Joe Manchin Dashes Progressive Democrat Plan
Manchin strikes the death knell to the "Build Back Better" plan, refusing all climate and tax provisions.
Jul 15, 2022•15 min
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RUSSIAN INVASION of Ukraine: UPDATE March 28
An update on the RUSSIAN invasion of Ukraine: BIDEN's call to remove PUTIN from power; Russian troops WITHDRAWAL to BELARUS; Russia losing CLOUT in its immediate geo-political sphere, AZERBAIJAN defies RUSSIA.
Mar 28, 2022•7 min
RUSSIAN INVASION of Ukraine: UPDATE March 26
Update on the RUSSIAN invasion of Ukraine: NATO summit, Ukrainian COUNTER-OFFENSIVE, Putin CO-OPTS JK Rowling.
Mar 25, 2022•7 min
RUSSIAN INVASION of Ukraine: UPDATE March 22
Update on the RUSSIAN invasion of Ukraine: probability of using small NUCLEAR missiles, and news of an imminent RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACK on US private sector companies.
Mar 22, 2022•7 min
RUSSIAN INVASION of Ukraine: UPDATE March 21
An update on the Russian invasion of Ukraine; hyper-sonic missiles and the long-term strategic use of the refugee crisis.
Mar 21, 2022•8 min
RUSSIAN INVASION of Ukraine: UPDATE March 20
An update on the Russian invasion of UKraine; US THREAT to China.
Mar 19, 2022•8 min
All You Need To Know About Telegram and Pavel Durov
A quick review of the history of the Telegram app and its founder and CEO, Pavel Durov, and an exploration of the app's relevance in the future of messaging and social media communications.
Mar 14, 2022•17 min
Josephine Baker induction into the Pantheon - Is it true French egalitarianism?
Forty-five years after her death, France decided to induct Josephine Baker, the African American-born singer/performer, into the monument for its most veneered citizens. Josephine Baker had lived the majority of her adult life in France, adopting French life, language, and even working briefly during the Second World War as a spy for the French Resistance. Her induction to the Pantheon seems to be a testament to French egalitarianism, and France’s embrace of people coming from diverse back...
Mar 05, 2022•6 min
ABEL: The Spy who BAFFLED the Americans
The INCREDIBLE story of the LEGENDARY Soviet spy who defied the FBI for too long, only to fall at hands of his treacherous deputy.
Feb 21, 2022•11 min
FOUCHÉ: Recanting Revolutionary
He established the world's modern Police State, and his life is a classic example of revolutionary-turned-reactionary. He's remembered in history as a fearsome statesman of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France... and the slayer of horrifying Robespierre.
Feb 16, 2022•11 min
Stalin's Best Female Spy: Sonya / Ursula Kuczynski / Ruth Werner
A review of the life and accomplishments of the legendary Soviet spy, Ursula Kuczynski, also known by her operational code name, Sonya.
Feb 12, 2022•17 min
Musketeers of Bolshevism: Trotsky... fallen star of the revolution?
A brief overview of the pre-eminent socialist thinker and revolutionary... the fallen star of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Jan 26, 2022•13 min
Musketeers of Bolshevism: Stalin... revolutionary or opportunist or mafioso?
A brief overview of the 20th century most successful tyrant.
Jan 22, 2022•16 min
Musketeers of Bolshevism: Lenin... revolutionary or pragmatist?
A quick overview of the 20th century most influential revolutionary.
Jan 22, 2022•11 min
Did Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor (December 1941) bring the downfall of the Axis... in Europe?!
On the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a take on how this event shaped the war in Europe against Nazi Germany.
Nov 30, 2021•15 min
Crimean War (1853 - 1856)
In 1853, Tsar Nicholas I dragged his empire into a vicious war to fulfill his fantasies and to avenge his ego; a war that would bring the armies of Britain, France, the Ottomans, and the Sardinians to his doorsteps.
Nov 17, 2021•12 min
Going East: Migration to the Canadian Atlantic Coast
Not only calamities are the reason behind grand migrations, but also the opening of opportunities that are far better than those at home. Advantageous conditions lure people to carry their luggage and go through great lengths of instability and adversity, hoping to achieve a better future for themselves and their families. A similar small migration is taking place in various places around the world, but mainly it's indoors migration or migration within the same country. Most noticeably, is the e...
Nov 14, 2021•7 min
Rewriting the history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)...for the 3rd time!
Does the way we consume history determine the path towards our future? Does the way citizens perceive their history, familial and collective, affect the way they live their lives? make plans for their future? and eventually, build their nations one way or another? Is there truth in any of that, or is it some fancy theoretical nonsense?
Nov 09, 2021•12 min
William Ewart Gladstone: Liberal Four-time British Prime Minister
A brief biography of the historic leader of the British Liberal Party during the later half of the 19th century.
Nov 08, 2021•9 min
Benjamin Disraeli: British Prime Minister & Novelist
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804–1881), was a British political leader and novelist who served as Prime Minister twice (1868, 1874–80). He gave the Conservative Party a two-pronged policy of Tory democracy and imperialism.
Oct 20, 2021•10 min
George Clemenceau: French Premier & Journalist
Georges Clemenceau, popularly known as The Tiger or Le Tigre, was a leader of the French Third Republic, a key player in the Allied triumph in World War I, and a key architect of the postwar Treaty of Versailles.
Oct 18, 2021•6 min
The Afghanistan Fiasco (End of the American Century)
Is the withdrawal of the Allied troops from Afghanistan, and its fall into the hands of Taliban, a harbinger of an American eclipse?
Aug 25, 2021•18 min
Pulling Russia away from China?
In order to halt the meteoric rise of China, new voices call for a reconciliation with Putin's Russia, in order to do away with the menacing Russian-Chinese alliance.
Aug 13, 2021•11 min
Can History Predict Future?
An American Professor makes a huge database of the past 10,000 years of humanity on Earth. Employing advanced statistical tools, he predicts future--with mathematical precision. ------------------ The Atlantic Story https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/can-history-predict-future/616993/
Nov 21, 2020•11 min
The Lebanese Crisis
In this episode, we look into the tragic story of that promising part of the Arab world; a unique experiment of power sharing in which three sects share the country's political institutions, jobs, and economy; a country that was for a long period of time the Arab world's only democracy, and safe haven for political and social dissidence.
Aug 08, 2020•20 min
Lord Salisbury: Preeminent British Prime Minister in Late Victorian Era
An brief biography of Lord Salisbury's. ------------------ Follow "Intellectual" on Facebook for historical and cultural content, shared and posted all around the week.
Jul 09, 2020•6 min
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (1897)
Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Empire for most of the 19th century, from 1838 to 1901. The Victorian era is known in history as the golden age of the British Empire, and the era of peace and prosperity across Europe. Victoria was the first British monarch to commemorate the 50th and 60th anniversaries of her ascension to the throne by public celebrations. The 1897 Diamond Jubilee celebrated Victoria as the mother of the British Empire.
Jun 30, 2020•12 min
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