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- 20250107 January 7 - Pivotal Historical Shifts📅 On January 7: Japan transitioned to a new era with Emperor Akihito's accession 🇯🇵, Cambodia saw the end of the Khmer Rouge's brutal regime 🇰🇭, and Galileo discovered Jupiter's moons 🔭, reshaping astronomy and science. These events highlight leadership, humanitarian impacts, and scientific advancements, painting alternative scenarios that could have drastically altered history. 🕰️4 min
- 20250106 Significant Choices on January 6🌍🕊️ The UK's recognition of the People's Republic of China in 1950 and Iraq's Associations Law in 1960 shaped geopolitics and democracy. From Cold War tensions with China 🇨🇳 to fostering political pluralism in Iraq 🇮🇶, these events remind us of the profound 'what-ifs' that continue to reverberate globally 🌐.6 min
- 20250102 Key "What-ifs" of January 2🏰 Explored what-ifs from pivotal January 2 events: the 1905 Battle of Port Arthur 🛡️, WWII's Manila capture 🌏, Reagan's political start 🇺🇸, and the Yorkshire Ripper case 🕵️♀️. Imagined alternate timelines with geopolitical, societal, and historical shifts. 🔄8 min
- 20250101 Pivotal Historical Events of January 1🕰️ Discover how January 1 became a turning point in history: from the introduction of the 💶 Euro in 1999, shaping European economic integration, to the peaceful split of 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia in 1993. Explore the founding of the EEC in 1958, 😲 a seed for today's EU. Dive into the fascinating alternate realities 🌍✨ of these key events on our latest episode!9 min
- 20241231 Alternative Historical Paths Explored🎙️ Delve into pivotal 'what-if' moments on December 31st 🏛️. From the British conquest of Jerusalem 🌍 and its potential ripple effects on the Arab-Israeli conflict, to Muhammad bin Qasim's influence on introducing Islam in India 🇮🇳, this episode reimagines history's course. Explore alternative timelines and their global implications! 🔄✨ #HistoryUnfolded6 min
- 20241230 December 30s Alternate History Revealed🕰️ The podcast explores pivotal moments on December 30: the formation of the USSR (1922) and its global impact 🌍, Saddam Hussein's execution (2006) and its influence on Iraq’s geopolitical stability 🇮🇶, and the transformation of the Spartacus League into Germany's Communist Party in 1918 🇩🇪. Alternative history scenarios delved into how prolonged conflicts or suppressed movements could have reshaped 20th-century geopolitics and ideology. 🎙️🔍6 min
- 20241229 Irelands Independence and Global Parallels🕊️ Ireland transitions to greater independence with its 1937 constitution. 🇮🇪 Key outcomes shaped its identity, neutrality, and EU relations. Meanwhile, Guatemala's 1996 peace treaty ended a 36-year war, emphasizing 🌍 UN intervention. ✍️ Additional cultural notes touch on James Joyce and the tragic legacy of the Wounded Knee Massacre. 🚩 Explore history's what-ifs!6 min
- 20241228 Historical What-Ifs - Two Key Events🌍 Dive into 'Glitch of History' exploring pivotal 'what-ifs': ✝️ The Lateran Treaty shaped Vatican's sovereignty, diplomacy, and Europe's pre-WWII dynamics. 🇵🇸 Could better British management of 1929 Palestine riots have curtailed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Discover untapped crossroads in history!6 min
- 20241227 Interconnected History - Afghanistan & Middle East🕰️ Dive into December 27th's historical upheavals! From the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 🇦🇫, marking a Cold War pivot and long-term instability, to ongoing tensions in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 🇮🇱🇵🇸. Explore "what-ifs" 💭: Could different paths have avoided war, terrorism, or shaped global geopolitics differently? 🌍 Let's uncover history's pivotal glitches! 🔍7 min
- 20241226 December 26th - Pivotal Historical Events🌊 A seismic shift: 2004's Indian Ocean tsunami, one of history's deadliest disasters. 🇵🇭 WWII twist: The Second Philippine Republic under Japan's control raises "what ifs". ❄️ A frozen city: Great Blizzard of 1947 challenges urban resilience. 🎁 Boxing Day: Unwrapping societal structures and traditions. 📜 December 26th reveals the interconnected threads of global history. Dive in to rethink outcomes!7 min
About Glitch of History
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'Glitch of History' is a counterfactual history podcast with a rule: change one thing, and follow only what the evidence can carry.
Each episode takes a single documented moment — a council interrupted by soldiers, an order that arrived late, a draft treaty left unsigned — and introduces one explicit divergence. Not a different world. One decision, reversed. From there, Rowan attends to the record and Maren examines what could have gone differently, tracing the consequences through the mechanisms history actually runs on: a chain of command, a succession rule, a supply route, a season, a delay in the post.
What makes the show unusual is where it stops. Every step is weighted by how much the evidence supports it, and that confidence falls as the scenario travels further from the fork. When the record can no longer tell us which path would have prevailed, the episode says so instead of inventing an ending. There is no alternate world, and no 'everything would have changed' — the point is analytical, not speculative.
Every episode returns to what actually happened, and asks what the road not taken reveals about the road that was: a missed opportunity, an overestimated individual, a logistical limit, a fragile alliance, the gaps in a surviving archive.
New episodes every Tuesday.