The Clio Dialogues explores historical scholarship through conversation, connecting the past to the present to deepen our understanding of the world around us.
If you're considering reaching out about appearing as a guest, ask yourself whether your book fits the following profile.
- A recently published or forthcoming nonfiction book by a historian or other subject-matter expert, published by an academic or trade press.
- A book that offers historical perspective on questions, issues, debates, or ideas that continue to shape our world.
- A book that tells a compelling historical story while deepening our understanding of the present.
The common thread is simple: books that help us better understand the present by exploring the past.
The show is generally not intended for:
- promoting organizations, initiatives, or advocacy campaigns
- opinion pieces or current events commentary without a substantial historical research foundation
- books outside history or history-adjacent scholarship
- projects that are not yet published
- appearances intended primarily to market a service, business, or product
- books published through vanity presses or subsidy publishers
What Makes a Strong Pitch?
The strongest pitches answer the essential question:
What is your book's current resonance? In other words, how might your historical research help listeners better understand the world they live in?
When you reach out, please include:
- your book title, publisher, and publication date
- a link to your author, university, or publisher page
The goal isn't simply to promote books.
It's to use historical scholarship as a lens through which to better understand the questions, challenges, and conversations that shape our lives today. The best episodes don't just introduce listeners to a new publication. They leave them seeing the present a little differently.
Because the past isn't finished with us.
Ready to pitch? Use the contact form.