Episodes
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Decolonization and the New New Imperialism
After WWII, the international community was ready for a global peacekeeper to come in and fix everything. Now, that's obviously me overstating things, but it is important to note that the formation of the UN looks a lot like the world taking a second swing at the League of Nations. As part of…
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Bonus: Themes in WWII Films
Themes can be pretty complicated, and a complicated war like WWII is filled with them. Conflicts like Human v. Human... Human v. Society... Human v. Technology... and so many more animate the art inspired by this most terrible war. What does that art say? Well, it depends. Today I'm going to look...
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The End of War?
WWI had been billed as the war to end war...the war to make the world safe for democracy. Those hopes were dashed as the world sunk into financial depression, fascists rose to power, and millions more people died.
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Bonus: Ethiopia
Here is a brief reason you should read more...and watch more tv.
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Imperial Motives?
The New Imperialism as it is sometimes called was motivated by power politics and money. I think those motives were thinly masked by the call to "moralize" and Christianize.
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Socialism's Many Sides
The term socialism is so often misused that it feels almost meaningless. Socialism is not communism, but communism is a form of socialism. Socialism can be revolutionary, but it can also be evolutionary. How about some utopian socialism? What about social democracy? Is anarchism socialism? Is...
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Making Medicine Modern
With vaccines in the news thanks to the mRNA breakthrough, I thought it would be a good time to talk about Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch. They didn't like each other very much, but both men made immense contributions to the development of the germ theory. Medical science has developed well beyond...
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The Multiple Definitions of Liberalism
Who doesn't love when one word has multiple definitions? It makes things so sophisticated...so subtle...so...confusing. Of course, those different definitions are often significant. Am I talking about the tree's leaves or am I sad when the gardener leaves? Am I going to ship my dog off to…
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This Story Has No Beginning
In the last episode of 2020, I read you an essay I wrote. I tell you how to deal with a primary source. I acknowledge that even for a survey class, we are asked to cover A LOT.
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Napoleon's Enlightenment TRAP
Napoleon Bonaparte was the Corsican son of a minor noble who became an emperor. He was at once a man of the enlightenment and a ruthless despot. You might even call him an enlightened despot. He Tolerated different religions, Reformed laws, ruled with Absolute authority, and Patronized the arts…
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Cesare Beccaria Brings Rationality to Crime and Punishment
How society: deters, investigates, prosecutes, and punishes crime is one of the most important sets of policies a government will enact. At its core, the decisions a government makes regarding criminal justice are meant to protect its citizens. For too long society was marred by an arbitrary...
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Fabrica, Sidereus, and Gutenberg
The man responsible for arguably the most important invention in modern history was a terrible businessman. He was taken advantage of by "partners" and left basically penniless. So, maybe there is something to this whole uomo universale thing. If Gutenberg was as savvy as he was inventive, maybe...
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It Was Actually 30 Years!
I compare the Thirty Years' War and the English Civil War.
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Witchcraft Hysteria Through Multiple Lenses
When I hear the word witch-hunt, I immediately think of Salem in the 1690s. But this hysteria wasn't confined to the North American English colonies. Europe experienced similar episodes of fear and paranoia. It's easy to view those sinking into the mire of fear, manipulation, and conjecture with...
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Portugal: You're Going Where?
Why did Europeans want to explore? Why were the Portuguese so successful? What on earth is mercantilism?
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BONUS: Discovering the Discovered
In this BONUS episode I point out a couple of pitfalls. First, the lands were already inhabited. Second, Europeans had already made it to North America. I promise you, someone will call you out if you don't take these two bullet points into account.
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Our Holy Mother Responds
Whether you consider it a counter-reformation or an internal decision to clean house, the Catholic Church (as we can now call it) is making moves in the 16th Century.
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Luther: You Aren't Praying Right
Martin Luther is a unique figure in history. Born into what could be described as the burgeoning middle class, Martin Luther got the best education money could buy. Then he had a vision...of sorts. Hans Luther's promising young lawyer son became a monk, then a revolutionary, and then...a dad.
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A Renaissance?
When I think if the Renaissance, I think of the great painters. I think of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel. I think of Leonardo's Mona Lisa. I think of Machiavelli, the Medicis, Florence! I don't think of trade. I don't think of printing. I don't think of corruption. But I should. Trade, printing,...
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The Briefest Review of Women in Europe
Note: the exception is not the rule. Just because Elizabeth I was queen doesn't mean women were being treated well.
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Religion and a Little Science
This episode goes into the conflict between religion and science.
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Capitalism and Labor
The broad brushstrokes of the European economy and the development of labor
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Social Class
From peasants to the bourgeoisie to the nuclear family to the...
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The Development of Political Thought
My attempt to connect the dots on the timeline a bit.
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Cold War 2
End of Season 1
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The Cold War Begins
Just the beginning...and a preview of things to come. To health and happiness.
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The Holocaust
A brief look.
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WW2
The course of the war in Europe
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Rise of Hitler / Spanish Civil War
Brief overview of the Nazi rise. Also some info on the Spanish Civil War.
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Brief course of WWI and the Treaty of Versailles
Just like the title says...plus, some poetry!
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WWI Begins
An overview of the powder keg that is Europe in the early 20th century.
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New Imperialism
What do we do about the legacy of colonialism?
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Communism, Socialism, the Second Industrial Revolution
I go over the government/economy matrix and briefly talk about the Second Industrial Revolution.
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Nationalism and Italian Unification
I try to explain the positive and negative aspects of nationalism. I talk about Italy, France, Germany, and a few others.
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German Unification
I talk about nationalism, OVB, the Franco-Prussian War, and avoiding the Nazi comparison.
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BONUS Finals Focus
This episode helps you focus a bit when studying.
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The Age of Metternich
This is an overview of the conservative reaction against the ideas and chaos of the French Revolution.
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The Industrial Revolution
This podcast serves as a brief overview of the Industrial Revolution. Key ideas covered: reasons why Great Britain industrialized first, why continental Europe lagged behind, 19th century mechanization related to 21st century automation, famine in India and Ireland.
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