Conservative Historian

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. 

Send us Fan Mail We go to the second of our four part series and explore the time of the first Tsars to the reign of Peter the Great, roughly the late 1400s to 1725.  We see the pulls of East and West, and the establishment of an authoritarianism that exists to the present day.  

Send us Fan Mail The horrible war now taking place in Ukraine raises many questions but chief among them is why this war, and why now. Several pundits are providing various reasons or trying to explain Putin's thoughts.  But those provided by the Russian President are false justifications.  We explain why in this podcast.  

Send us Fan Mail Who make the best presidents? Legislators? Governors? Veeps? We take a look through American presidents to make that determination.  

Send us Fan Mail So many Independent movies have pretentions to insight and poignancy.  Most are rubbish.  But the zany 1980s comedy, Back to School, starring Rodney Dangerfield no less, provides perceptions most "deep" movies miss.  

Send us Fan Mail As Biden and his team contemplates a presidential reset, they would be in good company.  Lincoln, Wilson, Clinton and Van Buren all had to reset.  But can Biden do so? We explore the possibilities in this podcast.  

Send us Fan Mail What does the late, but still great singer Meat Loaf have to teach us about maturation and mortality? Quite a lot as it turns out.  

Send us Fan Mail There have always been ghosts in the machine.  Unanticipated aspects that inadvertently emerge apart from the initial plan.  What are these ghosts in history and in our own society.  

Send us Fan Mail In 1381 the peasants of England revolted against unjust rule.  It ended when they acquiesced to the promises of a 14 year old boy.  What does this episode in history tell us of freedom and risk in society.   

Send us Fan Mail From 1775 through 1949, four revolutions remade the modern world.  How is the American Revolution different from that of the French, Chinese and Russian Revolutions? Download and find out.  

Send us Fan Mail We look at historical figures so invested in their belief systems, they would would be willing to make any sacrifice.  We also look at those who do not.  

Send us Fan Mail We move from the Americas to China to Africa for some grand historical mistakes.  

Send us Fan Mail What is the role of government? Protection from foreign foes? Bridges?  Behavior modification? And what does this role have to do with Augustus Caesar and fertility in the Roman Empire?  Find out more in this podcast

Send us Fan Mail Many listeners come to our podcasts for hard hitting, fact based history and political commentary.  Well this is not that type of podcast. Instead I am joined again by my brother Gustavus and we take a journey through historically accurate movies.  On this journey we stop off at Master and Commander,  Happy Days, Gandhi, The Civil War and Gilligan's island.  

Send us Fan Mail Where did the concept of using our public schools as indoctrination centers for progressive thought emanate?  Two figures, Woodrow Wilson, and American Educator John Dewey.  

Send us Fan Mail Our relationship with public education is very much in the news today.  What were the beginnings of that education and how should we consider our role today?  

Send us Fan Mail I know that bomination is not a word but the Biden bill is an Abomination in all its bloated glory.  How is this bill like the original Trojan Horse?  Learn more in this podcast.  

Send us Fan Mail We do not have nobility but demographic trends means we treat our children as royalty.  What does this entail for the Republic?