Historical Blindness

With noted historians advising the U.S. President that American democracy may currently be in jeopardy, I look at other times in history when democracy was at risk, and I look closely at Donald Trump's role in the perils we currently face, seeking historical parallels for an otherwise truly unique threat. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch!Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts!Most of the background music is by by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0). Tracks include "Cold War Echo," "Remedy for the Melancholy," "Something (Bonus Track)," "Oneiri," "Harbor," "September," "Wake Up," "and "Comatose." Additional Music: Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the conclusion of this series examining the historical and pseudohistorical basis of the Netflix program Stranger Things, I explore urban legends about two supposed secret experimental programs, The Philadelphia Experiment and the Montauk Project, one as background for the other, which gives us once and for all the strange inspiration for the blockbuster streaming series.Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts!All of the synthwave music on this episode is by Karl Casey of White Bat Audio. Tracks "Virtual Death," "Night of the Creeps," "Running from Death," "Midnight Empire," "Journey into the Black," "Distant Planet," "Unsolved Mystery," and "Radiation Storm" are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.Additional Music:Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the second part of this series examining the historical and pseudohistorical basis of the Netflix program Stranger Things, I look at U.S. government sponsored psychic experimentation programs focused on exploring ESP and psychokinesis as tools of spycraft.Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch!  Buy and read my principal source for this episode, the fascinating Phenomenon: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis by Annie Jacobsen. Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts!All of the synthwave music on this episode is by Karl Casey of White Bat Audio. Tracks "Unsolved Mystery," "You're Next," "Dark Night," "Alien Crypt," "Unholy Spirit," "Saturna," "The Call," "Fantasy," "Cold Case," and "Distant Planet" are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this series, I explore the historical and pseudohistorical basis of the Netflix program, Stranger Things. In Part One, I look at U.S. intelligence's human experimentation programs focused on developing mind control techniques. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts!All of the synthwave music on this episode is by Karl Casey of White Bat Audio. Tracks "The Call," "Something Sinister Awaits You," "Creature," "Cold Case," "After the War," "The Dome," and "80s Sci Fi Movie Theme" are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Additional Music:  "Leaving Home" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I look at the history of gun culture in America, gun ownership as a social identity, and the long history of gun control legislation passed in response to outrageous acts of gun violence. Pledge support on Patreon to get ad-free and exclusive episodes. Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch!Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness.Some music on this episode is copyright Alex Kish. Contact him at alexkishmusic.com to get music for your own projects. Other music, including "Remedy of Melancholy," "Tumult," "Seeker," "Wake Up," "Oneiri," "Nothing (Bonus Track)," and "Cold War Echo" are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0).Additional Music: "Maestro Tlakaelel" by Jesse Gallagher, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 2.0)."Lightless Dawn" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever been told that the Flood of Genesis really happened exactly as described and that Noah's Ark really exists and is waiting to be recovered? This episode is all about those arguments and why they are demonstrably wrong. Pledge on Patreon to get ad-free episodes and exclusive episodes!Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch!     Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness.     Some music on this episode is copyright Alex Kish. Contact him at alexkishmusic.com to get music for your own projects. Other music, including "Remedy of Melancholy," "Something (Bonus Track)," "Salue," "daedalus," "July," "Wake Up," "Cold War Echo," are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0).  Additional Music: Leaving Home Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this new Apocryphal Catechism--first since my episode on Gnosticism 2 years ago!--I delve into the mysteries and problematic details of the Book of Enoch and Enochic traditions. In it, I discuss the allegorical meaning of the myth of the Watchers, the expansion of the story of Noah and the mystery of a missing Book of Noah, and the question of whether the Book of Enoch foretold the coming of Christ or if the lore of Christ's life might actually be a retelling of Enoch's legend.Pledge on Patreon for ad-free episodes and exclusive minisodes!Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch!    Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness.    Some music on this episode is copyright Alex Kish. Contact him at alexkishmusic.com to get music for your own projects. Other music, including "Remedy of Melancholy," "Great Expectations," "modum," "daedalus," "Wake Up," "daemones," and "periculum," are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0). Additional Music:Dragon and Toast Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I tackle a topic that I have already edged around in several different episodes: the myth that the ancient earthworks of America were not built by Native Americans but rather by some lost "superior" race. Pledge support on Patreon for ad-free episodes and exclusive content. Read The Mound Builder Myth by Jason Colavito.Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch!   Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness.   Some music on this episode is copyright Alex Kish. Contact him at alexkishmusic.com to get music for your own projects. Other music, including "Remedy for Melancholy," "Evermore," "Wake Up," "Brooks," "daemones," "modum," "daesalus," "Oneiri," and "Mercy," are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0).Additional Music:"Maestro Tlakaelel" by Jesse Gallagher, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 2.0). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the conclusion of my series on claims that giants actually existed in antiquity, I focus on claims about Native Americans being giants and on giant bones being excavated from indigenous burial mounds, and I investigate fake news about this topic from the 19th century press and on the Internet today!Support the show on Patreon to get an ad-free feed of the show with exclusive episodes!Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch!  Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness.  Some music on this episode is copyright Alex Kish. Contact him at alexkishmusic.com to get music for your own projects. Other music, including "Oneiri," "Remedy for Melancholy," "Salue," "Wake Up," "Mare," "Comatose," and "Cold War Echo," are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part one of this series, I look at biblical and mythological claims about giants as well as more modern cases of giant bones supposedly having been discovered. Pledge support on Patreon for ad-free episodes and exclusive content!Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Some music on this episode is copyright Alex Kish. Contact him at alexkishmusic.com to get music for your own projects. Other music, including "Remedy for Melancholy," "Daylight (PON II)," and "daemones," are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0).Additional music:Spacial Harvest Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This podcast features materials protected by the Fair Use guidelines of Section 107 of the Copyright Act. All rights reserved to the copyright owners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices