won the Vicksburg Campaign)
Lindsay Rae Smith Privette, The Surgeon's Battle: How Medicine Won the Vicksburg Campaign and Changed the Civil War.