Episode 91: The Cambodian Genocide Part II-Endure and Survive
What was life like under the Khmer Rouge? Ordinary life for millions of Cambodians was filled with fear, torment, and despair. Yet the people of Cambodia also demonstrated resilience, resistance, and ...
26 Apr 202130min
Episode 90: The Cambodian Genocide Part I-The Dark Years Begin
A potent mix of communism, nationalism, racialism, imperialism, and violence resulted in the Khmer Rouge coming to power in Cambodia in 1975. Led by a man going by the name of Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge...
5 Apr 202153min
Episode 89: The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
"Grief burns but does not consume." A grieving merchant stumbles into the shop of an Alchemist, who shows him a device that allows the user to travel 20 years forward or backward in time. The history ...
15 Mar 202129min
Episode 88: The Fate of Rome Part IV-The Justinianic Plague and the End of Rome
Barbarian incursions are often cited as a primary instigator to the collapse of the Roman Empire in the west in 476 AD. But why were they happening at this time in the first place? Why not some other ...
22 Feb 202142min
Episode 87: They Thought They Were Free
Shortly after the end of World War II, journalist Milton Mayer visited an ordinary town in West Germany to live with and interview former civilians of Nazi Germany. His goal was to answer some deep qu...
1 Feb 202142min
Episode 86: The Fate of Rome Part III-The Crisis of the Third Century
Much has been made of the great Roman crisis of the 200's AD. Civil war, political strife, economic dysfunction, and the collapse of the frontier system were just a few of the major problems that thre...
11 Jan 202142min
Episode 85: The Fate of Rome Part II-The Antonine Plague
The Roman Empire during the Pax Romana was in many ways a golden age of ancient commerce, urbanization, and connectivity. But the same things that made the empire great also made the empire vulnerable...
21 Des 202042min
Episode 84: The Fate of Rome Part I-Climate Change and the Roman Empire
The fall of the Roman Empire is one of the great stories in all of history. Wars, political turmoil, barbarian invasions, moral decay, and economic decline are often some of the reasons given as the c...
30 Nov 202050min
