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Historical Materialism 22: Cold War Kids
Episode 61
In this episode, our penultimate one in the Historical Materialism series, Luke and Eleanor discuss the years from 1960-1980, which includes spacefli…
4 years, 4 months ago
Historical Materialism 21: Pax Americana
Episode 60
in this episode, Luke and Eleanor discuss 1945-1960, which includes the Cold War, the beginning of Pax Americana, communism spreading to China, the C…
4 years, 4 months ago
Historical Materialism 20: World War 2
Episode 59
In this episode, Luke and Eleanor cover the rise of fascism, World War 2, and the atom bomb. hooboy
4 years, 5 months ago
Historical Materialism 19: Interwar
Episode 58
In this episode, Luke and Eleanor make it most of the way through the Interwar period between 1918-1938 (we make it to about 1931 and the Great Depre…
4 years, 5 months ago
Historical Materialism 18: Must Crush Capitalism
Episode 57
in this episode, Luke and Eleanor finally get to socialism and communism as we cover World War I, the socialist and communist modes of production, th…
4 years, 5 months ago
Historical Materialism 17: The Calm Before the Storm
Episode 56
in this episode, Luke and Eleanor discuss 1865-1905, including the Pax Britannica, the further spread of capitalism, the unifications of Germany and …
4 years, 5 months ago
Historical Materialism 16: The Springtime of the Peoples
Episode 55
In this episode, Luke and Eleanor continue their ever-expanding series on Historical Materialism by covering the years from 1815-1865. this includes …
4 years, 5 months ago
Let's Name Some Historical Guys feat. Patrick Wyman
Episode 54
In this episode, we welcome back friend of the show Patrick Wyman to talk about the change from feudalism to capitalism that we've been discussing in…
4 years, 6 months ago
Historical Materialism 15: Napoleon
Episode 53
In this episode, our 15th on Historical Materialism, we look at the years 1795-1815, aka, the Napoleonic era. Luke and Eleanor discuss how one man wa…
4 years, 6 months ago
Historical Materialism 14: Big-C Capitalism
Episode 52
in this episode, Luke and Eleanor look at the years from 1750-1795 wherein we finally introduce Capitalism, America has a revolution, France has a mu…
4 years, 6 months ago