Will Israel go to war with Lebanon?
On today's Episode, our friend Matt Hoh joins us to discuss everything from the infamous pager bombings to the prospects of a wider conflict between Israel and Lebanon Support Matt on substack here: ...
25 Sep 20242h 1min
Ancient Rome: How Rome integrated conquered peoples
How did Rome build an empire without destroying everything in its path? This episode unpacks the early Roman Republic’s secret weapon: a flexible system of alliances, patronage, and partial citizenshi...
12 Sep 20241h 20min
Can the US nuke a hurricane?
The short answer is yes, but it's a terrible idea haha. On today's episode, we talk about the history of weather modification, from rain dances to cloud seeding. We go a little off the rails talkin...
29 Aug 20241h 21min
Alternate Scenarios: Germany Wins WWI
Germany wins World War I—but then what? We run an AI-driven counterfactual scenario exploring how a victorious Germany could have reshaped Europe, triggered an early Russian Revolution, and avoided th...
13 Aug 20241h 55min
AI Weapons Systems
Artificial intelligence is changing the world, and warfare is no exception. From self-piloting drones to missiles that can identify their own targets, AI weapons systems are rapidly developing, raisin...
30 Jul 20241h 30min
Soviet Ape-Human Hybrids
On today's episode, we discuss the very weird story about how the Soviet Union tried to cross-breed humans and apes. The craziest parts of this story are less about their failed attempt to create hyb...
2 Jul 20241h 16min
Antisemitism in the 20th Century
On today's episode, we try our best to wrap our heads around Hannah Arendt's book "The Origins of Totalitarianism," published in 1951. We focus primarily on her arguments around the history of Anti-s...
17 Jun 20241h 46min
Trump Convicted
Trump was just convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business documents. We couldn't help ourselves. On today's episode, we give the background of this and other charges trump is currently faci...
31 Mai 20242h 12min
