#320 - Quote or No Quote: Harry Truman | "Socialism is a Republican Scare Word"
The Harry Truman “quote” about socialism being a Republican scare word is flying around the internet, in response to the over-heated rhetoric of American politics these days. But did “Buck Stops Here”...
29 Heinä 20197min
*Wisdom Wednesday* #61 - Quote or No Quote: Patrick Henry "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"
"Give me liberty or give me death," Virginia patriot Patrick Henry was supposed to have said in a stirring speech before the American Revolution. We Buzzkill this quote and show that, like most "quote...
24 Heinä 20194min
#319 - WWII in the Pacific: Guadalcanal to the Philippines, 1942-44
The brutality of World War II in the Pacific continued from Guadalcanal to the Aleutians, from China to the Solomon Islands, and was also a propaganda war at home in Japan and in Allied countries. Pro...
23 Heinä 201932min
*Flashback Friday* #36 - Black Adder and World War I
It's time to go over the top, Buzzkillers! We interview Professor Richard Grayson about the wildly popular BBC television series, BlackAdder, and how close it is to historical reality. There are proba...
19 Heinä 201947min
#318 - WWII in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Midway, 1941-42
Superstar historian, Professor Nash, joins us to talk about the opening years of American involvement in Pacific during World War II. From Pearl Harbor to Midway, it’s a brutal chess match across the ...
16 Heinä 201939min
*Throwback Thursday* #23 - Betsy Ross Didn't Sew the First American Flag
It's a great and heart-warming story, Buzzkillers, but meek and modest Betsy Ross did not design or sew the first American flag. The story itself follows the classic myth pattern, a second-hand family...
11 Heinä 20194min
#317 - Quote or No Quote: Marie Antoinette | “Let Them Eat Cake”
The one thing that everyone knows about Marie Antoinette (Queen of France in the late 18th century) is that, when told that the peasants were starving because they had no bread, said, “then let them e...
9 Heinä 20194min
#316 - The Many Myths about the Declaration of Independence
Every July, American Buzzkillers get inundated with chain emails, Facebook posts, and Tweets that spread more myths about the Declaration of Independence. No matter how many times they’ve been disprov...
2 Heinä 201937min
