Storytime with the Historists

Jen and Matt take listeners on a tragic journey through the assassination of  the idealistic leader Patrice Lumumba Song courtesy of Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/c-i-a-criminals-in-action/1452789645?i=19680141 Sources for today's podcast From CIA.gov's Center for the Study of Intelligence the book review of: Death in the Congo: The Murdering of Patrice Lumumba (Vol. 59, no. 4), by  Emmanuel Gerard and Bruce Kuklick, Book Reviewed by: Stephen R. Weissman publish December, 2015→ this is fascinating The political life of the dead Lumumba: Cold War histories and the Congolese student left Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2019 by Pedro Monaville “Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations”The Congo, Decolonization, and the Cold War, 1960–1965 Office of the Historian, U.S. State Department→ a truly mind bending read. The podcasts: Assassination Podcast and the BBC World Service Witness Archievs And finally, throwing some love to the students of the world, the Harvard University Senior thesis Patrice Lumumba's Congo: Sovereignty Denied by American Interests by Samuel Kies (2015) reviewed by Professors Andrew Friedman and Darin Hayton. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

In this episode, your hosts Jen and Matt, finish off the story of the Russo-Japanese War, and the devastating effects is has on Russia.  Listen in! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

In the second part of this 3-part series, Jen and Matt take a deeper look at some of the battles during the Russo-Japanese war, and the impact they have on both Japan and Russia --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

In this episode, Matt and Jen visit Japan and Russia and see how these late comers to the imperialist game end up on a collision course towards war in 1904 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

In this episode, Jen and Matt take on the story of the noble Samurai, which leads them to discover the man known as the Devil Daimyo. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

In this episode, Jen and Matt unpack the story of Thanksgiving and delve into what is fact and what is fiction. We welcome back special guest Tyler Arko to the show as well! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

In this episode, Jen and Matt delve into the dark days of the Black Death as they discuss the Genoese Death Fleet and make connections to today's pandemic. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

In the 3rd episode of Season 2, Matt and Jen look at the Song Dynasty of China, through the lens of Choose Your Own Adventure stories. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

In this episode, Matt and Jen discuss the ingredients that were needed for the fall of the Classical Empires (Han, Rome, and Gupta), and realize that most of the world is currently teetering on the edge of it's own soup of disaster --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

In this episode, the first of Season 2, your hosts take a look all the way back to the Neolithic Revolution, and how it isn't all that its cracked up to be. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

Today, your hosts grapple with the shopping cart, and whether it's a good test of our ability to self govern. We welcome aboard Tyler Arko as a guest Historists for a breakdown of social media, social contract theory, and anti-social behaviors. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

Traveling back to the beginning of the 20th century, your hosts delve into the dark days of the Armenian Genocide, asking the question, "Should we enter or neighbor's backyard?" --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

This week, your historists tackle the tragic history of Russian leadership. From Mongol invasion, to inept Tsars, and 20th century tradegies, the Russian people have been at a cold table for far too long. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

This week, your historists tackle the impetus behind the Industrial Revolution. Turns out, it was....pants? Join us as we break through into modern history! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

In this episode, we travel back to the age of Ottoman conquests in Europe. We are all looking for a hear of gold, but did archaeologists in find an actual one in Austria? Settle in as we tell the story of a timeless love. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

Joined by our guest Historists, we take a stroll down memory lane and analyze what it was like to grow up during the end stages of the Cold War. From movies and music, to duck and cover, we take a look at the weird social responses to the threat of nuclear annihilation. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

Weird stories from the Cold War. We look into the origins of the Cold War, MKULTRA and introduce our first guest host! Settle in and witness the weird side of the the Cold War! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

Recorded at the beginning of global quarantine due to the novel coronavirus and COVID-19, your hosts look back at the Black Death and Spanish Flu pandemics for ways that others coped with outbreaks of unknown diseases. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

Join us as we tell the story of how China emerged from it's Hundred Years of Humiliation. Uncover the myriad people and events that help give rise to modern China and the formation of the CCP. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

In this Storytime with the Historists mini-episode, we take an intense look at the battlefields of World War I. From drum fire to gas attacks, it is a riveting ride! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

World War I in Europe --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

King Leopold and the Belgian Congo, enough said. No humor here, just a hard look at a forgotten history. Join us as we shed some light on a lost tragedy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

The origins and effects of European imperialism in the 19th century --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

This week Jen and Matt take a look at an unforeseen impact of the Industrial Revolution on English society. Join us as we put history and comedy back 25 years as we slog our way throught the cholera outbreaks of the 19th century in London. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

The origins of revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries. The intellectual movements, scientific developments, and bloody revolts that made the world what it is today. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

The story of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

The Mughals, money, and trade. The people who gave rise to the idea of mega-business and international commerce (maybe that is a bit hyperbolic, but the English sure were impressed). Check out the Mughal empire in this episode. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

In this weeks episode, we talk about some of the smaller stories that make up the Crusades. Inept leadership, cowardly men, and brave heroines. Travel with us to the 12th century as we delve into Crusades. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

The Pax Mongolica, the time most of us ignore when we think about the Mongols. From the first passport system, to reinvigorated trade routes, the Mongols did more then destroy. Don't worry, there is still blood and gore in this episode though, because after all, it is the Mongols. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support

The origins of Mongol rule in Eurasia --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support