Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Host of "History Matters"Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
Joiner was appointed chairman of Louisiana's Civil War Sesquicentennial Task Force and also serves on the Battle of New Orleans Bicentennial Commission.
Joiner’s commentaries air Tuesdays at 7:45 a.m. He explores a wide range of historical topics, and is currently working on a book compilation of his Red River Radio commentaries.
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Airs Tuesday, September 17, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Dr. Gary Joiner takes a look the battle of Waterloo and the lasting legacy of…
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Airs Tuesday, September 10, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Dr. Gary Joiner takes a look the role of Liverpool England in the Slave Trade, and…
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Airs Tuesday, September 3, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Dr. Gary Joiner takes a look at the amazing histories that can be found in our…
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Airs Tuesday, August 27, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Dr. Gary Joiner looks at the role the bald cypress has played in the history of…
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Airs Tuesday, August 20, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Dr. Gary Joiner takes us down Bayou Dorcheat, in the Northwest Louisiana highlands, and…
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Airs Tuesday, August 13, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Dr. Gary Joiner looks back at a grand attempt to legislate morals in American, the…
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Airs Tuesday, August 6, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Gary Joiner looks back at historian Barbara Tuchman, and pays tribute to her ability to…
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Airs Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Gary Joiner looks back at the history and impact of Pirates, which have plagued nations…
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Airs Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Gary Joiner looks at General Richard Taylor and the history behind the Red River…
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Airs Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Gary Joiner looks at the history behind Tchaikovsky's famous 1812 Overture and the events…