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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
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
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
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 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
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 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 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
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
Chaotically Intolerant Multi Media ProductionsTurning Back The Clock, NFL Uniform & #1 Pick Draft | Episode 15200:00 Introduction and Draft Setup
01:13 Peyton Manning - Greatest Quarterback
03:36 Chuck Bednarik - Hall of Fame Center
04:04 Terry Bradshaw - Four-Time Super Bowl Winner
04:59 Bruce Smith - Dominant Defensive End
05:27 OJ Simpson - Controversial Running Back
07:10 Orlando Pace - Greatest Offensive Tackle
08:05 Earl Campbell - Powerful Running Back
10:04 Ron Yerry - Hall of Fame Offensive Lineman
11:03 Leroy Selman - Dominant Defensive End
12:32 Paul Hornung - Versatile Halfback and Kicker
13:30 Cam Newton - Dynamic Quarterback
14:00 Eli Manning - Super Bowl Hero
15:20 Matthew Stafford - Prolific Quarterback
17:12 Takeaways from the Quarterback Picks
19:34 Honorable Mentions and Discussion on Quarterbacks
23:50 Uniform Draft Introduction
25:25 San...
2024-04-0141 min
Sport ShackLoyalty In SportPaul and Glenn are back for another action packed, fun episode. This week we will discuss The Gold Coast Marathon for this year and then focus on the topic of loyalty in sport by paying tribute to the loyal players, coaches and spectators. Some of who we will discuss include
- A dedicated and loyal basketball coach who has spent most of his adult life playing and coaching for his university and recently retired after coaching the university team after 47 years.
- A Chelsea football legend who spent 19 years at the club winning multiple trophies.
2023-07-041h 33
The Confused BreakfastBad Boys (1995)May of Bay: Uncaged rages on with Bad Boys! Michael Bay’s first major directorial debut attempts to answer the age old question: whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Apparently you pretend to be your Partner for way too long. Does Lawrence outshine Smith? Who exactly are the “Bad Boys”? Are they actually just Bad Cops?? Give us some watermelon bubbliscious and some skittles.•0:00:00 - Introductions•0:02:45 - Memories of first viewing•0:07:30 - Pertinent movie details •0:12:45 - Critical and fan reviews•0:18:45 - Scene by scene breakdown •1:23:15 - Modern day ratings
2023-05-101h 38
The Confused BreakfastMallrats (1995)Say, would you like a chocolate pretzel?? Kevin Smith’s second film in the View Askewniverse, Mallrats, taught us the importance of being up 12-2 in the 2nd period, the meaning of callow, and that the back of a Volkswagen is no place to make Whoopi.. or something like that. Does Kevin’s Smiths signature dialogue come through? Are Jay and Silent Bob always the best part of these movies? Will Willam ever see the schooner? SNOOCHIE BOOCHIES! •0:00:00 - Introductions•0:03:00 - Memories of first viewing•0:07:30- Pertinent movie details •0:12:30 - Critical and fan review...
2023-01-111h 41
Music TalksEpisode 50 - A Celebratory CompilationGetting to Episode 50 is an important milestone for me and one that I wanted to celebrate in some way. I didn't want to get into choosing my "favourite " clips as that would be a harder task even than choosing a song from each decade of my life :-) It also didn't feel the right thing to do as I have genuinely enjoyed every one of the 49 episodes. In recent months I have been flattered that a few people, thinking about starting a Podcast, have reached out for some advice and guidance and that gave me an ide...
2021-07-221h 18
ColdJustice for Joyce Yost | Garden Variety | 5Doug Lovell's conviction for the rape of Joyce Yost carries a heavy penalty: 15 years-to-life in prison. With Doug safely in custody, South Ogden police turn their attention on his wife, Rhonda. The investigation stalls however, leaving the newly assigned lead detective Terry Carpenter chasing a strange lead involving a claim Joyce died at the hands of a satanic coven. Joyce Yost had never met the man who followed her home on an April night in 1985, who kidnapped and raped her. He threatened to kill her, but she went to police anyway. Then, she vanished. Joyce has never...
2021-04-281h 06
Total Movie RecallTMR 052 – Cabin Boy This week on Total Movie Recall, Ryan gets his hipster comedy credentials revoked after Steve makes him pay $3.99 to watch the 1994 not-so-classic comedy, Cabin Boy. Ryan simply cannot understand the cache this movie has in the “alt-comedy” world, or as he likes to call it, the “non-comedy” world (now that’s funny!). Steve would explain it, but you just, like, don’t get it man. Cabin Boy (1994) d. Adam Resnick Starring: Chris Elliott Ritch Brinkley James Gammon Brian Doyle-Murray Brion James Melora Walters David Letterman
2021-01-041h 42
The Chronicles of a Time LordThe Final Game Episode 7
The Final Game Part Seven
Two Time Lords. One Last Battle. A
Final Farewell.
Celebrating 50 Years of Jon Pertwee and
Roger Delgado in Doctor Who
Cast List
The Doctor - Marshall Tankersley
The Master - Terry Cooper
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Tony J
Fyler
Sarah Jane Smith - Sarah Wheatley
Liz Shaw - Denise Sutton
Jo Jones - Julia Eve
Mike Yates - Johnny Robinson
Sgt Benton - Richard Gurl
Lieutenant Samantha Thompson - Zoe
Jenkins
Corporal Carol Bell...
2020-11-271h 32The Chronicles of a Time LordThe Final Game Episode 7
The Final Game Part Seven
Two Time Lords. One Last Battle. A
Final Farewell.
Celebrating 50 Years of Jon Pertwee and
Roger Delgado in Doctor Who
Cast List
The Doctor - Marshall Tankersley
The Master - Terry Cooper
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Tony J
Fyler
Sarah Jane Smith - Sarah Wheatley
2020-11-271h 32Music TalksEpisode 7 - Paul Simpson - Still Wond'ring AloudPaul is a dear friend, an ex-colleague, an accomplished musician and singer , a member of my favorite Seattle band The Professors , a proud family man and a thoroughly nice guy! He also has a host of stories to tell and to give you an indication of the depth of stories , we didn't even get to his stint as a nude portrait model in his youth ! Maybe we will revisit that as a B sides episode at some point. In the meantime enjoy his journey and story over seven decades. From :...
2019-09-1758 min
NSAA 360 RadioBlack Talk Sacramento #031: Hip Hoppers Books on Parade Living the Hug LifeBlack Talk Sacramento #031:
Current Show Date: May 9, 2017 / 5pm-7pm
Every Second Tuesday
Hosted by: Marichal J Brown, Gerry Gos Simpson, NSAA, Tony Harvey
Special Guitarist: Norman Mcdaniel
Introduction:
We would like to welcome Black Talk Sacramento podcast, held at
Underground Books
2814 35th Street
Sacramento, CA
(916) 737-3333
Every Second Tuesday
Featured Artist Spotlight:
Artist: Paul Willis
Album: Rough Draft
Tracks: https://paulwillis.bandcamp.com/album/rough-draft
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2814 35th Street, Sacramento, CA
(916) 737-3333
Exhibit at underground books:
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Come see this vibrant and exciting exhibit!
Upcoming Discussion and Book Signings
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2017-05-101h 41
Outstanding YearsThe Guess Who - Humpty's Blues - American Woman Epilogue (1970)Woke up late this morning
Found out my people gone away from me
(Nobody anywhere I looked)
Woke up late one morning
Found out my people gone away
Spinning ‘round in circles
Oh how I hate to be alone
(It's no good)
Looking all around me
Trying to find out where ev'rybody's gone
(Can't find anybody)
Looking all around me
Trying to find out where the Hell ev'rybody's gone
(Can't find anybody now)
Spinning ‘round in circles
Oh how I hate to be alone
(Can't stand being all alone)
If I could have been a carpenter
Could have run around looking...
2014-01-0106 min