Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWWCiv 26: How World War One Started
A horrible event shocks the world. The affected power, enraged, threatens war and gives an ultimatum. Looking around for allies, it’s given a “blank …
3 years ago
AER 129: War on Gaza on day 22
Joined by Jon Elmer and Nora Barrows-Friedman from The Brief / Electronic Intifada to talk about the War on Gaza, including the preparation for groun…
3 years ago
World War Civ 25: Tragic Week in Spain 1909
The near-revolution in Spain in 1909 turns out to be more of a cause of World War 2 than a cause of World War 1 but it includes anarchism, conspiracy…
3 years ago
World War Civ 24: Why socialists failed to stop the war
Leading up to 1914 socialist movements all over Europe, notably in France and Germany, had become so strong that they were in the very halls of power…
3 years ago
World War Civ 23: The Rise and Fall of the Gold Standard, 1873-1914
Was the collapse of the international gold standard – established in 1873 – in 1914, a sure sign that war was coming? Was gold a “peaceful metal”, as…
3 years, 1 month ago
In Real Time 14: The Hubris of Plutocrats
In the August 2023 edition of In Real Time with Stan Cox (yes I know it’s September) we talk about his dispatch, “The Hubris of Plutocrats”, and the …
3 years, 2 months ago
World War Civ 22: Irish Home Rule and Britain’s near-civil war before 1914
How close did Britain come to a civil war over the issue of Irish Home Rule? We talk about the long parliamentary road led by Parnell, the settler tr…
3 years, 2 months ago
World War Civ 21: Balkan Wars 1912-1913
In the First Balkan War, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Montenegro attacked the moribund Turkey to take its remaining territories and get Turkey out o…
3 years, 3 months ago
In Real Time 13: Do we need states to solve climate change?
Stan Cox and I talk about Kim Stanley Robinson (KSR)’s 2020 book, The Ministry for the Future, which is a hugely important book because it pictures h…
3 years, 3 months ago
World War Civ 20: Italy invades Libya, 1911-12
After losing to Ethiopia, Italy tries to restore its reputation as a colonizer by invading Libya, following directly from France’s invasion of Morocc…
3 years, 3 months ago