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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Dec 21, 2021 • 21min
True Believers in History
Send us Fan MailWe look at historical figures so invested in their belief systems, they would would be willing to make any sacrifice. We also look at those who do not.
Dec 12, 2021 • 31min
The Seven Greatest Blunders in History
Send us Fan MailWe move from the Americas to China to Africa for some grand historical mistakes.
Dec 5, 2021 • 32min
Security, Bridges, Babies and Behavior
Send us Fan MailWhat is the role of government? Protection from foreign foes? Bridges? Behavior modification? And what does this role have to do with Augustus Caesar and fertility in the Roman Empire? Find out more in this podcast
Nov 20, 2021 • 49min
The MOST Historically Accurate Movies - and More
Send us Fan MailMany listeners come to our podcasts for hard hitting, fact based history and political commentary. Well this is not that type of podcast. Instead I am joined again by my brother Gustavus and we take a journey through historically accurate movies. On this journey we stop off at Master and Commander, Happy Days, Gandhi, The Civil War and Gilligan's island.
Nov 13, 2021 • 31min
A Brief History of American Education: Part II – The Dewey Disease
Send us Fan MailWhere did the concept of using our public schools as indoctrination centers for progressive thought emanate? Two figures, Woodrow Wilson, and American Educator John Dewey.
Nov 1, 2021 • 36min
A Brief History of American Education: Part I – Purpose and Public Schools
Send us Fan MailOur relationship with public education is very much in the news today. What were the beginnings of that education and how should we consider our role today?
Oct 20, 2021 • 36min
Trojan Horses and the Biden Build Back Better Bloated Boondoggle Bomination
Send us Fan MailI know that bomination is not a word but the Biden bill is an Abomination in all its bloated glory. How is this bill like the original Trojan Horse? Learn more in this podcast.
Oct 10, 2021 • 27min
American Royal
Send us Fan MailWe do not have nobility but demographic trends means we treat our children as royalty. What does this entail for the Republic?
Sep 26, 2021 • 24min
Politics as Performance: Boris, Julius, and AOC
Send us Fan MailWhat is the difference between performance, as in carrying out an action, and performance as an act of entertainment. We look to Boris Yeltsin, Julius Caesar, Margaret Thatcher and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for answers.
Sep 15, 2021 • 40min
A Brief History of Social Security
Send us Fan MailWhere did social security emanate? And what is its current state? We answer these questions and more, with some historical digressions.
