Counterfacutals: WWI and The Battle of the Gulf of Riga
Today we talk about a little remembered battle that could have been a turning point in the First World War - a battle between the German High Seas fleet and the Russian Baltic fleet in the Gulf of Rig...
26 Aug 20251h 6min
Counterfactuals: Confederate Espionage
On today’s episode we talk about the little remembered espionage side of the civil war, particularly the CSA’s more outlandish ideas to take the war to the Union. And of course, we talk about what the...
12 Aug 20251h 5min
Counterfactuals: The Passenger Pigeon's World
On today’s episode we talk about a bird that was once so numerous that Americans thought it would be impossible to kill them all. Until, suddenly, they did. What might the world look like if the passe...
29 Jul 20251h 4min
Counterfactuals: Did Ketchup Save the World?
On today’s episode we talk about the incredible popularity and influence of an odd product: Ketchup. What would the world be like without it?
15 Jul 20251h 4min
Counterfactuals: 1983, The World's Most Dangerous Year
On today’s podcast we talk about the year 1983 - called by some “the most dangerous year” in modern history. In the fall of that year, Western and Communist powers may have nearly stumbled into the on...
1 Jul 20251h 6min
Counterfactuals: Rome and Hannibal
On today’s episode, we talk about one of the most famous battle in Roman history, when 50,000 Romans were killed in a single day. How would the world be different if that battle went differently?
17 Jun 202554min
Counterfactuals: Task Force 34 and Leyte Gulf
On today’s episode, we talk about one of the largest naval battles in history, Leyte Gulf, and the task group that was never created: Task Force 34. A series of decisions often called mistakes led to ...
3 Jun 20251h 8min
Counterfactuals: The Great Lisbon Earthquake
Today we discuss one of the most powerful earthquakes to strike Europe in recorded history, an earthquake which knocked down Lisbon in a single, violent day in 1755. The aftershocks would be felt thro...
20 Mai 20251h 3min
