Pop Quiz | Ancient Ideas
Welcome to the Pop Quiz! Every other Thursday, Joe asks a topical question about history, and Jon has to answer it without any help or resources - other than his legendary memory and knowledge of hist...
9 Maj 20245min
Teaching Evil | Signposts and Outcomes
Some of the greatest crimes in history began not on battlefields or politicians’ offices but in classrooms. Demagogues often seize control of educational institutions as a means of indoctrinating the ...
6 Maj 202418min
Thursday Thoughts + Pop Quiz | Inconvenient Road Construction
Welcome to a special combined episode of Thursday Thoughts and Pop Quiz! Every other Thursday, Joe speaks about a specific person, place, or event in history in under five minutes. This week, Joe talk...
2 Maj 20246min
The Trail of Tears | A Discussion
Join us as we discuss the Trail of Tears, its root causes, and its effects.
29 Apr 202433min
Pop Quiz | Inevitable History
Welcome to the Pop Quiz! Every other Thursday, Joe asks a topical question about history, and Jon has to answer it without any help or resources - other than his legendary memory and knowledge of hist...
25 Apr 20244min
The Trail of Tears | Forever Lost
"In the chill of a drizzling rain on an October morning, I saw them loaded like cattle or sheep into six hundred and forty-five wagons and started toward the west. One can never forget the sadness and...
22 Apr 202416min
Pop Quiz | National Debt
Welcome to the Pop Quiz! Every other Thursday, Joe asks a topical question about history, and Jon has to answer it without any help or resources - other than his legendary memory and knowledge of hist...
19 Apr 20243min
Margret Sanger | A Discussion on Intentions
Today, we discuss the motivations of Margaret Sanger, what – according to history – drove her “solutions”, and why even Planned Parenthood is beginning to disavow her.
15 Apr 202428min
