Musings on History
Musings on History is a podcast dedicated to the discussion of history from new angles and perspectives. All questions or comments can be sent to musingshistory@protonmail.com. Support the show (https://pod.fan/musings-on-history)
Episodes
70 episodes
11.4 Ideas Never Die
Are you a former Nazi Party member, Nazi scientist, or high-ranking former Wehrmacht officer in need of post-war employment? Well, does the US have the job opportunity for you!
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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1:11:08
11.3 Truth and Reconciliation or Lies and Rehabilitation?
What really happened on the Eastern and Western fronts? How much of the "Iron Curtain" was a collaboration between Churchill and Stalin? Why did Japan put "731" on their first domestically produced F-16 fighter jet last year? Jadakiss knows...d...
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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1:49:58
11.2 The World Chooses Sides
Eenie, meanie, miney, moe, catch a Nazi by its toe... that's how some countries chose their side during World War II.
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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34:29
11.1 1939: A Turning Point
First episode from the new series on World War II.
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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39:20
10.6 Resistance by Any Other Name is Just as Sweet
In the conclusion to the History of Resistance series, I talk about individual acts of slave resistance as well as the non-violent ways that enslaved people conceptualized freedom.
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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44:08
10.5 Slave Revolts and Marronage in North America
Virginia and Louisiana not fuckin around.
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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1:02:20
10.4 Slave Revolts and Marronage in Africa and the Lower Americas
Gettin it poppin between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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1:06:01
10.3 Medieval and Early Modern Slavery, Serfdom and Resistance
Serfdom and revolt in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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51:25
10.2 Slave and Peasant Revolts of the Classical Period
From ancient Greece to classical Japan, peasants, serfs, and slaves had had enough.
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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47:48
9.10 African Societies in the Early Modern Period
Invest in your domestic economy or meet your doom.
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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51:56
9.9 Precolonial African Interactions
Enthusiastically Black. That's the difference between me and you.
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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28:33
9.8 Precolonial African Learning
IDC what y'all say, the University of al-Qarawiyyin is the world's first and oldest university.
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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43:17
9.7 Ancient African Societies
How did we live before colonialism? Well you're about to find out.
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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2:00:54
9.6 Religions and Mythologies of Ancient Africa
This one is for my LGBTQ, I love y'all. Real bad.
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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22:16
9.5 Ancient Civilizations of Africa
Coast to Coast, it's Space Ghost! Sike IDK, I'm running out of shit to put here. As the title suggests, we're talking about ancient civilizations in Africa.
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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32:02
9.4 The Five Language Groups of Africa
Once again, we gettin to it from the roota to the African toota as it were, covering the five major language groups of Africa and where you will hear them spoken.
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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22:29
9.3 Climate Zones of Africa
From the Sahara Desert to the Okavango Delta, we're gonna discuss the ever-changing climates of the African continent.
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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21:53
9.2 Great Waters of Africa
In addition to containing the largest desert in the world, Africa is also home to some amazing bodies of freshwater.
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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19:06
9.1 Prehistoric Africa
Going way back to the beginning for the inaugural episode of the Ancient Africa series. Musings is back, baby!
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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14:03
8.5 Color and Democracy: Colonies and Peace (1945)
In the final arc of his life, Dr. W.E.B. DuBois is as active as ever and finally puts a ring on it (it being Communism).
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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33:18
Special Episode: The Power of the Dollar
BRICS...all white BRICS...off white BRICS...Xi just hit a lick, for 50 mo BRICS, ballin like a b**** with all these BRICS...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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1:12:40
8.4 Black Reconstruction in America (1935)
Dr. W.E.B. DuBois writes his magnum opus and goes through his edgelord phase.
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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1:07:04
8.3 The Gift of Black Folk (1924)
W.E.B. DuBois made a coloring book.
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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55:12
8.2 The Souls of Black Folk (1903)
W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington have a petty off about the priorities of the Black race in America. There's also a bunch of race riots and conferences and I break down The Souls of Black Folk, chapter by chapter. S/O to Ida B. Wells-Barn...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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1:41:30