Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCivilizations 15: 1830-2 French Revolution, Algeria Colonization, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, and Slave Revolts in the Americas
Your Western Civilization course covers the French Revolution of 1830. But the Civilizations Series gives you that and Muhammad Ali of Egypt, France’…
6 years, 2 months ago
AEP 65: Thinking about teaching, through martial arts, with Shawn Zirger
A different angle this episode: my guest is my martial arts instructor, Shawn Zirger, who teaches Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do and other martial arts at …
6 years, 2 months ago
AEP 64: Rwanda threatens Congolese doctor
A sixteen minute solo episode about James Kabarebe, special presidential advisor in Rwanda, and his recent threatening comments towards Congolese doc…
6 years, 2 months ago
AEP 63: Coffee, Tourism, and Lithium imperialism in Latin America with Yanis Iqbal
Independent journalist Yanis Iqbal, based in India, has written a series of articles about commodities and imperialism in Latin America. He presents …
6 years, 2 months ago
AEP 62: Kashmir and Xinjiang, with Carl Zha
Another one in the Kung Fu Yoga series, with Carl Zha. This time we’re comparing the situations in Kashmir and Xinjiang, reporting what we’ve studie…
6 years, 2 months ago
AEP 61: Men’s self-help and propaganda from Jordan Peterson to Jocko Willink – with Amish Patel
Why do Indian boys love Jordan Peterson? If war is hell, as Jocko Willink says, why do they keep doing it? And is it unfair to consider Joe Rogan con…
6 years, 2 months ago
AEP 60: Colombian ex-president Alvaro Uribe Velez under house arrest
With Manuel Rozental. On August 4 2020, the Supreme Court of Colombia ordered ex-president Alvaro Uribe Velez, now a senator, under house arrest pend…
6 years, 2 months ago
AEP 59: The American Trap sprung on Tiktok and Huawei, with Carl Zha
Back with Carl Zha of Silk & Steel podcast, who we last saw in our episode on the India-China border conflict. We’re thinking of calling this the Ku…
6 years, 2 months ago
Civilizations 14: Early 19th Century Political Ideologies
Choosing our avatars carefully, we take you through the political ideologies of the 19th century. Conservatism (Burke, Metternich); Liberalism (Paine…
6 years, 3 months ago
Civilizations 13: The Industrial Revolution
We cover the Industrial Revolution in England, from a few angles. Justin inserts his usual colonial determinism notes, as well as some environmental …
6 years, 3 months ago