S8 Ep587: 1. Joseph Ellis, *The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents, 1773 to 1783*. The term "the cause" was a verbal canopy used by colonists to unite diverse interest groups, rangi...
S8 Ep586: 8. Author: Victor Davis Hanson. Title: *The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America*. This final excerpt examines how the ...
S8 Ep586: 7. Author: Victor Davis Hanson. Title: *The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America*. The discussion shifts to globalization...
S8 Ep586: 6. Author: Victor Davis Hanson. Title: *The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America*. Hanson analyzes the modern resurgence ...
S8 Ep586: 5. Author: Victor Davis Hanson. Title: *The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America*. This file addresses "evolutionaries" s...
S8 Ep586: 4. Author: Victor Davis Hanson. Title: *The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America*. The focus here is on the "unelected" a...
S8 Ep586: 3. Author: Victor Davis Hanson. Title: *The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America*. Hanson discusses the decline of the Am...
S8 Ep586: 2. Author: Victor Davis Hanson. Title: *The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America*. This segment examines how eroded borde...
S8 Ep586: 1. Author: Victor Davis Hanson. Title: *The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America*. Hanson explores the classical importan...
S8 Ep585: 4 Author: John Bachelor and Sean McMeakin. Title: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II - Yugoslavia, China, and the Cold War Legacy. This episode examines how Stalin outmaneuvere...
S8 Ep585: prolonging the conflict. Author: John Bachelor and Sean McMeakin. Title: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II - Plunder and Infiltration. The discussion highlights the Soviet plund...
S8 Ep585: Author: John Bachelor and Sean McMeakin. Title: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II - Unconditional Surrender and the Katyn Lie. This segment analyzes FDR’s announcement of uncond...
S8 Ep585: Author: John Bachelor and Sean McMeakin. Title: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II - The Hopkins Mission. In this discussion, Professor Sean McMeakin explores how Stalin leverage...
S8 Ep584: 4. David K. Randall, *The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T-Rex and How It Shook Our World*. Between 1904 and 1910, Barnum Brown focused on recovering the missing pieces of the T-Rex ...
S8 Ep584: 3. David K. Randall, *The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T-Rex and How It Shook Our World*. This source describes the intense "bones race" between major museums and their wealthy finan...
S8 Ep584: 2. David K. Randall, *The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T-Rex and How It Shook Our World*. In 1902, Barnum Brown tracked a lead from a photograph of a triceratops skull to Jordan, Mon...
S8 Ep584: 1. David K. Randall, *The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World*. Barnum Brown, born in 1873, was named after showman P.T. Barnum after his brother visited a...
S8 Ep583: WEISBERG4.mp3 Weisberg discusses the evolution of divorce in New York, noting a significant increase during the Gilded Age. The scandal influenced novelist Edith Wharton, Mary’s cousin, w...
S8 Ep583: EISBRG3.mp3 Mary confesses her affair and a pregnancy of uncertain paternity to a stunned Peter. Peter pursues a taboo divorce to gain custody of their children, citing his patriarchal ri...
S8 Ep583: WEISBERG2.mp3 Weisberg details Mary’s growing unhappiness and physical fragility following multiple pregnancies and life at Waverly. The narrative shifts as Mary begins a secret affair wi...
S8 Ep583: WEISBERG1.mp3 Guest Barbara Weisberg introduces her book about Peter Strong and Mary Stevens, two elite New Yorkers who married in 1853. Despite their prominent backgrounds, Mary felt sti...
S8 Ep582: 8. In this final segment, Cline summarizes the rankings of ancient societies based on resilience definitions from the IPCC. He distinguishes between those that "transformed" (the antifr...
S8 Ep582: 7. Cline addresses the vulnerability of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations, which served as models for "what not to do" during a crisis. Despite their outward appearance of strength, ...
S8 Ep582: 6. Cline explores the decline of the Minoans on Crete and the Mycenaeans on mainland Greece. Both civilizations are categorized as failures that were internally fragile despite impressive...
S8 Ep582: 5. The conversation details the collapse of the Hittite Empire in central Anatolia. Despite once being equal to Egypt, the Hittites suffered from poor leadership and internal rot, exacerb...
S8 Ep582: 4. This file focuses on the "antifragile" societies that thrived amid chaos: the Phoenicians and Cypriots. The Phoenicians transformed into a maritime powerhouse, establishing colonies li...
S8 Ep582: 3. Cline examines the varying fates of Egypt and emerging Levantine groups after the collapse. Egypt is described as "merely coping," struggling with internal anarchy and a delayed reacti...
S8 Ep582: 2. This interview shifts to the aftermath of the Bronze Age collapse, focusing on the resilience of the Assyrians. Cline attributes their survival to strong leadership and redundant syste...
S8 Ep582: 1. Eric Cline discusses the Late Bronze Age through the lens of the Uluburun shipwreck, which represents the era's globalized trade network. The ship's cargo, including copper from Cyprus...
S8 Ep581: 8. Perpetua and the Shift to Christian Martyrdom (15) In the final segment, Southon discusses Perpetua, a well-born young woman in Carthage who was executed for being a Christian. Roman...
S8 Ep581: 7. Daily Life and Business on the Frontier (13) Moving away from royalty, Southon highlights Julia Felix, a Pompeian property owner who ran a vast entertainment complex featuring "bougie"...
S8 Ep581: 6. Queens of Britain: Cooperation and Resistance (11) Southon compares two female leaders in Roman Britain: Cartimandua and Boudica. Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigantes, chose to collabor...
S8 Ep581: 5. Julia: The Tool and Rebel of Augustus (9) Augustus used his only daughter, Julia, as a political tool to secure his heirs. He forced her into multiple marriages with potential successo...
S8 Ep581: . Cicero’s Rhetorical Attack on Clodia (7) In the late Republic, the orator Cicero engaged in a bitter feud with the wealthy and influential Clodia. During the trial of Caelius, Cicero la...
S8 Ep581: 3. Wicked Queens and the Sacrifice of Vestals (5) Southon discusses Tullia, the "wicked" opposite of Lucretia, who murdered her family to seize power and defiled her father’s body. Her am...
S8 Ep581: 2. Lucretia and the Birth of the Republic (3) Southon explains that while most women can be removed from Roman history without much change, Lucretia is essential to the story of the Repub...
S8 Ep581: 1. The Founding Mothers and Augustan Propaganda(1) Guest author Emma Southon notes that historians like Livy wrote during the reign of Augustus to reshape early Roman history to justify t...
S8 Ep580: STREAMING "THE MAKING OF THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW" WITH JEFF BLISS 3-13-26
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S8 Ep578: 16. **Guest:** Peter van Dokkum **Summary:** Astronomers detected a runaway black hole via a shock front and a wake of 100 million newborn stars. This stellar trail traces the black hole'...
S8 Ep578: 5. **Guest:** Peter van Dokkum **Summary:** Professor van Dokkum defines runaway black holes as supermassive objects kicked out of galaxies after collisions. These objects move at 1,000 k...
S8 Ep578: 14. **Guest:** Henry Sokolski **Summary:** The FBI warned California about Iranian drone threats against infrastructure. Sokolski notes that U.S. nuclear plants are vulnerable and current...
S8 Ep578: 13. **Guest:** Henry Sokolski **Summary:** The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is criticized for reducing security at nuclear plants despite growing threats. Sokolski points out the di...
S8 Ep577: 12. Paul Thomas Chamberlain: Argues World War II was a clash of empires, resulting in the rise of superpowers. He notes the atomic bomb was viewed as just another weapon and discusses B...
S8 Ep577: 11. Paul Thomas Chamberlain: Details the struggle over Poland’s sovereignty and Churchill’s "percentages agreement" to divide influence,,. He also highlights the transition to Truman and ...
S8 Ep577: 10. Paul Thomas Chamberlain: Examines the Yalta Conference, where Roosevelt sought post-war cooperation with Stalin,. He analyzes the inevitable Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe and the...
S8 Ep577: 9. Paul Thomas Chamberlain: Discusses the racialized nature of World War II propaganda and civilizational struggle,. He explores how Allied and Axis powers utilized racial hierarchies and...
S8 Ep577: 8. Bob Zimmerman: Explores astronomical discoveries such as exoplanet collisions and life potential around red dwarf stars,. He also details the unique composition of an interstellar come...
S8 Ep577: 7. Bob Zimmerman: Reviews recent space developments, including Firefly's successful launch, SpaceX's Starship testing, and NASA's Artemis 2 mission,,. He also discusses FCC regulatory cha...
S8 Ep577: 6. Lorenzo Fiori: Addresses Italy's stance on the Middle East conflict before highlighting Tropea, a scenic coastal destination,. He provides local culinary insights, including recipes fo...
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