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Musings on History11.4 Ideas Never DieSend us a textAre 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!Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2023-12-311h 11Musings on History11.3 Truth and Reconciliation or Lies and Rehabilitation?Send us a textWhat 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...do you?Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2023-11-051h 49Musings on History11.2 The World Chooses SidesSend us a textEenie, meanie, miney, moe, catch a Nazi by its toe... that's how some countries chose their side during World War II.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2023-10-2134 minMusings on History11.1 1939: A Turning PointSend us a textFirst episode from the new series on World War II.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2023-10-0739 minMusings on History10.6 Resistance by Any Other Name is Just as SweetSend us a textIn 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.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2023-05-0644 minMusings on History10.5 Slave Revolts and Marronage in North AmericaSend us a textVirginia and Louisiana not fuckin around.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2023-04-081h 02Musings on History10.4 Slave Revolts and Marronage in Africa and the Lower AmericasSend us a textGettin it poppin between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2023-04-011h 05Musings on History10.3 Medieval and Early Modern Slavery, Serfdom and ResistanceSend us a textSerfdom and revolt in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2023-02-1951 minMusings on History10.2 Slave and Peasant Revolts of the Classical PeriodSend us a textFrom ancient Greece to classical Japan, peasants, serfs, and slaves had had enough.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2023-02-1947 minMusings on History10.1 Bondage By Any Other Name is Just As ShiteSend us a textRead Gramsci!Support the show2023-01-2521 minMusings on History9.10 African Societies in the Early Modern PeriodSend us a textInvest in your domestic economy or meet your doom. Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2023-01-2351 minMusings on History9.9 Precolonial African InteractionsSend us a textEnthusiastically Black. That's the difference between me and you.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2023-01-1728 minMusings on History9.8 Precolonial African LearningSend us a textIDC what y'all say, the University of al-Qarawiyyin is the world's first and oldest university. Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2023-01-1543 minMusings on History9.7 Ancient African SocietiesSend us a textHow did we live before colonialism? Well you're about to find out.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2023-01-042h 00Musings on History9.6 Religions and Mythologies of Ancient AfricaSend us a textThis one is for my LGBTQ, I love y'all. Real bad. Support the show2022-12-1922 minMusings on History9.4 The Five Language Groups of AfricaSend us a textOnce 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. Support the show2022-12-1522 minMusings on History9.5 Ancient Civilizations of AfricaSend us a textCoast 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. Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2022-12-1531 minMusings on History9.3 Climate Zones of AfricaSend us a textFrom the Sahara Desert to the Okavango Delta, we're gonna discuss the ever-changing climates of the African continent.Support the show2022-12-1421 minMusings on History9.1 Prehistoric AfricaSend us a textGoing way back to the beginning for the inaugural episode of the Ancient Africa series. Musings is back, baby!Support the show2022-12-1214 minMusings on History9.2 Great Waters of AfricaSend us a textIn addition to containing the largest desert in the world, Africa is also home to some amazing bodies of freshwater. Support the show2022-12-1219 minMusings on History8.5 Color and Democracy: Colonies and Peace (1945)Send us a textIn 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).Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2022-06-0833 minMusings on HistorySpecial Episode: The Power of the DollarSend us a textBRICS...all white BRICS...off white BRICS...Xi just hit a lick, for 50 mo BRICS, ballin like a b**** with all these BRICS...Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2022-03-281h 12Musings on History8.4 Black Reconstruction in America (1935)Send us a textDr. W.E.B. DuBois writes his magnum opus and goes through his edgelord phase. Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2022-03-241h 06Musings on History8.3 The Gift of Black Folk (1924)Send us a textW.E.B. DuBois made a coloring book. Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2022-01-1155 minMusings on History8.2 The Souls of Black Folk (1903)Send us a textW.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-Barnett. IYKYKHigher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-10-261h 41Musings on History8.1 The Philadelphia Negro (1899)Send us a textW.E.B. DuBois in his HBCU fuckboi era. Nah, I'm kidding.W.E.B. DuBois Visual Biography located here: https://scribe.org/catalogue/web-du-bois-biography-four-voices Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-09-221h 21Musings on HistorySpecial Episode: A History of Haitian-Cuban-US RelationsSend us a textSpecial Episode! The history of Haiti and Cuba's relationship with the US (hint: it's not great)Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-08-043h 16Musings on History6.5 The Witcher SeriesSend us a textA brief history of Poland, through the yellow eyes of Geralt of Rivia.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-07-021h 06Musings on History6.4 Lord of the Rings LegendariumSend us a textWho knew Tolkien was a hater?!Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-06-031h 01Musings on History6.3 The Wheel of Time SeriesSend us a textA High Episcopalian attempts to distillate Hindu cosmology. Ion like det.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-06-031h 06Musings on History6.2 History and Fantasy: Harry Potter SeriesSend us a textI take the wizarding world of Harry James Potter to task.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-05-221h 22Musings on History6.1 History and Fantasy: A Song of Ice and Fire SeriesSend us a textTechnical difficulties be damned, we going to Westeros.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-05-203h 47Musings on History5.10 History of Christianity: Making Amends Through Liberation TheologySend us a textY'all have no idea how hard it is to come up with pithy and catchy things to say here. Anyway, embrace Catholic Marxism.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-05-181h 44Musings on History5.9 History of Christianity: How Church and State Colonized the WorldSend us a textWhat did the five fingers of the State say to the face? PRAY.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-05-121h 32Musings on History5.8 History of Christianity: The Protestant ReformationSend us a textThe Christians of Europe fight one another for 100 years over trivialities.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-05-032h 04Musings on History5.7 History of Christianity: Early Reformation and RenaissanceSend us a textWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BIRTHED YOUR WHOLE STYLE! Nah I'm kidding (I'm not). This episode is about the calls that are coming from within St. Peter's Basilica and all the ways the Catholic Church chose to ignore them. And the Renaissance, obviously.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-04-251h 27Musings on History5.6 History of Christianity: The Papal Golden AgeSend us a textTo fuck around is human, to find out, divine.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-04-141h 35Musings on History5.5 History of Christianity: East African ChristianitySend us a textThe history of the Oriental Orthodox Churches of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Eritrea.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-03-281h 11Musings on History5.4 History of Christianity: The Rise of Islam and the Christianization of All EuropeSend us a textThere's a new kid on the Abrahamaic block and they do not fuck around. Also, paganism must go.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-03-141h 23Musings on History5.3 History of Christianity: Christianity in the East v the WestSend us a textBefore Biggie v Tupac, there was Patriarchs v Popes. This episode discusses the original East Coast v West Coast beef, the ecclesiastical and geopolitical showdown between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-03-0338 minMusings on History5.2 History of Christianity: Christological Debates and the Many Myths of JesusSend us a textIn this episode, Jesus' divine backstory gets fleshed out. Mans got more retcons than Pietro and Wanda.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-02-2356 minMusings on History5.1 Christianity, Part I: Religion and Politics in AntiquitySend us a textFrom the caves and glens of the Levant to the world, the roots of Christianity are explored in their proper historical context.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-02-141h 25Musings on History4.10 Chinese Socialism Part IISend us a textThe history of Chinese socialism from 1949 to the present.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2021-01-211h 52Musings on HistorySpecial Episode: Repressive Desublimation, Celebrity, and Representational Politics in the COVID EraSend us a textI do a dab and dabble in a little post-structural analysis.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2020-11-2326 minMusings on HistorySpecial Episode: The Weimar RepublicSend us a textDon't let the foxes make the rules for the henhouse.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2020-09-1434 minMusings on History4.9 Chinese Socialism, Part ISend us a textThe end of an empire, the beginning of a revolution.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2020-08-091h 15Musings on HistorySpecial Episode: Malignant Beasts and the Crimes of Winston ChurchillSend us a textGreatest statesman of an age or mass murderer? Women lie, men lie, numbers never do. Let's find out!Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2020-07-0849 minMusings on History4.8 Socialism Part 3- Russian SocialismSend us a textThe incredibly long and procedural history of Russian socialism. With a little snark, as a treat.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2020-05-081h 21Musings on History4.7: Socialism, Part TwoSend us a textThe history of socialism in Europe. I know know, imagine how tired we are...Support the show2020-03-2716 minMusings on History4.6 PandemicsSend us a textA special episode and a GPSA (Ghetto Public Service Announcement) for y'all to STAY INSIDE AND WASH YOUR HANDS.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2020-03-1825 minMusings on History4.5 Socialism, Part OneSend us a textThe history of socialism around the world.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2020-03-1045 minMusings on History4.4 FascismSend us a textThe historical development of fascism.Short survey here: https://forms.gle/up6yHFoYyAL24jXG7Support the show2020-02-0822 minMusings on History4.3 NeoliberalismSend us a textNo, this isn't about your right to par-tay.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2020-01-1931 minMusings on History4.2 GentrificationSend us a textRobert Moses is the devil and Jane Jacobs didn't know what she was talking about. All hail Ruth Glass, tho.Support the show2020-01-0122 minMusings on History4.1: MonopsonySend us a textIn this episode I give a brief history of the word monopsony and how it is used to affect the labor market and the goods and services market.Support the show2019-12-0413 minMusings on History3.5 When It All Falls Down: The End of Gran Colombia and the Death of the LiberatorSend us a text"Many men, wish death upon me, blood in my eye dawg and I can't see, I'm just be what I'm destined to be, and generals tryna take my life away..."- Simon Bolivar, probablySupport the show2019-11-1219 min
Musings on History3.4 Bolivar Takes His Show on the RoadSend us a textIn this episode, Bolivar liberates Ecuador and Peru, and creates the Republic of Bolivia. All in a day's work for the Libertador.Support the show2019-10-2221 minMusings on History3.3 Get Up 10: Bolivar's Rough StartSend us a textIn this episode, Simon Bolivar learns very quickly that revolutions are easy to start, hard to finish, and almost impossible to transition into governments. Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2019-09-2932 minMusings on History3.2 Napoleon, Jefferson, and Petion: Bolivar Gets Schooled on RevolutionSend us a textThe Venezuelan general and soon to be Libertador gets a crash course on revolutionary tactics in this latest installment on the Lives of Three Generals.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2019-09-1141 minMusings on History3.1 The Silver that Brought About a Golden AgeSend us a textThe last of the three generals, Simon Bolivar, gets his due as the Lives of Three Generals series reaches its climax.Support the show2019-09-0619 minMusings on History2.7 The Battle of SekigaharaSend us a textThere are days that last lifetimes, and lifetimes that last days. Both are true about the famous Battle of Sekigahara, where Tokugawa Ieyasu will finally cement his hold on Japan, and on history.Support the show2019-09-0116 minMusings on History2.6 Not Your Mother's NobunagaSend us a textTokugawa Ieyasu butts heads with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, spends some time farming, and plays chess while the regents play checkers.Support the show2019-08-3017 minMusings on History2.5 Money, Power, Respect: Life as a Samurai in Sengoku JapanSend us a textTokugawa Ieyasu undergoes several name changes and alliances, until he finds the right fit.Support the show2019-08-2914 minMusings on History2.4 Like Steven Seagal, He's Hard to KillSend us a textExploring the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the legendary shogun of medieval Japan.Support the show2019-08-2214 minMusings on History2.3 The First (and Last) Man in RomeSend us a textThey saw him rollin, they was hatin...Support the show2019-08-2015 minMusings on History2.2 The Gallic WarsSend us a textJulius Caesar becomes un-fuck-wittable.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2019-08-1430 minMusings on History2.1 The Youthful Exploits of One Gaius Julius CaesarSend us a textIn this episode, I will be re-introducing you to Julius Caesar, arguably one of the greatest Roman generals and politicians of all-time.Support the show2019-08-0722 minMusings on History1.3 "Richard III"Send us a textIn which I discuss one of my favorite Shakespearean sociopaths, King Richard III.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2019-07-2534 minMusings on History1.2 "Othello"Send us a textIn this episode, I break down the sociopolitical background that inspired Shakespeare's "Othello".Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2019-06-3030 minMusings on History1.1 "The Tempest"Send us a textDiscussing Shakespeare's "The Tempest" from a historical perspective.Higher Listenings: Joy for EducatorsA new podcast from Top Hat delivering ideas, relief, and joy to the future of teaching.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show2019-06-2830 min