Conservative Historian
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History is too important to be left to the left. The Conservative Historian provides history governed by conservative principles. It is comprehensively researched but also entertainingly presented in a way accessible to history or non history buffs.
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Jun 4, 2023 • 1h 4min
Movies and Rebels
Send us a textIt's movie time so we are having my brother back on. We ask why those in power think of themselves as outsiders, the best war movies, and why British actors are superior to American ones.
May 27, 2023 • 14min
Memorial Day
Send us a textA brief history of Memorial Day with a few stories of those who gave us our freedom at the cost of their "last full measure of devotion."
May 21, 2023 • 37min
Black Cleopatra and Historical Documentaries
Send us a textWe break down the Netflix "documentary" and make suggestions on why the producers of this work made some interesting, and historically inaccurate, choices.
May 13, 2023 • 28min
Leisure Time in the Past and Present
Send us a textThe left thinks we need more leisure time and is using some spurious history to make their case. We go from Medieval Europe to Ancient China to see comparisons with workers today.
May 6, 2023 • 33min
Opportunists and Leadership Vacuums
Send us a textWe go from Tudor England to WWI Russia and back to modern times to see what happens when we have leadership vacuums.
Apr 29, 2023 • 26min
Despising Your Audience
Send us a textWe go to the business side on this one to show why Bud Light, and so many other companies, are making seemingly self destructive marketing decisions.
Apr 22, 2023 • 37min
Time to Move on From Trump: A Historical Look at his Chances of Election
Send us a textRegardless how you feel about Trump, the history and politics are clear, he will not win in 2024.
Apr 15, 2023 • 25min
Historical Insanities: Doing the Same Thing Over Again
Send us a textWe go from the Crusades to Agincourt to 1950s Elections in a quest to learn that doing the same thing over again is not a recipe for victory.
Apr 2, 2023 • 39min
The Left Acts and the Right Reacts
Send us a textThis week we saw the Left act in the Trump indictment. But how will the Right react? Though the Left never seems to anticipate reactions, they always occur. We look at governance, education, SCOTUS, Nixon, and even stolen elections to see a distinct pattern.
Mar 25, 2023 • 25min
The Fog of War
Send us a textIn this podcast we look at the fog of war and move from WWII North Africa to the Euphrates to the Swiss Mountains, and meet a great historian along the way.
