Send us a text We hear from Professor Eric Heinze who expresses both his praise, but also provides a critique of the leftist approach to history. Heinze goes after traditional history but does not spare the left over lack of historical criticism of Soviet, Cambodian and Cuban regimes.
Jul 24, 2025•49 min
Send us a text We go from Akbar to Washington to Edward I, and their ignoble successors.
Jul 18, 2025•41 min
Send us a text AI? Robots? Machine Learning? Fear of technology is not new. We go to 19th century Britain to meet the Luddites, a group who also experienced technological change.
Jul 10, 2025•26 min
Send us a text We begin by exploring protests in the ancient world, stop in Medieval England, and come to the present day. We also explore the mindset of protests today.
Jul 02, 2025•40 min
Send us a text We look at six presidents who chose not to seek another term including Joe Biden. What were the motivations and decision drivers.
Jul 01, 2025•40 min
Send us a text We talk with Salina Baker, author of The Line of Splendor, a historical novel about Nathanael Greene. We explore the general's life and the Revolutionary War.
Jun 26, 2025•38 min
Send us a text We compare and contrast riots in Ancient Alexandria with modern Los Angeles, including the current unrest.
Jun 12, 2025•33 min
Send us a text We hear from a man who was born in 1932 about what life was like in 1930s and 1940s America.
Jun 06, 2025•31 min
Send us a text It is vital as a nation that we honor and remember those whose sacrifice has given all that we have.
May 26, 2025•14 min
Send us a text We are joined on the podcast by Prof. Matt Tuininga. We discuss a critical aspect of Early American history, the conflict of New England puritans and the native Americans in the region.
May 22, 2025•48 min
Send us a text We go back to the Egyptians, Popes, and even some American scandals to see bribery history and then explore whether the Qatari "gift" of a jet is a bribe.
May 15, 2025•34 min
Send us a text What has Congress done in the past four months? Now, what has the executive tried to do? This is an illustration of a century long process of power to the executive. We trace this evolution's historical roots.
May 08, 2025•41 min
Send us a text We are thinking about the Roman Empire! We are joined by Professor David Parnell for a discussion about Flavius Belisarius and the 6th Century Romans.
May 01, 2025•50 min
Send us a text A few weeks ago we saw the blunders. Now the diplomatic wins ranging from ancient Egypt to the Marshall Plan.
Apr 17, 2025•27 min
Send us a text We compare the 1950s, and the 1980s Japanese scare to today to learn how manufacturing, as part of our economy, has changed.
Apr 10, 2025•33 min
Send us a text We cover the Opium Wars, the Taiping Civil War and Stephen Platt's new book: Raider. We also take a look at current China.
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr
Send us a text We look at 17th century Spain as an example of how a great power can decline and fail when it takes on too much debt. A lesson for the US.
Mar 27, 2025•31 min
Send us a text History denigrating the United States, celebrating dictators and crafting false and misleading narratives used to be the purview of the left. Now we have it on the right.
Mar 21, 2025•34 min
Send us a text We compare the 1995 Best Picture Oscars with 2025. Then my brother Chris and I ask the question: What the heck happened?
Mar 13, 2025•54 min
Send us a text Think the Oval Office imbroglio with Zelensky, Vance and Trump was bad? We have at least ten worse diplomatic blunders.
Mar 06, 2025•31 min
Send us a text Amidst lots of boasting among MAGA this is a warning against hubris. We have seen "permanent" majorities be not so permanent.
Feb 27, 2025•21 min
Send us a text Were the crusades about liberating the holy land, the clash of Christianity vs. Islam, or western colonization? We explore all these views and provide a descriptor of some key events.
Feb 20, 2025•28 min
Send us a text We explore the inaugural addresses of Cleveland, Coolidge, FDR, Reagan and more recent presidents to understand the role of executive power.
Feb 13, 2025•31 min
Send us a text We look at the 1890 McKinley Tariff, 1930 Smoot Hawley (anyone?) and Trump's Tariff schemes.
Feb 07, 2025•32 min
Send us a text Our Republic was built to resist single person rule in the guise of monarchs or cults. We go to medieval England and meet Henry III then move to the present to illustrate this point.
Jan 31, 2025•21 min
Send us a text We explore Los Angeles' Past and take a look at its present.
Jan 25, 2025•45 min
Send us a text Having spent 12 years marketing to the Healthcare Industry, I am astonished how little Americans know of this system. Providing history and a primer to help.
Jan 16, 2025•33 min
Send us a text What are the most influential figures, trends or events that future historians will look back on from this past year? We assemble a list as the most important of 2024.
Jan 10, 2025•34 min
Send us a text In this episode we explore the date of Jesus' birth and what keeping Christmas means.
Dec 23, 2024•13 min
Send us a text We go back prior to the 500s to find the most influential historical figures. Confucius, Cyrus and Jesus all make the list.
Dec 18, 2024•25 min