Walt Woodward is the State Historian of Connecticut and an Associate Professor of History at the University of Connecticut. He is also the narrator and, with CT Humanities, the producer of Today in Connecticut History, heard weekdays on Connecticut Public Radio and seen online at TodayinCTHistory.com. He is the producer (along with Connecticut Explored magazine) of Grating the Nutmeg: The Podcast of Connecticut History (GratingtheNutmeg.libsyn.com). He is also the author of the “From the State Historian” column in Connecticut Explored magazine. He is also the author of Prospero’s America: John Winthrop, Jr., Alchemy and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606-1676 (Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press), which won the Homer C. Babbidge Prize for Outstanding Book of the Year from the Association for the Study of Connecticut History in 2011, and was named an Outstanding Book of 2011 by Choice. A widely sought after public speaker and historian, he is well known for his historical lectures (cthistory.org) and his historical lectures with music which he presents with his group, The Band of Steady Habits (bandofsteadyhabits.wordpress.com).