Myth of Global Cooling
The Global Cooling “evidence” of the 1970s is a “zombie myth” that has plagued public understanding of climate change ever since. Dr. Andrew Ramey from Carnegie Mellon University explains how this myt...
5 Okt 202126min
The Equal Rights Amendment
Dr. Rebecca DeWolf explains the complicated, yet compelling, history of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and lays out possibilities for its eventual inclusion in the US Constitution. She also tells u...
28 Sep 20211h 1min
Black Confederates: the Civil War's Most Persistent Myth
Civil War historian, Kevin Levin, explains the history and development of the myth of black soldiers in the Confederate army. He analyses camp servants and slaves during the war, how their service was...
31 Aug 202141min
Man Crush Monday: Ron Stallworth
Ron Stallworth, featured in the Spike Lee film, BlackKkKlansman, was a Colorado police detective who convinced the local Ku Klux Klan to accept him as a member in 1979. Using tremendously creative und...
30 Aug 20214min
Hitler During World War II
Super Buzzkiller Professor Philip Nash joins us to dispel myths about Hitler during World War II. We talk about strategic and operational blunders (especially Operation Barbarossa), harsh occupation p...
24 Aug 20211h 3min
Gandhi "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." Quote or No Quote?
Start your own podcast and let me help! Join my new course, “Create a Successful and Rewarding Podcast!” Click here: https://bit.ly/PBPodcastCourse There's a great quote and sentiment about sticking w...
21 Aug 20216min
Ada Lovelace - Woman Crush Wednesday!
Start your own podcast and let me help! Join my new course, "Create a Successful and Rewarding Podcast!" Click here: https://bit.ly/PBPodcastCourse Ada Lovelace is frequently called “the first compute...
18 Aug 20218min
Hitler’s Rise to Power
We examine the many myths surrounding Adolf Hitler’s rise from Chancellor to the outbreak of World War II. These include: how Nazi Germany functioned; the myth of purely tyrannical dictatorship; and t...
17 Aug 20211h 6min
