All Episodes
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102 - The Alliances and the Assassination (and Airplanes)
You know, we had an assassination last episode, too, didn’t we? Well, this one is going to cause a lot more difficulty for the world, especially for Europe. Things a...
101 - Teddy Roosevelt and the Progressive Movement
Well, welcome to the 20th Century! I’m sure a fair number of those of you who are listening to this were born in the 20th Century, as I was, and the rest of you were ...
100 - The History of the World so Far
And here we are! Episode 100!!! It’s only taken us 100 episodes to cover the first 12,000 or so years of human history. I have a tentative plan to get us all the w...
99 - The World in 1899
Wow, episode 99. I like the symmetry of having episode 99 be a summary of the world in 1899. Last episode, we looked at the changes in technology, science, and worl...
98 - Science, Technology, and the Birth of Modernism
Well, look at that. We’re finally coming to the end of the 1800’s! Only two more episodes, then we’ll be in the 1900’s. It only took us 30 episodes to cover that 10...
97 - The Spanish - American War
Last episode we talked about the robber barons, and the changes in technology and manufacturing that they exploited to become phenomenally rich. Part of that growth of...
90 - Sherman's March to the Sea
Last episode, we looked at the very last chance the south had to win the war outright. After Vicksburg and Gettysburg, the south’s only chance was the election of 186...
96 - Capitalism and the Robber Barons
The dystopian surveillance state we live in today has been called by some people ‘Late-stage capitalism,’ and is perhaps the inevitable result of the capitalist system...
95 - World-Wide Imperialism
Well, we talked last episode about the expansion of the British Empire during the 1800’s, but there were a lot of other countries that were trying to build their empir...
94 - The British Empire in the Late 1800's
When we last looked at the British Empire, 15 !! Episodes ago, Queen Victoria was on the throne. And she still is. I mean, not today, today it’s King Charles and his...
93 - Reconstruction
When Lincoln died, Andrew Johnson became the President. Johnson was from the south, having been born in North Carolina. When he was 17, his family moved to Tennessee...
92 - The Assassination of President Lincoln
Well, the Civil War is over. Mostly. The big battles are over, and though there are going to be a few more battles, everyone knows that the south has lost. The ques...
91 - Grant vs. Lee and the Surrender at Appomattox
At the same time that Sherman was burning his way through Georgia, but avoiding major battles, Grant was up in Virginia, trying to provoke major battles. In March of ...
89 - The Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg
The Union victory at the Battle of Antietam, well, the draw at Antietam that forced the South to stop their invasion of the north, was seen as a huge victory in the no...
88 - The Battle of Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation
The war has been going pretty well for the south at the mid point of 1862, but the south has less men, less guns, less cannons, less of almost everything. Less manufa...
87 - Ulysses S Grant and the Battle of Shiloh
At this point, in late 1861, the war is not going well for the Union. The early battles of the Civil War were mostly Union defeats, or at least draws where the Rebel ...
83 - The House Begins to Divide
Last episode, we talked about the revolutions in Europe in 1848. The United States is about to have a revolution, I mean, another one, at least from a certain point o...
86 - Stonewall Jackson and the First Battle of Bull Run
Well, here we are, at war. Sort of. Shots were fired at Fort Sumter, but no one was actually killed in the battle. But now the battle lines are being drawn. Lincol...
85 - Fort Sumter - The American Civil War Begins
Well, here we are, right at the brink of disaster. Things are about to get really busy. The United States is about to begin a unique, and very bloody, war. It’s uni...
84 - Lincoln and the Secession of the South
Well, here we are, about to watch a house divide against itself. It’s not going to be pretty. I have to say, as I start this episode, that I really feel like we’re g...