Podcast Episodes

The Holocaust Knowledge Gap w/ The History Underground

In this newest special installment of History Impossible, we’re joined by long-time friend of the podcast and friend of mine, J.D. Huitt, the man behind the incredible History Underground channel ove…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

The Perfect Tie: The Election of 1876 (w/ Richard Lim of This American President)

“I scarcely ever passed a week under such depression of spirits. […] It is terrible to see the extent to which all classes go in their determination to win. Conscience offers no restraint; nothing is…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Balkan Inferno: The Bosnian Dream

Season 2 Episode 3

Sometimes, the best way to understand everything a people have gone through is to understand a dream.

This is how many nations frame themselves and their own origins. No matter the context, there is a…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Pogroms and Students

Hey everybody. Now that I’ve finished up the notes and script for the conclusion of the “Balkan Inferno” trilogy (which will lead us right back into the thick of the “Muslim Nazis” series), I’m hard …

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

The Greatest Blunder in Palestinian History w/ Oren Kessler

The recent Substack post and episode of History Impossible about the significant three root historical causes of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict has largely been well-received. What I didn’t expect …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Israel, Gaza, and Three Root Causes

When you talk about history for a living, the contemporary world often has opportunities to make your knowledge more relevant. What knowledge actually possessed here about Israel and Palestine is lik…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Affirmative Action and the Making of a Token

This is a bonus episode (a bit bigger than one might expect) that adapts and, more importantly expands, an essay I wrote for my friend and editor Jamie on his American Dreaming Substack. I seriously …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Is The Holocaust Unique?

Hey all. This is an adaptation/audio version of an essay I recently wrote for my friend and editor Jamie Paul’s American Dreaming Substack, in which I examine the uniqueness of the Holocaust as both …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Balkan Inferno: The Heritage of Horror

Season 2 Episode 2

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains persistent graphic genocide violence and cruelty, especially in its first 75 minutes. Listener discretion is advised.

In this part of the ongoing Balkan prelude …

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Balkan Inferno: The Yugoslav Vortex

Season 2 Episode 1

“[B]y strange contrast, which in fact isn't so strange, and could perhaps be easily explained by careful analysis, it can also be said that there are a few countries with such firm belief, elevated s…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago