"WhatifAlthist" | World History, Philosophy, Culture

"WhatifAlthist" | World History, Philosophy, Culture

WhatifAltHist is a podcast from Rudyard Lynch that looks to try to find the patterns in history and anthropology so as to predict the future and understand the dynamics that result in civilizations rising and falling. It began as an enormously popular alternate history channel with nearly 600K listeners and more than 100M views on YouTube. Rudyard Lynch also hosts the podcast History 102 with Erik Torenberg, which attempts to solidly explain pivotal historical events in depth in under an hour. Topics covered: World History, Philosophy, Civilization, Culture WhatifAlthist is part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: turpentine.co

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things are very bad now....

things are very bad now....

My civil war prediction was RIGHT—both sides now openly discuss violence, leftists advocate murdering opponents, and every historic indicator points to collapse. But we haven't erupted because somethi...

22 Apr 53min

The Ten Great Macro-Cultures

The Ten Great Macro-Cultures

At 18, hiking the Appalachian Trail, I mapped humanity's cultural origins—discovering nearly ALL world cultures stem from just 10 historic events. These shared formative moments continue shaping natio...

21 Apr 1h 10min

Is the Woke Right Real?

Is the Woke Right Real?

James Lindsay's "woke right" concept claims far-right ideology loops back to radical leftism—collectivism, racialized worldviews, totalitarianism. After witnessing unprecedented right-wing radicalizat...

10 Mar 50min

The Greatest Lie Ever Told

The Greatest Lie Ever Told

While history remained relatively objective, anthropology has been utterly destroyed by pseudoscience—THREE-QUARTERS of Amazon's top anthropology books are scientifically fraudulent! My research acros...

15 Jan 50min

the next ideology isn't what you think.

the next ideology isn't what you think.

Our society lives in shattered glass—no shared concept of human value, souls, reality, gender, or nations. Nietzsche's predicted consequences from God's death have destroyed the old world completely. ...

21 Nov 20251h 34min

this entire reality is a lie

this entire reality is a lie

Some truths are too enormous for words—like discovering the sky is a different color while normies remain blind. Over seven years since high school, I systematically deconstructed the comfortable illu...

1 Nov 20251h 17min

Modernity's Two Mythologies

Modernity's Two Mythologies

Gustave Le Bon revealed that history runs on dreams, not logic—90% of humans merely rationalize their emotions. Every civilization projects fantasy ideals (Christian Heaven, Marxist Utopia, Valhalla) ...

22 Okt 202554min

The Rise and Fall of California

The Rise and Fall of California

Living through mythological events, we've lost the eyes to see them. California represents history's cautionary tale—a society blessed with EVERYTHING (perfect geography, unprecedented wealth, human c...

19 Okt 202555min

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