Conservative Historian
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History is too important to be left to the left. The Conservative Historian provides history governed by conservative principles. It is comprehensively researched but also entertainingly presented in a way accessible to history or non history buffs.
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May 21, 2023 • 37min
Black Cleopatra and Historical Documentaries
Send us Fan MailWe break down the Netflix "documentary" and make suggestions on why the producers of this work made some interesting, and historically inaccurate, choices.
May 13, 2023 • 28min
Leisure Time in the Past and Present
Send us Fan MailThe left thinks we need more leisure time and is using some spurious history to make their case. We go from Medieval Europe to Ancient China to see comparisons with workers today.
May 6, 2023 • 33min
Opportunists and Leadership Vacuums
Send us Fan MailWe go from Tudor England to WWI Russia and back to modern times to see what happens when we have leadership vacuums.
Apr 29, 2023 • 26min
Despising Your Audience
Send us Fan MailWe go to the business side on this one to show why Bud Light, and so many other companies, are making seemingly self destructive marketing decisions.
Apr 22, 2023 • 37min
Time to Move on From Trump: A Historical Look at his Chances of Election
Send us Fan MailRegardless how you feel about Trump, the history and politics are clear, he will not win in 2024.
Apr 15, 2023 • 25min
Historical Insanities: Doing the Same Thing Over Again
Send us Fan MailWe go from the Crusades to Agincourt to 1950s Elections in a quest to learn that doing the same thing over again is not a recipe for victory.
Apr 2, 2023 • 39min
The Left Acts and the Right Reacts
Send us Fan MailThis week we saw the Left act in the Trump indictment. But how will the Right react? Though the Left never seems to anticipate reactions, they always occur. We look at governance, education, SCOTUS, Nixon, and even stolen elections to see a distinct pattern.
Mar 25, 2023 • 25min
The Fog of War
Send us Fan MailIn this podcast we look at the fog of war and move from WWII North Africa to the Euphrates to the Swiss Mountains, and meet a great historian along the way.
Mar 19, 2023 • 49min
Not RINOs, CINOs are the Problem
Send us Fan MailThose who have the label RINOs can still be conservative. And those throwing around that term, are often not. So I am using the new term CINO, a conservative in name only. We look at the history of conservatism to obtain a definition and look at who fits our new label, and who is the real thing.
Mar 12, 2023 • 39min
The 1619 Project and the Falsification of History
Send us Fan MailWhy the Founders fought the revolution, the economics of slavery or the founding of the nation, the 1619 Project gets is wrong, again, and again. Now it is Hulu's turn. Also here is the link to our first piece on the project from 2020 -
