Ep. 0021: A History of the US Dollar Part 1: Through the Revolution
Why cover this topic? First off, because the history of money is a lot more interesting than you might think, and it’s absolutely crucial to understanding the world, past, present, and future. This...
View ArticleEp. 0022: Learn the Past, Understand the Present, and Prepare for the Future
It’s been a tough week for me. Haven’t been able to put together a historical narrative podcast, primarily due to work obligations. On the plus side, I finally came up with a tagline for the show, so...
View ArticleEp. 0023: How the United States Acquired Florida (the First Seminole War)
This is the little-known story of how Florida became a part of Team America. (Spoiler: It wasn’t totally voluntary…) Join Prof CJ as he discusses: The background to the war: what was going on in...
View ArticleEp. 0024: The Second Seminole War
Last time, we covered the First Seminole War; this time, we get to the nastier sequel. The Second Seminole war was the US government’s longest and most expensive Indian War. It also had many parallels...
View ArticleEp. 0025: DHP Heroes: Lysander Spooner
For the second installment of Dangerous History Podcast Heroes, Prof CJ takes a look at the life and ideas of nineteenth century American individualist anarchist Lysander Spooner (1808-1887.) Spooner...
View ArticleEp. 0026: A History of the US Dollar Part 2
We continue with our non-consecutive mini-series on the history of the US dollar, which has changed repeatedly over the centuries. Join Prof CJ as he discusses: How, in the aftermath of the...
View ArticleEp. 0027: The Collapse of Bronze Age Civilizations, Part 1
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire and its aftermath (discussed by me in Episodes 0004 and 0005) might be the most notorious civilization collapse, but it was by no means the first or even the worst...
View ArticleEp. 0028: The Collapse of Bronze Age Civilizations, Part 2
Join Prof CJ as he discusses: Some possible explanations for the collapse, including: disease; seismic activity; climate change resulting in food shortages; mass migration (often violent), including...
View ArticleEp. 0029: The Greek Dark Age and Recovery
Greece arguably got hit the hardest and stayed down the longest of any of the major civilizations clobbered by the Bronze Age collapse that was discussed in Episode 27 and Episode 28. It also had one...
View ArticleEp. 0030: Lessons from the Bronze Age Collapse
Theses are just some thoughts on lessons for us Modern Day folks to be gleaned from the Bronze Age Collapse (c. 1200 – 1000 BC.) (Knock on wood, we think Prof CJ might have finally found a method for...
View ArticleEp. 0031: Uncle Sam vs. Democracy Part 1: Operation Ajax
In this episode and the next, we’re going to look at two instances in the early Cold War of American-sponsored and -instigated overthrows of democratically elected governments, and their replacement by...
View ArticleEp. 0032: Uncle Sam vs Democracy, Part 2: Operation PB Success
Encouraged by their success against Iran’s democratic government (covered in last episode), the Dulles Brothers’ next move was against the small central American country of Guatemala, where a...
View ArticleEp. 0033: A History of the US Dollar Part 3: From Reconstruction Through the...
Here it is, another installment in our non-consecutive mini-series on the tumultuous history of the United States Dollar. Join Prof CJ as he discusses: How hard money was eventually restored after the...
View ArticleEp. 0034: The Iron Law of Oligarchy
Why do organizations, even ostensibly democratic ones, often seem to be less-than-democratic in practice? The Iron Law of Oligarchy is the answer! Join Prof CJ as he discusses: A little bit about...
View ArticleEp. 0035: A History of the US Dollar Part 4: Rise and Fall of Bretton Woods
Join Prof CJ as he discusses: The Bretton Woods system, set up in 1944 as the framework for the international monetary order The roots of the Great Inflation (c. mid-1960s-early-1980s) that would end...
View ArticleEp. 0036: ‘Merica Does Mengele Part 1: Radiation Experiments
Join Prof CJ as he discusses: The Nuremberg Code, and its relevance to these experiments The first experiments carried out by Manhattan Project doctors between 1945 and 1947, including one on a...
View ArticleEp. 0037: ‘Kill the Messenger’: A Dangerous History Movie Review
Warning: Spoilers! (Assuming you don’t already know about Gary Webb’s story, and the story he broke.) Kill the Messenger is a 2014 movie about Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb, who authored...
View ArticleEp. 0038: ‘Merica Does Mengele Part 2: CIA Mind Control Experiments
Here we have another batch of experiments by the US government, many of which were illegally/unethically conducted on subjects who hadn’t given anything resembling informed consent. This time, we’re...
View ArticleEp. 0039: Intro to Revisionism
Here’s a guerrilla episode done from my rolling mobile studio (ie, car) on my way to go spend a day corrupting young minds at the institution where I work. As a result, this is a bit more...
View ArticleEp. 0040: Alexis de Tocqueville & Prof CJ on Democratic Despotism
No, this isn’t an interview — but it’s not that far off, either. Prof CJ reads excerpts one of his favorite sections of Tocqueville’s famous Democracy in America, and also gives some of his own take on...
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