Happy Friday, everyone! On Monday, Katie will join me on the blog, so you can look forward to two (week)daily posts from Stuff You Missed in History Class.

One of our loyal listeners and blog readers, Mike W., suggested that we consider reading a history book together and discussing it — a blog book club, if you will. We thought it was a great idea, and we’d like to start with the book I blogged about earlier this week: Margaret MacMillan’s Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History. You can pre-order the book if you want to participate (it’s released Tuesday, July 7). To ensure everyone has time to get a copy, we’ll hold off on posting about it until the following Monday, July 13. If you want to read along with us, let us know in the comments below.

This week, you heard about two fascinating topics: the golem of Prague and the ghosts of the Trianon.