What if China Had Discovered the New World?
This episode is second in our Alternate History Week series, where I look at famous books of alternate history and discuss why I think their alternate timelines aren't plausible. Today's book is Kim S...
17 Elo 201712min
Could One Marine Corps MEU Destroy the Entire Roman Army?
This episode is the first of a five-part series in our Alternate History Week—our version of Shark Week, if you will. We are looking at famous books of alternate history, and I'm discussing why I thin...
16 Elo 201710min
The Bronze Age Collapse of 1177 BC: The Most Catastrophic Event in History
There was an event in history worse than World War I, worse than the Mongol invasions that killed 40 million, worse than the little Ice Age that triggered famines and rebellions across the medieval wo...
15 Elo 201710min
Is There a Roman City in Present-Day China?
Since the 1950s, many classicists and military historians have believed that an ancient Roman bloodline lives on in a Chinese village. The town of Liqian sits on the edge of the Gobi desert, and 4,500...
11 Elo 20178min
Why The Irish May Have Really Saved Civilization
Thomas Cahill argues in his best-selling book How the Irish Saved Civilization that Ireland played a critical role in Europe's evolution from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Is his narr...
10 Elo 20179min
Did Rome And China Know of Each Other?
Rome and China were the two poles of the Silk Road. One sent precious porcelain, spices, and silks, the other sent out glassware and high-quality cloth. As Rome expanded into the Near East and China i...
9 Elo 20178min
Americana: The Brazilian City Where the Confederacy Lives On
The United States has accepted immigrants throughout its history, but America has its emigrants as well. Did you know there is a city in Brazil founded by Confederates who wanted to flee the U.S. duri...
8 Elo 20177min
Curtis Lemay: World War II’s Greatest Hero or Worst War Criminal?—Warren Kozak
General Curtis LeMay is perhaps the most misunderstood general of the 20th century, despite the fact that he played a major role in so many important military events of the last century: he turned the...
7 Elo 20171h 57min
