EPISODE · Aug 29, 2024 · 1H 13M
Respect the Armchair
from Hot Water History · host GaryRichied w/CharlieWesterman
Who has accomplished more, the university chair, the desk chair, or the armchair? With all of these supposedly reputable and esteemed institutions crumbling around us, today is the triumph of the armchair economist, historian, physician, theologian--you name it. What have you done for the good lately? Or ever?Progressivism ruins merit and dispels justice by its nature.You can still trust the work of some good (if professional) historians and journalists. Gary discusses Stephen Kinzer's ALL THE SHAH'S MEN: AN AMERICAN COUP AND THE ROOTS OF MIDDLE EAST TERROR. Turns out members of very prominent and evil American families (Rockefeller, Dulles, Roosevelt) orchestrated and fomented perhaps the most consequential of the CIA's many-led coups back in 1953. And, they did it mostly because members of equally prominent and evil British families (Windsor, Churchill) needed Uncle Sam to help pillage and plunder Iran of its oil. Oh, and Nazi collaborators too...www.hoth2ohistory.com@HotH2OHistory@chuckwest20BUY STUFF FROM OUR SPONSOR, TRIDENTINE BREWINNG; www.tridentinebrewing.comBUY GARY A BEER AT www.buymeacoffee.com/garyrichiedPAX.
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