The Revisionist History Podcast

Today is the anniversary of the fall of the Alamo. The 1836 battle is known around the world, and in today's episode, we'll separate the fact from the fiction of what you've heard over the years.

There is no end to the amount of trivia and anectdotes about the pope and the papacy. For Ash Wednesday, we take a brief look at some of the most interesting papal trivia.

It's almost Ash Wednesday, so it seems like a good time to debunk some common myths and misconceptions about an event that goes back 2,000 years: the season of Lent.

In today's Throwback Thursday episode, we look at a few facts about a largely forgotten war. Crimea is in the news today, and this is the perfect time to learn a little more about a conflict that raged there over 150 years ago.

Hollywood doesn't care much about historical accuracy, and historically accurate movies aren't always great. The five we cover in today's episode are both accurate historically and excellent films as well.

One bit of revisionist history that refuses to die is the myth that Texas has the ability to secede from the United States. In today's Throwback Thursday episode, we debunk this crazy notion once and for all.

In today's episode, we embark on a voyage of debunking three persistent myths of the high seas from the Age of Sail.

I'm a little late with this one, but I want to give a brief update on what is coming in the new year.

In today's first Book Review Tuesday of 2023, we look at several essential books on Ernest Hemingway's time in Paris in the 1920s, a pivotal period in both world and literary history.

Over 300 years after the infamous Salem Witch Trials, the event remains shrouded in myth and misconception. In today's episode, we set the record straight.

Today's Sundays with the Saints episode looks at one of our most treasured Christmas traditions and a saint's role in it. Let's meet Saint Boniface and learn how he helped bring us the Christmas tree.

The ongoing narrative that the 2020 election was illegitimate reached a new low recently, and an event from 100 years ago shows just how dangerous that can be.

Sometimes even an outstanding historical series gets some major facts wrong. In today's episode, we look at three from the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers."

In today's episode, we look at a little-known event that ties soccer to world history.

Since we're only a few days past Veterans Day, in today's Sundays with the Saints episode let's meet the patron saint of soldiers, St. Martin of Tours.

We're just about two weeks from Thanksgiving Day here in the United States, so it's a great time to debunk some common Thanksgiving myths.

The idea of giving a gracious concession speech following a political defeat seems like ancient history. In today's episode we look at some from both the distant and recent past, and why they are important.

As we approach the end of the year, I want to take a moment to ask for your support for this podcast. Also, here's the link to my Medium.com page as mentioned in the episode: https://paulcombs.medium.com. We'll be back to debunking myths in the next episode.

People today love to lament the lack of civility between our politicians, as if it's a new phenomenon. But is it? In today's epsiode we set that record straight.

In today's episode we are not debunking myths, but rather looking at lessons from history, specifically what King Charles III can learn from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as he takes the throne at 73 years old. The comparison isn't as crazy as it might seem.

As promised last week, this week's Tuesday Book Review episode focuses on World War II. We'll be looking at "Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945" by Max Hastings.

Today's episode is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek response to the madness this week surrounding the Columbus Day holiday. We all need to calm down a little, so here's some humor as we head into the weekend.

On today's Tuesday Book Review episode, we'll look at "Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939" by Adam Hochschild

I wanted to take a moment to briefly let everyone know that many of the episodes here have been converted to articles on the website Medium.com. For those of you who would like to read as well as listen, they can be found here. Thanks, and have a great day.

Many of us have been watching films about kings and queens since the passing of Queen Elizabeth II a little over a week ago. In this episode I give you five of my favorites.