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We go to late 19th Century America and look at the Captains of Industry. Were they exploitative villains or builders of America's future?

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Is it fair to use sitcoms from 40 years ago as a marker of our history, and comparison with affordability today? We explore using Married With Children, Roseanne, The Cosby Show and Brady Bunch.

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We look at the largest of the successor (Diadochi) kingdoms built after the death of Alexander. A mixed legacy of west meets east but also ending in ignominy.

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Antiochus the Great by Michael Taylor

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We talk with Jeremy Ryan Slate the founder of the Hidden Forces in History and Roman Pattern podcasts about Romans such as Aurelian, English Kings Henry V and VII, what we can learn today from Roman decline.

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Ronald Syme: The Roman Revolution

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We travel from 24th Century BC Akkad to the Napoleonic Era looking for good subjects worthy of portrayal. Sargon, St. Louis and Nelson all make appearances.

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We look at Spielberg/Hanks, Ford/Wayne, Lean/Guinness and reluctantly Griffiths/Gish to view historical movies where a director and actor collaborated more than once.

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We take a walk through presidential history to ID financial chicanery in the executive branch

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We are joined on the podcast by Tim Queeney, author of Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization. We travel from the stone age to Egypt, Polynesia, the Age of Sail and even go to Mars.