Being a dad is the hardest job you will ever love. And with that job comes lots of room for improvement. In this episode I reflect on how I think I am doing as a dad with a few areas that I think I am getting better in and a few others that could use some work. If you have any ideas on topics that you want to hear discussed shoot me an email to nat…

In this episode I talk about how my passion has now become part of my career. I am taking a new position that I am super pumped about and it will involve creating a Podcast for the organization that I will be working for. Pretty sweet. How might you be able to start infusing more of your passion into your day job? The Untucked Podcast www.natevalen…

In this episode I break down my approach to ramping up in the incredibly overwhelming and intimidating world of day trading. Now I am by no means an expert nor a financial advisor but think that the steps I outline could help you onboard onto any new interest. I take my years as an analyst and the tools I used to ramp up on new subjects and apply t…

I am not a group-ex guy but the Peloton is pretty dope. In this episode I review the Peloton, my first impressions of it as a product and also how it fits into the market. I share my initial reaction to taking delivery and having my first ride and also review the latest member statistics. The bottom line is that a ridiculously high user retention l…

He was the RomCom guy. But then he reinvented himself into probably one of the best actors in Hollywood. How did he do this? Why did he do this? Who is he really and what does he think about? In this episode I share 4 meaningful highlights from his new book Greenlights that start to unpack the answers to these questions. I have been so impressed wi…

This episode is a little different than most so let's see what you think. One, I am trying out a different mic and also mixed the audio a bit differently. Let me know what you think about that. I also broke the episode down into different sections. Here is the breakdown of the episode. Section 1. Review of David Goggins' Can't Hurt Me - :30 Section…

Here are 5 simple steps I am taking in 2021 to take back control of life. 2020 was a hard year for all of us and as we limp into next year here are a few ideas on how you might make the most out of the new year. The tips that I discuss are: 1. Purge 2. Organize 3. Produce more content 4. Question 5. Radical accountability If you are looking for som…

This is a quick discussion about algorithms and social media and some of the consequences they present. If you haven't watched Social Dilemma, I highly recommend it. You can find it here #socialmedia #algorithms #socialdilemma --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theuntuckedlife/message…

Fear and anxiety are becoming more and more common place in today's world. In this article Shane from the FS blog talks about rethinking fear based on the work done by Gavin de Becker in his book The Gift of Fear. If you have been struggling with uncontrollable fear or crippling anxiety maybe this episode is for you. --- Link to the original articl…

In this episode I read an article written by the great Mark Manson on FastCompany regarding self-control and more importantly the thinking brain versus the feeling brain. I share my thoughts and how I reconcile these concepts in my mind. If you struggle with change or with willpower listen to this episode and hopefully it will help shed some light …

In this episode I read Ryan Holiday's latest article and respond to his list of 10 ways to find stillness. I then share my thoughts on the approaches he mentions along with my own experience implementing some of these into my life. Ryan is one of the great thinkers of this generation and I strongly recommend following his work. Stillness is somethi…

In this episode I share a few passages from Book 6 of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. This book has been something I have recommended to several people and one that I come back to regularly. It is just crazy to think that the ruler of the most powerful kingdom at that time was writing messages, largely to himself, to stay centered. The wisdom and tea…

Today is my birthday! The big 36. Are you supposed to tell people on the internet how old you are? Hmmm... Last year at this time I wrote an article called 35 Things at 35. It was a collection of thoughts and lessons I had learned over the years. Today, in honor of that post I wanted to write something new. I didn't want to do the same old 36 at 36…

In this episode I talk about the importance of your story and how it can literally change your life. For the first time, I talk about my accident and share what the recovery process has taught me... continues to teach me. The stoics said that we should delineate between the things that we can control and those that we cannot. We are not always in c…

Why do you do the things you do? Do you know? Have you ever stopped to think about why you either agreed to do something or decided that you should undertake a new project? In this episode I talk about how I approach decision making through analyzing the root motivations behind the decisions I make or ideas I pursue. Check us out at www.theuntucked…

This podcast is about failure and how you might think about it and respond to it. The ironic thing is that the first pass at uploading this podcast actually failed (edit: the second one did too), so I added a section at the beginning of this to just show how frequent failure can happen. It didn't stop me from fixing the podcast and re-uploading it …

In this episode I sit down and talk with my long time colleague, friend and mentor John Bryant. At the time of recording he is spending his days in Grenada, Spain working as the architect for a web-based product that I am developing. Since my time knowing John he has spent time in Canada, Australia, here in the US and most recently has been traveli…

So you are a creator, congratulations and I am sorry. It is not always easy. You do not always feel inspired it is not always fulfilling. Herein lies the Creator's Dilemma which I talk about on this episode of the podcast. I recap the last 30 days since I have started the podcast and talk about some of the things that were holding me back and limit…

In this episode I interview Aiden Valentin (APLU5) on the first iteration of The Extraordinarily Normal series. Aiden is a self-taught producer and artist and in this podcast we talk about his journey and passion for music. Aiden is 15 years old and has been producing EDM for about 4 years now. He is my resident DJ and the audio guru for The Untuck…

Are you good at starting projects, lots of projects and not finishing them. In this episode I talk about my struggle with finishing and sharing work and how I handle it. If you are a creative or an aspiring creative you can probably relate. Ship your work! This episode is the audio from a video I created and posted to my YouTube channel last year. …

We have all been through tough times. Many of us are going through some right now. In this episode I provide you with 5 tips on how to get through them. I reflect on a recent major home improvement project that required some pretty manually intensive work. I provide some real life examples of how I thought through the issue and was able to get it d…

In this episode I talk about comfort and how that actually might not be the best thing for you. My belief is that it is during times of discomfort that the greatest growth occurs. How might we be able to enjoy comfort but also maintain gratitude? Hope you enjoy the episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theunt…

So you're stressed out!? Me too! Literally that is the reason why I recorded these segments. I have an opportunity which should be positive but do to some legal issues it is not as straightforward as I would hope it to be. This episode speaks to that situation and the process of working through it. I hope you find it helpful. --- Send in a voice me…

In this episode I unpack some of my own issues around the other F word... Failure, that I have struggled with for basically my entire adult life. This is a pretty vulnerable topic for me so hope you can relate.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theuntuckedlife/message…

Quick episode talking about how a rainy ride home in the Jeep made for the most fun 5 minute drive ever. The major takeaway here is that it is ok to live your life unscripted at times.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theuntuckedlife/message

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Folks, I know it's been a long time since our last episode. Things have been kind of crazy, but I'm hoping to podcast more consistently this year. I'm really excited about our guest this episode: Ari Kelman. Ari is a professor at Penn State and author of Misplaced Massacre, which won all kinds of awards over the past couple of years. In our convers…

My guest for this episode is Keith Harris. Keith is probably familiar to many people as the man behind the popular blog Cosmic America, which has now been replaced by his new site keithharrishistory. Keith is also the editor of an exciting new online journal, The Americanist Independent and the author of a recently published book, Across the Bloody…

My guest for this episode is historian and podcaster Liz Covart. Her new podcast, Ben Franklin's World, been amazingly successful since it debuted at few months ago. We talk about academic historians and podcasting, how a podcaster envisions her/his audience, her research on New Englanders in upstate New York, and the snow in Boston. You can check …

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Sorry for the long hiatus since the last episode. I'm really happy to be back with a new episode of American History Untucked. My guest for this show is Kevin Levin, whose blog Civil War Memory has been probably my favorite Civil War website for years. He is also the author of an excellent recent book, Remembering the Battle of the Crater: War as M…

My guest for this episode is Dr. Seth Kotch. Seth was a classmate of mine in graduate school and is now the Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities in the American Studies Department at UNC-Chapel Hill, a post has recently taken after a lengthy tenure as the Digital Projects Director at the Southern Oral History Program. This is kind of a short e…

My guest for this episode is David Trowbridge, who teaches at Marshall University. He is the creator of the Clio app that uses GPS technology to direct users to historic sites and provides information about the site that you can consume on the go. It's open source, so users can add content about historic sites in their area. Adding content would be…

This is my first show of the new academic year and I was very pleased that Anne Sarah Rubin agreed to come on to talk about her new book on Sherman's March, Through the Heart of Dixie. We also got a chance to talk about the digital project that she had created to accompany the book, and about digital history more broadly, including her work with th…

My guest this week is Rachel Hope Cleves, author of The Reign of Terror in America and Charity & Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America. We talk about some events in her life that prompted her interest in the history of American violence, about LGBT history, and about her current research in Paris. Subscribe the show on iTunes and Stitcher. B…

My guest this week is Rebecca Onion, author of Slate's The Vault blog and historian of childhood and science. For those of you who haven't looked at The Vault, here are some of my favorite gems (the latter two of which we discuss in the show): How Literate Are You by 1918 Standards? The Entire History of the World—Really, All of It—Distilled Into a…

My guest this week is Elizabeth (Lil) Fenn, Associate Professor of History at the University of Colorado - Boulder. We discussed her 2001 book Pox Americana and her new history of the Mandan Indians, Encounters at the Heart of the World. We also discussed her career as an auto mechanic during a hiatus in her academic career.…

My guest for this show is Chris Cameron, assistant professor at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte. We discussed his autobiography The Many Lives of Chris Cameron, his research on African American abolitionists (soon to be published as To Plead Our Own Cause: African Americans in Massachusetts and the Making of the Antislavery Movement), …

My guest for this show is Cathy Wright, the curator of the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia. We talk about what a curator does, the MOC upcoming merger with the American Civil War Museum, and about her favorite artifact in the collection. You can listen to our conversation here.Por americanhistoryuntucked@gmail.com (David Silkenat)

My guest for this show is Scott Reynolds Nelson, author of A Nation of Deadbeats, Steel Drivin' Man, and Iron Confederacies. We talk about the influence his father had on his research, how his approach to writing and research has changed over the years, and about meeting Bruce Springsteen. You can listen to show here.…

My guest for this show is Donald Shaffer, author of After the Glory: The Struggles of Black Civil War Veterans (Kansas, 2004) and the Civil War Emancipation blog. In this show we talk about his research, blogging, and teaching online. Listen here: https://ia902509.us.archive.org/31/items/AmericanHistoryUntucked004/American%20History%20Untucked%2000…