Tony Badger Interview 22/10/18

Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast

Here's the third episode of the Cambridge American History Seminar podcast! Lewis Defrates talks to Cambridge legend Tony Badger, who is a Professor of American History at Northumbria University and the emeritus Paul Mellon Professor of American History at Cambridge AND the emeritus master of Clare College, Cambridge. We talk about his paper "Writing the Biography of Albert Gore Sr: Confessions of an Unlikely Biographer" and the lengthy process of writing a biography after a career in political history. We also discuss Gore's relationship with Armand Hammer, doing research in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and a new-found respect for journalists. Albert Gore Sr: a Political Life, by Anthony J. Badger, will be out on University of Pennsylvania Press this November. Feel free to get in touch via @camericanist on Twitter or [e-mail] if you have any questions, suggestions or feedback for the future. Spread the word, and thanks for listening!