Pop Quiz | History in Video Games
It's time for a Pop Quiz! Join us as Joe and I discuss our favorite historical video games and the insights they give us into "real" history.
25 Nov 20245min
Pop Quiz | Crashes, Recoveries, and the Welfare State
It's time for a Pop Quiz! Join us as Joe and I compare the Great Depression to the COVID-19 lockdowns, how the country recovered from each, and the role of the welfare state in modern America.
21 Nov 20247min
Espionage | Kim Philby and The Cambridge Five
Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross—passed almost 17,000 classified documents to the Soviet Union for 30+ years. The information was so extensive and the volume...
18 Nov 202417min
Pop Quiz | The Printing Press and the Internet
It's time for a Pop Quiz! Join us as Joe and I discuss the marvels of the printed word and the "skills gap" that seemed to happen during the Internet revolution.
14 Nov 20247min
The Diadochi Successors | A Discussion
Join us as we discuss the ideas of unity and disunity among the Diadochi successors and the relative merits and detriments of cultural blending.
11 Nov 202445min
Pop Quiz | The 2024 Election
It's time for a Pop Quiz! Joe and I take some time to discuss the results of the 2024 presidential election in the United States and some long-term implications for the two parties.
7 Nov 202421min
Unity and Disunity | The Diadochi Successors
Hubris, an excessive pride in oneself, is a common trait among history's greatest figures. In the decades that followed the death of Alexander the Great, the Diadochi "successors" fought each other fo...
4 Nov 202417min
Pop Quiz | A Second Look at Historical Figures
It's time for a pop quiz! Every Thursday, one of the hosts will ask the other a question about history they must answer. Have an idea for a topic? Send it to us at 15minutehistory@gmail.com or submit ...
31 Okt 20245min
