Emily Glankler

Anti-Social Studies

History EN ↓ 83 episodes

With a masters degree in history and years of experience explaining old things to teenagers, Emily Glankler is bringing her high school social studies classroom to the masses. Join her as she tells stories from the past that are relevant to more than just history buffs. Relearn all the history you feel like you should already know from an expert with absolutely no homework or quizzes involved. Guaranteed.

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Emily Glankler

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Episode 108: The Modern Era in the West, or “You Say You Want A Revolution?” 14.05.2018 37:46

Today we’re going back to the Modern Era in the West, or as I like to call it, “You Say You Want A Revolution…”. We’ll look at political revolutions and talk about why George Washington was the best. We’ll also see the dominance of Britain as the leade...

Episode 107: The Early Modern Era in the East, or “They Didn’t Get the Memo” 09.05.2018 38:12

Today we’re going back to the Early Modern Era in the East, or as I like to call it, “They Didn’t Get the Memo”. We’ll look at China’s early attempts at exploration, the Islamic empires that both did and didn’t get the usefulness guns,

Episode 106: Early Modern Era in the West, or “We Missed Two Whole Continents?!” 01.05.2018 46:12

Today we’re going back to the Early Modern Era in the West, or as I like to call it, “We Missed Two Whole Continents?!”. We’ll look at all the things in European history you heard about that time you went to that museum,

Episode 105: The Postclassical Era in the East, or “Yes We KHAN!” 27.04.2018 37:48

Today we’re going back to the Postclassical Era in the East, or as I like to call it, “Yes We Khan!”. We’ll look at the rise of Islam, four great Chinese inventions, and figure out why no one ever learns about African history.

Episode 104: The Medieval Era or “That Time Europe Lost Its Mind” 25.04.2018 34:24

Today we’re going back to the Medieval or Postclassical Era in the West, or as I like to call it “That Time Europe Lost Its Mind.” We’ll look at how people reacted to the barbarian invasions, who reunified western Europe,

Episode 103: The Classical Era in the East, or “They Built a Great Wall and Made the Huns Pay For It!” 23.04.2018 26:29

Join us as we explore the Classical Era in the East (600 BCE – 600 CE). We’ll look at India now that we can read their writing, see how China used political philosophy to set itself up for the next two millennia and figure out why all of these massive ...

Episode 102: The Classical Era, or “That Time Everyone Plagiarized Persia” 20.04.2018 31:13

Forgot everything about the classical era from high school history class? Of course you did! Let’s review Persia, the Greco-Persian Wars, Athens and Sparta, Alexander the Great, and the Roman Republic and Empire!

Episode 101: The Ancient Era, or “Ain’t No River Valley Wide Enough” 17.04.2018 27:41

Today we’re going back to the Ancient Era, or as I like to call it, “Ain’t No River Valley Wide Enough”. We’ll look at the Neolithic Revolution, what it takes to be civilized, and some high points of the major river valley civilizations.