The Greatest Podcast in History

Horror Story - 10:30:21, 9.56 AM 31.10.2021 9:27 ↓

A Horror Story for the Ages

The Second Coming 02.11.2020 1:00 ↓

The Second Coming by Mitch and Dylan

Public History Project Plutopia 02.11.2020 21:13 ↓

Public History Project Plutopia by Mitch and Dylan

The Sun has set on the British Empire 07.10.2016 49:20 ↓

Dylan and Mitch discuss the history of British colonialism and its eventually devastating impact on India as a precursor to its division.

Agency for African Americans in Reconstruction 19.09.2016 44:08 ↓

Dylan and Mitch discuss the trap of discussing agency when it comes to groups not typically focused on by historians. . . . Also there is a bit of The Hobbit thrown in there for good measure...

Little Man, Big Ego: The Napoleonic Legend 14.09.2016 44:24 ↓

Mitch and Dylan discuss representations of Napoleon as well as bumbling their way through the French Revolution.

The Historian's Creed 30.08.2016 44:27 ↓

Mitch and Dylan talk about the concept of inevitability in historical though and how it is bad. They touch on Vietnam, World War I and the Civil war.

America's First Terrorist Organization 22.08.2016 46:12 ↓

Dylan and Mitch discuss America's first terrorist organization, the Ku Klux Klan. There are many misconceptions about the Klan but at the end of the day it still is horrible.

Booze, Brothels, and Bowery B'hoys 15.08.2016 45:40 ↓

Dylan and Mitch take on America's most infamous slum--the Five Points. Filled with rowdy gangs, dozens of saloons, and plenty of vice, the Five Points of the mid-1800s was a neighborhood unlike any other.

Witchcraft and Wizardry 06.08.2016 48:55 ↓

A deep dive into the Spanish Inquisition in the New World

Hot Bishops, Lazy Preachers and Lying Monks 24.07.2016 44:47 ↓

Mitch and Dylan discuss Medieval Monks, literacy and orality.

The Football Charge 02.07.2016 46:05 ↓

Mitch and Dylan discuss the Football Charge in the battle of the Somme, how historians talk about war, and how we remember soldiers.

The Dreyfus Affair 19.06.2016 48:13 ↓

A breakdown of the Dreyfus Affair a seminal moment in French, and European, History

Alcoholic History 11.06.2016 46:10 ↓

A discussion of historical time periods and alcohol, and what your favorite liquor says about you.