Nero's Fiddle

Where does humanity go from here?

In this episode, we take a look at the contribution the Axial generations are poised to make to humanity's ongoing march up the ladder of history.

In this episode we sum up our journey to now and ask the question: With all of the historical forces in play right now, what comes next?

In this episode, we finally take a deep dive into what our future with climate change will look like if we fail to curb our output of greenhouse gasses.

This episode, we look at the contributions the millennials and Gen Z could make toward the fight against climate change.

Although it's not often recognized, our federal budget deficit has major ramifications for global climate change. We examine these ramifications in this episode.

This episode we delve into the causes of mass denialism.

This episode, Nero's Fiddle takes a look at the Baby Boomer Generation.

This episode, we look at the similarities between early-Nazi Germany and the Trump years.

During this season, we've used various tools to help us understand our journey to now. In this episode we put these tools together to help us understand how to better understand how history works.

In this episode we look at the change in attitudes toward immigrants in recent years.

In this episode, we look at how democracy works.

Humans have a very strong drive to connect with one another and have had intricate mail courier systems since ancient times. Throughout the 20th century, we've had to learn to communicate in different ways as new technologies have developed. We take a look at communication and the advent of the World Wide Web in this episode.

Could we be ready to break the final major link in the millennium-old Great Chain of Being? Perhaps. Let's take a look at that in this episode.

The U.S. is the richest country the world has ever known. Yet we have over half a million unhoused people living on our streets and in shelters. In this episode we take a deeper look into homelessness in America.

In this episode we look at where the 20th Century has brought us and look at some possible futures available to us.

In this episode, we look at Tom Brokaw's "Greatest Generation," as they do much to create the world we live in today.

Through the Civil Rights Movement and the Gay Rights Movement we watch as the outer wheel of history takes one more revolution forward.

In this episode, we imagine new historical drivers for the 21st century.

There are certain nodes of history which present the possibility for great historical change. What opportunities were missed during the cold war?

This week we take a look at why World War Two was a major turning point in world history.

In this episode we look at Hitler's rise to power beginning in the 1920s.

In this episode, we visit America's Progressive Era.

in this episode, we look at the post-Reconstruction South.

This episode, we look at the Old West.

This episode, Nero's Fiddle travels to the early American South to look at Slavery.

We're halfway there. We've made it to the Industrial Revolution.

This episode, we look at how democracy developed in the United States.

This week we look at the Enlightenment. Europe changes the way it views the world as it stands on the verge of the industrial revolution.

Europe discovers a wider world.

Martin Luther Starts the Reformation.

This episode, we go to China to examine the rise and fall of dynasties in human history.

Europe finally wakes up from its long slumber of the Middle Ages as it enters the Renaissance.

We take another break from our chronological walk through history to look at the glue that binds history together.

This week we look at how some societies have reacted when faced with potentially devastating environmental challenges.

The later Middle Ages prepares the way for the Industrial Revolution.

This week we take a look at some of the inner workings of how history works.

In this episode, we visit the medieval church.

This week we delve into the medieval concept of the Great Chain of Being.

This week we stop by the world if Islam.

The Dark Ages transition Europe from the Roman Empire to the Middle Ages.

In this episode, we examine the rise of Christianity during the Roman Empire.

This week we look at the changes that Jesus brought to the Mediterranean world.

Before the was the Roman Empire, there was the Roman Republic. The Republic lasted just under 500 years before it collapsed and was replaced by the Empire under Augustus Caesar. In this episode we look at the causes of its collapse.

Alexander The Great changes the ancient Mediterranean world in ways that still influence our world today.

In this episode we look at the Axial Age, that period from the 8th century BC until about the time of Christ. This is the period when all of the world's great religions except Islam got their start.

The ancient Hebrews have had an outsized influence on our current society and culture. This week's episode looks into how such a small ancient kingdom was able to set the wheels in motion to what we now call our Judeo-Christian tradition, or Judeo-Christian values.

The ancient Egyptians invent a rich cultural life and show the way for the Greeks and other subsequent cultures.

We enter the historical era with the advent of writing in ancient Sumer.

Humanity discovers agriculture and is changed forever.

This episode looks at the Paleolithic era to see what it tells us about where human history began and what it can tell us about what it is to be human.