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Hamas was not the first group to sow terror in the Middle East. In Medieval Times another group of fanatics ruled by fear.  Learn how the Mongols defeated them, and what lesson we learn from that story.  

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My brother Gus rejoins the podcast to ponder whether movies are there for our education, or for escape from our daily lives.  We cover everything from 12 Angry Men to Stand and Deliver in our quest.  

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Do you think of the Roman Empire every day?  We are here to weigh into the debate! 

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In an era in which less than 30% of Americans attend an organized religion, something will fill the spiritual void.  We explore how climate change is more religion than science.  

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We take a brief look at the life of Attila and the short lived Hunnic Empire.  

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For this one we stay in Europe and look at the careers of Charles V Habsburg, Edward III of England and Louis XIV of France.  We then compare to our modern politics. The distinction of one of these rulers is the word retirement.  

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Isolationism is back but not better.  We look to the fate of the Chinese Ming Empire, the European Age of Exploration and our own politics.  

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There are big lies, small lies, and lying in plain sight.  We look at history where decision were based on lies, except all the participants knew it was fiction.  

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Vice Presidents were not always the loyal attack dogs of their presidents.  We take a look at some of the more alarming Veeps in history, and compare them with today.  

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We travel from Assyria to Greece, China, India and the Victorians in our search for masculinity and history and continue to find one societal bond tying it together.