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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Mar 25, 2022 • 46min
The Largest Nation on Earth: Russian and Ukrainian History – Part III
Send us Fan MailRussia, though under the thumb of a brutal dictator is not like Cuba or North Korea. It has nukes certainly, but it is also the largest nation on Earth. How did it get so large? And what does Russian Historical expansion have to do with Ukraine. Learn more in this podcast.
Mar 13, 2022 • 43min
The pull of East and West: Russian and Ukrainian History – Part II
Send us Fan MailWe go to the second of our four part series and explore the time of the first Tsars to the reign of Peter the Great, roughly the late 1400s to 1725. We see the pulls of East and West, and the establishment of an authoritarianism that exists to the present day.
Feb 27, 2022 • 34min
False Justifications for War: Russian and Ukrainian History - Part I
Send us Fan MailThe horrible war now taking place in Ukraine raises many questions but chief among them is why this war, and why now. Several pundits are providing various reasons or trying to explain Putin's thoughts. But those provided by the Russian President are false justifications. We explain why in this podcast.
Feb 20, 2022 • 25min
Legislators vs. Executives: Who are the better Presidents?
Send us Fan MailWho make the best presidents? Legislators? Governors? Veeps? We take a look through American presidents to make that determination.
Feb 15, 2022 • 22min
The Movie Back to School, Academia, Business, and Fame
Send us Fan MailSo many Independent movies have pretentions to insight and poignancy. Most are rubbish. But the zany 1980s comedy, Back to School, starring Rodney Dangerfield no less, provides perceptions most "deep" movies miss.
Feb 8, 2022 • 29min
Presidential Resets in American History
Send us Fan MailAs Biden and his team contemplates a presidential reset, they would be in good company. Lincoln, Wilson, Clinton and Van Buren all had to reset. But can Biden do so? We explore the possibilities in this podcast.
Jan 31, 2022 • 24min
Americans, Meat Loaf, Maturation and Mortality
Send us Fan MailWhat does the late, but still great singer Meat Loaf have to teach us about maturation and mortality? Quite a lot as it turns out.
Jan 21, 2022 • 30min
The Ghosts in the Machine
Send us Fan MailThere have always been ghosts in the machine. Unanticipated aspects that inadvertently emerge apart from the initial plan. What are these ghosts in history and in our own society.
Jan 16, 2022 • 26min
Peasants Revolt: Freedom and Risk
Send us Fan MailIn 1381 the peasants of England revolted against unjust rule. It ended when they acquiesced to the promises of a 14 year old boy. What does this episode in history tell us of freedom and risk in society.
Jan 5, 2022 • 32min
Four Revolutions
Send us Fan MailFrom 1775 through 1949, four revolutions remade the modern world. How is the American Revolution different from that of the French, Chinese and Russian Revolutions? Download and find out.
