Épisodes

  • EP33 Sledgehammer and Big Shot

    EP33 Sledgehammer and Big Shot
    Jul 5 2025
    Henry Sledge, son of Eugene Sledge, writer of the classic war memoir “With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa” has released a book that includes tons of material left out of his dad's memoir along with details about growing up as the son of “Sledgehammer”
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    1 h et 32 min
  • EP32 The Show with Mike Rowe

    EP32 The Show with Mike Rowe
    Mar 29 2025
    Dan has an extended and completely unplanned conversation with TV and podcast host Mike Rowe about jobs, history, media, politics and the current zeitgeist.
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    2 h et 31 min
  • EP31 Kushite Conversations

    EP31 Kushite Conversations
    Jan 13 2025
    Dan talks with writer, broadcaster and journalist Zeinab Badawi about the ancient African kingdom of Kush and her book on African history.
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    1 h et 11 min
  • EP30 So, you say you want a revolution?

    EP30 So, you say you want a revolution?
    Aug 1 2024
    This show could also have been called “Violent Reflections” as Dan repurposes old work he did on the revolutionary era of the late 1960s. This is NOT a deep HH-style look at the period, but is instead a brief gaze at a potential “Past is Prologue” moment.
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    1 h et 38 min
  • EP29 The Handmaidens of the Apocalypse

    EP29 The Handmaidens of the Apocalypse
    Apr 5 2024
    Investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen joins Dan to discuss the contents of her new book which, using insider and expert information, dramatically outlines how a nuclear war might unfold.
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    1 h et 2 min
  • EP28 Superhumanly Inhuman

    EP28 Superhumanly Inhuman
    Feb 16 2024
    This show starts off with an extended discussion of the genocide of Jews in the Holocaust and the associated dangers of extreme governmental power followed by an interview with Holocaust expert and historian Dan Stone.
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    3 h et 18 min
  • EP27 More Steppe Stories

    EP27 More Steppe Stories
    Aug 16 2023
    Huns, Mongols, Turks, Scythians and other nomadic steppe tribes are longtime interests of Dan's. In this show he interviews historian Kenneth W. Harl who specializes in the study of those fascinating peoples. 1. Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization by Kenneth W. Harl 2. China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia by Peter C. Perdue
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    1 h et 11 min
  • EP26 Dig This!

    EP26 Dig This!
    May 31 2023
    Daniele Bolelli the fabulous host of “History on Fire” and I fanboy out over archaeology. We had some inexplicable audio problems at times with the recording, so hopefully that doesn't detract from the greatness of the guest.  
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    1 h et 42 min