Conservative Historian

Send us Fan Mail The concept of gaslighting is not new, it just seems to be used in voluminous ways in 2022.  We explore the term, some history, and how it affects the politics of today. 

Send us Fan Mail We go back to the Platonic Academy and then up to modern times to see the K-12 takeover by the 1960s ideology now ruling the Universities.  

Send us Fan Mail Bel's brother Gus once again joins the podcast to discuss movies and history.  Hard hitting questions include the goal of movies today,  which was the best Thor, and Will Smith's slap or be slapped moment.  

Send us Fan Mail James Sweet writes a compelling piece on history,  gets pilloried by the woke mob, then apologizes for his heresy. 

Send us Fan Mail Are the American people regressing in intelligence?  We travel to 19th century America, and 7th century China looking for answers.  

Send us Fan Mail Biden has acquired a group of progressive, tame historians to stoke his dreams and drain our wallets.  We explore the vaunted perch of presidential historian in this podcast.  

Send us Fan Mail Has the United States gone Bananas? (sorry) We explore the history of the term Banana Republic and decide whether the US is becoming one.  Next week we will look Old Navy(s) and close historical Gaps. (SORRY again). 

Send us Fan Mail We bring our SCOTUS history to the present day and meet people such as Bork, Kennedy, Thomas and Kavanaugh. We conclude with a call to bring our institutions back to the original missions upon which they were founded.  

Send us Fan Mail The landmark Roe V. Wade decision in the early 1970s did not come fully formed.  We explore the road to Roe and the judicial activism that made it possible.  

Send us Fan Mail In Two Presidents and a Marshall we look at Court Packing and Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.  

Send us Fan Mail In all of the triumphs and failures of our judicial branch, Plessy was the worst.  We explore the history of this ruling.  

Send us Fan Mail We start with the medieval star chamber, move to the Constitution and Article III, and go through Marbury and Dred Scott.  We also take a few stops to look at Dobbs.  

Send us Fan Mail Just when we need serious people, serious policies, and are facing serious times, our dialog have reached the unserious stage.  Learn more about unserious acts in history.  

Send us Fan Mail Game of Thrones was once a cultural touchstone. A sequel (actually prequel) is coming and the reaction is a big shrug.  What did this show teach us about history and story telling and the real historical record.  

Send us Fan Mail In 1974 Gerald Ford faced sky high inflation, even greater than ours in 2022.  This is a tale of how the 38th President addressed this hot BUTTON issue.  

Send us Fan Mail History is replete with fakery.  We go from Stuart England to medieval Germany to Cardiff New York to find fakeries.  We also look at fakery being perpetuated today that will be history tomorrow.  

Send us Fan Mail For complex, societal problems, including school shootings, there are no easy answers.  We explore this concept through a historical prism.  

Send us Fan Mail We dip into the vast well of podcasts to pull out a gem. We talk about the Greeks, history itself, and what it means to be a hero today.  

Send us Fan Mail The leaders of our armed services extoll the value of diversity for military success.  What does history tell us about this? We go to the Persians and the Mongols to find out.  

Send us Fan Mail I have seen the light, like Paul on the road to Damascus I am completely different and now want to put the woke into historical movies.  I am joined by my brother Gus for this episode and we cover everything from Patton to It's a Wonderful Life.  

Send us Fan Mail Money is a proven historical motivator.  We explore the role of money in history, and today.  

Send us Fan Mail What do 19th century financier Jay Gould, the Ottoman Sultans and Joe Biden have in common? They were, and are pretty cynical folks.  See just how cynical in this podcast.  

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Send us Fan Mail We meet Lenin and Stalin and one of the most brutal regimes in history.  

Send us Fan Mail Russia, 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.