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, December 26, at 7:45 a.m. This week Commentator Gary Joiner takes us back to 1914 and the Christmas truce on the battlefield.
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Airs Tuesday, December 10, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. Commentator Gary Joiner profiles the privateer Jean Lafitte and why his history matters.
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Airs Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. Commentator Gary Joiner offers some thoughts on the historical significance of photographs, and how they…
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Airs Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. Commentator Gary Joiner takes a look at the Atchafalaya Basin, a treasure of Louisiana, and the mysteries…
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Airs Tuesday, November 11, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. Commentator Gary Joiner looks back at the use of dogs as warriors during war, from ancient times to the…
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Airs Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. Commentator Gary Joiner looks back at John Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, who led the…
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Airs Tuesday, October 29, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. Commentator Gary Joiner looks into the conflict in Iraq and asks who the Kurds are and how does their History…
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Airs Friday, September 20, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Gary Borders takes to the night shift, and his cats and dogs take note.
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Airs Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Dr. Gary Joiner gives us a historic profile of the Marquis de Lafayette, whose name is…
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Airs Tuesday, September 24, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Dr. Gary Joiner takes a look the terms Cajun & Creole, two terms indigenous to…