Dissecting Worlds Series 6 Episode 4: The American Civil War
Posted by geeksyndicate on August 7, 2012
Yee-haw,
The pair of desperadoes known as Kehaar & Matt are joined by Matt Mitrovitch custodian of the work of boundless energy & love which is the AH Weekly Update: (http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com)looking at that popular alternate history topic of the American Civil War.
[audio http://traffic.libsyn.com/geeksyndicate/s6_ep_4_acw.mp3
Topics covered during the podcast are -
* Harry Harrison’s Star & Stripes series, the Trent affair & options for European intervention
* Harry Turtledove’s 191-timeline & the romanticisation of both sides of the ACW
* The appeal (and consequences) of Balkanised America
* Alien Space Bats & South African nazis
* Captain Confederacy!: http://captainconfederacy.blogspot.com
* Race in America and its legacy in fiction and reality
Matts writing blog is http://mitroauthor.wordpress.com/
He has a story in Jake’s Monthly-Alternate History Anthology: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/180165
Saddle up, enjoy & feedback 
