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September 11, 2020 Joe Biden and the Potemkin Campaign
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Did Grigory Potemkin really build fake villages to fool his empress (and lover)? Whether he did or did not the term Potemkin Villages has come to mean a facade put in place of something real. Joe Biden is the Potemkin candidate and his managers are running a Potemkin campaign. Learn more in this podcast.
26 min
September 09, 2020 The Maginot Line and American Politics
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The construction of the Maginot Line was the best military decision of of 1914. Unfortunately it was built 20 years later. We like to use history to help us inform our decisions but we often are fighting the last battle, not the present one. The election dates of 1968, 1972 and 2016 are batted about in regard to 2020. Why is this wrong? Learn more in this podcast.
19 min
September 02, 2020 The Vice Presidential Choice through U.S. History
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Before Biden chose Harris, there was Adams, Burr and even Teddy Roosevelt. The history of those running for Vice President is long, and sometimes tortuous. Yet as Adams stated, "I am Vice President. In this, I am nothing, but I may be everything.”

19 min
August 31, 2020 Vive la révolution: The French Revolution and Modern American Protests
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The BLM protesters brought a guillotine to Washington D.C. and murdered Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos (??) in effigy. What do we know about the real use of this terror device. What do we know about the French Revolution and its, and socialism's, intellectual godfather Jean Jacques Rousseau? Learn More in this podcast.
19 min
August 26, 2020 What Makes Civilizations Strong
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In the fifth century CE, the Western Roman Empire fell and with it we moved from the Ancient to the Medieval worlds. What was lost an what are the lessons for America today? This podcast features Thomas Cahill, Vince Lombardi, St. Patrick and Augustine of Hippo.
19 min
August 24, 2020 Elections that Actually Did Change Everything
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Now that election season is in full swing we will be inundated by "this is the most important election ever" rhetoric. Is this really the case? Maybe. But for a historical view into American elections that actually DID CHANGE everything, please listen to this podcast. Bel Aves.
20 min
August 19, 2020 Top 20 Historical Movies
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What does 4th Century Alexandrian Professor, a 12th century English Royal Family, a 13th century Mongolian, and a 20th century Rwandan Hotel Owner have in common? They are all part of our Top 20 Historical Movies.
32 min
August 17, 2020 COVID Chronicles: Three Pieces about the Coronavirus
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Instead of issuing three different pieces seperately, we put the following together because they are all about COVID-19.
Story 1 - A History of Pestilence
Story 2 - Authoritarianism and Conronavirus
Story 3 - The Link of Coronavirus and Climate Change
29 min
August 13, 2020 The Historical Context of Class Envy, Marxism and the Road to Power
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The use of class envy to accrue political power is centuries old. But even the Romans did not have to deal with Marxism. This podcast shows why Marxism is still with us, despite the failures of its economics, and its horrific history of mass murder.
17 min
August 11, 2020 The Four Pillars of the Academy: Is this Institution Necessary?
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For millennia, colleges have served the purposes of providing instruction, storing knowledge, and creating a platform for critical thinking. But what is the role of the university today in the United States. This podcast explores the purposes of the university and questions their relevancy.
49 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…