History on Fire

By Daniele Bolelli

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Where history and epic collide--"History on Fire" is a podcast by author and university professor Daniele Bolelli.

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EPISODE 78 Bruce Lee (Part 2)

06.12.2021

“Jeet Kune Do favors formlessness so that it can assume all forms and since Jeet Kune Do has no style, it can fit with all styles. As a result, Jeet Kune Do utilizes all ways and is bound by none ...

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06.12.2021 EPISODE 78 Bruce Lee (Part 2) “Jeet Kune Do favors formlessness so that it can assume all forms and since Jeet Kune Do has no style, it can fit with all styles. As a result, Jeet Kune Do utilizes all ways and is bound by none ...
06.05.2021 EPISODE 77 Bruce Lee (Part 1) “Energy is eternal delight.” William Blake “Hong Kong in the 1950s was a depressed place. Post–World War II Hong Kong had suffered from unemployment, a poor economy, over-crowding, homelessness, and people taking advantage of each other. Gangs roamed the street, ...
09.12.2020 EPISODE 67 Ripples of History “If I knew the way, I would take you home.” From the song Ripple by the Grateful Dead “The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.” Bertrand Russell “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” Michael Jordan ...
04.18.2020 EPISODE 53 The Punk Rocker of Ancient Greece “A Socrates gone mad.” Plato referring to Diogenes “Had I not been Alexander, I would have liked to have been Diogenes.” Alexander the Great "If I wasn't Diogenes, I would be wishing to be Diogenes too." Diogenes “There are nowadays ...
11.20.2019 BONUS: Dan Carlin’s “The End Is Always Near” “That is the nicest guilt trip anybody has ever given me in my entire life.” Dan Carlin Dan Carlin is one of my all time favorite human beings, and on top of that an incredible podcaster. He’s now a published ...
10.12.2019 EPISODE 52 The Lady and Her Gun “It's just incredible that this little hand has killed Nazis, has scythed them down by the hundreds, without missing…” Charlie Chaplin “Miss Pavlichenko's well known to fame, Russia's your country, fighting is your game, Your smile shines as bright as ...
05.22.2019 Welcome Message Welcome to History on Fire. On this podcast feed you can find over 50 episodes of the History on Fire catalog featuring stories of Joan of Arc, Crazy Horse, gladiators in ancient Rome, and much more. For all new episodes ...
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05.02.2019 This is History on Fire Where history and epic collide--"History on Fire" is a podcast by author and university professor Daniele Bolelli. This podcast is moving to Luminary! For more, go to LuminaryPodcasts.com
04.27.2019 EPISODE 47 Give Me Back My Legions! (Part 1) “Bits of weapons and horses' limbs lay about, and human heads fixed to tree-trunks. In groves nearby were barbaric altars, where the Germans had laid the tribunes and senior centurions and sacrificed them.” Tacitus “It stands on record that armies ...
03.25.2019 EPISODE 46 Enjoying Hell: The Life of Ikkyu Sojun (Part 2) So many History on Fire episodes feature incredibly violent pages from humanity’s past. This is not one of those episodes. The hero of our tale was too busy enjoying life in 15th century Japan to join the civil wars raging ...
03.18.2019 EPISODE 45 Sex, Sake and Zen: The Life of Ikkyu Sojun (Part 1) So many History on Fire episodes feature incredibly violent pages from humanity’s past. This is not one of those episodes. The hero of our tale was too busy enjoying life in 15th century Japan to join the civil wars raging ...
02.18.2019 EPISODE 44 Dan Carlin Dan Carlin is the undisputed king of historical podcasting, and one of my favorite human beings. Today we sit down to chat about the differences between Nazism and Socialism, the right-wing vs. left-wing paradigm, our favorite past U.S. presidents, the ...
01.21.2019 EPISODE 43 The Melian Dialogue (The Peloponnesian War and Morality in History) In the midst of The Peloponnesian War (431-401 BCE), the Athenians paid a visit to the inhabitants of the island of Melos and tried to make them an offer they couldn’t refuse. The dialogue that emerged from their negotiations is ...
12.13.2018 EPISODE 42 Joan of Arc (Part 4) By 1429, the heir to the French throne was about to give up and flee in exile. The English and their Burgundian allies controlled huge parts of the country. With Orleans likely to fall in a not too distant future, ...
11.15.2018 EPISODE 41 Joan of Arc (Part 3) By 1429, the heir to the French throne was about to give up and flee in exile. The English and their Burgundian allies controlled huge parts of the country. With Orleans likely to fall in a not too distant future, ...
10.16.2018 EPISODE 40 Joan of Arc (Part 2) By 1429, the heir to the French throne was about to give up and flee in exile. The English and their Burgundian allies controlled huge parts of the country. With Orleans likely to fall in a not too distant future, ...
09.18.2018 EPISODE 39 Joan of Arc (Part 1) By 1429, the heir to the French throne was about to give up and flee in exile. The English and their Burgundian allies controlled huge parts of the country. With Orleans likely to fall in a not too distant future, ...
08.23.2018 EPISODE 38 Monster in the Darkness What I am going to tell you is one of the craziest serial killer stories that you have never heard of. And there are very good reason why most people have never heard of this. In 1942, Death stalked London. ...
07.26.2018 EPISODE 37 The 47 Ronin (Part 2) The tale of the 47 Ronin is one of the most renowned revenge tales to ever come out of Japan. It is the subject of countless books, plays, and movies. It is also a story that has ignited never-ending debates. ...
06.28.2018 EPISODE 36 The 47 Ronin (Part 1) The tale of the 47 Ronin is one of the most renowned revenge tales to ever come out of Japan. It is the subject of countless books, plays, and movies. It is also a story that has ignited never-ending debates. ...
05.30.2018 EPISODE 35 The Magliana Gang (Part 2) This series is about the rise of a street gang that took over Rome in the 1970s and 1980s. The Magliana gang was not just one of many criminal organizations who operated in Italy. Among their business partners, they counted ...
05.03.2018 EPISODE 34 The Magliana Gang (Part 1) This series is about the rise of a street gang that took over Rome in the 1970s and 1980s. The Magliana gang was not just one of many criminal organizations who operated in Italy.
04.04.2018 EPISODE 33 On Good and Evil: From My Lai to Sand Creek What makes seemingly normal men commit horrific acts against civilians during war? What allows some people to act heroically in the darkest circumstances and what makes others turn into monsters? How does training and leadership play into this? After discussing ...
03.08.2018 EPISODE 32B Anything That Moves (Part 2): The Parallel Stories of Sand Creek and My Lai In part B, I hand the microphone to my friend and master podcaster Darryl Cooper (from The Martyrmade Podcast.) Darryl explores the context of the Cold War in order to come to terms with what happened at My Lai, in ...
03.07.2018 EPISODE 32A Anything That Moves (Part 1): The Parallel Stories of Sand Creek and My Lai I’m not going to lie. This is one of the darkest episodes of History on Fire. But there are reasons for this journey into the heart of darkness. The stories of Sand Creek and My Lai offer an opportunity to ...
02.14.2018 EPISODE 31 Gladiators in Ancient Rome (Part 2): The Spirit of the Gladiator In this episode: how gladiators were both superstars and despised outcasts at the same time, gladiators’ groupies, Marcus Aurelius’ wife taking a bath in gladiator’s blood, Commodus and his 620-0 record in the arena, the clash between Christianity and gladiators, ...
02.01.2018 EPISODE 30 Gladiators in Ancient Rome (Part 1): Are You Not Entertained? Ancient Romans were obsessed with gladiatorial combat. In this two-part series, we time-travel back to get a sense of what the Games (of which gladiatorial combat was the main attraction) were like. In this episode: the origins of gladiators, human ...
01.18.2018 EPISODE 29 I Drink and I Know Things (Where History and Game of Thrones Intersect) In this episode, I am joined by Aziz Al-Doory from The History of Westeros Podcast, and together we discuss some (definitely not all) of the ways in which history has influenced Game of Thrones. In this episode we’ll tackle: The ...
01.04.2018 EPISODE 28 Jack Johnson (Part 3): Nobody’s Slave By 1900, the federal government had long abandoned Reconstruction, and white supremacy was returning to the South with a vengeance. Jim Crow was in full swing. Segregation was the law of the land. And Fifty years before Jackie Robinson challenged ...
12.07.2017 EPISODE 27 Jack Johnson (Part 2): The Fight In this episode: -Public Enemy Number One -At home in the integrated criminal underworld -Ladies and fast cars -Jack Johnson’s intellectual side -The Great White Hope -Knocking out and befriending Stanley “The Assassin” Ketchel -“I am going into this fight ...
11.09.2017 EPISODE 26 Jack Johnson (Part 1): Bad To The Bone By 1900, the federal government had long abandoned Reconstruction, and white supremacy was returning to the South with a vengeance. Jim Crow was in full swing. Segregation was the law of the land. And Fifty years before Jackie Robinson challenged ...
10.12.2017 EPISODE 25 Roman History with Mike Duncan Mike Duncan is one of the pioneers of historical podcasting. His “History of Rome” is iconic. And his current “Revolutions” is equally compelling. In this episode, we sit down to chat about Roman history, Rome in cinema, the inevitable comparisons ...
09.14.2017 EPISODE 24 The Pirate Queen At the very beginning of the 1800s, a Chinese woman went from being employed as a prostitute in the floating brothels close to Canton to becoming the leader of the biggest pirate confederacy in modern history. Despite ending up as ...
08.17.2017 EPISODE 23 The Conquest of Mexico (Part 4): Tenochtitlan Or Bust In the 1500s, two highly militaristic peoples fueled by religious ideologies requiring bloodshed clashed with one another. This is the tale of what happened when a band of Spaniards run into the Mexica (Aztec) empire. By the time the dust ...
07.21.2017 EPISODE 22 The Conquest of Mexico (Part 3): Tenochtitlan Syndrome In the 1500s, two highly militaristic peoples fueled by religious ideologies requiring bloodshed clashed with one another. This is the tale of what happened when a band of Spaniards run into the Mexica (Aztec) empire. By the time the dust ...
06.22.2017 EPISODE 21 The Conquest of Mexico (Part 2): The Dogs of War In the 1500s, two highly militaristic peoples fueled by religious ideologies requiring bloodshed clashed with one another. This is the tale of what happened when a band of Spaniards run into the Mexica (Aztec) empire. By the time the dust ...
05.25.2017 EPISODE 20 The Conquest of Mexico (Part 1): People Of The Sun In the 1500s, two highly militaristic peoples fueled by religious ideologies requiring bloodshed clashed with one another. This is the tale of what happened when a band of Spaniards run into the Mexica (Aztec) empire. By the time the dust ...
04.28.2017 EPISODE 19 Featuring Dan Carlin My favorite podcaster and one of my favorite humans joins me for an epic chat ranging across topics
03.31.2017 EPISODE 18 The War for the Black Hills (Part 3): Last Stand To the Lakota people, the Black Hills of South Dakota were—and still are—‘the heart of everything that is.’ To the United States, they were a goldmine, and Manifest Destiny’s next target. It was for the Black Hills that the Lakota ...
03.02.2017 EPISODE 17 The War for the Black Hills (Part 2): The Long Defeat To the Lakota people, the Black Hills of South Dakota were—and still are—‘the heart of everything that is.’ To the United States, they were a goldmine, and Manifest Destiny’s next target. It was for the Black Hills that the Lakota ...
01.19.2017 EPISODE 16 The War for the Black Hills (Part 1): The Heart of Everything That Is To the Lakota people, the Black Hills of South Dakota were—and still are—‘the heart of everything that is.’ To the United States, they were a goldmine, and Manifest Destiny’s next target. It was for the Black Hills that the Lakota ...
12.18.2016 EPISODE 15 Ted Roosevelt (Part 3): The Man In The Arena He was the first American to receive a brown belt in Judo. He won the largest percentage of the vote ever by a third-party candidate. He once took a bullet to the chest shot at point blank range, and rather ...
11.29.2016 EPISODE 14 Ted Roosevelt (Part 2): The Strenuous Life He was the first American to receive a brown belt in Judo. He won the largest percentage of the vote ever by a third-party candidate. He once took a bullet to the chest shot at point blank range, and rather ...
10.19.2016 EPISODE 13 Ted Roosevelt (Part 1): The Rough Rider and His Demons He was the first American to receive a brown belt in Judo. He won the largest percentage of the vote ever by a third-party candidate. He once took a bullet to the chest shot at point blank range, and rather ...
09.20.2016 EPISODE 12 Caravaggio (Part 2): Folsom Prison Blues EPISODE 12 Caravaggio (Part 2): Folsom Prison Blues
08.18.2016 EPISODE 11 Caravaggio (Part 1): Light and Darkness EPISODE 11 Caravaggio (Part 1): Light and Darkness
07.10.2016 EPISODE 10 Crazy Horse (Part 4) EPISODE 10 Crazy Horse (Part 4)
06.15.2016 EPISODE 9 Crazy Horse (Part 3) EPISODE 9 Crazy Horse (Part 3)
05.23.2016 EPISODE 8 Crazy Horse (Part 2) EPISODE 8 Crazy Horse (Part 2)

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EPISODE 78 Bruce Lee (Part 2)

EPISODE 77 Bruce Lee (Part 1)

EPISODE 67 Ripples of History

EPISODE 53 The Punk Rocker of Ancient Greece

BONUS: Dan Carlin’s “The End Is Always Near”

EPISODE 52 The Lady and Her Gun

Welcome Message

A Special Announcement from History on Fire

This is History on Fire

EPISODE 47 Give Me Back My Legions! (Part 1)

EPISODE 46 Enjoying Hell: The Life of Ikkyu Sojun (Part 2)

EPISODE 45 Sex, Sake and Zen: The Life of Ikkyu Sojun (Part 1)

EPISODE 44 Dan Carlin

EPISODE 43 The Melian Dialogue (The Peloponnesian War and Morality in History)

EPISODE 42 Joan of Arc (Part 4)

EPISODE 41 Joan of Arc (Part 3)

EPISODE 40 Joan of Arc (Part 2)

EPISODE 39 Joan of Arc (Part 1)

EPISODE 38 Monster in the Darkness

EPISODE 37 The 47 Ronin (Part 2)

EPISODE 36 The 47 Ronin (Part 1)

EPISODE 35 The Magliana Gang (Part 2)

EPISODE 34 The Magliana Gang (Part 1)

EPISODE 33 On Good and Evil: From My Lai to Sand Creek

EPISODE 32B Anything That Moves (Part 2): The Parallel Stories of Sand Creek and My Lai

EPISODE 32A Anything That Moves (Part 1): The Parallel Stories of Sand Creek and My Lai

EPISODE 31 Gladiators in Ancient Rome (Part 2): The Spirit of the Gladiator

EPISODE 30 Gladiators in Ancient Rome (Part 1): Are You Not Entertained?

EPISODE 29 I Drink and I Know Things (Where History and Game of Thrones Intersect)

EPISODE 28 Jack Johnson (Part 3): Nobody’s Slave

EPISODE 27 Jack Johnson (Part 2): The Fight

EPISODE 26 Jack Johnson (Part 1): Bad To The Bone

EPISODE 25 Roman History with Mike Duncan

EPISODE 24 The Pirate Queen

EPISODE 23 The Conquest of Mexico (Part 4): Tenochtitlan Or Bust

EPISODE 22 The Conquest of Mexico (Part 3): Tenochtitlan Syndrome

EPISODE 21 The Conquest of Mexico (Part 2): The Dogs of War

EPISODE 20 The Conquest of Mexico (Part 1): People Of The Sun

EPISODE 19 Featuring Dan Carlin

EPISODE 18 The War for the Black Hills (Part 3): Last Stand

EPISODE 17 The War for the Black Hills (Part 2): The Long Defeat

EPISODE 16 The War for the Black Hills (Part 1): The Heart of Everything That Is

EPISODE 15 Ted Roosevelt (Part 3): The Man In The Arena

EPISODE 14 Ted Roosevelt (Part 2): The Strenuous Life

EPISODE 13 Ted Roosevelt (Part 1): The Rough Rider and His Demons

EPISODE 12 Caravaggio (Part 2): Folsom Prison Blues

EPISODE 11 Caravaggio (Part 1): Light and Darkness

EPISODE 10 Crazy Horse (Part 4)

EPISODE 9 Crazy Horse (Part 3)

EPISODE 8 Crazy Horse (Part 2)

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