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History ImpossibleMartyrs, Militants, Monetizers, and Madmen (w/ Crackpot History)In this newest installment of History Impossible, we’re privileged to be joined by the host of the Crackpot History Podcast, which began life just over a year ago by doing a detailed, long-running critique of the Martyr Made Podcast’s inaugural series, “Fear and Loathing in the New Jerusalem.” As many of you know, I have frequently recommended that series, and to some extent I still do, but now with many more reservations and qualifications that have been clarified thanks to the work of Crackpot History’s psuedonymous host.The conversation does indeed focus on the shortcomings of “Fear a...
2026-02-252h 07
History ImpossibleColor Coded Alliances and Islamism's Useful Suckers (w/ Eli Lake)In this very special episode of History Impossible, we are joined by the esteemed journalist, political commentator, and fellow historical podcaster Eli Lake, host of the incredible Breaking History podcast and writer of many incredible articles over the past few decades. Eli’s own series runs the gamut of many historical topics, particularly with resonance and direct connections to the headlines of the day (hence the name of the show), and there have been a number of cross-overs of our shared interests, particularly when it comes to the history of the Holy Land in particular and Middle East in general.
2026-02-131h 17
History ImpossibleThe Forgotten Green Brown AllianceAs covered in the most recent episode of History Impossible, the Nazis could be pretty keen on developing supposedly strange bedfellows, especially as the Second World War continued. This could be seen most pointedly in the SS’s attempted merging of Islamic aesthetics and religious practices with National Socialist values with the creation of the Handschar division in Bosnia. While that division did not last long and was plagued by problems from its very inception, the idea that such an ideological and theological merge could be accomplished did not end with the division. In fact, it was only the beginning.
2026-02-031h 51
History ImpossibleThe Muslim Nazis: HandscharAfter nearly five years, we have finally arrived at the point where we began this series about the so-called “Muslim Nazis.” We still have a little ways to go before we can call this story complete, but the image that inspired this half-decade deep dive into one of the darkest and strangest corners of the Second World War can finally be fully developed.It took a journey across two continents and multiple countries, and context that spans two of the most—if not the most—controversial historical developments of the twentieth century, that is, the nascent Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the bi...
2026-01-016h 13
History ImpossibleWar for the Frontiers of History and America (w/ Jack Henneman of The History of the Americans)History is often forged upon the frontiers—both literally and figuratively. That includes the field of history, whose frontiers have become wildly expanded with the advent of podcasting and other forms of content creation. This has certainly created tension, but it has also created opportunities for narratives and voices that would never have otherwise been heard. One of those voices is that of the incredible Jack Henneman of The History of the Americans podcast, one of the best historical podcasts on the market.Jack approaches American history with a granular fixation and that has placed him in a ve...
2025-12-012h 21
JaumeSoler.net Tripulante18-La Radio Náutica'El tiempo no pasa para la 44Cup y me alegra que Calero Marinas vuelva a apostar por grandes eventos''Hay viajes que son más que viajes. Son regresos. Regresos a un lugar, a un ambiente, a una manera de entender la vela. Casi quince años hacía que no ponía un pie en una regata del circuito RC44 —hoy 44Cup—. La última, en Cascais. De aquellas todavía con Russell Coutts, presidiendo una clase diseñada a imagen y semejanza de los añorados AC75 que brillaron por última vez en Valencia 2007.
Y, sin embargo, al llegar… nada parecía haber cambiado.
Las mismas miradas. Los mismos saludos que parecen congelados en el tiempo. Los organizadores: idénticos. Las r...
2025-11-2904 min
History ImpossibleSalem Possessed (w/ Sebastian Major of Our Fake History)It’s unlikely that I’ve undersold the significance of the Salem witchcraft crisis to the development of American history, particularly in the religious and institutional context. But what I always felt somewhat sad about leaving out was the true horror of the event itself, and really the confusing knot that it has created throughout the nearly 340 years that have passed since its conclusion. Why did such a thing happen? What bewitched the people of Salem? Was it mass hysteria? Was it social contagion? Was it ergot poisoning? Was it real witchcraft? These questions, remarkably, are still asked to this very...
2025-11-242h 03
Bienvenido a los 901078 - Matt Cameron habla del futuro de SoundgardenTras más de 25 años en la banda, Matt Cameron se despedía de Pearl Jam, en de mayo de 2025.
En este episodio analizamos los motivos detrás de su decisión y también exploramos el regreso de Soundgarden, el esperado disco póstumo con la voz de Chris Cornell y los nuevos proyectos personales de Cameron.
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2025-10-2928 min
History ImpossibleA Storm of Decay: The Salem Witch Trials and the Death of AuthorityIt might seem a bit gauche to discuss the Salem witchcraft crisis for Halloween, but here it is: the story of the real damage done by the infamous Salem witch trials beyond the deaths of about two dozen people that did not need to occur. The causes of the witchcraft hysteria are not discussed here, since those would require an entire episode of their own. In this case, we will be looking at how the witch trials harmed, perhaps irreparably, the integrity and authority of Salem’s, and perhaps even New England’s, religious and legal institutions for years to come...
2025-10-291h 33
A Time A Place in SportSportspeople and Teams That Changed Their NamesPaul is back for another action-packed, informative episode, this time looking at some sportspeople and teams from over the years who have changed their names. It may have been due to factors such as religion, marketing and publicity, true identity, family reasons. Some of who will be discussed include:- A professional American golfer who changed his name due to being teased and compared to a former adult film star.- A well-known Rugby League team who have changed their name several times over the years and were once known as the Berries.- Tiger Woods, Pele, Sugar Ray Robinson...
2025-10-261h 13
History ImpossibleThe Uncomfortable Truth About Rhetoric to ViolenceIn the chaotic month that was September 2025, much has been said about the role of rhetoric and violence in the United States; namely how the former causes the latter, or at least how the former and the latter cannot be separated. This came up on the previous episode of History Impossible, in which I discussed this concept with my friends Daniele Bolelli and Kristaps Andrejsons as we tried to clarify the real horror of what political violence entails. In the time since that episode aired, more acts of political violence have unfolded, including the assault on an ICE facility in...
2025-09-301h 38
History ImpossibleA Violent Yet Flammable World (w/ Kristaps Andrejsons & Daniele Bolelli)In light of the recent killing of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk and the realization among many that the United States is facing a stark rise in the possibility of greater political violence than any other time in its recent history, it became clear that a deeper conversation on the nature and, more importantly, the reality of political violence was necessary. This became even clearer as the flippancy with which people were treating violence—both the violence that had befallen Kirk and the violence that was being encouraged by the most enraged elements of the American right, including the state—increased in t...
2025-09-191h 39
History ImpossibleThe Protestant World and Christ's Chinese Brother (w/ Daniele Bolelli)Hey all, it’s great to be back with all of you. Especially for this special conversation that has been well overdue, especially on the History Impossible feed. I was thrilled to be able to host my friend and mentor Daniele Bolelli of the History on Fire and Drunken Taoist podcasts (not to mention teacher, author of many great books, and martial artist), to first catch up on how things have been going on his end, and then discuss an old story close to our hearts—the Taiping Rebellion, and its leader, Jesus Christ’s alleged younger Chinese brother Hong Xiuqua...
2025-09-091h 24
History ImpossibleA New Great Awakening May Be NighAfter a slight delay, History Impossible is back with the newest installment of audio adaptations of previous writing and historical scholarship that I’ve done in the past several years or so. In this case, we are looking at a massively overhauled and updated audio version of an essay I wrote that was originally published by Areo Magazine in January of 2021, in which I made the case that the United States was undergoing something of a religious revival, which became particularly evident the previous year.This is a theme I’ve visited and revisited multiple times in the year...
2025-08-272h 00
Bienvenido a los 901057 - Matt Cameron se despide de Pearl JamHablamos con Víctor e Iñaki de estupidafregona.net sobre la salida de Matt Cameron y algunos momentos brillantes del Dark Matter World Tour.
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2025-07-241h 38
RotoWire Fantasy Baseball PodcastTwo-Start Pitchers (Week of July 7, 2025)Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!0:00 Intro/Happy 4th of July!Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Ronny Henriquez $12Nestor Cortes $3Dietrich Enns $3Ryan Mountcastle $2Garrett Whitlock $2Cole Young $1Max Muncy (ATH) $1Derek Hill $0Matt Brash $0Two-Start Pitchers (Week of July 7, 2025)Merrill Kelly 3 (Todd 4)Brandon Pfaadt 2Jeffrey Springs 2Didier Fuentes 0Brandon Young 1Brayan Bello 2 (Todd 3)Shota Imanaga 4 (Todd 3)Brady Singer 3Nick Martinez 3T...
2025-07-0459 min
History ImpossibleThe Unreality of Realism (w/ Zack Twamley of When Diplomacy Fails)In this newest conversation on History Impossible, I was super-happy to be joined by fellow historical podcaster Zack Twamley, host of the excellent and long-running podcast, When Diplomacy Fails. Zack and I have mostly crossed paths via our mutual podcasting pal Kristaps Andrejsons of the Eastern Border podcast, on which we have both been guests. Most recently, as many will recall, Zack and I were part of a larger panel discussion (that also included other podcasting great Jack Johansson of the Secret Police podcast) that Kristaps hosted to discuss the state of the new Trump administration vis-à-vis the ongoing w...
2025-06-272h 24
History ImpossibleThe Butler Boomerang: How American Empire Stopped American FascismHello again everyone. We have a new, special episode of History Impossible for all of you in which we examine a less-known moment of American imperialism, as well as the downstream effects it seemed to have during the world’s authoritarian moment of the 1930s. This is adapted from an academic paper I wrote in graduate school that I previously put out for all of you to read, similar to my earlier piece, “A Revulsion of Feeling,” which focused on the Arab Revolt of 1936-1939.We don’t often think of the positive downstream effects of imperialism, but that doe...
2025-06-121h 33
History ImpossibleA Velvet JihadPlease note: This episode was made before I learned about the influence of Qatar in various parts of the United States (including, apparently, the Oval Office for the mere price of a plane), but honestly, it all just serves to help confirm my overall thesis all the more. World events have a funny way of rendering old analyses irrelevant, but I am sorry to say that imperialism in its many forms is likely eternal.The last time we discussed imperialism on History Impossible, we looked at the form it appears to be taking under the second Trump administration, wh...
2025-05-261h 33
History ImpossibleTrump 2.0: Making America Progressive AgainThe question of who President Donald Trump resembled in history is one that has become almost a cliche, mostly thanks to its ideological Rorschach quality, especially during his first term and in the years leading up to his second. This has become far less of a debate, thanks largely to the man himself actually citing his influences.This was what I decided to tackle in an essay I wrote for my friend David Josef Volodsko in his publication, The Radicalist. A couple of weeks later, I am happy to bring to all of you the audio adaptation of th...
2025-04-1857 min
History ImpossibleDiplomacy on the Eastern Border (w/ Kristaps Andrejsons, Jack Johannson, & Zack Twamley)I was recently invited to join in a panel discussion with three podcasting greats and people I consider friends—that is, The Eastern Border’s Kristaps Andrejsons, the Secret Police podcast’s Jack Johannson, and When Diplomacy Fails podcast’s Zack Twamley. It originally went up on the Eastern Border feed, split into two parts, but Kristaps was kind enough to let all of us get our grubby paws on the masters to put on our own feeds, something that I felt would allow me to give all of you fine people another nice bonus while you wait for the next ins...
2025-03-252h 53
History ImpossibleThe Slave Who Would Be a Spy (w/ Isaac Willour)Slavery is often known as the United States’ original sin, and for good reason. Much of our perceptions of it are informed both by the Civil War’s cause and outcome, and the contradictions—and even moral hypocrisy—that it created with our Founding Fathers’ professed beliefs. Contradiction is the theme not just of the United States’ values and history, but it also a major theme of this episode of the podcast.In this newest installment of History Impossible, we’re looking at the extraordinary life of James Armistead Lafayette, the slave who would become the Colonies’ most vital spy during...
2025-03-141h 00
History ImpossibleA Bug in the SoftwareHey everyone, happy to present to all of you fine people with a brief bonus, this time adapting my recent historiographical essay that I had written my first semester in graduate school on the study of infectious disease’s effects throughout history and how it was written about from around the 1970s until the 2010s. This should serve as a nice pairing with the recent “Mother’s Wrath, Mankind’s Cope” and demonstrate the sort of academic origins of my thinking on this particular subject. Please enjoy and stay tuned!…History Impossible has been made possible by the follo...
2025-02-2856 min
History ImpossibleMother's Wrath, Mankind's Bargain (The Los Angeles Fires of 2025)In this episode of History Impossible inaugurating 2025 and the sixth anniversary of the show, we will be looking at the Los Angeles Fires of 2025 but from an extended, historical, and probably overly philosophical lens. Because as it turns out, natural disasters are a constant of the human experience and create some of the greatest extremes, and reflecting on what afflicts us now alongside what has afflicted us in the past can provide at least some clarity (or, in my case, closure).The destruction faced by Los Angelenos in 2025 is not too dissimilar from many examples of destruction in...
2025-02-131h 50
Diario en MovimientoEstrenos streaming 17-24 eneroTemporada 4 Episodio 590. Como cada viernes, un repaso a las novedades de las plataformas de streaming. NETFLIX Día 17. De vuelta a la acción. Quince años después de abandonar la CIA para formar una familia, los espías de élite Matt y Emily vuelven al mundo del espionaje cuando se quedan sin tapadera. Protagonizada por:Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Glenn Close Día 23. El agente nocturno. Temporada 2. Unidos por una llamada a medianoche, un agente del FBI y una experta en ciberseguridad deben desentrañar una intrincada red de conspir...
2025-01-2409 min
History ImpossibleA Revulsion of Feeling: The Arab Revolt and Collective IdentityThis is the first installment of something that doesn’t really have a name; the Grad School Files? That sounds a little like a bad Netflix show. I’ll take suggestions, but in the meantime, we can simply define this as it is: the first adaptation of one of my academic papers from graduate school into an honest-to-goodness episode of History Impossible. The first thing I want to say is that it was more difficult than I expected to adapt an academic paper into a podcast than I expected. The material is all there, but speaking in formal academic language mana...
2024-12-301h 31
History ImpossibleThe Question of GenocideThis episode of History Impossible is an adaptation of the historical polemic I wrote on the one-year anniversary of October 7th, 2023, examining the interpretation of genocide, as applied to the current war between Hamas and Israel, and to the devastation wrought against the Bosnian Muslims by their Serb counterparts in the early 1990s. This episode touches on some extremely upsetting and dark material, including descriptions of child death, mass killing, and rape, so please consider yourself warned if that sort of thing is something you might want to avoid.This episode will serve as a polemical counterpart to...
2024-12-061h 04
History ImpossibleThe Elites Who Would Play God (w/ CJ Killmer of Dangerous History)In this newest special episode of History Impossible, I sat down to discuss a super-light topic, one not fraught with intense controversy and tragedy, with my long time friend and podcasting comrade, CJ Killmer, of the Dangerous History Podcast: that is, the topic of eugenics! More accurately, we discussed a particular man in that noteworthy field who CJ discussed on his second-most recent episode (as of this writing; the 12th and newest epic installment of the Woodrow Wilson series he’s been working hard on just released), Dr. Edwin Katzen-Ellenbogen.This man’s storied career included being a pion...
2024-09-091h 34
History ImpossibleWhy Hajj Amin MattersThe following is the audio version of the recent essay addendum to the most recent episode of History Impossible, “The German Voice of Islam.” Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read and listen and, when at all possible, support my work. Please consider becoming a patron or paid subscriber to History Impossible at whatever level you feel comfortable.History Impossible has been made possible by the following generous supporters on Patreon, Substack, and PayPal. Please consider donating today to help keep me free and this show alive:David AdamcikRajan AthulR...
2024-08-1237 min
History ImpossibleThe Muslim Nazis: The German Voice of IslamThe Third Reich’s so-called war on the Jews was not one that they fought alone.In fact, their war had been being fought for decades before Hitler even took power, perhaps even a full generation. The fight began in the late 19th century in Jerusalem, within the office of the mufti of that city. He was an elderly, serious man who, unlike everyone around him, believed he could read the tea leaves and explain where these land sales to an ever-increasing number of Jews was supposedly heading (despite the fact that he himself was also taking part in...
2024-07-226h 02
History ImpossibleThe Soviet Who Saved the World (w/ The Eastern Border)In this special conversational episode of History Impossible, we’re joined again by friend of the show and friend of mine, Kristaps Andrejsons of The Eastern Border podcast (which will also host this conversation on its feed!), who was kind enough to grace the shores of the United States for a visit, specifically Texas. Specifically, we turned to his recent special wedding episode where he discussed the eponymous “man who saved the world,” Stanislav Petrov, who, according to erroneous headlines from publications like the Atlantic a number of years ago, saved the world by “doing absolutely nothing.” Kristaps is here to disabuse...
2024-04-291h 21
Criterio Cero PodcastCriterio Cero 3x48 - Mentiras Arriesgadas (True Lies, 1994)El dúo formado por James Cameron en la dirección, y Arnold Schwarzenegger como protagonista, ha dado para unas cuantas películas de acción imprescindibles del género. La última de ellas, esta True Lies o Mentiras Arriesgadas. Antes de sumergirse en las profundidades en busca del Titanic, o de perderse (esperemos que no para siempre) en la insulsa Pandora, Cameron se marcaba este perfecto equilibrio entre acción y comedia con unas escenas trepidantes, momentos descacharrantes y mucha mala baba. Un producto propio de los años 90. Para rendirle el homenaje que se merece por los 30 años que cu...
2024-04-224h 09
Criterio Cero PodcastCriterio Cero 3x48 - Mentiras Arriesgadas (True Lies, 1994)El dúo formado por James Cameron en la dirección, y Arnold Schwarzenegger como protagonista, ha dado para unas cuantas películas de acción imprescindibles del género. La última de ellas, esta True Lies o Mentiras Arriesgadas.
Antes de sumergirse en las profundidades en busca del Titanic, o de perderse (esperemos que no para siempre) en la insulsa Pandora, Cameron se marcaba este perfecto equilibrio entre acción y comedia con unas escenas trepidantes, momentos descacharrantes y mucha mala baba. Un producto propio de los años 90.
Para rendirle el homenaje que se merece por los 30 años que cu...
2024-04-224h 09
History ImpossibleOppenheimer and the Nuclear QuestionHey all, I hope you’re doing well.I have for all of you the audio adaptation of the essay I wrote last year in response to my seeing the magisterial Oppenheimer, and given its newly Oscar-anointed status, I figured now would be the best time to get this out as a bonus as you all patiently await the return of the Muslim Nazis series (it’s still coming, worry not!). In this, we cover, mostly from my own memory (but supported by sources), the various reasons the United States might have dropped the atomic bombs on H...
2024-03-3155 min
History ImpossibleClosing the Holocaust Knowledge GapHey everyone. The following is an ad-free bonus audio essay that follows up on the recent conversation I had with the History Underground's J.D. Huitt, where I make some corrections and then provide some deeper context to my thinking about how we might fix the Holocaust Knowledge Gap via education. I will let the episode speak for itself, but I want to thank all of you for your constant support of the show and your patience as I work on the longer episodes.History Impossible has been made possible by the following generous supporters on Patreon, Substack...
2024-03-0746 min
History ImpossibleThe Holocaust Knowledge Gap w/ The History UndergroundIn this newest special installment of History Impossible, we’re joined by long-time friend of the podcast and friend of mine, J.D. Huitt, the man behind the incredible History Underground channel over on YouTube, probably one of the best historical travel and educational content creators in the game (who has more than earned his 600,000 subscribers). Both J.D. and I were DMing on Twitter/X recently, sharing our discomfort with the seeming spike we’ve been seeing of not just ignorance about the Holocaust—what we thought was one of the best known event of the 20th centur...
2024-02-231h 31
Bay Area Book Festival PodcastCrossing the Finish Line: New Books from SJSU MFA Faculty, Steinbeck Fellows, and StudentsRita Cameron, Carmen Kennedy, Amanda Mei Kim, J. Michael Martinez, and Keenan Norris, moderated by Alan Soldofsky What does it take to get beyond outlines and sh*tty first drafts to a finished manuscript? And, from there, how do you make it across the finish line to publication? Five San José State University faculty members, students, and Steinbeck Fellows with new or forthcoming books will retrace their own publication journeys and inspire you to chase your second (or third) wind in a session that offers equal parts practical advice and writerly motivation. Sponsored by the D...
2024-02-151h 03
History ImpossibleThe Perfect Tie: The Election of 1876 (w/ Richard Lim of This American President)“I scarcely ever passed a week under such depression of spirits. […] It is terrible to see the extent to which all classes go in their determination to win. Conscience offers no restraint; nothing is so common as the resort to perjury unless it is violence. In short, I do not know who to believe: if we win, our methods are subject to impeachment for possible fraud; if the enemy wins, it is the same thing exactly. Doubt, suspicion, irritation go with the consequence, whatever it may be.”—Lew Wallace, retired Civil War general, 1876Many people will call out...
2024-02-051h 04
History ImpossibleBalkan Inferno: The Bosnian DreamSometimes, the best way to understand everything a people have gone through is to understand a dream.This is how many nations frame themselves and their own origins. No matter the context, there is always truth in the idea that before there was a nation, there was a dream. And that dream, however morally sullied by the ugliness of reality, consequences, and choices, can never and should never be discounted, even with the nations who have had their dreams frustrated for so long. In fact, the truth of that dream can be seen in those realities, consequences, and...
2023-12-304h 05
History ImpossiblePogroms and StudentsHey everybody. Now that I’ve finished up the notes and script for the conclusion of the “Balkan Inferno” trilogy (which will lead us right back into the thick of the “Muslim Nazis” series), I’m hard at work putting all of that together. In the meantime, please enjoy (as much as one can enjoy such a subject—I really do say that a lot, don’t I?) this bonus episode that slightly tweaks and expands my recent Substack post, “Pogroms and Students.” This episode covers relatively current events regarding the escalation of anti-Semitic incidents—especially in the United States, where i...
2023-11-251h 03