History After Hours

Live from Kollective Coffee in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas, Pumphrey, Franklin, and Jolly answer audience questions. Topics include: Gilded Age Tycoons, Hantavirus concerns, the History of Jazz music, War in Ukraine, War in Gaza, War in Iran, and the impacts on the economy, the future of NATO, and Presidential martyrdom. Thank you for listening and for everyone's continued support. Please follow, subscribe, and share.

Live from Kollective Coffee + Tea, Pumphrey, Franklin, Diedrich, and Jolly answer questions from our audience. Topics include: potential bias in education, weird foods we've eaten, THE Ring of Power, Over/Underrated presidents, the existence of aliens, the Artemis II launch, and whether or not thought require language. Thanks for listening. Follow and tell a friend.

Live from Kollective Coffee in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. Pumphrey, Franklin, Diedrich, and Jolly answer questions from the audience. Topics: WWIII, why we teach, Zohran Mamdani's mayoral victory, artificial intelligence, Ukrainian War Games, Immigration, The Grand Egyptian Museum, and the End of the World reset. Thanks to all of our listeners. Follow us for more content.

Recorded live February 5, 2026 at Kollective Coffee + Tea in downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. Pumphrey, Franklin, Jolly, and Diedrich step up and answer questions about current events such as: the latest release of the Epstein Files, the ICE raids and protests in Minneapolis, the possibility of peace in the Middle East, and much more. Thanks for listening. Follow us for more unique and relevant content.

Special guest, and first-year teacher, Sydney Scroggins joins Pumphrey, Franklin, and Jolly at Kollective Coffee to answer questions from our audience. Topics: the War in Iran, learning from History, conspiracy theories, fixing the world's problems, and how some kids try to cheat on school work. Thanks for listening. Please subscribe and tell a friend.

Our two-part Christmas wrap-up episode. First, Pumphrey, Franklin, Jolly, and Diedrich ponder holiday traditions and the end of the first semester of school. Second, recorded earlier at Kollective Coffee, answering questions from our live audience. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Thanks for listening. Follow us for more content.

Pumphrey, Franklin, and Jolly discuss current events and what it's like teaching in the Southern United States. Topics include: teaching AP classes, immigration, ICE raids, MTG and the future of Conservatism, the angst of Intellectualism, the cost of inflation, the Ten Commandments in the classroom, and family Thanksgiving traditions. Please follow us for more content. Thank you for your support.

Live from Kollective Coffee in downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. Pumphrey, Franklin, Diedrich, and Jolly answer questions from our student audience. Topics include: the Founding Fathers, the most impactful stories from 2025, Mr. Taylor Swift, the best form of government, the historical perspective on Covid-19, and the concept of free speech. Thanks for listening. Please follow us and tell a friend.

Live from Kollective Coffee in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Pumphrey, Franklin, and Jolly answer audience questions on the Meaning of Life, current political news, time travel, and the Presidents in the NFL. Great season opener. Thanks to all our listeners.

Our last episode of the season. Pumphrey, Franklin, Jolly, Diedrich, and Mason talk about the end of the school year and look into the future. Topics include: New teachers / Veteran teachers, the use of Artificial Intelligence in the classroom, the rapid changes in technology, and Arkansas' new Cell Phone Ban for schools. And, we say goodbye and good luck as Haley Mason takes on her new teaching job in Northwest Arkansas. It's been a great year; thanks for listening.

Pumphrey, Franklin, and Jolly. A special 3-part episode covering our recent educational tour of Italy. Part One (0:00 - 14:41) recorded before our flight to Italy. Part Two (14:41-34:14) recorded in Italy, we interview our two exceptional tour directors, Max and Fabio. Part Three (34:14-1:01:51) back in the USA, we review and reflect on our tour experience.

Live from Kollective Coffee in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. Pumphrey, Franklin, Jolly, and Diedrich, with special guests, Hailey Mason and Jeremy Nixon, answer students' questions. Topics include: Pope Trump, best advice for graduating Seniors, best mistakes, dark humor, and Gorilla vs 100 men. Thanks for listening, tell your friends.

Live at Kollective Coffee in downtown Hot Springs. Pumphrey, Franklin, Jolly, Diedrich, and Mason answer a variety of student questions and try to make sense of the world. Thanks for listening.

Live from Kollective Coffee & Tea in downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas, Pumphrey, Jolly, Diedrich, and Franklin answer audience questions about life; what it was, what it is, and what could be. Thanks for listening. Follow us for more content.

We wrap up the semester and say goodbye to 2024. Diedrich, Jolly, Pumphrey, and Franklin talk about the school year, learning to drive, the East Coast Drones, Trump's 2nd term in office, and favorite Christmas traditions. Thanks for listening, see you all in 2025.

Live from Kollective Coffee + Tea in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. Topics include: Morals and ethics, the nature of Evil, our future with AI, aliens judging humanity, the rise of Nationalism and extremism, and talking to kids about Santa (**Warning**: spoiler alert). Thanks for listening.

Recorded at Kollective Coffee in downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas, we address our live audience's serious questions and concerns. Topics include: the election results, why Harris lost, Trump's tariffs, the immigration crisis, the future of religiosity in the U.S., abolishing the Department of Ed, the Kennedy assassination, and so much more.

The countdown is on to the 2024 Presidential Election. Cutting through all of the political rhetoric, Diedrich, Pumphrey and Franklin set the scene and discuss the potential paths to victory for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Who will win? What happens next? Will this be the most consequential election in US history? In less than 24 hours we should know the answers.

Another great episode with a live audience, along with Mr. Jeremy Nixon returning to the panel. We had great questions ranging from AI and the Internet, best advice and skills for college-bound students, to the mythical Fountain of Youth and Living Forever. Thanks to Kollective Coffee for providing the venue and setting the atmosphere. As always, we appreciate everyone for their continued support.

Recorded September 5, 2024 in front of a live student audience at Kollective Coffee + Tea, in beautiful downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. Great evening filled with intriguing questions about life, love, politics, science, and societal advancements. Thank you for your continued support.

Pumphrey and Franklin sort through the most important topics from over the summer, including the attempted assassination of former president Trump, President Biden's decision to drop out of the race and pass the torch to Vice President Harris, plus an assortment of related topics. Thanks to all of our listeners for your continued support.

Our end of the Season wrap-up show, reflecting on the school year, differences in generations, dating apps, and a discussion on the first songs to which we had an emotional response. Thanks for helping us make Season 9 so successful.

Hot Philosophy Topics Edition: Y2K, Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness and Free Will (or not), Robot Genocide, WWIII, and Garth Brooks vs. Pink Floyd vs. Yoko Ono vs. Sexy Red. Thank you to all of our listeners for your continued support.

Live at Kollective Coffee + Tea, we said goodbye to the graduating class of 2024. Interesting questions, great energy, and a super-chill atmosphere, we always have a good time when we gather downtown. Thank you to everyone for your continued support.

Recorded at Kollective Coffee + Tea in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas, days before the great Eclipse of 2024, within the Path of Totality. We fielded questions from a wide range of topics, including: philanthropy and human rights, Emily Dickenson's love life, and water vs fuel, all the way to "beating up" the Beatles. Thank you to all who listen and participate, we appreciate your continued support.

Recorded March 7, 2024, a show with dark themes and challenging questions. The variety of topics we discussed ranged from teacher pet peeves, Cancel Culture, the future of IVF, Gun Rights, to the 2024 elections. Thank you to you all for your continued support.

This episode launches with strong questions from the student audience: from the current border crisis, thoughts on full-year school schedules, and "What is Life?", to the war between Israel & Hamas. Thanks to Kollective Coffee + Tea for providing the venue for our show, and thank you to all of our listeners for your continued support.

Pumphrey, Franklin, Diedrich, and Jolly sit down to wrap up the semester and to reflect as we prepare to say goodbye to 2023. Top news stories, including Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and Da Trump, ChatGPT, and how NOT to ruin Christmas. Thanks for a tremendous year and best wishes for all of 2024. See you soon.

Recorded live at Kollective Coffee + Tea in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. We welcomed Lewis Jolly, a fellow history teacher at Lakeside High School. Student questions ranged from favorite holidays all the way to deep political questions and current events like the Israeli / Hamas War. Thank you to everyone who joined us and to all of our listeners, here at home and abroad.

Recorded at Kollective Coffee + Tea in Downtown Hot Springs, this special episode is our last one featuring long-time friend and colleague, Jeremy Nixon. Students were out in full force to help bid farewell to Mr. Nixon. Thank you to all of our listeners, we appreciate your support.

Our latest show was recorded in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Kollective Coffee + Tea, in beautiful downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. We greatly appreciate the wide range of questions from our students: everything from political, personal, serious and somber, to questions that were downright silly. Thank you to all of our participants and to all of our listeners.

Great season opener, live from Kollective Coffee in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. We had a packed house, tremendously cool vibes, and a wide variety of topics. Welcome back, we hope you enjoy the show.

In this episode we wrap up another school year and another podcast season. Time to reflect and assess on where we've been, and to look ahead to whatever comes next. Thanks to all of our listeners and participants for a great season.

In this episode, we interview Mr. David Malcom Rose, a local artist, author, Vietnam Veteran, YouTuber, collector, and parent to past and present Lakeside students. Our conversation topics centered on his experiences during the United States' Cold War era: 1950s, 60s, & 70s, Baby Boomers, politics, culture, the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, music trends and much more. Thanks to all of our subscribers across the glove. We appreciate any and all feedback.

In the episode, we interviewed Bethany Paxton, a research scientist working with UAMS (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences) in Little Rock, studying DNA and CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology. Topics included her initial interest in scientific research, our responses to the COVID-19 epidemic, as well as her ongoing research through UAMS and how this work may someday lead to better health care outcomes. Thank you for listening. We welcome any and all feedback from our audience.

Recorded April 6, 2023 at Kollective Coffee and Tea in beautiful Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. In this episode, fellow teacher, Emily Diedrich, joins us to answer a variety of questions from local area students. The live shows are filled with cutting-edge questions alongside those of a less-serious nature. It is always a great atmosphere at the coffee house and we thoroughly enjoy taking the show on the road. Quick "shout out" to the folks at ASMSA. Thanks to everyone for listening and for your continuous support.

This is a special edition episode featuring commentary from some of our student travelers (James, Liam, and Elli) who reflect on our recent overseas trip to Paris, Normandy, and London. Additionally, we feature a conversation with our tour director, Alec Lemaire, who was our expert guide during our ten-day Spring Break adventure. Alec was our tour guide but he also became our colleague and trusted friend. Thank you to all of our listeners at home and around the world.

Recorded on March 2, 2023, we are back at Kollective Coffee and Tea in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. We answered a wide range of interesting questions from our student audience. Thanks to everyone who came out in the stormy weather to participate, especially to our guest host and fellow teacher, Emily Diedrich. We appreciate all of our students and every one of our listeners from around the country and the world.

We're back with our first episode of the 2023. Recorded January 12 with large student audience at Kollective Coffee & Tea in downtown Hot Springs. We had a great time answering a wide range of questions. Some were serious and some were off-beat and kooky, but either way, we love the participation. Thank you for listening. Happy New Year!!

Recorded December 1, 2022, in front of a large student audience at Kollective Coffee and Tea in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. This episode features a wide-range of intriguing questions, including holiday traditions, island survival scenarios, the best teaching advice we ever received, and our thoughts on the current trends in education. To all of our listeners, thank you for your continuous support.

Recorded November 17, 2022. In this episode we took questions from students online, then covered multiple topics including our progress this school year, as-well-as discussing political, social, and economic issues. We ended with some nostalgic thoughts on the Thanksgiving holiday.  Thank you for your continued support.

For this episode, we returned to Kollective Coffee and Tea in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas to record another interactive show with our students and guests. There was great energy, with many interesting questions from our audience. Thank you all for your continued support.

We're back with a brand new season. All new episodes centered on truth and veracity. For this first round, we are proud that the COVID-related restrictions have been lifted so we were able to rejoin our friends at Kollective Coffee and Tea in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. This episode was recorded in front of a student audience, with many of them asking questions to the panel. To all of our listeners, both at home and around the world, thank you for your continued support.

Recorded April 27, 2022, this episode's main focal point is Russia's continuing war in Ukraine and the global responses. We also rake through some U.S. politics and delve into Elon Musk's Twitter conquest. To all our listeners, thank you for your support.

Special Edition European Podcast. We recorded this session with a small group of students during our recent trip overseas to Italy and Greece. At the time of recording we were in Florence, having just toured through Rome. Thanks to the students who participated and to all of our listeners for your continued support.

This episode deals almost exclusively with Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. We talk objectively about the history of interaction between the two countries, as well as Russia's strategies and the possible ending scenarios. As always, we thank all of our followers and we welcome our new listeners.

We're back with our first episode of 2022. Current events, global politics, and family histories are the main topics. We hope you enjoy. Thanks for listening and for your continued support.

Greetings, seasoned listeners (and newbies) to our 2021 end-of-the-semester holiday episode. Recorded on December 2, 2021  As the semester comes to a close, we discuss how politics have changed over the course of the past year.  We talk about odd or interesting things we have studied or wish we could teach; we wrap up the podcast sharing about the holidays and some of our own Christmas memories.

In our newest episode we pontificate, ruminate, and reminisce over multiple topics including the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and our favorite childhood memories. Thanks to all of our listeners.

Recorded in front of a live student audience on October 7th, this episode is jam-packed with interesting questions and impactful answers. These live shows are fast-paced and completely non-scripted, which adds a certain level of intensity to the program. Thank you to all who came and participated. And, as always, thank you to our online fans, wherever you may be.