Who the hell am I and why the hell am I doing this?

In this episode, host John Miller introduces himself to the audience and explains his motivation for starting the podcast, How the Hell Did We Get Here? John gives a little background about himself, why he is so interested in history, what he hopes to accomplish with the show and why he thinks history is so important.John also delves briefly into some examples of how historical thinking works, how historical understanding can contextualize current events and why examining history is kind of weird.