Today we hear from three former Yugoslavs about their stories of what life was like under Tito. Also, the winner of our Who Should Play Tito in a Hollywood Movie contest is announced! Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Maps, pics, and more at www.deadideas.net.
This is our grand finale! Take out your holographic tablets and laser styluses, because we're mashing up the most ancient with the most modern: the Epic of Gilgamesh with the 1995 classic anime Ghost in the Shell! Featuring a haunting soundtrack by Belgian industrial band Militia. Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Maps, pics, references, and more at www.deadideas.net. Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Map by Adam McKithern.
http://media.blubrry.com/deadideas/ia600805.us.archive.org/27/items/DeadIdeas56FYouHistoryChannelOneYearAnniversary_201709/Dead%20Ideas%2056%20F%20You%20History%20Channel%20One%20Year%20Anniversary.mp3 Presenting… the history of the History Channel! This is our one-year anniversary special, so we’re doing something special: a *should be* dead idea – the History Channel! Also, a huge thank you to all of you supporters out there. Enjoy! Be sure to support the show at www.patreon....
Was the famous/infamous institution of temple prostitution in ancient Mesopotamia ever really a thing? And if so, what was that like? Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Custom map by Adam McKithern. Maps, pics, references and more at www.deadideas.net.
Today we look at Tito's post-war regime in which the ideas of Titoism take shape, namely workers' self-management and political non-alignment. And we ask: was Tito ultimately a hero or an anti-hero? Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Maps, pics, references, and more at www.deadideas.net
At last, it's the business nuns? (wait... what?!) That's right - there was a class of nun-like religious devotees who apparently wheeled and dealed like they were trying out for The Apprentice! Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Custom map by Adam McKithern. Maps, pics, references and more at www.deadideas.net.
This week you get TWO episodes! This is our first-ever crossover episode going on both Dead Ideas *and* Eastern Border. Kristaps and I talk about the split between Tito and Stalin like it's a heavyweight boxing match! Be sure to support both shows at www.patreon.com! Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Maps, pics, references and more at www.deadideas.net. Sound Effects Credits: http://soundbible.com/1559-Boxing-Arena-Sound.html
Was Tito more of a James Bond or a James Bond villain? A romanticizable hero, demonizable villain, or both? That's the question for today as we explore the early life of the man who would become the dictator of Yugoslavia, and who would later create the peculiar communist ideology called Titoism. Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Maps, pics, and references at www.deadideas.net.
This the world's first bow-chicka-wow. Today, we explore the intimate lives of ancient Mesopotamians, in their own words. Warning: we do get a little crazy toward the end. May your sanity survive. Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Custom map by Adam McKithern. Maps, pics, references, and more at www.deadideas.net.
Today begins our series on the ideology of the communist dictator of the former Yugoslavia, Tito, and I'm telling it specifically from the perspective of my own family's ethnic background, the Slovenians. I give the history of the formation of the Slovenian identity up till Tito's time, so that we will be ready to see Titoism from the Slovenian perspective next time, when we talk about Tito himself. For a video of the mercury mines at Idrija, Slovenia, go here: http://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/slovensk...
Cooks, brewers, and foodies: you're going to love this. We went all out and cooked up a real seven-course meal of Sumerian dishes, and brewed actual Sumerian beer! Sample the world's oldest cuisine with us! Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Muisc and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Map by Adam McKithern. Pics, maps, references and more at www.deadideas.net.
Education makes women... what? Infertile?! Yep. This time we delve into a wildly popular book from 1873 that proposed precisely this: Edward H. Clarke's Sex in Education: A Fair Chance for the Girls. This one's gonna be a doozy. Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn!
Our scribes travel to the court of Mari, a city in the far northwest of the Fertile Crescent. There they discover a viper's nest of courtly intrigue in this role-playing game of episode. Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Map by Adam McKithern. Pics, maps, references, and more at www.deadideas.net.
This episode is a personal reflection on nationality and my own awkward relationship with my Slovenian heritage. This is an initial baby-step toward a longer series on Titoism, the ideology of Josep Broz Tito, the communist dictator of the former Yugoslavia, who defied Moscow to grow his own brand of communism, which unfortunately did not survive his death. Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn!
Grab your tablet and stylus and try to avoid the muggles! In this special role-playing game episode, we explore the life of a cuneiform scribe in the age of Babylon. Support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Maps, pics, references and more at www.deadideas.net. Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Custom map by Adam McKithern.
Who were the "boy scouts of feudal Japan"? I have no idea! In this episode of Public Domain Theater 3000, we read this 1914 article to discover what in the hell this author could possibly mean. Support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Maps, pics, references and more at www.deadideas.net
We're going all the way back to ancient Sumer! Our new epic series is about the world's oldest writing system, which revolutionized communication. Get your clay tablet and your stylus, and join us for: cuneiform! Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Music by Rachel Westhoff. Maps, pics, references and more at www.deadideas.net.
The balance of power was designed to prevent a great from ever happening again. And then THE Great War happened. Today we see how it all went to shit. We conclude by exploring whether we are still living in a balance of power system, or if we have gone beyond it and why. Maps, pics, and references at www.deadideas.net. Music by Rachel Westhoff. Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn!
What was going so crazy with the Balkans that it could spark a great war like WWI? And why? Guest co-host Adam McKithern and I go full-throttle to make sense of the Balkan Situation. Hint: It all has to do with the diplomatic game called the balance of power system. Maps, pics, references and more at www.deadideas.net. Music by Rachel Westhoff. Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn!
Rise up, for the Nation! What was nationalism, and how did it completely eff up the balance of power system prior to WWI? Today we dive into this, and we read an article from 1914 about Czech and Polish nationalism at the start of WWI. Maps, pics, and references at www.deadideas.net. Music by Rachel Westhoff. Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn!
The Cabinet Wars were a period of supposedly restricted warfare, and no one was a greater Cabinet Warrior than Frederick the Great of Prussia. Though he was also in some ways the opposite. Today we look at the trajectory of Frederick the Great's military thinking, from the early idealism of his Anti-Machiavel to his later years of restricted warfare. Maps, pics, references and more at www.deadideas.net. Music by Rachel Westhoff. Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get ...
The balance of power system in place prior to WWI was meant to prevent a great war from ever happening again. Then what happened? Not just any great war, but THE Great War. What was this system and how was it supposed to work? Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Maps, pics, references and more at www.deadideas.net. Music by Rachel Westhoff.
Our serfdom grand finale! Guest Daniel Daughhetee of the Lesser Bonapartes and Canon Ball helps us bring it home in this cinematic mashup of the autobiography of runaway serf Nikolai Shipov with... Star Wars! Featuring music by David and Henry Dutton of 8-Bit Cinema! Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Guest music by David and Henry Dutton. Map by Adam McKithern. Pics, maps, references and more at ww...
The conquest of Siberia! Kinda. Sort of. Well, in name at least. How in the hell did the Russians manage to grab the northern expanses all the way to the Pacific? Find out today. Also, who were the Old Believers and what zany adventures did their founder get up to? Find that out too. Nick answers all the burning questions you never knew you had. Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Map by Adam McKithe...
Run away to join the Cossacks, young serf! Who were these cowboy-like steppe peoples? And what was their obsession with disdain for pants?! Anna digs into Russian author Nikolai Gogol for a unique view of these riders of the wild wastes. Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Map by Adam McKithern. Pics, maps, references and more at www.deadideas.net.
How did the Soviet kolkhoz, or collective farm, stack up against the serf commune? Here to help us understand is Kristaps Andrejsons from the podcast The Eastern Border. Also, it's my birthday! Yay! Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Map by Adam McKithern. Pics, maps, references, and more at www.deadideas.net.
What was the relationship like between serf and master? Hear chilling first-hand accounts from 19th-century serf autobiographies! Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Music by Rachel Westhoff. Map by Adam McKithern. Maps, pics, references and more at www.deadideas.net
Experience the horrors of the military draft and the joys (?) of marriage on a Russian serf commune in this role-playing game episode. Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Map by Adam McKithern. Maps, references, and more at www.deadideas.net.
What was life like on a Russian serf commune? Experience it today in our very first role-playing game episode! That's right, we're doing this as an RPG for an even more immersive experience. Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Maps, pics, references, and more at www.deadideas.net. Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Map by Adam McKithern.
What is serfdom, and why did Russia take it up just as it was dying out elsewhere in Europe, then keep it all the way up till the mid-19th-century? This institution of near-slavery is the focus of our new epic series. Today, find out how you got serfed! Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn! Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Map by Adam McKithern. Maps, references, and more at www.deadideas.net.
