YouTube
Podcasts
Guest appearance, “Pitch It: How Academics Can Find Mega Audiences for Their Research ,” Write to the Point Podcast , University Writing Program, University of Florida, May 31, 2023.
Co-host with Paul Matzko of Impolitic [a weekly podcast on politics, history, and culture] (Aug. 2017-Jun. 2022).
Guest appearances, “Episode 75: A Libertarian and a Socialist Walk into a Noodle Shop …” and “Episode 76: Great Beards and Radios,” Ideas in Progress Podcast , Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University, March 3 and March 10, 2021.
Radio interviews
Interview with Sam Harnett, “Is Masculine Anxiety Fueling the Rise of Nostalgic Barbershops? ,” KQED News (Aug. 23, 2017), News Station.
Interview with Margaret Krauss, “‘God Gives Nothing In Vain,’ And Other Gems of Beard Advocacy ,” 5 WESA Celebrates Inventing Pittsburgh (Jul. 17, 2015), 90.5 WESA Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station.
Interview with Marcus Smith, The Morning Show (Sept. 17, 2014), Brigham Young University Radio.
Interview with Ed Ayers, “American Apparel ,” Backstory with the American History Guys (Jul. 25, 2014), Broadcast / Podcast.
Audio appearance on Stripped (May 19, 2014), Radio One / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Interview with Virginia Prescott, “Lincoln’s Beard ,” Word of Mouth (Apr. 21, 2014), New Hampshire Public Radio.
Interview with Jonathan Green, “The Hairy History of the Beard ,” Sunday Extra (Feb. 16, 2014), Radio National / Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Quoted in
Quoted in Zusha Elinson, “The Race for California Governor Has Become a Battle Over Facial Hair ,” The Wall Street Journal (Mar. 27, 2026).
Quoted in Margaret Talbot, “The First Time America Went Beard Crazy ,” The New Yorker (Jul. 21, 2025).
Quoted in Paul Vieira, “Can Justin Trudeau’s Beard Overturn a Century of Politics? ,” The Wall Street Journal (Feb. 14, 2020).
Quoted in Jessica Leigh Hester, “Found: Bottles of Hair Dye from a Civil War Photography Studio ,” Atlas Obscura (Dec. 20, 2019).