S8 Ep822: The Viking Age saw a significant transition from small-scale raiding to large-scale military conquest and permanent settlement. A massive raid on Paris yielded seven thousand pounds of go...
S8 Ep822: Eleanor Barraclough explores the hidden histories of the Viking Age by focusing on the real lives of Norse individuals through everyday objects rather than modern myths. A primary example...
S8 Ep821: Following the war, LeMay builds the Strategic Air Command (SAC) into a dominant force, though he struggles as a "fish out of water" in the political environment of Washington. He clashes...
S8 Ep821: By sunrise, Tokyo is an "apocalyptic wasteland" of rubble and ash, with an estimated 105,000 people dead—a toll four times higher than the bombing of Dresden. Rescuers like Dr. Kuboto des...
S8 Ep821: The raid begins just after midnight on March 10, with napalm bombs designed to puncture roofs and spray flaming gel inside Tokyo's wooden homes. The resulting fires quickly meld into a ca...
S8 Ep821: On March 9, 1945, LeMay orders his wing commanders to strip the B-29s of guns and ammunition to maximize their bomb loads, a decision many airmen view as "suicide." Despite warnings from ...
S8 Ep821: Fearing he will be fired for lack of results, LeMay develops a radical, "perilous" plan for low-altitude night bombing without seeking prior approval from his superiors in Washington. He ...
S8 Ep821: James Scott describes Curtis LeMay as a pragmatic, "hardscrabble" problem-solver who put himself through college by working nights in a steel mill. Replacing Hansel after only 44 days, Le...
S8 Ep821: High-altitude precision bombing fails in Japan primarily due to notorious Pacific weather and violent jet streams with winds reaching 230 mph, which wreck bomber accuracy. The B-29, which...
S8 Ep821: James Scott introduces General Haywood Hansel, an intellectual strategist tasked with using the expensive and "buggy" B-29 Superfortress to destroy Japan's industrial capacity in late 194...
S8 Ep820: Dallas the Dog and the Territorial Bird Disputes of New South Wales Guest: Jeremy Zakis Summary: Jeremy discusses how his dog, Dallas, has established a territorial division in their yar...
S8 Ep820: Drought Realities and a Miraculous Kangaroo Rescue in Narromine Guest: Jeremy Zakis Summary: This segment details a dramatic wildlife rescue in Narromine, New South Wales, where a gray k...
S8 Ep820: Ivestigating Allegations Match-Fixing in T20 Cricket Guest: Jeremy Zakis Summary: John Bachelor and Jeremy Zakis examine a potential match-fixing scandal involving a T20 cricket match be...
S8 Ep820: ntarctic Blasts and Economic Shifts in the Australian Winter Guest: Jeremy Zakis Summary: Jeremy Zakis describes a harsh onset of winter in Sydney, driven by cold Antarctic air funneled t...
S8 Ep819: Legacy, Nobel Snubs, and the Fringes of Science Following the confirmation of the Big Bang theory, the cosmic microwave background was measured at approximately 2.73 degrees Kel...
S8 Ep819: Continuous Creation and the Discovery of the Hiss The "Steady State" theory was famously conceptualized after Fred Hoyle and his colleagues, Thomas Gold and Hermann Bondi, watched the loo...
S8 Ep819: From Radar Research to Stellar Nucleosynthesis Fred Hoyle, born in West Yorkshire in 1915, spent his childhood immersed in the cinema where his mother worked as a pianist, performing clas...
S8 Ep819: The Origins of Two Cosmological Giants George Gamow was born in Odessa in 1904 to a schoolteacher father who had once taught Leon Trotsky, leading to a notable incident where Trotsky atte...
S8 Ep818: The Final Years and the Rock of Sydney Chaplin Chaplin's final project, A Countess from Hong Kong, suffered from a mechanical performance by Marlon Brando, who clashed with Chaplin's p...
S8 Ep818: Exile to Switzerland and the Loss of Autonomy In 1952, while sailing to Europe, Chaplin learned his U.S. re-entry permit had been revoked by Attorney General James McGranery on moral and ...
S8 Ep818: Recapitulating Life Through Limelight and Keaton Chaplin's film Limelight served as an atmospheric memoir of his Edwardian theater roots and a creative attempt to process his inability to...
S8 Ep818: Professional Failure and the HUAC Assault After purchasing a story idea about a serial killer from Orson Welles, Chaplin produced Monsieur Verdoux, which became his first major profession...
S8 Ep818: The Joan Barry Scandal and FBI Orchestration Chaplin's life took a tragic turn during a volatile relationship with an aspiring actress named Joan Barry, who once held him at gunpoint. Bar...
S8 Ep818: Political Awakenings and the Universal Silent Hero During a 1931 world tour, Chaplin was appalled by the hopelessness of the global depression, which inspired the social commentary in Mod...
S8 Ep818: The Birth of the Tramp and Absolute Self-Confidence Upon arriving in America, Chaplin's colleagues, including Stan Laurel, noted his unusual professional habits and his absolute, unwaver...
S8 Ep818: Charlie Chaplin's life was fundamentally shaped by his early years in the Lambeth Workhouse, where receiving a single orange for Christmas became a haunting symbol of his poverty. His fat...
S8 Ep817: Misreading Russia and the Path to True Independence Finkel argues that Western administrations—from Obama to Trump and Biden—have consistently miscalculated Russia, treating it as a ratio...
S8 Ep817: Soviet Brutality and the Miscalculations of the 2022 Invasion Russian military strategy is characterized by a historical disregard for human life, a trait visible from Stalin's brutal 193...
S8 Ep817: Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Evolution of Ukrainian Identity Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a Russian-speaking Jewish entertainer and businessman, represents a shift toward a civic Ukrainian identit...
S8 Ep817: Putin's Revisionist History and the 2014 Invasion In 2021, during pandemic isolation, Putin authored an essay claiming Russians and Ukrainians are "one people," a document Finkel describe...
S8 Ep817: The Soviet Era, Crimea's Transfer, and Putin's Formative Myths The 1950s and 60s represented a "Golden Period" for the Soviet state, during which Nikita Khrushchev transferred Crimea to U...
S8 Ep817: he Rise and Fall of Early Ukrainian Statehood and the Holodomor Following the 1917 collapse of empires, two short-lived democratic Ukrainian republics emerged but were crushed by larger p...
S8 Ep817: VFamily History and the Struggle for Western Ukraine The narrative shifts to Western Ukraine, specifically Galicia, which was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire before being annexed b...
S8 Ep817: The Origins of the Russian Imperial Project in Ukraine In 1888, a statue of Bohdan Khmelnytsky was raised in Kyiv, symbolizing his dual role as a Ukrainian founding father and a figure wh...
S8 Ep816: SCHEDULE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, 5-1-2026. 1900 LA FIESTA DE LOS ANGELES, CHINESE DRAGON
S8 Ep816: STREAMING MAKING OF THE JBS, FEATURING JEFF BLISS AND MICHAEL VLAHOS, 5-1-2026. 1905 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LA
S8 Ep815: 16. USMCA Review and Canada-US Trade Relations Guest: Conrad Black Conrad Black discusses the upcoming USMCA review, highlighting major Canadian concerns regarding the protection of i...
S8 Ep815: 15. US Chip Restrictions and Chinese Cyber Espionage Guest: Jack Burnham Jack Burnham details the Commerce Department's targeted restrictions on Chinese chipmakers and reports on the succ...
S8 Ep815: 14. Space Warfare and Middle East Missile Defense Guest: Henry Sokolski Henry Sokolski warns of China's development of satellites capable of "stealing" others and notes the UAE's new reli...
S8 Ep815: 13. Nuclear Non-Proliferation and the Iranian Dispute Guest: Henry Sokolski Henry Sokolski discusses the NPT review conference, debating whether an "inalienable right" to enrich uranium e...
S8 Ep815: 12. The Forgotten Legacy and Spiritual Depth of Vermeer Guest: Andrew Graham Dixon Andrew Graham Dixon explains how Vermeer was lost to history for centuries and argues that his domestic ...
S8 Ep815: 11. Utopian Visions and Global Exploration in Vermeer's Art Guest: Andrew Graham Dixon Andrew Graham Dixon analyzes Vermeer's View of Delft as a utopian vision of peace and explores how h...
S8 Ep815: 10. Medical Symbolism in Vermeer's The Lacemaker Guest: Andrew Graham Dixon Andrew Graham Dixon provides a speculative interpretation of The Lacemaker, arguing the painting contains coded...
S8 Ep815: 9. Vermeer's Artistic Journey and Spiritual Context Guest: Andrew Graham Dixon Andrew Graham Dixon explores Vermeer's early life and how he transitioned into painting spiritually symbolic...
S8 Ep815: 8. NASA's Budgetary Future and Space Exploration Guest: Bob Zimmerman Bob Zimmerman discusses NASA's budget hearings, noting a shift from science toward exploration, and the ongoing debat...
S8 Ep815: 7. Private Space Industry Successes and Bureaucratic Hurdles Guest: Bob Zimmerman Bob Zimmerman covers SpaceX's legal victory in California and Amazon's satellite progress, while critiqui...
S8 Ep815: 6. International Diplomacy and Maritime Chokepoints Guest: Emily Wang Emily Wang examines the difficulties of securing maritime chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting that priv...
S8 Ep815: 5. Economic Observations in Lancaster County and DC Guest: Jim McTague Jim McTague reports on tariff impacts slowing business at Costco and local layoffs, while observing heavy constructi...
S8 Ep815: 4. Potential Escalation of Ground War in Iran Guest: Richard Epstein Richard Epstein evaluates the risks of a potential ground war in Iran, comparing it to Vietnam and Iraq while critiqui...
S8 Ep815: 3. Supreme Court Ruling on Racial Gerrymandering Guest: Richard Epstein Richard Epstein analyzes the Supreme Court striking down a Louisiana congressional map, discussing the complexities...
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