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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Jun 16, 2021 • 24min
Who's in Charge? A History of Figurehead Rulers
Send us Fan MailWe go from Medieval France to Medieval Japan to 20th Century Germany and back to Tudor England on a tour of figureheads throughout history. Clovis, Kammu and Hindenburg all make an appearance. So does a 78 year old American President.
Jun 6, 2021 • 21min
What is Conservative History
Send us Fan MailOn my Twitter feed I am often castigated for essentially doing what the left does with history: cherry picking a fact, and spinning a conservative narrative. That is not conservative history so here I attempt to define it by citing everyone from Herodotus to the Mongols to Barack Obama.
Jun 1, 2021 • 33min
The Purpose of a Military
Send us Fan MailA military exists for two primary reasons: to deter and if necessary, destroy foreign aggression towards the citizenry. Yet in 2021 our military is asked to be diverse, to help with equity and even to (somehow) combat climate change. We take a look at militaries throughout histories, the successful and not so successful and bring these lessons to our times.
May 27, 2021 • 52min
Two States: A Brief History of the Jews and Israel - Part II
Send us Fan MailWe outline the Arab/Islamic conquests of the Middle East to 1948. From there we view the history of Israel to the modern day and explain our support for the Jewish nation.
May 23, 2021 • 28min
To Your Offspring I will Give this Land: A Brief History of the Jews and Israel - Part I
Send us Fan MailThe Israeli Palestinian conflict is in the news - again. We go back over 4,000 years to the beginning of the Jewish nation and walk through their history up to 1948. This Part I of a history of the Jews and Israel. In Part II we go form 1948 until the present day.
May 15, 2021 • 40min
5 Good Historical TV Shows and Their Sort of Evil Twin
Send us Fan MailIn some ways TV can do history better than theatrical releases because they simply have more time. But even more than movies, they often take artistic license with the narrative. We look at 10 total TV shows and mini-series based in history and discuss where some get it right, and where they go it so woefully wrong.
May 11, 2021 • 37min
Why Big Corporate America is Going Woke
Send us Fan MailBefore back tracking, Coke, Delta and a host of other companies began their conversion to the Church of Woke. Why would large companies wish to enter the political fray? We provide a guide in this podcast.
May 3, 2021 • 27min
The Virus Attacking our Republic
Send us Fan MailPeanut allergies, a mortal threat to some, came about because human anti-bodies mistakenly see peanuts as a threat. So what are threats to our Republic that are mistaken and what are real? We explore in this podcast.
Apr 24, 2021 • 32min
Jim Crow and the False Narrative of 2021
Send us Fan MailWe take a look at the Jim Crow era (the real one) and compare it to 2021. We find the rhetoric around the New Jim Crow, Jim Crow 2.0 or the worst of them, Jim Crow on Steroids, to be deceptive, self serving, purposefully divisive, spurious, and wrong.
Apr 18, 2021 • 36min
Historically Old and COVID-19
Send us Fan MailFor the bulk of human history the age of 65 was not time to contemplate retirement but rather a sign of madness because almost no one lived that long. There were exceptions such as Pepi II of Egypt but they were the outliers. Today we have 45 million people over that age. In the near future China will have 332 million (more than total US population) over that age. This has policy implications for COVID-19 and far beyond. We discuss historical life spans and contemplate the future of aging in the U.S.
