The Dangerous History Podcast

(Originally published Oct., 2022) In part 1 of 2, join CJ as he discusses the Motion Picture Association of America’s so-called “Hays Code” (officially: “A Code to Govern the Making of Motion Pictures”), which rigidly controlled the content of most American movies from the early-1930s to the late-1960s. Links Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon Other ways to support the show Subscribe to the Dangerous History Podcast Youtube Channel Get CJ’s Dangerous American History Bibliography FREE Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here: Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: The post Ep. 0242: Hays Codes, Part 1: The Old Hays Code first appeared on The Dangerous History Podcast.

(Originally published July, 2022) Finally! Here it is – the longest and, I believe, the most important Dangerous History Podcast episode I’ve done to date! (I recorded the first of many segments for this episode all the way back in April, and had been researching & composing notes for it for many months before that!) Join CJ as he discusses the massive British propaganda operation in the US that ran from 1914-1917 (during the period of American “neutrality”), which was a crucial factor in eventually bringing the US into World War I. Links Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon Other ways to support the show Subscribe to the Dangerous History Podcast Youtube Channel Get CJ’s Dangerous American History Bibliography FREE Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here: Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: The post Ep. 0236: WWI Propaganda in the US Part 1: Perfidious Albion’s Propaganda first appeared on The Dangerous History Podcast.

(Originally published Dec., 2021) Harkening back to a DHP series on important concepts & theories from 5 years ago, CJ decided to put together another such series for 2021, this time zeroing in on 13 concepts & theories that have been on display in a big way since the beginning of Covid Madness (and all that has come along with it) in spring of 2020. This first episode in the series will cover the first 4 concepts & theories. Join CJ as he discusses: Crisis & Leviathan Tacit Collusion (or ‘SIgnalling’) Libido Dominandi Doublethink Links Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon Other ways to support the show Subscribe to the Dangerous History Podcast Youtube Channel Get CJ’s Dangerous American History Bibliography FREE Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here: Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: The post Ep. 0229: The Dirty Baker’s Dozen, Part 1 first appeared on The Dangerous History Podcast.

(Originally published Nov., 2021) Finally, here it is: The ninth installment in CJ’s meticulous & merciless dissection of the life & career of Woodrow Wilson Join CJ as he discusses some of Wilson’s major speeches & domestic policy achievements, as well as some of his major personal/family changes, which took place during 1914, his second year as President. Links Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon Other ways to support the show Subscribe to the Dangerous History Podcast Youtube Channel Get CJ’s Dangerous American History Bibliography FREE Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here: Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: The post Ep. 0227: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 9 first appeared on The Dangerous History Podcast.

(Originally published July, 2021) For this 8th installment in the Wilson series, we will focus on the beginning of Wilson’s presidency, including his Cabinet selections, inauguration, and early successes in pushing his agenda through Congress in his first year in office, especially in regard to the passage of the 1913 Revenue Act and the Federal Reserve Act. Links Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon Other ways to support the show Subscribe to the Dangerous History Podcast Youtube Channel Get CJ’s Dangerous American History Bibliography FREE Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here: Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: The post Ep. 0222: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 8 first appeared on The Dangerous History Podcast.

(Originally published Feb., 2021) Here’s the seventh installment in the DHP’s ongoing coverage of the life & career of Woodrow Wilson. Join CJ as he discusses the 1912 election, which resulted in Woodrow Wilson’s election to the presidency. Links Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon Other ways to support the show Subscribe to the Dangerous History Podcast Youtube Channel Get CJ’s Dangerous American History Bibliography FREE Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here: Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: The post Ep. 0217: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 7 first appeared on The Dangerous History Podcast.

(Originally published Oct., 2020)   Links Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon Other ways to support the show Subscribe to the Dangerous History Podcast Youtube Channel Get CJ’s Dangerous American History Bibliography FREE Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here: Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: The post Ep. 0210: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 6 first appeared on The Dangerous History Podcast.

(Originally published Aug., 2020) Here it is, the giant deep dive overview episode of Woodrow Wilson’s decades of academic output! (Remember, I dive down these nightmarish rabbit-holes so you don’t have to!) Here CJ dissects Woodrow Wilson’s beliefs in painstaking detail, using the mountain of  of essays, articles, books, speeches & lectures produced by the man over the course of his nearly three-decade-long career as an intellectual. Join CJ as he discusses: Wilson’s overall ideology in regard to history and politics Wilson’s particular notion of ‘progress,’ and his main intellectual influences in this regard Wilson’s views on the state in general Wilson’s views on democracy Wilson’s views on American history and politics, including his views on the Constitution, the presidency, and more Wilson’s views on socialism Links Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon Other ways to support the show Subscribe to the Dangerous History Podcast Youtube Channel Get CJ’s Dangerous American History Bibliography FREE Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here: Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: The post Ep. 0207: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 5 first appeared on The Dangerous History Podcast.

(Originally published Feb., 2020) In this fourth installment in the epic DHP Villains Woodrow Wilson series, we’re detail-stripping what CJ considers to be perhaps the single most important piece of writing in Woodrow Wilson’s career, the essay “The Study of Administration,” which was published in the July 1887 issue of Political Science Quarterly, when Wilson was only 30 years old and just 2 years into his professional academic career. Wilson never significantly deviated from the ideas laid down in this essay over the remainder of his academic career; he also did quite a lot of implement them as President of the United States, and one can see the influence of these ideas on the growth & development of the US government’s administrative apparatus ever since. (Though the real-world results have been far from the ideal of benevolence, efficiency, and transparency that Wilson described!) Join CJ as he takes this essay apart with critical analysis, and, near the end, shares the insights of Alexis de Tocqueville who, writing approximately 50 years before Wilson wrote “The Study of Administration,” identified and warned about just the sort of mixture of democracy and bureaucratic despotism that men like Wilson would eventually advocate & usher in. Links Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon Other ways to support the show Subscribe to the Dangerous History Podcast Youtube Channel Get CJ’s Dangerous American History Bibliography FREE Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here: Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: The post Ep. 0197: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 4 first appeared on The Dangerous History Podcast.

(Originally published Dec., 2019) In this third instalment in the DHP coverage of Woodrow Wilson, we focus on Wilson’s years as President of Princeton University, 1902-1910. Join CJ as he discusses: The changes and reforms Wilson implemented at Princeton, and others he tried (but failed) to implement His increasingly contentious relationship with some of the trustees, alumni, and administrators, particularly regarding his Quad Plan and the location of the Graduate School A possible affair with Mrs. Mary Allen Peck Links Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon Other ways to support the show Subscribe to the Dangerous History Podcast Youtube Channel Get CJ’s Dangerous American History Bibliography FREE Hire CJ to speak to your group or at your event Like this episode? You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here: Or throw CJ a BTC tip here: The post Ep. 0192: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 3 first appeared on The Dangerous History Podcast.