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The Dangerous History Podcast covers the history that the Establishment would rather you NOT know, helping you learn the past so you can understand the present and prepare for the future.

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The Dangerous History Podcast episodes:

02.14.2024
Ep. 0267: A Study of Assassination
No, you're NOT hallucinating -- after the longest hiatus between episodes since I started the Dangerous History Podcast back in 2014, I FINALLY managed to record & publish a new DHP episode. Join CJ as he shares reads excerpts from &...
11.09.2023
Bonus Ep. 10 Reissue: The War Prayer
This episode is a reissue (for a limited time on the public feed) of DHP Bonus Ep. 10: "The War Prayer" by Mark Twain, produced back in 2017. Links Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! Subscribe to the Dangerous History Podcast Youtube Channel! Get...
11.01.2023
Ep. 0266: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Pt. 11
This installment in the Woodrow Wilson series covers the period of the Wilson presidency from the summer of 1914 through the end of that year, when he said he wanted to keep the US neutral & out of the war,...
10.15.2023
Bonus Ep. 32: Orange Marches of the Woke Progressives
CJ recently recorded this DHP Bonus Episode during one of his long drives that he's been doing as part of some of the non-DHP-related work he's been doing lately to make ends meet, and he decided to share it with...
10.04.2023
Ep. 0265: DHP Heroes: Bill Killmer (1929-2023)
Join CJ for a Silver Bullet episode as he discusses his paternal grandfather, Bill "Poppi" Killmer (1929-2023). Links Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! Kick in to CJ’s still-ongoing Indiegogo campaign! Subscribe to the Dangerous History Podcast Youtube Channel! Get CJ’s Dangerous American History Bibliography...
07.31.2023
Ep. 0264: The Most Important Topic on Earth
This episode features CJ's reading of large excerpts from a speech JFK gave at American University just 5 months before he was assassinated. Join CJ as he discusses: His upcoming DHP JFK assassination mini-series (set to debut this November, which is the...
07.24.2023
Ep. 0263: Oppenheimer: A Dangerous History Movie Review
Join CJ for a review & discussion of Oppenheimer, the 2023 historical biopic about J. Robert Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan & starring Cillian Murphy. Links DHP Ep. 72: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki (From all the way back in...
07.12.2023
Ep. 0262: In Defense of Normalcy (w/Ryan S. Walters)
This DHP episode features CJ's recent interview with historian Ryan S. Walters about his most recent book, The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding, which was recently released in paperback. Join CJ & Ryan as they discuss Warren Harding, his...
07.05.2023
Ep. 0261: CJ's Intro to Three Books That Changed The World (A DHP Microdose)
Recently, Sal Mayweather (aka, Sal the Agorist) asked CJ to write the intro to his new book, Three Books That Changed the World, which discusses three highly influential novels from the early 20th century "Progressivism 1.0" era. The audio version...
06.29.2023
Ep. 0260: Straight Outta the Woodshed: 9 Years of the DHP
Join CJ as he discusses a look back on 9 years of doing the Dangerous History Podcast, what he's been going through & working on lately, and some miscellaneous updates & thoughts, including some unsolicited advice about giving unsolicited advice. Links DHP...
06.07.2023
Ep. 0259: A Butterfly Saves the World...from Woodrow Wilson?: An Alt-Hist DHP Microdose
We've all heard of the famous 'butterfly effect.' But is there a plausible, realistic, alternative historical scenario in which the US & the world could've been spared the worst aspects of Woodrow Wilson's presidency merely by altering one seemingly minor...
06.01.2023
DHP Bonus Ep. 18: Demolition Man: A Dangerous History Review (2023 Reissue)
Way, way back in 2018, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of one of his all-time favorite films, CJ recorded a discussion & review of the excellent 1993 Dystopian scifi/action/comedy film Demolition Man with Joshua Perry, who was then still doing...
05.25.2023
Ep. 0258: DHP Heroes: Osceola (CJ's talk from the 2023 Florida Libertarian Party convention)
Join CJ as he discusses the life & death of the Seminole leader Osceola, who was a key resistance leader in the early stages of the Second Seminole War (1835-42), the longest & costliest Indian war in US history, in...
05.02.2023
Ep. 0257: What to Expect When Your Empire's Collapsing
This DHP episode features CJ's talk from the March, 2023 Self Reliance Festival in Tennessee, in which he discusses some of the most common unfortunate historical phenomena that tend to occur when empires are declining & falling. Links For a MUCH more...
04.27.2023
Ep. 0256: Power Kills (w/Gregory Zink)
This DHP episode features a recent conversation between CJ & Gregory Zink, host of the true political crime podcast Smoke Filled Rooms, about an episode of SFR Greg did covering the historical phenomenon of democide. Join CJ & Greg as they...
04.12.2023
Ep. 0255: De-Propagandizing the Highly Blue-Pilled
This DHP episode features the audio of CJ's presentation from the January 2023 Tom Woods School of Life in-person event in Orlando, FL. Join CJ as he discusses strategies for trying to reach highly propagandized people in one-on-one conversations in order...
03.06.2023
Ep. 0254: Talking Tom Paine (w/Dave Benner)
For this DHP episode, CJ was very happy to be joined by Dave Benner, who is the author of a recently published biography of Thomas Paine entitled Thomas Paine: A Lifetime of Radicalism. Join CJ & Dave as they discuss Thomas...
02.27.2023
Ep. 0253: "Academia is a Racket": 13 Problems with Conventional Academia
From segments recorded during multiple drives, CJ pieced together his first Silver Bullet episode in over 6 months (and his longest Silver Bullet episode ever), in which he goes over in detail 13 of his biggest complaints about academia, based...
02.15.2023
Ep. 0252: Stakeholder Neofascism & the Professional Managerial Class (w/Alex Von Sternberg)
For this DHP episode, CJ was happy to be joined again by Alexander Von Sternberg to talk about a recent episode Alex did on his show, History Impossible, called "Stakeholder Naziism." Join CJ & Alex on a wide-ranging, freewheeling conversation about...
02.07.2023
Ep. 0251: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 10
Finally, more than a year after Woodrow Wilson Part 9, CJ returns to the story of the man he loves to hate! This time, we're going to take a detour from the chrono-narrative of Wilson's presidency; this one is going to...
01.04.2023
Ep. 0250: 12 Writers Every Libertarian (Including Me) Should Read More
In this episode, CJ discusses 12 authors who (in his opinion) deserve to be more widely known & read among libertarian/anarchist/etc type people. Most of these authors would not actually identify as "libertarians" or "anarchists," but all have a strong...
12.12.2022
Ep. 0249: Chasing Ghosts w/Bill Buppert
For this DHP episode, CJ was delighted to be joined by retired Army officer, military contractor, and irregular warfare expert Bill Buppert. Long-time DHP listeners (& those who've gone through the back catalogue) may recall that Bill was the very...
12.08.2022
Ep. 0248: "Led to Commit an Overt Act of War": A Fun-Size DHP Pearl Harbor Day Special
Join CJ as he discusses the so-called "McCollum Memo" from the Office of Naval Intelligence, written by ONI officer Arthur McCollum & dated October 7th, 1940, which served as the blueprint for the FDR Administration's strategy of deliberately provoking Japan,...
11.30.2022
Ep. 0247: Reckless Provocations (w/Scott Horton)
For this episode, CJ was very happy to welcome back foreign policy expert Scott Horton to the Dangerous History Podcast. Scott is the Director of the Libertarian Institute, host of the Scott Horton Show, Editorial Director at Antiwar.com, host of Antiwar...
11.11.2022
Ep. 0246: Woke Liberalism's War on Art (w/Jack the Perfume Nationalist)
For this episode, CJ was very happy to be joined by Jack Mason of The Perfume Nationalist podcast. Join CJ & Jack's free-ranging discussion as they discuss: the Perfume Nationalist's origin story; fragrances; Covidian insanity (especially the horrors of masking); and,...
11.03.2022
Ep. 0245: What Shall We Ask of Actors? (w/Clifton Duncan)
For this episode, CJ was delighted to be joined by classically trained, award-winning actor Clifton Duncan. Join CJ & Clifton as they discuss Clifton's career, why he got disillusioned with & ultimately left Broadway, why show business is so ideologically straightjacketed,...
10.29.2022
Ep. 0244: Ep. 0244: DHP 2022 Halloween Special: Part 1
Since Fall is CJ's favorite time of year & Halloween is his favorite holiday: This year, we return to classic DHP format for Halloween specials -- spooky/Halloween/Autumnal-themed poems & stories read to you by CJ. (Part 1 is available to...
10.19.2022
Ep. 0243: Two Cheers for Classical Republicanism (Fun-Size DHP)
CJ took a brief break from slaving away at the next Woodrow Wilson episode to make this Fun-Size DHP episode, talking about a political idea known as 'classical republicanism,' which has been on his mind a lot lately, & which...
10.03.2022
Ep. 0242: Hays Codes, Part 1: The Old Hays Code
In part 1 of 2, join CJ as he discusses the Motion Picture Association of America's so-called "Hays Code" (officially: "A Code to Govern the Making of Motion Pictures"), which rigidly controlled the content of most American movies from the...
09.20.2022
Ep. 0241: Unforgiven: 30 Years Later (w/Joshua Perry)
August 2022 was the 30th anniversary of the release of the award-winning film Unforgiven, directed by & starring Clint Eastwood. To commemorate this film's anniversary, CJ talked about it with his old pal (and fellow Western enthusiast) Joshua Perry, the...
09.14.2022
Ep. 0240: Lessons for the Modern Propagandist
This DHP episode is the audio of CJ's presentation delivered at the first live event for Tom Woods' School of Life (of which CJ is a member) in Orlando, FL in July of 2022. Join CJ as he discusses some of...
08.31.2022
Ep. 0239: Establishment Court Historians Pander to Sock Puppet-in-Chief
Join CJ as he shares some very important announcements about the DHP, and then digs into a recent meeting between President Biden and some Establishment Court (Propagandist) "Historians." Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar. Links DHP Ep. 200: Honest History DHP...
08.18.2022
Vintage DHP Ep. 41 (Reissue): Cointelpro
(*Note: This is a Vintage Dangerous History Podcast from 2014, reissued on the public DHP feed for a limited time. Please cut the poor audio quality some slack!) From 1954 to 1971, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI ran a “Counterintelligence Program” (“Cointelpro”) that...
08.15.2022
Ep. 0238: Revisiting the Great Awokening (w/Alex Von Sternberg)
It's been a little over a year since CJ talked with Alexander Von Sternberg of the podcast History Impossible about 'the Great Awokening') in back DHP Ep. 220, so, in light of recent developments (both good & bad) they decided...
08.09.2022
DHP Special: The Last Commute
Join CJ on his last drive home from the job he just left in order to pursue podcasting & other independent content-creation endeavors full-time! Kick in to CJ's still ongoing Indiegogo campaign! Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar. Learn more...
07.29.2022
Ep. 0237: Theaters of War (w/Matt Alford & Tom Secker)
Recently CJ was delighted to talk with Matt Alford & Tom Secker, two of the producers & researchers behind the 2022 documentary Theaters of War. Join CJ, Matt & Tom as they discuss Theaters of War, and the various ways in...
07.14.2022
Ep. 0236: WWI Propaganda in the US Part 1: Perfidious Albion's Propaganda
Finally! Here it is - the longest and, I believe, the most important Dangerous History Podcast episode I've done to date! (I recorded the first of many segments for this episode all the way back in April, and had been...
07.04.2022
Ep. 0235: Monsters to Destroy: A Fun-Sized Fourth of July DHP Special
Despite being in the process of getting over Covid (which didn't hit him particularly hard overall, but did hit his voice pretty badly), and despite still being up to his eyeballs on the forthcoming DHP episode about British propaganda ops...
06.14.2022
Ep. 0234: Busy Giddy Minds With Foreign Quarrels
CJ continues to slog away on the first installment in the upcoming World War I Propaganda in the US mini-series, but he recently decided to take a brief break from that to talk about some historical tendencies that, unfortunately, seem...
06.09.2022
Vintage DHP Ep. 52 (Reissue): A History of the US Dollar, Part 5
(*Note: This is a Vintage Dangerous History Podcast from 2014, reissued on the public DHP feed for a limited time. Please cut the poor audio quality some slack!) Finally, we conclude our non-consecutive series on the history of the history of the...
05.13.2022
Vintage DHP Ep. 33 (Reissue): A History of the US Dollar, Part 3
(*Note: This is a Vintage Dangerous History Podcast from 2014, reissued on the public DHP feed for a limited time. Please cut the poor audio quality some slack!) Here it is, another installment in our non-consecutive mini-series on the tumultuous history...
04.22.2022
Vintage DHP Ep. 26 (Reissue): A History of the US Dollar, Part 2
(*Note: This is a Vintage Dangerous History Podcast from 2014, reissued on the public DHP feed for a limited time.) We continue with our non-consecutive mini-series on the history of the US dollar, which has changed repeatedly over the centuries. Join CJ...
03.19.2022
Ep. 0233: CJ's Top 10 War Propaganda Techniques
Join CJ as he first gives an update on a few recent personal difficulties, and then goes over the following war propaganda techniques: Demonize the enemy's leader. Dehumanize the enemy's people. Turn the conflict into a super-simplistic morality play. Fabricate heroic stories about your...
03.05.2022
Ep. 0232: The Great Realignment? (w/Alex Von Sternberg)
Recently, CJ had a long & interesting conversation with Alexander Von Sternberg of the podcast History Impossible, to discuss recent & current events and try to analyze them through a historical lens. Join CJ & Alex as they discuss the major...
02.12.2022
Ep. 0231: Rallying Rhetoric
CJ is FINALLY getting settled in from his move, and getting his new home/office studio sufficiently set up, that he was able to record a new, non-silver bullet DHP episode for the first time in nearly 2 months. Given all...
01.15.2022
Ep. 0230: Florida Man on Florida
Because he just moved (and it'll be a little while before the new home studio/office/Batcave is fully operational), CJ decided to record a Silver Bullet Episode (ie, one recorded during his commute to his teaching dayjob) to elaborate a bit...
12.15.2021
Ep. 0229: The Dirty Baker's Dozen, Part 1
Harkening back to a DHP series on important concepts & theories from 5 years ago, CJ decided to put together another such series for 2021, this time zeroing in on 13 concepts & theories that have been on display in...
12.08.2021
Ep. 0228: Imperial Decline is a Helluva Drug (w/Clint Russell)
Recently, CJ was delighted to be a guest on Liberty Lockdown with Clint Russell. Join CJ & Clint as they discuss the decline & collapse of various historical empires, and what lessons & insights can be gleaned that might be relevant...
11.10.2021
Ep. 0227: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 9
Finally, here it is: The ninth installment in CJ's meticulous & merciless dissection of the life & career of Woodrow Wilson Join CJ as he discusses some of Wilson's major speeches & domestic policy achievements, as well as some of his...
09.11.2021
Ep. 0226: Emergent Order vs. Imposed Order (A Fun-Size Silver Bullet DHP episode)
School's back in session, and for the first time in over a year I'm going in to campus 5 days a week, so I did something I haven't done in a while: I recorded a "silver bullet" DHP episode (meaning...

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The Dangerous History Podcast episodes:

Ep. 0267: A Study of Assassination

Bonus Ep. 10 Reissue: The War Prayer

Ep. 0266: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Pt. 11

Bonus Ep. 32: Orange Marches of the Woke Progressives

Ep. 0265: DHP Heroes: Bill Killmer (1929-2023)

Ep. 0264: The Most Important Topic on Earth

Ep. 0263: Oppenheimer: A Dangerous History Movie Review

Ep. 0262: In Defense of Normalcy (w/Ryan S. Walters)

Ep. 0261: CJ's Intro to Three Books That Changed The World (A DHP Microdose)

Ep. 0260: Straight Outta the Woodshed: 9 Years of the DHP

Ep. 0259: A Butterfly Saves the World...from Woodrow Wilson?: An Alt-Hist DHP Microdose

DHP Bonus Ep. 18: Demolition Man: A Dangerous History Review (2023 Reissue)

Ep. 0258: DHP Heroes: Osceola (CJ's talk from the 2023 Florida Libertarian Party convention)

Ep. 0257: What to Expect When Your Empire's Collapsing

Ep. 0256: Power Kills (w/Gregory Zink)

Ep. 0255: De-Propagandizing the Highly Blue-Pilled

Ep. 0254: Talking Tom Paine (w/Dave Benner)

Ep. 0253: "Academia is a Racket": 13 Problems with Conventional Academia

Ep. 0252: Stakeholder Neofascism & the Professional Managerial Class (w/Alex Von Sternberg)

Ep. 0251: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 10

Ep. 0250: 12 Writers Every Libertarian (Including Me) Should Read More

Ep. 0249: Chasing Ghosts w/Bill Buppert

Ep. 0248: "Led to Commit an Overt Act of War": A Fun-Size DHP Pearl Harbor Day Special

Ep. 0247: Reckless Provocations (w/Scott Horton)

Ep. 0246: Woke Liberalism's War on Art (w/Jack the Perfume Nationalist)

Ep. 0245: What Shall We Ask of Actors? (w/Clifton Duncan)

Ep. 0244: Ep. 0244: DHP 2022 Halloween Special: Part 1

Ep. 0243: Two Cheers for Classical Republicanism (Fun-Size DHP)

Ep. 0242: Hays Codes, Part 1: The Old Hays Code

Ep. 0241: Unforgiven: 30 Years Later (w/Joshua Perry)

Ep. 0240: Lessons for the Modern Propagandist

Ep. 0239: Establishment Court Historians Pander to Sock Puppet-in-Chief

Vintage DHP Ep. 41 (Reissue): Cointelpro

Ep. 0238: Revisiting the Great Awokening (w/Alex Von Sternberg)

DHP Special: The Last Commute

Ep. 0237: Theaters of War (w/Matt Alford & Tom Secker)

Ep. 0236: WWI Propaganda in the US Part 1: Perfidious Albion's Propaganda

Ep. 0235: Monsters to Destroy: A Fun-Sized Fourth of July DHP Special

Ep. 0234: Busy Giddy Minds With Foreign Quarrels

Vintage DHP Ep. 52 (Reissue): A History of the US Dollar, Part 5

Vintage DHP Ep. 33 (Reissue): A History of the US Dollar, Part 3

Vintage DHP Ep. 26 (Reissue): A History of the US Dollar, Part 2

Ep. 0233: CJ's Top 10 War Propaganda Techniques

Ep. 0232: The Great Realignment? (w/Alex Von Sternberg)

Ep. 0231: Rallying Rhetoric

Ep. 0230: Florida Man on Florida

Ep. 0229: The Dirty Baker's Dozen, Part 1

Ep. 0228: Imperial Decline is a Helluva Drug (w/Clint Russell)

Ep. 0227: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 9

Ep. 0226: Emergent Order vs. Imposed Order (A Fun-Size Silver Bullet DHP episode)