Episodes
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Sabaton Tips Their Hat to SGT Alvin York
What? A Swedish Power Metal band pays tribute to Alvin York, American hero of the Great War? Give a listen and learn.
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More Proof that GnR is a Joke
Bear with me as use math to compare GnR to Metallica, and further demonstrate why Axl and the boys do not deserve the love you give them.
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Guns n Roses is a Fraud
Forget what you think you know about this one trick pony of a band - they're a fraud and I can prove it.
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Language That Annoys Me
Noteworthy thoughts on how our language gets butchered by the thoughtless...
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Cover Tunes - More to Think About Than You Might Realize
Who doesn't like cover tunes? In this episode I depart from serious and important topics to discuss merely the important: several good, interesting cover tunes. Tainted Love - Gloria Jones Tainted Love - Soft Cell Easy - The Commodores Easy - Faith No More Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash RoF - Social…
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The Short, Fascinating Age of the Airship
I think the title says it - here's a summary of the world's fascination with airships in the early 20th century.
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How was the Declaration of Independence Understood by Americans in the First Decades After it Was Written?
I think the title sums it up.
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A Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence?
Most people have no idea that there was a first draft of the DI, submitted to the Continental Congress and amended by them after some debate. Some of the changes were stylistic, some were not. In this episode I examine the circumstances around the DI and what those changes meant then, and mean now.
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Why Did the South Secede?
Was it states' rights, slavery, or something else? I hear this argument often among fans of history and buffs, and frankly it's gotten old. There is a reason, and the leaders of the Southern states were crystal clear about it when they rebelled against the general government. Listen to this…
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Operation Bodyguard
Winston Churchill said that the truth is so important that it must be accompanied by a bodyguard of lies. The truth of Operation OVERLORD - the Normandy Invasion of 1944 - was a truth of such magnitude that it was accompanied by the most extensive and complicated deception operations ever…
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Gunslinger Metal
A much-overlooked subgenre of Metal music...tune in and turn up.
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An Apple of Gold in a Frame of Silver
Poetic language, biblical allusion, and Abraham Lincoln commenting on what's at the core of the American Idea.
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Joe Manchin of WV - The Senator to Watch
The Senate, as of January 2021, is split 50/50 between the two parties, meaning VP Harris could be busy breaking ties...but that only happens IF there is a tie, which means every Senator votes in accordance with his/her party. In the case of Joe Manchin (D) of WV, this was not looking to be the...
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The Importance of a Free Press
In our system of government, free flow of truthful information is essential. In this episode I discuss this thorny issue and give some perspective on the history of the press in America, and the implications of the biased, low-quality mainstream media of today.
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Packing the Supreme Court - History and Analysis of the Idea
First pushed by FDR during his 2nd term as president, this idea has reared its head again, in the final months of the Trump administration and first year of Biden's time as president. In this episode I discuss both, as well as the political implications and likely scenarios related to this.
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Critical Race Theory: History, Implications
Disclaimer: CRT is pseudo-scientific garbage, and is entirely separate from America's past. Listen to get a clue about the history of this anti-intellectual movement.
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Liberty and Order: Always in Tension
In this episode I discuss two essential ideas in public and private life, and how they are always in tension with one another. Timely, considering debates over mask and vaccination mandates as of September 2021.
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Aliens and God
What might be the implications of demonstrated existence of extraterrestrial life on the world's religions? I discuss, offer some evidence, and opine...
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Natural Rights....and Other Rights
We Americans love to talk about, shout about, gripe about our rights...but did you know there are many different categories of rights? In this episode I discuss with Dr. Rob McDonald natural rights, which are the bedrock of the American view of rights, and in many ways quite unique in the world.
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The Battle of Peleliu
Begun in SEP 1944, the fight over tiny Peleliu, east of the Philippines, resulted in the highest casualty rate for any single battle in the Pacific in World War 2 for the United States, and yet this nasty battle is largely forgotten today. In this episode I discuss and explain the battle and why...
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Westerns and American Politics
I spoke with Dr. Chris Burkett, Professor of Political Science at Ashland University, about how the traditional American Western (movie) represents so much of the American perspective on politics, rights, and the individual and society.
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Authoritarian or Totalitarian? - Which Rotten Form of Government Is It?
Authoritarian and totalitarian regimes share some traits, like stomping on the rights and lives of individuals, but they are distinct from one another in some key aspects. Get clued in on the differences and them move forward confident that you know the difference and can see the warning signs…
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The Pope and Papal Authority
Part 2 of my discussion with Matt about Catholic belief, this time focusing on the station and role of the pope - something not directly mentioned in the Bible, and therefore a potentially contentious one for Protestants.
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Basics: The Roman Catholic Church
I was raised Catholic, and like seemingly most Catholics by birth was completely ignorant of all things Catholic. I am now a Protestant, and in the pursuit of learning things I was never taught, I sat down with a close friend and Uber-Catholic, Matt, who is quite well-informed for a laymen. In…
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Ethics or Morals?
In this episode I discussed the differences between ethics and morals with a good friend, Dr. Lee Eysturlid.
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Original Series Introduction
My original introduction to this podcast, with information and ideas that still stand.
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An Introduction to this Reboot
I started "I'll Have to Think About That" in June 2020, and published episodes almost weekly through June 2021, hosting it on a paid podcast server. Listen to this short intro to this rebooted version of the show to learn a little about it and why it's here now. The original introduction is…
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About this show
The (hopefully) permanent home for my history, politics, and news commentary podcast, originally recorded from 2020-21, with occasional episodes added from Summer 2021 forward.
Hosted by
Jeremy
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