The Revisionist History Podcast

Today we're starting what may be a recurring Sunday feature, "Sunday with the Saints," where we look at great saints of history (and deal with any revisionism that crops up). For our first installment, we meet Pope St. Leo the Great, one of the most important men in both the history of the papacy and Christianity itself.

In today's episode (a crossover from my Bookish podcast), we travel back to the glorious 1980s to re-discover (or maybe discover for the first time) a group of authors that history has been unbelievably unfair to. And as you'll learn in the episode, I hate the term Literary Brat Pack, but it's what they were called.

Today is the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. As we have done on this day since this podcast began, in this episode we introduce you to a little-known hero of that day who should never be forgotten: Rick Rescorla.

We're taking a short break from history for a brief Public Service Announcement regarding the COVID vaccine. Back to history shortly.

Today we revisit the most famous queen ever, Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. In this episode, however, we will be looking at the controversy surrounding the casting of Gal Godot in the role of Cleopatra. It's always fun when history and movies collide.

As the title states, in today's episode I am taking a very brief break from debunking historical myths to ramble a bit about something I've rarely mentioned before on this podcast: the books that I've written. We'll be back to history later this week, and you can skip this one if you want to, but I hope you'll give it a listen. Here are the links to the books I mention in the episode: The Last Wor...

It's time again for the Sunday Ramble, and in today's episode we'll be looking at two favorite topics on this podcast - history and myths - but not in the way we normally do.

As we continue to wrestle with how best to reopen our schools in an ongoing pandemic, it's a good time to take a look at the first place most of us are exposed to both real history and revisionist history: the classroom. How do we get the textbooks and what information kids are taught? The answers may surprise you.

Today's brief episode is a quick update on some important, and I think very positive, changes coming to the podcast as we move forward. Also, as mentioned in the episode, our Facebook page is www.facebook.com/revisionisthistorypodcast. Check it out.

Today's brief episode is not about history, but rather about a new short story collection I just released. It does, however, tie into history in a roundabout way. You'll se why. We'll be back to debunking myths later this week. Here is the link mentioned in the episode. The new story collection, "Adventures in Bookselling," can be found at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WJRV7D7/

In today's episode I address a ridiculous YouTube video ranking our greatest presidents. Why talk about this specific video? Because it's the one that caused me to start this podcast to debunk revisionist history in the first place.

In today's Sunday Ramble, we're giving an update on an earlier episode urging you to support the people who bring you history every day: your local independent booksellers. If you are a long-time listener, you know how important books are for our knowledge of history, and preserving the businesses that bring us the most diverse points of view, historically and otherwise, is critical during the cur...

As we start a new year, it's the perfect time to restart our book club. For January we'll be reading the excellent "Battle Cry of Freedom."

Since this podcast started more than a year and a half ago, the episode “Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?” had stubbornly remained the most played. That, like many other things, changed late in 2020 when it was finally bumped from #1 by one about the man who dominated the news this year. 2020's top episode looks at an issue that isn't exactly revisionist history, but one that certainly f...

Today's bonus episode is an admittedly shameless plug for another podcast I do that also has a decidedly historical aspect. It's called Everyday Saints, and can be heard at anchor.fm/everydaysaints. We'll be back to debunking myths in our next episode, but I hope you'll give this one a listen and also check out the Everyday Saints podcast as well.

Today is the start of Banned Books Week in the United States. On the surface it may not seem like that has anything to do with revisionist history, but in reality it does. Let's look at how and why.

Today is the 19th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. In this episode, we introduce you to a hero of that day who should never be forgotten: Rick Rescorla.

It's time again for our Sunday Book Club discussion. Today we're wrapping up our look at Barbara Tuchman's classic work on the opening month of World War I, "The Guns of August." We also announce the next book we'll be reading.

Today is Independent Bookstore Day across the United States, and today's episode looks at why our independent bookstores matter now more than ever. Ensuring they survive the current health and economic crisis is as important as the survival of any of our local small businesses, so support your local indie today.

It's time again for our Sunday Book Club discussion. Today we're looking at the third section of Barbara Tuchman's classic work on the opening month of World War I, "The Guns of August."

Today we begin a new series that will air each Wednesday on the events, myths, and revisions of World War I. For most today it is one of the least-known conflicts of modern times, and given its impact on our world to the present day, we need to change that.

Today's episode is both history and current events, because today we're looking at some myths about global pandemics of the past as well as debunking some about the current coronavirus, hopefully before they can become lodged in the historical record.

This epsiode is the second installment of our new Sunday Book Club discussion. Today we're looking at the second section of Barbara Tuchman's classic work on the opening month of World War I, "The Guns of August."

This epsiode is the first installment of our new Sunday Book Club discussion. Today we're looking at the first section of Barbara Tuchman's classic work on the opening month of World War I, "The Guns of August."

This is a brief update (not a full-blown episode) on a scheduling change to our book club and a look ahead at what we'll be covering in the month ahead.