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Conservative Historian episodes

August 31, 2023 The Folly of Isolationism in History
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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.
30 min
August 26, 2023 Lying in Plain Sight
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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.
32 min
August 16, 2023 Alarm Veeps
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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.
38 min
August 11, 2023 Masculinity and History - Part II
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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.
45 min
August 03, 2023 Masculinity and History - Part I
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We look at masculinity and the role of men, today and in the past in this two part series.
32 min
July 27, 2023 Dropping the Bomb: Why Truman was Right
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The release of Oppenheimer reignited the debate about Truman's use of the atomic bomb to end World War II. We weigh in on the controversy.
29 min
July 22, 2023 Word Play
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We look at words commonly used in our discourse today such as forgiven, free and insecurity and how they are used to warp our discussions.
28 min
July 15, 2023 The Union that Dominates American Education: A Brief History of the American Federation of Teachers
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We look at the history of the powerful AFT and its role in American education.
53 min
July 08, 2023 Childlike Dissonance
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The reactions to the recent US Supreme Court decisions around affirmative action, student debt and free speech were similar to that of a child denied a McDonald's Happy Meal. We look at these reactions and explore their origins.
30 min
July 02, 2023 Mercenaries: Italy, Persia and Putin
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We travel from ancient Persia to Medieval Italy to modern Russia to learn about mercenaries.
27 min

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History is too important to be left to the left. The Conservative Historian provides history governed by conservative principles. It is comprehensively researched but also entertainingly…