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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Jan 31, 2022 • 24min
Americans, Meat Loaf, Maturation and Mortality
Send us a textWhat does the late, but still great singer Meat Loaf have to teach us about maturation and mortality? Quite a lot as it turns out.
Jan 21, 2022 • 30min
The Ghosts in the Machine
Send us a textThere have always been ghosts in the machine. Unanticipated aspects that inadvertently emerge apart from the initial plan. What are these ghosts in history and in our own society.
Jan 16, 2022 • 26min
Peasants Revolt: Freedom and Risk
Send us a textIn 1381 the peasants of England revolted against unjust rule. It ended when they acquiesced to the promises of a 14 year old boy. What does this episode in history tell us of freedom and risk in society.
Jan 5, 2022 • 32min
Four Revolutions
Send us a textFrom 1775 through 1949, four revolutions remade the modern world. How is the American Revolution different from that of the French, Chinese and Russian Revolutions? Download and find out.
Dec 21, 2021 • 21min
True Believers in History
Send us a textWe look at historical figures so invested in their belief systems, they would would be willing to make any sacrifice. We also look at those who do not.
Dec 12, 2021 • 31min
The Seven Greatest Blunders in History
Send us a textWe move from the Americas to China to Africa for some grand historical mistakes.
Dec 5, 2021 • 32min
Security, Bridges, Babies and Behavior
Send us a textWhat is the role of government? Protection from foreign foes? Bridges? Behavior modification? And what does this role have to do with Augustus Caesar and fertility in the Roman Empire? Find out more in this podcast
Nov 20, 2021 • 49min
The MOST Historically Accurate Movies - and More
Send us a textMany listeners come to our podcasts for hard hitting, fact based history and political commentary. Well this is not that type of podcast. Instead I am joined again by my brother Gustavus and we take a journey through historically accurate movies. On this journey we stop off at Master and Commander, Happy Days, Gandhi, The Civil War and Gilligan's island.
Nov 13, 2021 • 31min
A Brief History of American Education: Part II – The Dewey Disease
Send us a textWhere did the concept of using our public schools as indoctrination centers for progressive thought emanate? Two figures, Woodrow Wilson, and American Educator John Dewey.
Nov 1, 2021 • 36min
A Brief History of American Education: Part I – Purpose and Public Schools
Send us a textOur relationship with public education is very much in the news today. What were the beginnings of that education and how should we consider our role today?
