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
Counterfactuals: The Axumite Empire
On today’s episode, we tackle a forgotten empire that once ruled the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa, and that once ranked with the likes of Persia, China, and Rome. The mighty Aksum declined before 10...
6 Mai 20251h 5min
Counterfactuals: The Battle of Tsushima and the 20th Century
On today’s episode we talk about one of the most important naval events in modern history: the pivotal battle of Tsushima, fought during the Russo-Japanese war. The battle was crucial in the rise of J...
22 Apr 20251h
Counterfactuals: What if We Used a Different Calendar?
On today’s episode, we talk about Calendars - specificall the Gregorian Calendar, and how and why it became the calendar we all use today. What does the calendar mean to us, and what might it mean if ...
8 Apr 20251h 1min
Counterfactuals: The White Ship and the Anarchy
On today’s episode, we visit one of the most significant maritime accidents of the middle ages, when William Adelin, grandson of William the Conqueror and the only legitimate male heir to the throne o...
25 Mar 20251h 3min
Counterfactuals: The Forgotten WWII Battle of Thala
On today’s episode, we travel to 1943, and one of the earliest battles American soldiers fought with Nazi Germany, in the mountainous regions of Tunisia. There, the fortuitous arrival of artillery ste...
11 Mar 20251h 2min
