History AF

Ho-Ho-Ho-ly War upon us! The final episode of 2022 and the first episode ive released in 6 months (thanks college classes!). I am joined by Evan Moorer of Black Mans Log (on youtube and instagram) to go over one of the mini-Crusades that went on in between the big Crusades. This one was unique in that it was the beginning of the inquisition as a powerful hand of the Church and much like the Spanish one, nobody expected it, but a LOT of southern France found out the sharp way. This is part 1 of 2. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Joined by the weather guru, Brandon Moorer (bmoorer5 on Twitter), to talk about the contentious election that ended the Reconstruction Era and nearly caused a second Civil War. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Joined by the ever lovely Jordan Shear ( on Instagram as _puckdaddy) to talk about the reasoning behind Washington's point of making the US Army get old school vaccinated and how without it the United States wouldn't have existed as we know it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Firstly, there was an audio issue with the mic, whoops! Besides that, I was joined by Drew Brigner to talk about the cause of the French Revolution, the Diamond Necklace Affair and the final words of a loudmouth idiot. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

History is full of weird moments and one of those was definitely the Battle of Castle Itter. This had it all; defecting Nazis, renowned French POWs, a cigar smoking American tank commander and a real movie like story. Joined by the esteemed John Hemphill. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Japan may have been instrumental in causing Russia to become Communist, but Russia would get some ice cold revenge that would lead directly to Japan;s fatal choice to fight with the United States. Joined again by Evan Moorer of BlackMansLog (now on TikTok) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Returning from my "movecation" I am joined by Evan Moorer of BlackMansLog (on Youtube, Insta and TikTok) to talk about part 1 of 2 events that directly led the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor and bring the United States into World War 2. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Joined by Drew Brigner to talk about the Last Roman General, Belisarius, and the first half of his life which included saving his close friend Emperor Justinian from a roving angry mob of Byzantines. All through the simple, but effective method of murdering everyone. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Joined by writer, actor, poet and gummy bear enthusiast, Shane Thompson (Instagram: shanemichael1987) to talk about that time in the 1990s when the USSR fell apart and a little country called Albania was destroyed by literal pyramid schemes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Joined by Evan Moorer of BlackMansLog to talk about the tumultuous time Pope Formosus had in death as his body was used, quite literally, as a political tool that spanned over a decade. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Joined by Julian Moorer to discuss that prelude to the Civil War which included beatings, maiming, a literal gun duel and the birth of the OG Republican Party. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Joined by Joe Holland to talk about that time a guy in China had a quarter life crisis, read a pamphlet, deemed himself a god and lead to one of the largest death counts in history. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

I'm joined by Ashley Shinn (Twitch: Stashlie) to run down that time Rome lost an entire standing army to a Germanic ambush which halted Roman eastern expansion permanently. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Joined by Evan Moorer of Blackmanslog (searchable on Instagram) to talk about the 2 most effective snipers in human history. Simo Hayha, known as The White Death, and Lyudmila Pavlichenko, known as Lady Death, both made their marks within a couple years of each other and both would gain their nicknames from the adversaries that feared them. Here is their stories. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Joined by Chloe Dickson of Whiski Business Cakes (Instagram: whiskibusinesscakes) to talk about the full detailed story of Joan of Arc's rise and how she single-handedly saved the entire country of France from being dissolved. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Joined by Echo Durant of the Caterpillar Podcast and Courtney Anthony (Muh Wife!) to learn the foundation of the womyth that is Hua Mulan. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Joined by Laetyn Jordan of the Chaos Therapy podcast to rundown the atrocities of the African World War that took place in the 90s. Mobutu has been usurped by Kabila, but outside forces and Kabila's own fear and ambitions lead to an all out war in numerous fronts and the ending makes more sense than it unfortunately should. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Joined by Laetyn Jordan of the Chaos Therapy podcast to rundown the atrocities of the African World War that took place in the 90s. This episode talks about the Rwandan Genocide spilling into the Congo (Zaire at the time) and how Mobutu Sese Seko's disastrous and tyrannical reign turned the Rwandan war into Africa's war. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Joined by Laetyn Jordan of the Chaos Therapy podcast to rundown the atrocities of the African World War that took place in the 90s. This episode is about the lead up to and horrors of the Rwandan Genocide. PLEASE BE WARNED that this is a heavy rundown that deals with abuse, child murder and rape. It is VERY GRAPHIC, but it is also very important to understand just how bad this was. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Joined by Chelsea McPeek to talk about the history of dogs in war and how all the major powers in World War 2 tried to find a way to make dogs proficient in tank destruction; and how it did NOT go well. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Joined by Brandon Moorer (Twitter: bmoorer4) to talk about that time the state of Ohio and the territory of Michigan nearly murdered each other over the small strip of land that is Toledo, Ohio today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support

Joined by Evan Moorer to discuss the back drop of the stellar PS4 game Ghost of Tsushima and how it had nothing to do with one guy Solid Snaking the Mongols and everything to do with Kamikaze. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyaf/support