Episode 68: The Bosnian War Part VI-Safe Area Gorazde
The town of Gorazde in eastern Bosnia was promised protection from ethnic cleansing. In the midst of mass murder, violence, and chaos, the United Nations designated Gorazde, Srebrenica, and other loca...
31 Dec 201948min
Episode 67: The Bosnian War Part V-Forgiveness
The Bosnian War is known historically for it's vicious cruelty. Ancient hatreds and the impact they had on the people of Bosnia are often used as a primary explanation for the conflict. Kenan Trebince...
10 Dec 201936min
Episode 66: The Bosnian War Part IV-War Journalism and The Tolerance Paradox
As Bosnia was torn asunder by war and destruction, a newspaper known as Oslobodjenje endured the heat of the Siege of Sarajevo and gained worldwide recognition for it's reporting and it's ability to c...
19 Nov 201928min
Episode 65: The American Civil War with S.C. Gwynne
For this episode, I sat down with author and historian S.C. Gwynne to discuss the American Civil War and his latest book, "Hymns of the Republic." We talked about Lincoln's opinions on slavery, the ca...
10 Nov 20191h 12min
Episode 64: The Bosnian War Part III-Hatred
Hatred is often given as the historical reason for wars and other nasty events throughout history. There was certainly plenty of it to go around in Bosnia during the 1990's, but how have historians be...
28 Okt 201925min
Episode 63: The Bosnian War Part II-The Siege of Sarajevo
For well over two years, Bosnian Serb forces bombarded Sarajevo in an attempt to destroy the city and break the spirit of the people who lived there. Thousands of civilians (including children) were k...
7 Okt 201939min
Episode 62: The Bosnian War Part I-The Perils of Nationalism
No one who lived through it will ever forget what happened in Bosnia during the 1990's. What had been a unified and (mostly) peaceful region only a few years before melted down into war, chaos, and ge...
16 Sep 201947min
Episode 61: Chance, Randomness, and Luck in History
Historians, philosophers, and armchair historians have often pondered the role of chance in history. To what extent does randomness or luck dictate what happens to us? Are the events of history just a...
26 Aug 201927min
