Conservative Historian
Bel Aves
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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Oct 16, 2022 • 33min
Gaslighting and History
Send us a textThe concept of gaslighting is not new, it just seems to be used in voluminous ways in 2022. We explore the term, some history, and how it affects the politics of today.
Oct 1, 2022 • 30min
Teacher Teacher: Plato and the Modern Academy
Send us a textWe go back to the Platonic Academy and then up to modern times to see the K-12 takeover by the 1960s ideology now ruling the Universities.
Sep 18, 2022 • 1h 8min
Movie Series and Prequals: Art or Money
Send us a textBel's brother Gus once again joins the podcast to discuss movies and history. Hard hitting questions include the goal of movies today, which was the best Thor, and Will Smith's slap or be slapped moment.
Sep 10, 2022 • 54min
How Sweet It Isn’t: American Historical Association President James Sweet Abjectly Cringes Before the Woke Mob
Send us a textJames Sweet writes a compelling piece on history, gets pilloried by the woke mob, then apologizes for his heresy.
Sep 4, 2022 • 29min
Are We Getting Dumber?
Send us a textAre the American people regressing in intelligence? We travel to 19th century America, and 7th century China looking for answers.
Aug 28, 2022 • 30min
Presidential Historians - A Thirst for Influence
Send us a textBiden has acquired a group of progressive, tame historians to stoke his dreams and drain our wallets. We explore the vaunted perch of presidential historian in this podcast.
Aug 18, 2022 • 39min
Banana Republic
Send us a textHas the United States gone Bananas? (sorry) We explore the history of the term Banana Republic and decide whether the US is becoming one. Next week we will look Old Navy(s) and close historical Gaps. (SORRY again).
Aug 14, 2022 • 1h 2min
A Brief History of the Supreme Court - Part V: Borking, Thomas, and SCOTUS at the Center of Society
Send us a textWe bring our SCOTUS history to the present day and meet people such as Bork, Kennedy, Thomas and Kavanaugh. We conclude with a call to bring our institutions back to the original missions upon which they were founded.
Aug 7, 2022 • 40min
A Brief History of the United States Supreme Court - Part IV: Judicial Activism and the Road to Roe
Send us a textThe landmark Roe V. Wade decision in the early 1970s did not come fully formed. We explore the road to Roe and the judicial activism that made it possible.
Jul 24, 2022 • 37min
A Brief History of the United States Supreme Court – Part III: Two Presidents and a Marshall
Send us a textIn Two Presidents and a Marshall we look at Court Packing and Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
