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August 20 Sitcoms as History
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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.
34 min
August 13 The Seleucids and Alexander's Legacy
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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

41 min
August 06 Hidden History - Revealed!
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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

56 min
July 30 Five Historical Movies that Should be Made Today
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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.
32 min
July 23 Two-fer: Directors and Actors who Made More than One Historical Movie
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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.
51 min
July 16 Wickedness in the White House: A History of Presidential Financial Corruption
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We take a walk through presidential history to ID financial chicanery in the executive branch
45 min
July 09 Roping History
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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.

42 min
July 03 250 Years and Counting: The Birth of American Independence
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We explore the 4th of July Holiday and on this, the 250th anniversary of our nation, all of the meanings of that great day.
22 min
July 02 250 Years and Counting: What Would the Founders Think of America Today?
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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.
30 min
June 25 250 Years and Counting: Why the American Revolution was Special
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We look at who was leading the American Revolution, what motivated them, and the principles upon which they built the nation.
36 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…