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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Oct 20, 2021 • 36min
Trojan Horses and the Biden Build Back Better Bloated Boondoggle Bomination
Send us a textI know that bomination is not a word but the Biden bill is an Abomination in all its bloated glory. How is this bill like the original Trojan Horse? Learn more in this podcast.
Oct 10, 2021 • 27min
American Royal
Send us a textWe do not have nobility but demographic trends means we treat our children as royalty. What does this entail for the Republic?
Sep 26, 2021 • 24min
Politics as Performance: Boris, Julius, and AOC
Send us a textWhat is the difference between performance, as in carrying out an action, and performance as an act of entertainment. We look to Boris Yeltsin, Julius Caesar, Margaret Thatcher and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for answers.
Sep 15, 2021 • 40min
A Brief History of Social Security
Send us a textWhere did social security emanate? And what is its current state? We answer these questions and more, with some historical digressions.
Sep 5, 2021 • 20min
The Political Generals and the Withdraw from Afghanistan
Send us a textIn the podcast we look at a possible root of the Afghanistan withdraw debacle while looking at several Civil War figures who figured prominently in the American military.
Aug 26, 2021 • 26min
On the Frontiers: Foreign Policy in Ancient Rome, Tang Dynasty China, and America
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Aug 15, 2021 • 37min
Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires or U.S. Exceptionalism
Send us a textWe walk through a history Afghanistan from Alexander to the Mongols to the modern day Taliban. We ask what this means for U.S. Foreign policy and our view our American abroad.
Jul 27, 2021 • 37min
The Art of War
Send us a textWe begin with Sun Tzu and take a look at militaries from the Macedonians to the 16th century Koreans. We wrap up asking whether the US is ready for the next, inevitable, conflict.
Jul 23, 2021 • 38min
Historical Hits - Episode 1
Send us a textWe change from our long form style to touch on a number of relevant topics including China, Cuba, the Media and the NFL.
Jul 15, 2021 • 24min
Henry VIII, Marcus Aurelius, Abdul Aziz and Voting in a Republic
Send us a textHistorically, monarchs have tended to see the state, the needs of their subjects, and their own beliefs and desires as one in the same. We have a political faction that echoes that sentiment. Learn what Henry VIII and Marcus Aurelius tell us about these fusions, and what it means for voting today.
