The Dangerous History Podcast

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 CJ's Dangerous American History Bibliography FREE! Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event! CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: Bitcoin: 1MqjNLkX3D4FwVzkTUTvofK1kFAdG5PtH2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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, & still seemed to at least kinda mean it. (*Apologies for the lackluster audio quality in some of the middle segments - I accidentally used my laptop's crummy integral mic instead of my usual podcasting mic for those.) Links DHP Ep. 0236: WWI Propaganda in the US Part 1: Perfidious Albion's Propaganda (this DHP episode covers the outbreak of WWI as well as British propaganda operations in the US during the period of American "neutrality.") Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! Get CJ's Dangerous American History Bibliography FREE! Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event! CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: Bitcoin: 1MqjNLkX3D4FwVzkTUTvofK1kFAdG5PtH2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 "gen-pop" -- ie, freeloading, non-supporting listeners ;) -- on the public DHP feed for a limited time, too. Join CJ as he discusses so-called "Orange Marches" in the context of Irish history, and how Woke Progressives' appropriation, deconstruction & vandalization of beloved fictional universes & characters in recent years is in some ways analogous to these marches. Links Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! Get CJ's Dangerous American History Bibliography FREE! Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event! Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: Bitcoin: 1MqjNLkX3D4FwVzkTUTvofK1kFAdG5PtH2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 FREE! Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event! CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: Bitcoin: 1MqjNLkX3D4FwVzkTUTvofK1kFAdG5PtH2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 60th anniversary of JFK's death), a likely speaking gig in November, and a possible DIY/DHP road tour of the American Sunbelt this Fall. The historical context of JFK turning increasingly against the Pentagon & CIA over issues of war and peace from 1961-1963 JFK's American University Commencement Address from June 10, 1963, which many consider one of the most important speeches he ever gave, & which may have contributed to his death just over 5 months later. Links Kick in to CJ's still-ongoing Indiegogo campaign! Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! Subscribe to the Dangerous History Podcast Youtube Channel! Get CJ's Dangerous American History Bibliography FREE! Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event! Hire CJ for freelance work! CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Like this episode? Or you can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: Bitcoin: 1MqjNLkX3D4FwVzkTUTvofK1kFAdG5PtH2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 2015!) 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 FREE! Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event! Hire CJ for freelance work! CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: Bitcoin: 1MqjNLkX3D4FwVzkTUTvofK1kFAdG5PtH2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 presidency, and how, in contrast to the Establishment's take, Harding was actually a very good president, and far, far superior to his immediate predecessor, Woodrow Wilson - at least, if you actually value things like peace, freedom, civil liberties, & prosperity. 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 FREE! Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event! Hire CJ for freelance work! CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Like this episode? Or you can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: Bitcoin: 1MqjNLkX3D4FwVzkTUTvofK1kFAdG5PtH2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 of that intro (as read by CJ for the audio version of the book) is the heart of this DHP Microdose episode. Links Hire CJ for freelance work (such as the book intro you heard in this episode) 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 FREE! Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event! CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Like this episode? You can throw CJ a BTC tip here: Bitcoin: 1MqjNLkX3D4FwVzkTUTvofK1kFAdG5PtH2 Or you can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Ep. 0258: Depropagandizing the Highly Blue-Pilled (CJ's talk from the Feb. 2023 Tom Woods School of Life event, in which, among other things, he explains why aggressively pushing your beliefs & preferences on others in the form of vehement unsolicited advice is possibly the WORST communication strategy there is.) Follow Errol Puppybunny, CJ's rescued lop rabbit, on Instagram 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 FREE! Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event! Hire CJ for freelance work! CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Like this episode? You can throw CJ a BTC tip here: Bitcoin: 1MqjNLkX3D4FwVzkTUTvofK1kFAdG5PtH2 Or you can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 detail of the 1912 election? Yes there is. Join CJ in this super-concise DHP episode as he discusses just such a scenario, whereby changing only one seemingly humble variable in 1912 would probably have given the US a POTUS who would've kept the country out of WWI & thereby avoided the worst aspects of Woodrow Wilson. Links DHP Ep. 0217: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 7 (the episode in the Wilson series that covers the actual history of 1912 election, the alternative version of which is covered here) 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 FREE! Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event! Additional ways to support the show. CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 his now-late, lamented Dusty Den podcast. This was a bonus episode only for financial supporters of the DHP or the Dusty Den, & was not published on any public feed for either show. Now, in 2023, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the release of the film, CJ has decided to reissue this bonus episode on the DHP public feed for a limited time. Enjoy! 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 FREE! Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event! Additional ways to support the show. CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 which the US government was using force to ethnically cleanse the Seminole people out of Florida. 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 FREE! Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event! Additional ways to support the show. CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 detailed dive into this topic, sign up to watch the 3-part/over-6-hour-total course CJ taught on the Decline & Fall of Empires for Renegade University! 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 FREE! Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event! Additional ways to support the show. CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 discuss "democide," the term coined by R.J. Rummel to denote any and all instances of governments deliberately killing their own citizens on a large scale. Links Smoke Filled Rooms The University of Hawaii's Democide Page (which looks like it hasn't been updated in over 2 decades) Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! Kick in to CJ's Indiegogo campaign! Subscribe to the Dangerous History Podcast Youtube Channel! Get CJ's Dangerous American History Bibliography FREE! Additional ways to support the show. CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 to help undo their programming. Links Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar. Kick in to CJ's Indiegogo Campaign Other ways to support the show Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Attend the Libertarian Party of Florida's 2023 convention, at which CJ will be a speaker The FL Mises Caucus comedy show, headlined by Robbie "The Fire" Bernstein (which CJ will be attending) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join CJ as he discusses his experience of the last three years, including the big-picture insanities we've all been dealing with, how they've exacerbated his own mental health challenges that he's still grappling with today, & his ongoing road to recovery. Links Come meet CJ & hear him speak about the decline & fall of empires at the 2023 Self Reliance Festival in Camden, TN 3/25-26. Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! Sign up for CJ's email list & get his Dangerous American History Bibliography for FREE HERE! CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Kick in to CJ's still-ongoing Indiegogo campaign! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Paine's life & career, & the excellent, impressively researched book Dave wrote about them. Links Purchase Thomas Paine: A Lifetime of Radicalism! Attend the 2023 Self Reliance Festival (at which CJ will be a speaker!) Get CJ's Dangerous American History Bibliography for FREE! Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! Kick in to CJ's still-ongoing Indiegogo campaign! Subscribe to CJ's recently-launched Dangerous History Podcast Youtube channel! CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 on his observations & experience from having been a student in it for 6 years & a teacher in it for 16 years. Join CJ as he discusses the following problems with modern conventional academia: No real market feedback mechanism to indicate whether a "good education" is being provided. Overspecialization. Rigid credentialism. Too many courses online (especially at the intro/gen-ed level.) Excessive disability accommodations. Private-sector profiteering (off a captive audience & cartelized, non-competitive system.) Administrative bloat. A focus on arbitrary metrics that can be juked/gamed. Degree inflation. The accreditation agencies functioning as a cartel enforcer to artificially restrict entry & reduce competition. Ideology baked into most (if not all) disciplines, in many cases for over a century. The adversarial relationship often automatically created between student & teacher. State & corporate influence & control. Links Get tickets to attend & see CJ speak at the Self-Reliance Festival here! Get CJ's Dangerous American History Bibliography Free here! Kick in to CJ's still-ongoing Indiegogo campaign here! Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List DHP Ep. 0172: The Voluntary Difference (What CJ said at Harvard) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 "stakeholder capitalism," its methodological similarities to fascism, the modern American "professional managerial class," how Wokeism fits into this, how these phenomena manifest in various institutions (including Hollywood & academia), and potential action items & white pills in the face of this seeming Orwellian Juggernaut! Links History Impossible on Patreon Alex's Substack Come meet CJ & see him speak about the decline & fall of empires at the Self-Reliance Festival in Camden, TN, March 25-6th! (And get your tickets ASAP if possible, because the price will increase on Feb. 22!) Get your FREE Dangerous American History Bibliography by signing up for CJ's email list here! Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! Contribute to CJ's (still ongoing) Indiegogo campaign! CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 focus on Wilson's beliefs, statements & actions on race throughout his career as an academic & politician. Was Woodrow Wilson a racist? The short answer is yes, without a doubt. But as is so often the case with history, the details are more complicated & more interesting than most people realize! Join CJ as he does a deep-dive exploration into Woodrow Wilson's beliefs, statements, & actions regarding race through his academic & political careers. Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! Kick in to CJ's ongoing Indiegogo Campaign! CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Links to Relevant Previous Wilson Episodes DHP Ep. 0210: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 6 (This one covers Wilson's time as Governor of NJ, during which he signed into law a eugenics bill authored by Edwin Katzen-Ellenbogen, who decades later collaborated with the Nazis.) DHP Ep. 0207: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 5 (This one deep-dives into Wilson's academic writings.) DHP Ep. 0192: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 3 (This one covers Wilson's years as the President of Princeton University.) DHP Ep. 0186: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 1 (If you're new to the DHP or new to this ongoing series, here's part 1, made all the way back in 2019.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 independent streak & have at least some views & attitudes that overlap with libertarianism and/or anarchism. Furthermore, all of them are great writers in their respective genres. Join CJ as he discusses: Montesquieu Alexis de Tocqueville Jose Ortega y Gasset John Dos Passos Jacques Ellul Jane Jacobs Gore Vidal Edward Abbey Mike Resnick James C. Scott Kirkpatrick Sale F. Paul Wilson And stay tuned to the end of the episode for information about CJ's upcoming course at Renegade University! Sign up to take CJ's course, "The Decline & Fall of Empires," at Renegade University. (And use the coupon code "dangerous" to get 50% off!) Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! (Sign up for $50 or more per month to join the DHP Book Club, among many other benefits.) Kick in to CJ's ongoing Indiegogo campaign! (Kick in $500 or more to join the DHP Book Club, among many other perks.) CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Links "Anarchism and the Morality of Violence" by Edward Abbey (As of this recording, CJ hasn't read this, but he very much intends to) "The meaning of Timothy McVeigh" by Gore Vidal (a very interesting article first published back in 2001) DHP Ep. 0087: Grain and the State (an old DHP episode that was very heavily influenced by the work of James C. Scott) DHP Ep. 0094: British Bric-a-brac (Audio version of CJ's grad school research paper from the 2005 research seminar he took on modern propaganda, which is where he first encountered Jacques Ellul's Propaganda & is when he first began studying propaganda in a systematic, scholarly fashion) DHP Ep. 0141: Draining the Swamp: The War on the Everglades (This episode, plus CJ's Rise of the Cane Kingdom 2-part series, illustrate an environmental historical example of an attempt by government to impose artificial order on a natural system that had evolved under conditions of emergent order, and the disasters that resulted) DHP Ep. 0143: Rise of the Cane Kingdom, Part 1 (part 1 of a 2-part mini-series) DHP Ep. 0152: Discussing Mike Resnick's Santiago in the Dusty Den DHP Ep. 0153: Mike Resnick (An interview with the late, great scifi author conducted just over 2 years before his death) DHP Ep. 0226: Emergent Order vs. Imposed Order (This Silver Bullet episode reflects the influence on CJ's thinking of Jane Jacobs & James C. Scott, among others.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 first guest CJ ever had on the DHP, all the way back in 2015. A few months ago, Bill launched a podcast of his own, Chasing Ghosts, in which he covers the history, theory & practice of irregular warfare, and the shortcomings of its alleged antidote, counterinsurgency. Join CJ & Bill as they discuss Bill's background, his podcast, irregular warfare, the problems with counterinsurgency, and 3 of the greatest practitioners of irregular warfare in the 20th century - Michael Collins, T.E. Lawrence, & Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck, who all operated c. 1916-1922. Kick in to CJ's Indiegogo campaign! Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! Links Chasing Ghosts (Bill's irregular warfare podcast) The Dash (Bill's just-launched Stoicism podcast) Follow Bill on Twitter DHP Ep. 77: History of Irregular Warfare with Bill Buppert, Part 1 (This is part 1 of what ended up being 6 installments of CJ's conversations with Bill all the way back in 2015, with Bill speaking with CJ over Skype from Afghanistan. The remainder of this series is comprised of DHP Eps. 78-81 & 83.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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, a strategy that culminated in the Pearl Harbor attack 14 months later. Kick in to CJ's Indiegogo campaign! Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Links Full Text of the McCollum Memo DHP Ep. 0160: "Remember the Maine!" & the Pageantry of US Aggression DHP Ep. 0236: WWI Propaganda in the US Part 1: Perfidious Albion's Propaganda Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Radio on 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, and is the author or editor of 4 books (available here.) He's also currently working on his next book - on the Russo-Ukraine War - which will be co-authored with Darryl Cooper of the Martyrmade podcast. Join CJ & Scott for a wide-ranging discussion, mostly on the real history of the Russo-Ukraine War, but including lots of interesting tangents along the way (even a bit of Woodrow-Wilson bashing!) Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar. Kick in to CJ's still ongoing Indiegogo campaign! CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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, last but not least, Woke Liberalism's war on art, entertainment & aesthetics for the last decade. Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar. Please consider chipping in to CJ's still-ongoing Indiegogo campaign. CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Links The Perfume Nationalist on Patreon Jack's Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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, the state of the arts & entertainment industries today, why arts & entertainment matter deeply to society, possible "white pills" on the horizon, & lastly, some tips for people considering an acting career (or the parents of such people.) Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar. And please consider chipping in to CJ's Indiegogo campaign (which he just recently realized is still live!) CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Links Clifton's Youtube channel Clifton's Twitter The essay "What Shall We Ask of Writers?" by Albert Maltz, which Clifton referenced Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 everyone, while part 2 will only be available to those who support the Dangerous History Podcast at $5/month or higher.) Join CJ as he shares the following poems & stories: "A Dark Day" by Madison Julius Cawein "The Haunters and the Haunted; or, The House and the Brain" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton "The Haunted Palace" by Edgar Allan Poe Wanna get access to Part 2 of this special, including a ghost story by CJ? Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 he has always found to be interesting & potentially useful. (Think of this as a 'silver bullet' DHP episode, just minus the silver bullet & with concurrently better audio quality, because CJ no longer commutes daily an hour each way, so he recorded this one at the home studio. But it's like a silver bullet episode in that it's relatively short & is mostly off-the-cuff, with minimal notes.) Join CJ as he discusses what 'classical republicanism' is, some historical manifestations of it in theory & in practice, & some of the ways it differs from modern 'republics,' 'democracies,' or (heaven forbid) 'democratic republics.' Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar. CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Links DHP Ep. 0074: The Western Way of War vs. the Eastern Way of War Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 early-1930s to the late-1960s. Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar. CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 former host of the late, lamented Dusty Den podcast. Join CJ & Josh as they discuss Unforgiven, why it's such a great film, and how Hollywood mostly "don't make 'em like they used to." Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar. CJ's DHP Amazon Wish List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 the many things he's learned from nearly two decades of studying the history & techniques of modern propaganda. Hire CJ to speak at your event! Join Tom Woods' School of Life! Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Ep. 207: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson Part 5 (this was the giant episode in which I dissected Wilson's academic writings, including his concept of "modern democracy," which is basically what we're living in & what the Establishment is defending when they talk about "democracy in peril," etc.) DHP Ep. 197: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson Part 4 (this was the episode in which CJ dissects Woodrow Wilson's 1887 article, "The Study of Administration," in which he calls for the creation of the authoritarian, bureaucratic government under which we currently live) The Washington Post Article discussed in this episode, about Biden's recent meeting with Partisan/Establishment Hack Historians Anatomy of the State by Murray Rothbard (a free pdf version courtesy of the Mises Institute) Scott Horton's 2-hour presentation from March 2022 on the backstory of the Russia-Ukraine war Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

(*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 targeted such diverse people as communists, civil rights activists, antiwar groups, black power leaders, and the Ku Klux Klan for illegal and unconstitutional surveillance, harassment, defamation, and even physical attack. Join CJ as he discusses: The origins of Cointelpro The nature of the operation How the FBI applied Cointelpro under at least 4 presidents to all sorts of “extremists” and “subversives” (no matter how peaceful their methods), including efforts to defame Martin Luther King to the point of suicide The exposure of Cointelpro to the public in 1971 and its (supposed) cessation that year The investigation of the operation by the Church Committee in the US Senate How the FBI frequently shared info with other government agencies, including the CIA and NSA How reforms aimed to curb this sort of thing were short-lived at best How things in some ways are worse today If you haven't already, please chip in to CJ's still-ongoing Indiegogo campaign and/or support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 to revisit the topic, especially in regard to the Awokening's continuing-but-possibly-peaking influence on film & television. Support the Dangerous History Podcast on a monthly basis via Patreon or SubscribeStar, & please consider chipping in to CJ's Indiegogo Campaign (which will be active until early September) to help him make the transition to being a full-time podcaster & content creator, & to get those perks while you still can! More Links Please consider signing up to support History Impossible on Patreon! Eric July's Rippaverse Comics (mentioned in the episode) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this DHP special, join CJ as he discusses the success of his (still ongoing) Indiegogo campaign to liberate him from his teaching dayjob, his resignation (just a few days ago) from the teaching job that he has held for the last 15 years, the strange mix of emotions this is causing him, his gratitude to all who've contributed to this campaign, and some historical illustrations of the situation in which he currently finds himself: On what Sun Tzu called "death ground," in which an army has no retreat, and must conquer or die. Please consider (if you haven't already) chipping in to CJ's ongoing crowdfunding campaign and/or supporting the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 which the Pentagon, CIA, FBI & other US government institutions exert control and influence on the content of movies and television shows in order to propagandize viewers in the US and around the world. Please consider chipping in to CJ's Indiegogo campaign to get those perks while you still can! Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar. Links Theaters of War on Vimeo Spyculture.com (Tom's website) The Writer with No Hands (Matt Alford's Facebook author page) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is an extremely important episode that CJ intended to record about a week ago, but has been unable to due to being very sick. If you're a fan of this show, please listen to this ASAP! Join CJ as he discusses some of his recent hardships (especially terrible depression), his efforts to overcome them, his reasons for wanting to walk away from his dayjob, his ongoing Indiegogo campaign to do just that, and why the success of this campaign would be a great thing not just for him, but for you, the DHP audience. Links All hands on deck: Please consider contributing to CJ's crowdfunding campaign to secede from the rat-race/treadmill & do the DHP (& other independent content-creation projects) full-time! And as always: Please consider supporting the Dangerous History Podcast on a recurring basis via Patreon or SubscribeStar. DHP Ep. 172: The Voluntary Difference (What CJ said at Harvard) DHP Ep. 229: The Dirty Baker's Dozen, Part 1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 researching & composing notes for it for many months before that!) Join CJ as he discusses the massive British propaganda operation in the US that ran from 1914-1917 (during the period of American "neutrality"), which was a crucial factor in eventually bringing the US into World War I. *Also (Super-Important, will have a special episode on this soon, but): Check out CJ's crowdfunding campaign to be able to leave his dayjob & do the DHP (& other cool independent projects) full time! Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar. External Links Scott Horton's interview with Ben Freeman from 5/16/22, about how foreign governments such as Saudi Arabia & Ukraine pour large amounts of money into lobbying US politicians & funding think-tanks in the US in order to subvert US foreign policy for their interests, rather than that of average Americans Scott Horton's interview with Ben Freeman from 2/18/22, covering the insanely high amount of money & effort the Ukrainian government poured into hijacking US foreign policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 in the US during WWI, CJ decided to put out a Fun-Sized DHP Independence Day special about a great speech given on a Fourth of July 201 years ago. Join CJ as he discusses John Quincy Adams, his famous speech from July 4th, 1821, the Monroe Doctrine, and how US leaders since the 1890s have turned away from Adams' wisdom. Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 to be repeating themselves in real time. Join CJ as he discusses the various ways that economics & the desire to distract from political problems at home often cause unnecessary wars, plus a few noteworthy examples of American leaders who resisted the urge to go to war despite economic and political problems at home. Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar. External Links A free pdf copy of Reassessing the Presidency (edited by John Denson & published by the Mises Institute.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

(*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 US dollar with part 5, looking at the story of the dollar following the breakdown of the Bretton Woods system. (This podcast was actually recorded over the course of 2 commutes — the first half in the morning commute to work, and the second one in the afternoon commute home.) Join CJ as he discusses: How the ending the ‘gold window' in 1972 led to high inflation, which led to negative consequences (including some not purely economic) for society The approaches of the Ford and Carter administrations to dealing with inflation How, under first Carter and then Reagan, Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker (appointed in 1979) used high interest rates to staunch (though not completely stop) the erosion of the US dollar's value in the early-1980s The reasons that the dollar still (mostly) operates as the world reserve currency despite its obvious flaws and vulnerabilities, including the meaning of the term ‘petrodollar' How things will go wrong, sooner or later, with this system, and how the remedy used previously by Volcker (high interest rates) could not realistically be used today by the Fed, even if they wanted to do so A few thoughts on ways to prepare for this eventuality Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon or SubscribeStar. External Links US Debt Clock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices