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The Global Shock of the February Revolution 1917
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In this episode of Explaining History, Nick turns to the global dimensions of the Russian Revolution. Drawing on Robert Service's Spi…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Greenland Crisis, British Weakness, and the Looming Collapse of the Atlantic Alliance
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In this episode of Explaining History, Nick turns his attention to the escalating diplomatic crisis over Greenland and what it reveal…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Mississippi Burning and the Freedom Summer of 1964
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In this episode of Explaining History, Nick explores one of the darkest chapters of the American Civil Rights movement: the Freedom S…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The War on the Peasantry: Stalin, the Grain Crisis, and the Road to Famine (Part 2)
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In the second part of our deep dive into the origins of the Soviet famine, Nick continues his exploration of 1928-1929, the critical …
2 months, 4 weeks ago
De-Dollarization and the Trumpist Threat to the Fed
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In this episode of Explaining History, Nick turns his attention to the economic chaos brewing in Washington. With Donald Trump threat…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Sultan Abdulhamid's Counter Revolution - 1909
In this episode of Explaining History, Nick returns to the turbulent twilight of the Ottoman Empire. Following the euphoria of the 1908 Young Turk Re…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
The Anonymous Ideology: Neoliberalism, Capital, and the Invisible Hand
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In this episode of Explaining History, Nick explores the pervasive yet elusive ideology…
3 months ago
Emergency Episode: The Murder of Renée Good and the Rise of the American Death Squad
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In this urgent episode of Explaining History, Nick addresses the breaking news from Minnesota: the execution of 37-year-old Renée Goo…
3 months ago
Official remembering and forgetting in Xi Xinping's China
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In this episode of Explaining History, Nick explores the complex and often suppressed memory of China's recent past. Drawing on Tania…
3 months ago
The End of NATO? Greenland, Trump, and the Collapse of the Atlantic Alliance
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In this episode of Explaining History, Nick explores the escalating crisis that threatens to destroy the North Atlantic Treaty Organi…
3 months ago