History first.
Historian, teacher and podcast co host
- Co host of The Missing Peace
- Digital Social Hour, November 2026
- Visalia, California
Historian. Teacher. Host.
25 years of teaching experience, much of it teaching history to teenagers in California's Central Valley, where the question students asked most was why. That question now gets answered outside the classroom too, on a weekly podcast, on debate and speaking stages and in short history videos.
(01) About Danielle
“I teach people to spot the pattern before it repeats.”
(Philosophy)
Most of what is in the news has happened before. The record shows what people tried and how it turned out.
History is not just a subject. It is the record of how people like us handled days like these. On The Missing Peace, each episode takes one question and answers it twice: first with the history behind it, then with mindset coach Brooke Benevento on what to do about it.
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Each one starts in the same place: what the historical record says about the question.
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Seven episodes
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THE MISSING PEACE · SEASON ONE
⌝How to Become the Best Version of Yourself Before 2027
Habits, identity and the people you copy without noticing.
⌝Disagreement Is Inevitable, Division Is a Choice (with Dr. Donya Ball)
Dr. Donya Ball joins to ask why disagreement turns into division, and what a classroom teaches about keeping both in the room.
⌝How to Spot a Psyop (And Why Fear Works So Well on Us)
The historian's guide to spotting a psyop: who benefits, who is scared, and why fear has always worked.
⌝10 Signs You're in a Relationship With a Narcissist
Ten patterns worth naming before you excuse them, from two women who have watched them play out.
⌝Dating Again After Losing the Love of Your Life
A conversation about grief, timing and when it is all right to start again.
⌝The Grief You Don't Deal With Will Deal With You
How grief that goes unaddressed passes down through a family, and how to stop it.
⌝Why You Need to Think Like a Kid Again
Why the best questions in a classroom come from the kids who have not learned to be embarrassed yet.
All episodes (31)✧ The Missing Peace
Every episode starts with the record, not the headline
One question each week, answered with history and with coaching.
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