A Fork In Time: The Alternate History Podcast

Send a Message to the Team Today's episode provides two previews--both are firsts.   One is the first episode of the Late Bronze Age Collapse series that is exclusively for our Patrons on Patreon.  To become a patron and hear the rest of the series and access other Patron perks, you can visit our Patreon page here . The second is the "inaugural episode" for The Room Where It Happene...

Send a Message to the Team Shortly after his 11th birthday in 1700, William Duke of Gloucester and heir to the English throne died from complications from hydrocephalus. How would the course of English history be different had William lived? Listeners can get a FREE audiobook with their FREE 30-Day Trial Membership from Audible CLICK HERE Website: www.aforkintimepodcast.com E-Mail: aforkintimepodc...

Send a Message to the Team Episode 0113—Still An Enigma One of the critical elements that led to Allied victory in World War II was the successful work of cryptographers to break the German codes produced by the Enigma machine. How would the course of the war and history be different without this crucial breakthrough? Listeners can get a FREE audiobook with their FREE 30-Day Trial Membership from...

Send a Message to the Team The Room Where It Happened is happening now. The inaugural episode is live.  See the links below. Subscribe today. Link to the Inaugural Episode https://www.buzzsprout.com/1756434/8823770 Link to the Feed on Buzzsprout (On Host) https://theroomwhereithappened.buzzsprout.com Join the conversation at The Forum Website: www.aforkintimepodcast.com/theroomwhereithappened E-Ma...

Send a Message to the Team Just a friendly reminder that Episode 2 of the patron-exclusive series on the "Late Bronze Age Collapse" is available on our Patreon feed. If you have been meaning to get access, now is a perfect time. Direct Link to Episode 1 Direct Link to Episode 2 Website: www.aforkintimepodcast.com You can follow A Fork In Time on…. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/afork...

Send a Message to the Team In 1620, the settlers destined to settle Plymouth Colony found themselves landed in the New World on Cape Cod hundreds of miles north of their original intended site in Virginia.  Their decision to draft a brief document to define how they would be governed in a place not originally intended has come to be known as the "Mayflower Compact". How would the philoso...

Send a Message to the Team Episode 0111—The One About Friends Following its ten-season run starting in September 1994, "Friends" became one of the most popular and highly-rated sitcoms in television history.  The careers of six actors and actresses at the core of the ensemble cast were forever changed and elements of the show influenced popular hairstyles and cultural vocabulary. How mig...

Send a Message to the Team Episode 0110—One Fleeting Day On June 4, 1944,  American forces took possession of Rome under the command of Lt. General Mark Clark.  In taking the undefended Italian capital, Clark's decision allowed the German Tenth Army to escape and inflict substantial casualties on Allied forces in the coming months.   The capture of Rome was soon replaced in the headlines with...

Send a Message to the Team Episode 0109—Duquesne Deflection On May 28, 1754, a small clash occurred in modern-day western Pennsylvania between British colonial forces and the French army.  It sparked the conflict that came to be known as the French and Indian War and the global Seven Years War. How might history have been different without this conflict? Helpful Background Links: French and Indian...

Send a Message to the Team The Late Bronze Age Collapse was one of the most impactful series of events in history and continues to reverberate all the way through history to the present day. A Fork In Time   will be exploring the myriad of "what ifs" that flow from this event in a special series of episodes.  Here is the initial introduction to that series and how our listeners can fully...

Send a Message to the Team As we gear up for our activity over the summer for both A Fork In Time   and The Room Where It Happened , Don provides a quick overview of what to expect this summer and introduces a slightly overlooked episode from the past. Get ready.  The summer has lots of new things in store. Learn More About The Room Where It Happened / Join the Team https://www.aforkintimepodcast....

Send a Message to the Team Arguably, no single media company has been more dominant in the last century than that of Disney.  So, what a world without the empire spawned by Mickey Mouse be like? Learn More About The Room Where It Happened / Join the Team https://www.aforkintimepodcast.com/theroomwhereithappened Introduction to The Room Where It Happened https://www.buzzsprout.com/1756434/8350183 L...

Send a Message to the Team Episode 0105—The Lime Lobby On Cinco de Mayo, many Americans have come to embrace it as an excuse to indulge in quality Mexican cuisine and to imbibe an imported Mexican cerveza or margarita, but many do not know or realize the event commemorated on that date or how, ironically, it is far more potentially important to the course of American history than they realize.   H...

Send a Message to the Team The Human Genome Project was a 13-year effort completed in 2003 to map the entire human genome.  It was a monumental undertaking that is still just now yielding benefits in its application.  What would be different if the project had not been undertaken or funding terminated early in the process? Eric Rush joins as a guest on this topic he suggested. Link to Eric on prev...

Send a Message to the Team Joined once again by Brody Burton of Imagine If , for a joint episode, we explore the possibilities of 2000 election win by Al Gore and a 9/11 world under that scenario. Click here to listen to a brief introduction for our new upcoming podcast, The Room Where It Happened .  Subscribe now to make sure you don't miss the premiere episode. Listeners can get a FREE audi...

Send a Message to the Team As the podcast starts its second century of episodes, Alexis joins Part 2 of a look back on the first 100 episodes and a look ahead at what is to come. Complete the Episode 101 Survey Become a patron to be ready to listen to the exclusive series of episodes on the Late Bronze Age collapse and the big ripples it has through history. https://www.patreon.com/aforkintime Int...

Send a Message to the Team As the podcast starts its second century of episodes, we bring listeners up-to-speed on current and future happenings and request a response to a couple of timely matters. Complete the Episode 101 Survey Become a patron to be ready to listen to the exclusive series of episodes on the Late Bronze Age collapse and the big ripples it has through history. https://www.patreon...

Send a Message to the Team For our 100th episode, Chris Coppola joins to help us do what we have tried to do so many times before--find an alternate timeline that avoids World War II.  This time we will talk about designing the fork in time that could. Do we succeed? Imagine If: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/imagine-if/id1521731645 Listeners can get a FREE audiobook with their FREE 30-Day...

Send a Message to the Team 1492 marked the beginning of many things "new", including the discovery of a New World by Christopher Columbus sailing under the banner of a newly-united and soon-to-be ascending Spain. In this third episode on this recurring topic, Alexis joins to discuss the impacts on the native American cultures of the eastern seaboard under a different timeline.   Listener...

Send a Message to the Team In May 1992, Johnny Carson stepped down in his role as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show".  The scramble for the role as his replacement and subsequent new shows spawned from that scramble changed the landscape of late-night American TV moving forward. What would have been different if David Letterman had assumed the host role with Carson's departure in...

Send a Message to the Team Episode 0097—AFIT Archive: No PARCing The podcast is taking a "spring break", but we thought an episode from the "early days" that many of our new listeners might have heard might a good idea.  We are working a number of exciting new episodes in the coming months, including a large number of listener-suggested topics and new guests. Here are the origi...

Send a Message to the Team Vietnamese revolutionary lead Ho Chi Minh is said to have twice approached the United States seeking assistance in gaining independence from France as a colonial power.   How would the course of history have been different if either overture had met a receptive audience? Topic suggested by listener Joey Gibson. Listeners can get a FREE audiobook with their FREE 30-Day Tr...

Send a Message to the Team On January 3, 1896, Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II sent a telegram to Transvaal Republic President, Johannes Kruger congratulating him on the recent success in repelling an attack from British raiders.  In the real timeline, the telegram caused heightened tensions between Britain and Germany. How would history have been different if further actions had followed the tel...

Send a Message to the Team 1492 marked the beginning of many things "new", including the discovery of a New World by Christopher Columbus sailing under the banner of a newly-united and soon-to-be ascending Spain. In this second of several episodes in the coming months on this topical thread, we look at how changing the discovery timing of the New World could have impacted the Aztec empir...

Send a Message to the Team In the early 1950s, Jonas Salk and other scientists led the effort to develop and deploy an effective vaccine against polio.  In subsequent decades, significant progress was made to eradicate other diseases through the development of successful vaccines and widespread immunization programs. How might the course of medical and social history be different if Salk's va...