Conservative Historian

Send us Fan Mail We hear from a man who was born in 1932 about what life was like in 1930s and 1940s America.  

Send us Fan Mail It is vital as a nation that we honor and remember those whose sacrifice has given all that we have.  

Send us Fan Mail We are joined on the podcast by Prof. Matt Tuininga.  We discuss a critical aspect of Early American history, the conflict of New England puritans and the native Americans in the region.   

Send us Fan Mail We go back to the Egyptians, Popes, and even some American scandals to see bribery history and then explore whether the Qatari "gift" of a jet is a bribe.  

Send us Fan Mail What has Congress done in the past four months?  Now, what has the executive tried to do?  This is an illustration of a century long process of power to the executive.  We trace this evolution's historical roots.  

Send us Fan Mail We are thinking about the Roman Empire! We are joined by Professor David Parnell for a discussion about Flavius Belisarius and the 6th Century Romans.  

Send us Fan Mail A few weeks ago we saw the blunders.  Now the diplomatic wins ranging from ancient Egypt to the Marshall Plan.  

Send us Fan Mail We compare the 1950s, and the 1980s Japanese scare to today to learn how manufacturing, as part of our economy, has changed.  

Send us Fan Mail We cover the Opium Wars, the Taiping Civil War and Stephen Platt's new book: Raider.  We also take a look at current China.  

Send us Fan Mail We look at 17th century Spain as an example of how a great power can decline and fail when it takes on too much debt.  A lesson for the US.  

Send us Fan Mail History denigrating the United States, celebrating dictators and crafting false and misleading narratives used to be the purview of the left.  Now we have it on the right. 

Send us Fan Mail We compare the 1995 Best Picture Oscars with 2025. Then my brother Chris and I ask the question: What the heck happened?

Send us Fan Mail Think the Oval Office imbroglio with Zelensky, Vance and Trump was bad?  We have at least ten worse diplomatic blunders.   

Send us Fan Mail Amidst lots of boasting among MAGA this is a warning against hubris.  We have seen "permanent" majorities be not so permanent.  

Send us Fan Mail Were the crusades about liberating the holy land, the clash of Christianity vs. Islam, or western colonization?  We explore all these views and provide a descriptor of some key events.  

Send us Fan Mail We explore the inaugural addresses of Cleveland, Coolidge, FDR, Reagan and more recent presidents to understand the role of executive power.  

Send us Fan Mail We look at the 1890 McKinley Tariff, 1930 Smoot Hawley (anyone?) and Trump's Tariff schemes.  

Send us Fan Mail Our Republic was built to resist single person rule in the guise of monarchs or cults.  We go to medieval England and meet Henry III then move to the present to illustrate this point.  

Send us Fan Mail We explore Los Angeles' Past and take a look at its present.  

Send us Fan Mail Having spent 12 years marketing to the Healthcare Industry, I am astonished how little Americans know of this system.  Providing history and a primer to help.  

Send us Fan Mail What are the most influential figures, trends or events that future historians will look back on from this past year?  We assemble a list as the most important of 2024.  

Send us Fan Mail We go back prior to the 500s to find the most influential historical figures.  Confucius, Cyrus and Jesus all make the list.   

Send us Fan Mail Beneath the horror of the murder of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson lies a virulent anti-capitalism.  We look at our healthcare system, and the incredible value of capitalism.  

Send us Fan Mail We cover everything from academic myths to Prof. Reilly's move to the right to Gladiator II.  Come for the myth breaking, stay for some provocative takes. 

Send us Fan Mail The leviathan that is our federal government is too big for outsider, learn on the job types.  If you want real reform, you need willing insiders who know how to get things done.  We look at Martin Luther, Diocletian and Steve Jobs to see why.