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Civil Rights and the Fragmenting of the New Deal
Franklin Roosevelt knew that supporting black emancipation in the south would lose critical southern white support for the New Deal and so ignored fo…
1 year, 3 months ago
Approaches to history Part 8: Marxist Historiography
Karl Marx is the most influential figure in the production of 20th Century history texts, influencing Marxist and non Marxist historians alike. This …
1 year, 3 months ago
Making sense of Syria
The sudden collapse of the Assad regime and the actions and intentions of the regional and global powers involved present us with strange contradicti…
1 year, 3 months ago
Britain, Abyssinia and appeasement: 1935
In 1935, Italy invaded Abyssinia, creating one of final crises of the League of Nations. The deal made between British Foreign Secretary Samuel Hoare…
1 year, 3 months ago
AQA Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53 part 11
This is part ten of the Explaining History study course based on the AQA A level history module Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53.
In this e…
1 year, 4 months ago
Paleolibertarianism and MAGA
American conservatism fundamentally changed in 2016, its old nostrums were destroyed by the Trump movement and replaced with a mixture of MAGA nation…
1 year, 4 months ago
Spreading Stalin's Terror: 1937 - 1938
How did Stalin's terror spread to incorporate more and more victims? This podcast episode explores the effect of Stalin's terror on ordinary people a…
1 year, 4 months ago
Russian Defeat in Syria
In the 48 hours since the Assad regime fell there has been a flurry of speculation about the effect on the Middle East. This episode explores the eff…
1 year, 4 months ago
Special Report - Syria and the defeat of Assad
This is a special one off podcast episode on the key events of the last 24 hours in Syria, following the overthrow of the Assad regime.
1 year, 4 months ago
Empiricism Part Three
In this episode we continue to explore the historical practices associated with empiricism, and we're reading from The Houses of History
1 year, 4 months ago