Ep. 0137: Gibraltar of the Confederacy: The Not-So-Civil War Part 6
Jeff Davis called it the nail that held the Confederacy together; Abe Lincoln called it the key to winning the war. It doesn’t get as much attention from people who aren’t well-versed in the history of...
View ArticleEp. 0138: Free State of Jones: A Dangerous History Movie Review
In this episode of the Dangerous History Podcast, we take a look at another film set in the American Civil War: the 2016 film Free State of Jones, directed by Gary Ross and starring Matthew...
View ArticleEp. 0139: Gettysburg: The Not-So-Civil War Part 7
It was the largest battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere, and the high tide for Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Join CJ as he discusses: A little bit about Generals James Longstreet,...
View ArticleEp. 0140: Thoughts on Cyclical History & Generations
If you read widely enough in history, sooner or later you start to think there are some clearly repeating themes and problems and trends, and that there are pendulums in society that swing back and...
View ArticleEp. 0141: Draining the Swamp: The War on the Everglades
Have you been sad that there hasn’t been a Dangerous History Podcast episode in a while? Well, here’s a gigantic plus-sized one that’s about 3x the size of the average DHP episode! (Sorry about...
View ArticleEp. 0142: History, Naked & Dangerous: A conversation with Bryce Blankenagel
In this episode, CJ talks to Bryce Blankenagel of the Naked Mormonism Podcast. (Note: This episode contains the majority — but not all — of the conservation, but Patreon supporters of either the...
View ArticleEp. 0143: Rise of the Cane Kingdom, Part 1
Over the past century, large-scale sugar cane cultivation was developed in what became known as the Everglades Agricultural Area, the region just south of Lake Okeechobee, historically a part of the...
View ArticleEp. 0144: Rise of the Cane Kingdom, Part 2
Join CJ as he discusses: An overview of American sugar politics since 1959. A detailed look at the Fanjul family, who escaped Castro’s revolution, came to Florida, and (with a LOT of political...
View ArticleEp. 0145: Fool’s Errand: Scott Horton on America’s War in Afghanistan
In this episode, I’m happy to welcome Scott Horton back to the Dangerous History Podcast. Scott is managing director of the Libertarian Institute, host of Antiwar Radio and the Scott Horton Show, and...
View ArticleEp. 0146: The Grunt’s-Eye Perspective: The Not-So-Civil War Part 8
We mostly get the view from the top when it comes to the American Civil War – that is, the view from the political leaders and generals. We usually get only scattered glimpses of what it was actually...
View ArticleEp. 0147: The Sparring of the Amateur Boxer: The Not-So-Civil War Part 9
This episode fills in the gap between Gettysburg/Vicksburg in the summer of 1863 and the beginning of Ulysses Grant & William T. Sherman’s total war campaigns of 1864, including some lesser-known...
View ArticleEp. 0148: 2017 DHP Halloween Special, Part 1
Join CJ as he shares the following poems & stories: “Hallowe’en” by John Kendrick Bangs “The Outsider” by H.P. Lovecraft “Richard Cory” by Edward Arlington Robinson “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by...
View ArticleEp. 0149: War Machine: A DHP Movie Review with Scott Horton
Scott Horton (author of Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, host of the Scott Horton Show, and founder of the Libertarian Institute) returns for a third time to the DHP, this time to...
View ArticleEp. 0150: In the Shadows of the American Century with Alfred McCoy
CJ is joined in this episode by Professor Alfred McCoy, who holds a Ph. D. from Yale University in Southeast Asian history, and currently holds the Harrington Chair in History at the University of...
View ArticleEp. 0151: American Public Schooling & Inner-City Schools with Mike K.
In this DHP episode, CJ talks to Mike K., a DHP listener and former teacher with extensive knowledge of inner-city education based on both research and firsthand, real-world experience. Join CJ &...
View ArticleEp. 0152: Discussing Mike Resnick’s Santiago in the Dusty Den
In this episode of the DHP, CJ talks to Joshua of The Dusty Den Podcast about the excellent scifi Space Western novel Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future by author Mike Resnick (first published in...
View ArticleEp. 0153: Mike Resnick
In this episode of the DHP, CJ and Joshua of The Dusty Den Podcast talk to Mike Resnick, author of (among many, many other things) the novel Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future, which CJ & Joshua...
View ArticleEp. 0154: Orwell Your Orwell with David Ramsay Steele
In this episode of the DHP, CJ talks to David Ramsay Steele, author of many books including his most recent, Orwell Your Orwell: A Worldview on the Slab, which is the subject of this DHP episode. Dr....
View ArticleEp. 0153: Mike Resnick
In this episode of the DHP, CJ and Joshua of The Dusty Den Podcast talk to Mike Resnick, author of (among many, many other things) the novel Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future,which CJ & Joshua...
View ArticleEp. 0154: Orwell Your Orwell with David Ramsay Steele
In this episode of the DHP, CJ talks to David Ramsay Steele, author of many books including his most recent, Orwell Your Orwell: A Worldview on the Slab, which is the subject of this DHP episode. Dr....
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