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OFH Throwback- Episode #77- Was There a Real Pied Piper?
In this throwback episode we take a look at an episode Sebastian thinks may have been the best "one-off" show created over the podcast's six seasons.…
4 years, 7 months ago
OFH Throwback- Episode #10- Did the Aztecs Think Cortes Was a God? (Part II)
In this throwback episode Sebastian revisits "Part II" in the Season One series on the conquest of Mexico. In the freshly recorded introduction the h…
4 years, 8 months ago
OFH Throwback- Episode #9- Did the Aztecs Think Cortes Was a God? (Part I)
In this throwback episode Sebastian revisits a series from Season One of OFH. After the shows on Jared Diamond it seemed like a good time to take ano…
4 years, 8 months ago
Episode #138- Any Questions? (2021)
Season 6 wraps up with Sebastian taking questions from the listeners! He gets into everything from the name of the podcast, to his most loved shows, …
4 years, 8 months ago
Episode #137- What's the Deal with Guns, Germs, and Steel? (Part II)
Is Jared Diamond's 1997 bestseller a work of staggering genius, or a piece of intellectual garbage? Has it moved our understanding of humanity forwar…
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode #136- What's the Deal with Guns, Germs, and Steel? (Part I)
When Sebastian first read Jared Diamond's Pulitzer Prize winning book Guns, Germs, and Steel as an undergrad, he thought it was brilliant. That was u…
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode #135- Who Won the War of 1812? (Part III)
Every spring thaw between 1812 and 1814 seemed to inaugurate a completely new war in North America. The momentum in the War of 1812 would swing wildl…
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode #134- Who Won the War of 1812? (Part II)
When Sebastian first learned about the War of 1812 when he was a Canadian middle-schooler, there were two words he was told he had to remember of the…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode #133- Who Won the War of 1812? (Part I)
American historians sometimes refer to War of 1812 as the "Forgotten War", but this has never really sat well with Canadians. You know who has not fo…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode #132- Does Ethiopia Have the Ark of the Covenant? (Part II)
Ethiopia's history is nothing short of remarkable. The East African nation is home to one of the worlds oldest Christian traditions. For centuries th…
4 years, 11 months ago