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Today, Dr. Michael Oldstone joins us to discuss the history of diseases. We talk about diseases, viruses and their role in our history. Left: A yellow-fever epidemic when building the Panama Canal Right: Children would be regularly paralyzed before the polio vaccine Shownotes 00:00: Introductions 02:36: What is a virus? 03:45 : DNA viruses vs RNA Viruses 07:30 Understanding virulence and persistan...

In this episode with Sumeet Mhaskar: We discuss the caste system, India, untouchability and the efforts in 1800s Maharashtra, India to educate the Dalit caste. Jyothirao Phule and Savitribai Phule Show Notes: 0:52: What is a Dalit? 2:58: Pre-colonial educational system 4:16: Educational initiatives started by Indians 5:15: First School Open to Dalits in 1848 8:00: Violence against educating Dalits...

In this episode with Camille Walsh: We discuss the state of American public schools, and how it is meant to uphold racism and inequality by design. We also talk about her book Racial Taxation Detroit Public Schools: Grosse Pointe High Schools I wasn’t kidding when I said “It looks like a castle” Show Notes: * 1:00 - Who is a taxpayer and what is taxpayer money? * 4:35 - Parents and Taxpayer Associ...

In this episode with David Lough: Winston Churchill was a product of late 19th century British aristocracy. Today, we learn about the habits, practices, finances of the aristocracy and what propelled Winston Churchill to the Parliament. Show Notes: * 1:00 - David Lough discusses what motivated him to write his books. * 4:50 - Life of 19th Century aristocracy in Britain * 6:45 - History of Winston...

Roger Shuler would be called a political prisoner if he were in any other country. In 2014, Shuler was arrested after he refused to obey a judge's order to stop writing about an alleged affair involving Robert Riley Jr., an attorney who is part of Alabama's most prominent political family, and the son of former governor Rob Riley. Robert Riley and his father. Think Progress wrote: An Alabama blogg...

In this episode, Keith Spencer, author of A People’s History of Silicon Valley joins to tell us the story of our smartphones. We begin with an introduction about the pre-silicon valley inhabitants and how many were priced out of the area after the Tech companies established their offices in Silicon Valley. Without any rent control or protection, many had to move far away or became homeless. We als...

Torkil Lauesen is probably the closest thing we have to a real life Robin Hood. Being a child of the cold-war, observing the struggles of decolonization efforts in the third world. He was also horrified at monumental efforts Western Democracies took to stop third world countries asserting their own independence. The US invoked fire and fury upon Vietnam, assassinated Patrice Lumumba in Congo and a...

Today, the AIDS crisis is under control in the United States. However, in the 1980s, it was an epidemic where many died. Most people didn’t understand how it transmitted and where it came from. Protest from New York City in 1983 Asking for Research instead of Demonization Instead of compassion, patients were on the receiving of demonization and moralization. Some people believed that these patient...

In our audio podcast, we have Gerald Horne to talk about the founding of our Nation. He is a professor and the author of countless books including The Counter-Revolution of 1776 and the upcoming The Dawning of  the Apocalypse, which is set to be released later this year. In today’s audio episode, Gerald Horne explores the class character of the 1776 revolt, he also brings in vivid details about th...

We have been hearing ridiculous rumors, self-serving lies and neocon propaganda about Xinjiang, China. Unfortunately, much of this propaganda bled into the initial coverage of the covid-19 situation, which prevented many western governments from taking it seriously and enacting the measures necessary to contain the virus. Today, we have Carl Zha to walk us through detailed history about Xinjiang,...

Today, Stuart Schrader, a scholar at Johns Hopkins, joins us to talk about his book:  Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing . We go through the history of modern policing in America, how these tactics were spread around the world during the cold war, and finally the repercussions when they came home. Here is the video that we referenced during the inter...

Today, Meredith Lair, professor at George Mason University and the author of  Armed with Abundance: Consumerism and Soldiering in the Vietnam War examines the consumerist side of war that is hidden from most American’s views. During the episode, we mention the Long Binh Post, which currently looks like this: Excerpt from “Armed with Abundance” Traditional war stories foreground suffering, not sati...

Perhaps no one in history has been as maligned in the Western Press as Joseph Stalin. On December 18, 1878, Yosif Djugashvili was born in what is now the country of Georgia. He was born to a very poor family. His father was a shoemaker. This is Stalin at age 16, when he started studying seminary studies at the University He had to drop out of seminary university because his parents could not affor...

What is Family? That is a philosophical question that has bugged humans for centuries. In today’s episode, Joseph M. Pierce, explore this issue through the diaries of a late 18th century Argentine family. We explore the differences between the public sphere, the private sphere and the evolving role of women, education in society. In order to approach these issues, I anchor this book in a particula...

Editor’s note: This is part 1 of a two-part edition. Listen to part two on Activist #MMT podcast. Because of the Covid-19 crisis, our guest, Ryan Mathis' university has abandoned in-person instruction as of Friday, March 13th. My own Burlington County in New Jersey closed all schools for a month, not to open again until at least April 20th. Since my wife and I both work in two different schools, a...

Four years ago, when Donald Trump was elected President, many of you were shocked. Many wondered, “Where did we go wrong?” Today, I interview author and journalist Max Blumenthal about his book Management of Savagery . Max painstakingly details the foreign policy decisions made during the cold war in the 1970s, and maps the ripple effects of these decisions that has lead us to this path of regime ...

Podcast by (the non-billionaire, non-pedophile, non-dead) Jeff Epstein for  Historic.ly , in Pittman, New Jersey. You can find Historic.ly on the  web ,  Twitter , and  Facebook . You can find Jeff at Citizens’ Media TV on  Twitter ,  Facebook , and  on the web . Music by Wreck Tech, who can be found on  SoundCloud  and Spotify. Listen to part 1 Today I talk with creator and host, Esha Krishnaswam...

Podcast by (the non-billionaire, non-pedophile, non-dead) Jeff Epstein for  Historic.ly , in Pittman, New Jersey. You can find Historic.ly on the  web ,  Twitter , and  Facebook . You can find Jeff at Citizens’ Media TV on  Twitter ,  Facebook , and  on the web . Music by Wreck Tech, who can be found on  SoundCloud  and Spotify. Today I talk with creator and host, Esha Krishnaswamy. In this two-pa...

We need to take hold of our radical history and make America radical once again. Generations past call on us to do so. Our own historical longings urge us to do so. And Americans yet to come await our determination in doing so. As the Progressive journalist Henry Demarest Lloyd put it more than a century ago: “The price of liberty is something more than eternal vigilance. There must also be eterna...

Stephen Miller is one of President Trump’s senior policy advisors. This week, Michael Hayden from the Southern Poverty Law Center joins us to speak about the disturbing leaks and the history of America’s immigration policies. Miller backs immigration policies Hitler once praised Miller refers to President Calvin Coolidge multiple times in emails to Breitbart. Coolidge signed the Immigration Act of...

In this episode, Fadhel Kaboub from Denison University joins us to talk about monetary sovereignty (or lack thereof) in formerly colonized countries. Highlights France and the CFA On December 26, 1945, to the official creation of the Franc of the French Colonies in Africa (FCFA) in their 15 colonies. As we have covered before, France bullied these colonies into agreeing to continue to the CFA , af...

When reading history, we often miss the little things that makes us all human. Today, William Ian Miller from the University of Michigan joins us to speak to us about the ancient Icelandic Sagas and how it relates to us, today! We learn about traditions we kept and the knowledge we lost. The Highlight Reel Ye Old Originally, the sound th was represented with the rune symbol thorn þ. Over the years...

Today, former Member of Parliament from Northern Derby, Chris Williamson joins us. As an active member of the Labour Party since 1975, we talk about Britain’s entry into the European Common Market, the 1975 referendum. We got through a history of the “dark ages” with Margaret Thatcher at the helm of the United Kingdom. We also talk about the transformation of Labour into a Blairite party in the 19...

The 1989 Whistleblowers Protection Act says: Whistleblowing means disclosing information that you reasonably believe is evidence of a violation of any law, rule , or regulation, or gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety. While this law does not encompass all types of whistleblowing, it works reasonably wel...

The Chagos Archipelago was a group of Islands located east of Africa, in the Indian Ocean. The British colonized it. In the 1950s, during the Cold War, the US government needed a place to put their military base. They approached the British government. The Chagos seemed like a perfect place to put their military base. Except for one small technicality: The island had a few thousand people who’ve b...