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  • Episode 539: The Miracle at the Marne

    Episode 539: The Miracle at the Marne
    2026/06/05
    Germany nearly won World War One in the first six weeks, just as it planned. Nearly.

    But it turns out that timetables are a heck of a lot easier to work out on paper than in real life....

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    28 分
  • Episode 538: The Spark

    Episode 538: The Spark
    2026/05/29
    Somehow, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, throws the entire world into war. Of course, it was not an accident. The alliance systems, the militarism, the nationalism, all of it conspires to doom Europe to its own destruction. But it all starts with two bullets fired by a nineteen-year-old assassin.

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    37 分
  • Episode 537: Sleepwalkers

    Episode 537: Sleepwalkers
    2026/05/22
    World War One did not happen accidentally. There were a multitude of factors that led up to the Great War. Today we cover them.

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  • Episode 536: American Imperialism

    Episode 536: American Imperialism
    2026/05/15
    The period from 1877 to 1912 saw America transform from an agrarian, second-tier power, to one of the more dominant nations in the world. This is that story.

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  • When Companies Run The Courts

    When Companies Run The Courts
    2026/05/12
    Today I sit down with Brendan Ballou and discuss a book EVERYONE should read: When The Companies Run The Courts.

    America has a hidden justice system. There, decisions are made in secret, and “judges” are paid for by the companies and abusers who are being sued. Victims usually lose. But when they do, they cannot appeal, and they cannot turn to real courts for help.

    They are trapped in this system, and quite likely, so are you. You joined it when you accepted the Terms and Conditions on a website, opened a new credit card, or started a new job. When you did, you agreed to be trapped in this secret justice system called “forced arbitration.” Through its secrecy and corruption, forced arbitration helps companies cheat their workers, helps banks deceive their customers, and helps predators act with impunity. If companies and the very powerful often seem beyond the reach of the law, it’s because they are, and forced arbitration is the reason.

    Yet despite the fact that forced arbitration profoundly shapes our lives, almost nothing has been written about it. Brendan Ballou’s When Companies Run the Courts changes that. It shows how forced arbitration came to be, how it makes your life worse, and how we might escape it.

    Buy The Book HERE.

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    44 分
  • Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece

    Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece
    2026/05/12
    Today I am proud to welcome back renowned historian, Adrian Goldsworthy, to discuss his latest book: Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece.

    No period has more profoundly influenced the Western world than classical Greece, and at its center stood two cities: Athens and Sparta. Side by side, they beat the Persians, the only superpower of that age. Yet later, they spread conflict and destruction throughout the eastern Mediterranean, culminating in the horrors of the Peloponnesian War.

    Athens and Sparta tells the definitive history of the relationship between brutal, militaristic Sparta and brash, radically democratic Athens. Eminent historian Adrian Goldsworthy narrates their incredible rise to prominence and how they became allies, rivals, and enemies. Ultimately, Goldsworthy shows that Athens and Sparta were more than competitors vying for power. They were polar opposites in ideology and culture, both driven by the Greek longing to excel, who led radically different experiments in how to run a state.

    A remarkable account of ancient Greece at its height, this is the tale of the two cities that helped build it—before almost tearing it apart.

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    59 分
  • Episode 535: I won't be Reconstructed...

    Episode 535: I won't be Reconstructed...
    2026/05/08
    The era we call Reconstruction is one of the most hopeful, and ultimately, heartbreaking of American history. The passage of the Reconstruction Amendments provided legal rights to thousands of people. But the bargain of 1877 and the corruption of the Gilded Age ultimately prove too much weight for the promise of equality to bear.

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    43 分
  • Episode 534: European Supernova

    Episode 534: European Supernova
    2026/05/01
    In the second half of the 19th Century, Europe goes nuclear and expands across the globe. The "Scramble for Africa" and press for colonies drove the European states to compete with one another in ways that will have disasterous consequences.

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    34 分