Consolation Prize Creators & Guests

Abby Mullen is a historian and podcaster. For her work at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, she produces Consolation Prize, a podcast about the history of the United States in the world through the eyes of its consuls. On her own, she produces (with her 9yo daughter) Big If True, a podcast for kids about the big things in the world.

Jim Ambuske is a historian of the American Revolution. He is a Historian and Senior Producer at R2 Studios at George Mason University. He is the former host of the Conversations at the Washington Library podcast, and co-creator and co-writer of Intertwined: The Enslaved Community at George Washington's Mount Vernon.