A Fork In Time

A Fork In Time: The Alternate History Podcast

History EN ↓ 322 episodes

Explore the realm of alternate histories as we explore the "what ifs" that can flow from history's most pivotal moments. Each episode will focus on a specific moment in time--the fork--where history could have taken a different path. A Fork In Time encourages contributions and participation by our community of listeners who have become an integral and vital part of the show. This feed is also the home of our companion show, The Room Where It Happened, featuring the team looking at significant historical events without the alternative prespective.

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Episodes

Ep 274- Tudor Wars: Revenge of the Joust 16.01.2026 57:43

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the team examines a different outcome of Henry VIII's joust. Panel: Dylan, Chris, and Kai You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast and want to support it financially, you can he...

Ep 273- Wojak's Comeback 09.01.2026 1:12:13

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the team examines the ramifications of martial law not being declared in Poland in 1981. Panel: Dylan, Kai, Evan, and Special Guest Larry Reed Background on Professor Reed- A good high-level summary of Reed’s work in Poland: https://fee.org/articles/a-tribute-to-the-polish-people/ Reed receiving the Order of Merit, and various links to Reed’s Poland-rela...

Ep 272- Happy Holiday's from Santa Von Clauswitz and the AFIT Team 21.11.2025 1:14:52

Send a Message to the Team The AFIT is starting our holiday break- but to tide you over until we return in 2026, the team discusses some of their favorite (other) podcasts, movies, books, and games. Panel: Evan, Chris, and Dylan If you're interested in the After Action Reports (AAR's) Dylan mentions for CK3, they can be found here , and another one here . You can follow and interact with...

Ep 271- Midnight Train to Gottingen 14.11.2025 1:15:28

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the team examines the knock-on effects of a Lenin-less Russian Revolution for the wider world. Panel: Dylan, Kai, Evan, and Chris You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast and want to...

Ep 270- Midnight Train to (the Republic of) Georgia 07.11.2025 1:04:01

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, we look at what happens if Lenin isn't sent back to Petrograd after the beginning of the Russian Revolution. Panel: Dylan, Kai, Evan, and Chris You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the p...

Ep 269- The Empire Strikes Back 31.10.2025 1:16:44

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the team continues the fork where George III remains sane. Panel: Kai, Evan, and Chris You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast and want to support it financially, you can help by: Su...

Ep 268- Water (War of the) World 24.10.2025 55:48

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the team examines a case of coincidence where aliens actually do invade during Orson Welles' War of the World broadcast. Panel: Evan, Dylan, and Chris You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjo...

Ep 267- My Kingdom for a Donut! 17.10.2025 1:16:06

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the team looks at a fork where George III changes his diet, and avoids going mad. Panel: Dylan, Evan, and Chris You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast and want to support it financi...

Ep 266- South By Southwest 13.10.2025 1:15:21

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the podcast looks at what would have happened if Christopher Columbus turns back without sighting land. Panel: Dylan, Evan, and Chris You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast and want...

Ep 266- Announcement from the Podcast Committee on the State of Emergency 10.10.2025 0:55

Send a Message to the Team Due to an unforeseen delay in post-production, the regular podcast won't be released until this coming Monday. Panel: The Podcast Committee on the State of the Emergency You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you en...

Ep 265- Germane Germanicus 03.10.2025 57:11

Send a Message to the Team In this fork, the team examines what would have happened if Germanicus, the heir apparent to the Roman Empire, survived. Panel: Dylan and Chris Show Note: The Commercial we are talking about is linked here. You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPod...

Ep 264- Putin's Post Perestroika Petersburg Purgatory 26.09.2025 1:17:48

Send a Message to the Team In this fork, the team looks at what would happen if Vladimir Putin was never plucked from relative obscurity after his patron looses his reelection bid for mayor of St. Petersburg. Panel: Evan and Chris Show Note: The Commercial we are talking about is linked here. You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Face...

Ep 263- Durban Disarmament Decision 19.09.2025 1:10:24

Send a Message to the Team In this fork, the team examines a different outcome from South African nuclear disarmament. Panel: Evan, Kai, and Chris You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast and want to support it financially, y...

Ep 262-Rudolf the Brown-Nosed Nazi 12.09.2025 1:10:30

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the team looks at what happens if Rudolf Hess was discovered before his flight to England in 1941. Panel: Evan, Kai, and Chris You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast and want to s...

Ep 261- The (Grover) Cleveland Show 05.09.2025 1:05:19

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the team looks at a different origin for the US holiday Labor Day. Panel: Evan, Chris, and Kai. You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast and want to support it financially, you can...

Ep 260- A Pork In Time 01.09.2025 47:21

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, we look at the possibilities if Henry Ford doesn't come up with the idea of selling a waste product (charcoal) as a cooking fuel. Team Warning- you probably don't want to listen to this episode hungry. Panel: Chris and Dylan. You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://...

Ep 259- Hot Trotskies down at the Hammer and Sickle 29.08.2025 1:11:14

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the team explores the outcome of a successful assassination of Lenin just after taking power. Panel: Evan, Chris, and Dylan. You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast and want to sup...

Ep 258- Labor Day Special Announcement 29.08.2025 2:50

Send a Message to the Team Just a quick update from the team- a regular episode IS coming this Monday. Panel: Hank and Chris. You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast and want to support it financially, you can help by: Suppo...

Ep 257- Cactus Jack Goes to Washington 22.08.2025 1:05:17

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the team revisits (from episode #186) a successful assassination of FDR before his inauguration. Panel: Evan and Dylan. Original Episode- Here You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast...

Ep 256- Gibb or Take 15.08.2025 1:03:27

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the team looks at a different fork if the Bee Gees don't record the soundtrack for a certain John Travolta Movie. Panel: Helena, Evan, Kai, Chris, and Dylan. Article referenced in the episode: Article referenced in the episode: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/12/saturday-night-fever Alternative Soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever: https://youtu...

Ep 255- Ford II- Paint it Black (Tuesday) 08.08.2025 59:11

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the team continues down the (Henry) Ford Presidency into an alternate Great Depression. Panel: Evan, Chris, and Dylan. You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast and want to support i...

Ep 254- Leges Condicionesque Applicare 01.08.2025 1:07:36

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the team looks at what would have happened if a famous medieval forgery was discovered as such much earlier. Panel: Evan and Dylan. You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast and want...

Ep 253- A little less lead would go a long way 25.07.2025 1:15:47

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the team looks at what would have happened if the Franklin Expedition successfully finds the Northwest Passage. Panel: Dylan, Evan and Chris. You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcas...

Ep 252- National Assembly's European Vacation 18.07.2025 1:07:47

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the team examines what would have happened if Louis XVI successfully flees Paris. Panel: Dylan and Chris. You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast and want to support it financially...

Ep 251- National Assembly's Easter Vacation 11.07.2025 1:04:06

Send a Message to the Team In this episode, the team looks at what would have happened if Louis XVI did not try to flee Paris. Panel: Dylan and Chris. You can follow and interact with A Fork In Time on…. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xhZEmZMKFS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintime Twitter: @AFITPodcast Our YouTube Channel If you enjoy the podcast and want to support it financiall...