Counterfactuals: Smith v. Allwright and Civil Rights
Welcome to the History Guy Podcast: Counterfactuals. What is a counterfactual? At it’s most basic, it is a ‘what if’. It’s a way of understanding history as it is by discussing what it could have been...
12 Elo 1h 5min
Counterfactuals: The 1844 Princeton Explosion
Welcome to the History Guy Podcast: Counterfactuals. What is a counterfactual? At it’s most basic, it is a ‘what if’. It’s a way of understanding history as it is by discussing what it could have been...
28 Heinä 1h 2min
Counterfactuals: 1527 Sack of Rome
On today’s episode, we talk about an event often thought to have ended the “High Renaissance” period: the sack of Rome by a mutinous contingent of German and Spanish mercenaries in May, 1527. Often fo...
14 Heinä 1h 6min
Counterfactuals: Rabies
Welcome to the History Guy Podcast: Counterfactuals. What is a counterfactual? At it’s most basic, it is a ‘what if’. It’s a way of understanding history as it is by discussing what it could have been...
30 Kesä 1h
Counterfactuals: Going Up? - Elevators
On today’s episode we talk about an unsung hero of the modern age: the elevator. Without them, the world wouldn’t be the same.
16 Kesä 1h 3min
Counterfactuals: John Hay and the 20th Century
On today’s episode we talk about a man whose influence on the trajectory of American history is undeniable and pervasive, but whose name you may never have heard of: John Hay, a secretary to President...
2 Kesä 1h 3min
Counterfactuals: Paardeberg - Canada's Most Important Battle?
On today’s episode we talk about a pivotal battle in a poorly remembered war: The battle of Paardeberg in the Second Anglo-Boer War. The war would consolidate all of South Africa under British Colonia...
19 Touko 58min
Counterfactuals - Battle of Westport
On today’s episode, we talk about a little remembered campaign of the Civil War fought west of the Mississippi, when a former Missouri governor attempted to shake things up as hope for the south dwind...
5 Touko 1h 5min
