Conservative Historian

Jaksot

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  The Top Ten Dumbest Words in Our Dumb Political World 15.09.2026 33min

  Send us Fan Mail Influencer? Activist? Free? We look at terms in our politics that are making our nation more stupid.
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  Coining History: A View of the Past through Coinage 10.09.2026 1t

  Send us Fan Mail We are joined on the podcast by Dean Kinzer, an expert in ancient coins. Dean lays out how coins can be a guide of history. We go from Rome of the Kings all the way to Constantine the Great. Notes: kinzercoins.com Ancient Coin Hour Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/1buAVE6eBf8Q6heObi5h9T
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  The Origins of Labor Day 06.09.2026 10min

  Send us Fan Mail We look at the beginnings of Labor Day and what it means for our nation today.
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  A History of Astronomy 04.09.2026 44min

  Send us Fan Mail We look at the study of the cosmos moving from Aristotle to Ptolemy, from Al Tusi to Kepler and Galileo, from Herschal to Hubble and finish with modern Astronomy.
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  The So Called Robber Barons 27.08.2026 42min

  Send us Fan Mail We go to late 19th Century America and look at the Captains of Industry. Were they exploitative villains or builders of America's future?
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  Sitcoms as History 20.08.2026 33min

  Send us Fan Mail Is it fair to use sitcoms from 40 years ago as a marker of our history, and comparison with affordability today? We explore using Married With Children, Roseanne, The Cosby Show and Brady Bunch.
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  The Seleucids and Alexander's Legacy 13.08.2026 40min

  Send us Fan Mail We look at the largest of the successor (Diadochi) kingdoms built after the death of Alexander. A mixed legacy of west meets east but also ending in ignominy. Show notes: Antiochus the Great by Michael Taylor
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  Hidden History - Revealed! 06.08.2026 55min

  Send us Fan Mail We talk with Jeremy Ryan Slate the founder of the Hidden Forces in History and Roman Pattern podcasts about Romans such as Aurelian, English Kings Henry V and VII, what we can learn today from Roman decline. Notes: Ronald Syme: The Roman Revolution
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  Five Historical Movies that Should be Made Today 30.07.2026 31min

  Send us Fan Mail We travel from 24th Century BC Akkad to the Napoleonic Era looking for good subjects worthy of portrayal. Sargon, St. Louis and Nelson all make appearances.
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  Two-fer: Directors and Actors who Made More than One Historical Movie 23.07.2026 50min

  Send us Fan Mail We look at Spielberg/Hanks, Ford/Wayne, Lean/Guinness and reluctantly Griffiths/Gish to view historical movies where a director and actor collaborated more than once.
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  Wickedness in the White House: A History of Presidential Financial Corruption 16.07.2026 44min

  Send us Fan Mail We take a walk through presidential history to ID financial chicanery in the executive branch
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  Roping History 09.07.2026 41min

  Send us Fan Mail We are joined on the podcast by Tim Queeney, author of Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization. We travel from the stone age to Egypt, Polynesia, the Age of Sail and even go to Mars.
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  250 Years and Counting: The Birth of American Independence 03.07.2026 21min

  Send us Fan Mail We explore the 4th of July Holiday and on this, the 250th anniversary of our nation, all of the meanings of that great day.
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  250 Years and Counting: What Would the Founders Think of America Today? 02.07.2026 29min

  Send us Fan Mail We look at modern America and hear from the Founders about what they would think of America 250 years after the new nation was born.
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  250 Years and Counting: Why the American Revolution was Special 25.06.2026 35min

  Send us Fan Mail We look at who was leading the American Revolution, what motivated them, and the principles upon which they built the nation.
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  The Obama Library (sorry) Center Accurately Represents its Subject 23.06.2026 17min

  Send us Fan Mail We look at the Obama (checks notes) Center and revisit its namesake's legacy.
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  Quirky Historical Movies 18.06.2026 47min

  Send us Fan Mail My brother Chris joins the podcast for quirky historical movies and we look at Imitation Game, Hugo, and Col. Blimp. We also speculate on whether Elon Musk has scheduled blood transfusions.
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  Negotiable Nonsense: Do Most Major Conflicts End with Negotiation? 16.06.2026 15min

  Send us Fan Mail VP JD Vance noted this week that WW2 ended with a negotiation. Also "most major" conflicts did. We look to the historical record to test this contention.
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  250 Years and Counting: The Top Eleven Events that Defined American Greatness 11.06.2026 34min

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  Gerrymandering and Uncapping the House: A Discussion with Jeff Mayhugh 04.06.2026 37min

  Send us Fan Mail Jeff Mayhugh (projectnocap.com) comes back on the show to talk about how a larger, uncapped House of Representatives would help with gerrymandering, and a host of other ills.