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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 …
2 years, 5 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 th…
2 years, 6 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 …
2 years, 8 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…
2 years, 8 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 actuall…
2 years, 8 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 Jam…
2 years, 9 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 …
2 years, 10 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 a…
2 years, 10 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…
3 years ago
Pandemic Addendum: Gutenberg GPT
Hello ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, comrades and friends! I'm here with another miniature episode for your listening pleasure, adapted …
3 years, 1 month ago