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Musings on History is a podcast dedicated to the discussion of history from new angles and perspectives. the Musings on History blog is located at: https://medium.com/@musingshistory. The email address is musingshistory@protonmail.com.

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    • Dec 31, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    11.4 Ideas Never Die

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2023 70:23


    Are you a former Nazi Party member, Nazi scientist, or high-ranking former Wehrmacht officer in need of post-war employment? Well, does the US have the job opportunity for you!Support the show

    11.3 Truth and Reconciliation or Lies and Rehabilitation?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2023 110:00


    What really happened on the Eastern and Western fronts? How much of the "Iron Curtain" was a collaboration between Churchill and Stalin? Why did Japan put "731" on their first domestically produced F-16 fighter jet last year? Jadakiss knows...do you?Leadership Lessons From The Great BooksLeaders are readers of the Great Books of Western literature.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

    11.2 The World Chooses Sides

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2023 34:32


    Eenie, meanie, miney, moe, catch a Nazi by its toe... that's how some countries chose their side during World War II.The Wake Up America Show with Austin PetersenLiberty news talk! Killer guests! No sacred cows! Win prizes! Make friends! Learn stuff! Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

    12.1 1939: A Turning Point

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2023 38:36


    First episode from the new series on World War II.Support the show

    10.6 Resistance by Any Other Name is Just as Sweet

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2023 43:23


    In the conclusion to the History of Resistance series, I talk about individual acts of slave resistance as well as the non-violent ways that enslaved people conceptualized freedom.Support the show

    10.5 Slave Revolts and Marronage in North America

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2023 61:35


    Virginia and Louisiana not fuckin around.Support the show

    10.4 Slave Revolts and Marronage in Africa and the Lower Americas

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2023 65:17


    Gettin it poppin between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.Support the show

    10.3 Medieval and Early Modern Slavery, Serfdom and Resistance

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2023 50:40


    Serfdom and revolt in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.Support the show

    10.2 Slave and Peasant Revolts of the Classical Period

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2023 47:03


    From ancient Greece to classical Japan, peasants, serfs, and slaves had had enough.Support the show

    10.1 Bondage By Any Other Name is Just As Shite

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 21:21


    Read Gramsci!Support the show

    9.10 African Societies in the Early Modern Period

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 51:59


    Invest in your domestic economy or meet your doom. Smells Like HumansLike listening to funny friends discuss curious human behavior.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

    9.9 Precolonial African Interactions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 27:49


    Enthusiastically Black. That's the difference between me and you.Support the show

    9.8 Precolonial African Learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2023 42:33


    IDC what y'all say, the University of al-Qarawiyyin is the world's first and oldest university. Support the show

    9.7 Ancient African Societies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2023 120:09


    How did we live before colonialism? Well you're about to find out.Support the show

    9.6 Religions and Mythologies of Ancient Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 22:16


    This one is for my LGBTQ, I love y'all. Real bad. Support the show

    9.5 Ancient Civilizations of Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 31:18


    Coast to Coast, it's Space Ghost! Sike IDK, I'm running out of shit to put here. As the title suggests, we're talking about ancient civilizations in Africa. Support the show

    9.4 The Five Language Groups of Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 22:29


    Once again, we gettin to it from the roota to the African toota as it were, covering the five major language groups of Africa and where you will hear them spoken. Support the show

    9.3 Climate Zones of Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 21:53


    From the Sahara Desert to the Okavango Delta, we're gonna discuss the ever-changing climates of the African continent.Support the show

    9.2 Great Waters of Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 19:06


    In addition to containing the largest desert in the world, Africa is also home to some amazing bodies of freshwater. Support the show

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    9.1 Prehistoric Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 14:03


    Going way back to the beginning for the inaugural episode of the Ancient Africa series. Musings is back, baby!Support the show

    8.5 Color and Democracy: Colonies and Peace (1945)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2022 32:34


    In the final arc of his life, Dr. W.E.B. DuBois is as active as ever and finally puts a ring on it (it being Communism).Support the show

    8.5 The Power of the Dollar

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 71:55


    BRICS...all white BRICS...off white BRICS...Xi just hit a lick, for 50 mo BRICS, ballin like a b**** with all these BRICS...Support the show (https://pod.fan/musings-on-history)

    8.4 Black Reconstruction in America (1935)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 66:20


    Dr. W.E.B. DuBois writes his magnum opus and goes through his edgelord phase. Support the show (https://pod.fan/musings-on-history)

    8.3 The Gift of Black Folk (1924)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 54:27


    W.E.B. DuBois made a coloring book. Support the show (https://pod.fan/musings-on-history)

    8.2 The Souls of Black Folk (1903)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 100:45


    W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington have a petty off about the priorities of the Black race in America. There's also a bunch of race riots and conferences and I break down The Souls of Black Folk, chapter by chapter. S/O to Ida B. Wells-Barnett. IYKYKSupport the show (https://pod.fan/musings-on-history)

    8.1 The Philadelphia Negro (1899)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 81:11


    W.E.B. DuBois in his HBCU fuckboi era. Nah, I'm kidding.W.E.B. DuBois Visual Biography located here: https://scribe.org/catalogue/web-du-bois-biography-four-voices Support the show (https://pod.fan/musings-on-history)

    7.1 A History of Haitian-Cuban-US Relations

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 196:19


    Special Episode! The history of Haiti and Cuba's relationship with the US (hint: it's not great)Support the show (https://pod.fan/musings-on-history)

    6.5 The Witcher Series

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 66:02


    A brief history of Poland, through the yellow eyes of Geralt of Rivia.Support the show (https://pod.fan/musings-on-history)

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    6.4 Lord of the Rings Legendarium

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 60:24


    Who knew Tolkien was a hater?!Support the show (https://pod.fan/musings-on-history)

    6.3 The Wheel of Time Series

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 66:13


    A High Episcopalian attempts to distillate Hindu cosmology. Ion like det.Support the show (https://pod.fan/musings-on-history)

    6.2 History and Fantasy: Harry Potter Series

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2021 81:59


    I take the wizarding world of Harry James Potter to task.Support the show (https://pod.fan/musings-on-history)

    6.1 History and Fantasy: A Song of Ice and Fire Series

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 227:16


    Technical difficulties be damned, we going to Westeros.Support the show (https://pod.fan/musings-on-history)

    5.10 History of Christianity: Making Amends Through Liberation Theology

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 104:13


    Y'all have no idea how hard it is to come up with pithy and catchy things to say here. Anyway, embrace Catholic Marxism.Support the show (https://pod.fan/musings-on-history)

    5.9 History of Christianity: How Church and State Colonized the World

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 92:12


    What did the five fingers of the State say to the face? PRAY.

    5.8 History of Christianity: The Protestant Reformation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2021 123:41


    The Christians of Europe fight one another for 100 years over trivialities.

    5.7 History of Christianity: Early Reformation and Renaissance

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2021 86:25


    WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BIRTHED YOUR WHOLE STYLE! Nah I'm kidding (I'm not). This episode is about the calls that are coming from within St. Peter's Basilica and all the ways the Catholic Church chose to ignore them. And the Renaissance, obviously.

    5.6 History of Christianity: The Papal Golden Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 95:02


    To fuck around is human, to find out, divine.

    5.5 History of Christianity: East African Christianity

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2021 70:34


    The history of the Oriental Orthodox Churches of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Eritrea.

    5.4 History of Christianity: The Rise of Islam and the Christianization of All Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 82:52


    There's a new kid on the Abrahamaic block and they do not fuck around. Also, paganism must go.

    5.3 History of Christianity: Christianity in the East v the West

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 37:34


    Before Biggie v Tupac, there was Patriarchs v Popes. This episode discusses the original East Coast v West Coast beef, the ecclesiastical and geopolitical showdown between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.

    5.2 History of Christianity: Christological Debates and the Many Myths of Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 55:51


    In this episode, Jesus' divine backstory gets fleshed out. Mans got more retcons than Pietro and Wanda.

    5.1 Christianity, Part I: Religion and Politics in Antiquity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 84:24


    From the caves and glens of the Levant to the world, the roots of Christianity are explored in their proper historical context.

    4.13 Chinese Socialism Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 112:20


    The history of Chinese socialism from 1949 to the present.

    4.12 Repressive Desublimation, Celebrity, and Representational Politics in the COVID Era

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 25:29


    I do a dab and dabble in a little post-structural analysis.

    4.11 Weimar Republic

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 33:29


    Don't let the foxes make the rules for the henhouse.

    4.10 Chinese Socialism, Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2020 75:02


    The end of an empire, the beginning of a revolution.

    4.9 Malignant Beasts and the Crimes of Winston Churchill

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 49:20


    Greatest statesman of an age or mass murderer? Women lie, men lie, numbers never do. Let's find out!

    4.8 Socialism Part 3- Russian Socialism

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 80:23


    The incredibly long and procedural history of Russian socialism. With a little snark, as a treat.

    4.7: Socialism, Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 16:35


    The history of socialism in Europe. I know know, imagine how tired we are...

    4.6 Pandemics

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020 25:02


    A special episode and a GPSA (Ghetto Public Service Announcement) for y'all to STAY INSIDE AND WASH YOUR HANDS.

    4.5 Socialism, Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 44:58


    The history of socialism around the world.

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