AskHistorians Podcast 070 - Italian Fascism and Football
SunshineBag discusses the intersection of sport and nationalism, as we cover both the rise of Mussolini's Fascists and the growth of the sport of calcio in Italy. The ways the Fascists attempted to us...
9 Sep 201659min
AskHistorians Podcast 069 - Milan in the Era of Communal Italy
Alvise Falier discusses medieval communes, a term for a complicated and heterogeneous system of local rule in the 11th through 13th centuries. The focus is on the city of Milan, and northern Italy in ...
26 Aug 20161h 8min
AskHistorians Podcast 068 - Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Restricted Data
Historian of nuclear weapons and secrecy, Dr. Alex Wellerstein, discusses the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Specifically, the conversation focuses on the high level, and highly classified...
12 Aug 20161h 15min
AskHistorians Podcast 067 - 20th Century Popular Music and the Rise of Guitar Groups
Tim Byron (aka /u/hillsonghoods) drops in to discuss the popular music of the mid and later 20th Century, tracing the development of guitar driven rock and roll from its diverse origins on through to ...
29 Jul 20161h 25min
AskHistorians Podcast 066 - Communism and the Black Radical Tradition
Falafel1066 discusses interactions between American communism (particularly the CPUSA) and Black workers against the Great Migration. The focus is on events in the Midwest, as Black workers and the CP...
15 Jul 201653min
AskHistorians Podcast 065 - Tibet, Buddhism, and Bhutan
Jime Dorje discusses the founding of the modern state of Bhutan and its relationship to Tibet. The conversation covers the relationship between various sects of Buddhism, Mongol patronage, the politic...
1 Jul 20161h 30min
No Episode This Week
Apologies, but due to a personal loss, there will be no episode this week. We will be back next week (7/1) with JimeDorje discussing Bhutan.
24 Jun 201641s
AskHistorians Podcast 064 - Milling and Baking in 19th Century Britain, Part 2
The conversation with AgentDCF continues, as pick up with talking about how milling and baking relates to the scientific revolution, before moving into to discussing the industrialization of mills and...
10 Jun 20161h
