Distorted History Podcast

Education EN ↓ 286 episodes

I'm a history teacher and musician and every other week I cover a topic from American history ranging from the important to the cultural to the weird and unusual. Also once a month I produce a bonus episode focusing on the creation on a piece of music be it a modern rock album to classical music or the lore of video game.

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Distorted History Podcast

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Heavy Metal 3: America In the 80s Thrash vs. Hair Metal 30.06.2019 50:26

Inspired by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, American bands would form two distinctive forms of metal. Meanwhile threats of nuclear war and an actual culture war in America impact the music industry. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https:...

Heavy Metal 2: New Wave of British Heavy Metal 17.06.2019 34:19

After Black Sabbath what happens to heavy metal? Who follows in their footsteps and what historic events influence their music? Photo Credit: Heavy Metal Soundhouse Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad f...

The Scottsboro Trials 10.06.2019 30:20

Fifty eight years before the Central Park 5 case, nine young African American boys aged 13 to 20 were accused of raping two white women on a train in Alabama. This is the story of those young men and their trials as they fought for their lives. Photo coursey of Courtesy Morgan County Archives Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedH...

Giacomo Beltrami Fancy Explorer 27.05.2019 33:31

The story of a red umbrella and one man's obsession to find the source of the Mississippi. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify a...

Heavy Metal 1: Birth of Heavy Metal 14.05.2019 35:08

The origins of heavy metal music are explored. Where did it first come from and what influenced its creation? Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Ava...

Bonus Bloodborne Lorecast 06.05.2019 42:30

In this special bonus episode I explore how Yharnam became the beast plagued nightmare you explore in Bloodborne. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad free version available through Patreon subscription....

Myth of the Lost Cause 30.04.2019 45:21

The origin of the myth of the Lost Cause and the short comings of Reconstruction are one and the same. Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available...

Prohibition 17.04.2019 54:35

What made the US ban alcohol? What made them bring it back? And how did women play a role in all aspects of this story from bringing it about, to enforcing it, rebelling against it, and even ensuring its end? Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: h...

IQ Tests Eugenics and SATs 03.04.2019 28:32

What do IQ tests, SATs, and standardized testing in general have to do with one of the darkest chapters in history? Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad free version available through Patreon subscriptio...

John Brown 19.03.2019 38:04

Johwn Brown was a religious man who despised slavery. How did this one man and his small group of followers help to push the United States in a bloody Civil War? Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad free...

Slave Power 05.03.2019 20:14

What is slave power and how did the South use it to decide the course of young nation? Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and t...