Ep. 0155: A Modern-Day Grunt's Perspective, Part 1
This episode is part 1 of CJ's discussions with a longtime DHP listener & US Army veteran of the Iraq and Afghan Wars, a guy who goes by "BT" on the internet. Not only does BT himself have a lot of...
View ArticleEp. 0156: A Modern-Day Grunt's Perspective, Part 2
This is the second part of my conversation with BT, a US Army veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, about his experiences. (Be sure to check out last episode - #155 - for part 1 of this if you've not...
View ArticleEp. 0157: "I was killed.": The Not-So-Civil War Part 10
I was originally going to do one massive episode on the coming of 'total war' in 1864, but it was getting too unwieldy so I decided to break it into 2 episodes, one covering Grant's campaign in...
View ArticleEp. 0158: Talking National Security Cinema with Tom Secker
For this episode of the DHP, CJ is joined by researcher, writer, and podcaster Tom Secker, the man behind the website SpyCulture.com and the podcast Clandestime, in a conversation primarily about Tom's...
View ArticleEp. 0159: A Modern-Day Grunt's Perspective, Part 3
Once again, CJ is joined by US Army veteran BT to talk about BT's experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan.Join CJ & BT as they discuss:Thoughts on various people using veterans (or "the troops") as...
View ArticleEp. 0160: "Remember the Maine!" & The Pageantry of American Aggression
Here's a big beast of a DHP episode, dealing with the Deep History of the sinking of the USS Maine, the origins of the Spanish-American War, and what relevance this story might have to recent...
View ArticleEp. 0161: "Disregarding the Laws of God and Man": The Not-So-Civil War, Part 11
The end (of this non-consecutive series) is starting to come into sight, as the Union increasingly relies on 'total war' to completely crush the spirit of resistance among Southern civilians,...
View ArticleEp. 0162: A Modern-Day Grunt's Perspective, Part 4
This is the final conversation between CJ & US Army Veteran BT about BT's military service and his ordeals since getting out. (Please excuse a little bit of minor audio issues. As you'll hear, we...
View ArticleEp. 0163: Avoiding Intellectual Inbreeding
Here is the audio of CJ's presentation delivered on Sunday, June 24th, 2018, at the 6th Midwest Peace & Liberty Fest in Michigan.Join CJ as he discusses:A little bit about his own personality and...
View ArticleEp. 0164: School May Suck, But History Doesn't Have To
It happened: School Sucks & the Dangerous History Podcast collided!At the 2018 Midwest Peace & Liberty Fest, CJ was interviewed by Brett Veinotte of the School Sucks Project. This episode is...
View ArticleEp. 0165: History of Vikings with Noah Tetzner
In this episode, CJ speaks with Noah Tetzner of the History of Vikings Podcast (a show that is, like the Dangerous History Podcast, a member of the Recorded History Podcast Network.)Join CJ & Noah...
View ArticleEp. 0166: Suppressing Dissent, Reinforcing Belief: The Not-So-Civil War Part 12
Join CJ as he discusses:A brief word on the concept of habeas corpusThe ways in which dissent was suppressed & civil liberties were abrogated in the Confederacy and in the UnionCivil religion in...
View ArticleEp. 0167: Endgame: The Not-So-Civil War Part 13
In the Spring of 1865, the Confederate military & government began to rapidly crumble.Join CJ as he discusses:The Battle of Natural BridgeThe fate of John Bell Hood's command, including the...
View ArticleEp. 0168: Mark Thornton on Red Tide & Skyscrapers
In this DHP episode, CJ talks to economist Mark Thornton. Mark is Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute. He serves as the Book Review Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics. His...
View ArticleEp. 0169: Autodidacts in History
This episode is the audio of CJ's talk at the 2018 Freecoast Festival in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on the topic of autodidacts in history.Join CJ as he discusses autodidacts from a variety of fields...
View ArticleEp. 0170: Johnny Comes Marching Home: The Not-So-Civil War part 14
This was originally going to be one giant episode to finish off the series, but then it grew into TOO giant of an episode, so I decided to divide it in order to conquer it.Here's the beginning of the...
View ArticleEp. 0171: DHP Heroes: John Carpenter, Part 1
Tis the season for some Halloween-related DHP -- specifically, part 1 of a 2-part DHP Heroes feature on filmmaker John Carpenter, perhaps best known for his work in the horror genre.Join CJ as he...
View ArticleEp. 0172: The Voluntary Difference (What CJ said at Harvard)
This episode contains CJ's presentation from the Sound Education podcast conference held at the Divinity School of Harvard University in November, 2018.Join CJ as he discusses:The differences he's...
View ArticleEp. 0173: DHP Heroes: John Taylor Gatto (w/Richard Grove & Brett Veinotte)
John Taylor Gatto (1935-2018) was an award-winning public school teacher before leaving that career to become an outspoken critic of conventional schooling.In this episode, CJ is very pleased to be...
View ArticleEp. 0174: DHP Heroes: John Carpenter, Part 2
This episode is the conclusion of CJ's coverage of John Carpenter's filmmaking career.[*Note: Since recording this episode, I did get a chance to watch Bodybags, which is actually a horror anthology...
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