When Diplomacy Fails Podcast
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WDF 7th Birthday Bash: Huge News and Q&A
🕑 Added 2019-05-18 04:30:00 +0000 UTC[PATRONS]
Are you ready for this? After a long time teasing you all, it's time I dropped some incredibly exciting news on the world. This news has the potential to change history podcasting FOREVER...sort of, but first and foremost, it means big changes for you and I. I hope you'll have a listen to the first half of this show to hear my news and get to grips with what I'm all about. Pat yourself on the back and say a huge thankssss with me, for seven wonderful years of history podcasting! Who would have thought that after seven years of talking to myself, you would all still be listening! Happy birthday to us, and thankss for being the best history friends a guy could ask for [self hug]
Here are the questions I cover in this episode:
What’s a typical day of work for you with the show? How are you managing to do all this? What black magic are you using to make days last 48 hours etc.? How is teaching? Do you think you’ll revisit BGTW again? How do you get through sources so quickly? Do you see Sean anymore? What’s your favourite junk food? If you had one piece of advice for someone starting out in history podcasting, what would it be? What is your recording studio set up? Will you cover any examples of when diplomacy succeeds in the future? What’s a pet peeve you have with history podcasting? How do you construct your scripts for each episode? You came to the US in November 2018, what was one thing you liked and one thing you didn’t like about our country? Did you expect this series to be so massive? Most surprising fact about my research for it? What’s the weirdest error you’ve made with the project? What’s your favourite subtitle you’ve given to an episode of the series? Where do you begin with big projects like the VAP? Whose diary do you wish you had for the VAP? What are you reading right now aside from all the VAP/1956 stuff? Any books that you stopped reading out of frustration? Name and shame! What famous hair or beard style do you wish you could pull of today? Favourite female diplomatic leader? You get to ask one question to one historical figure, they must answer honestly, who will you ask and what question will you ask? What do you think of historians that allow their ideology or opinions to affect their work?
Comments
Michael Mulhern
Congratulations on the Trinity announcement. As much as I liked the idea of you and Cambridge getting it together, I always wondered why you weren’t aiming for Trinity (as well).
Torsten Archer
Congratulations Zach on the PhD!
Oren
I gotta admit, my guess for the big news was you becoming a father. This is big too of course :). Congrats Zach
Christopher Taylor
Zack, I started with The Korean War and am hooked so bad and going through the back catalogue that all the other podcasts and audiobooks just keep building up. Keep up the good work and try to relax some times.
Laurence Waring
Zack, I’ve been listening to you forever, you’ve given me countless hours of entertaining and informative podcasts. These periodic personal updates have also given me a window into your life to the point that I feel like I’ve watched a young friend grow and find his way into the world. It’s been nothing but a pleasure, maybe a little worrying at times knowing you’re trying to cram 36 hours into 24. The PhD news is fantastic, the pub sounds brilliant and your wife sounds amazing. Best wishes to you and your family.
Catherine Scott
Many congratulations on the PhD.
