The Firebombing of Tokyo: Our Imperative Atrocity
We often hear about how the Second World War was more morally nuanced and complex than we have been led to believe. This is, to a certain extent, very true. The Axis powers meted out a level of genoci...
22 Syys 3h 20min
Power, Presidents, and Refusing the Crown (w/ Richard Lim)
In this newest episode of History Impossible we’re joined a second time by Richard Lim, host of the This American President podcast, who last appeared on this program a couple years ago to discuss the...
7 Syys 1h 23min
Orthodox ISIS: The Russian Religious Experience (w/ Kristaps Andrejsons of The Eastern Border)
“Because remember: Russia is a religious experience.” Those are the oft-repeated and well-said words by the host of The Eastern Border podcast, my good friend Kristaps Andrejsons. They are well-said b...
18 Elo 1h 47min
The Ideological Pathology of Antizionism (w/ Kile Jones)
Antizionism, as it has become, has been having a bit of a moment for going on three years. It is a tough nut to crack, given its various claims of varying legitimacy and, as we have covered more than ...
11 Elo 55min
Enduring the Misfortunes of Others
After a bit of a hiatus, History Impossible is back with another special episode, this time looking at the phenomenon of outsourcing responsibility for bigotry and injustice at home to foreign powers....
20 Heinä 1h 25min
The Riddle of American Identity (w/ David Josef Volodzko)
I recently wrote a piece exploring the concept of American identity, primarily through the prism of the immigrant experience, and it got me thinking more about the complexities of American identity, s...
15 Heinä 1h 6min
Understanding the Abyss: Holocaust Scholarship into the 21st Century
Hey again everybody. I know I just dropped a big essay on all of you adapted from my final research paper in grad school, and many of you might still be working through it, but I wanted to give everyo...
21 Touko 1h 7min
