Episode 167: America 250 and the State Historian

Andy Horowtiz is our guest on this episode of the UConn 360 podcast. He is an associate professor of history at UConn and also serves as the Connecticut State Historian. Andy discusses with us the recent America 250 celebration and a series of historical signs he designed that describe Connecticut’s various roles in the Revolutionary War. He also writes a column in the publication Connecticut Explorer, which brings Connecticut’s past into the present and gives us some tips of interesting places to visit. At UConn’s Hartford campus, he teaches modern U.S. history, as well as a new course called “Connecticut: A History of the World Around Us.” It’s also our first try at doing the podcast as a remote broadcast, so please forgive us if some of the audio sounds a little off!