Storytime with the Historists: Recent Episodes
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We tell the weird, wonderful, and whimsical stories that make up the world's history, but we do it in our own way. We are HISTORISTS. This is a podcast geared at AP history students, primarily AP World History students, but is awesome for anyone else interested in world history. Your history, told our way. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support
In this episode, Jen and Matt revisit China - this time during the Ming Dynasty and the amazing voyages of Zheng He. But first, we FINALLY close out our Mongol series before re-establishing the Middle Kingdom. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
In this episode, Matt and Jen go in depth about the different waves of Ska music and why it hasn't always had the best reputation - even though it's such an awesome blend of music.
Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TAaMU0o0MWQL0ekRMBcZDFHfJ1u3guns5Yni4pkc-ik/edit?usp=sharing
Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ux8AhIwAdxnID8GMdfZrW?si=7a638450a6304fcb
Every Noise at Once (ska scatter plot): https://everynoise.com/engenremap-ska.html
Abington Ridge Collective Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/tTPBP
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In this episode, your hosts Matt and Jen debate whether the positives outweigh the negatives in our interconnected world, thanks to globalization.
Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eLEHKyc6fHTVmmmYg-5XUOHeauuAlL8D1FpW1R1MjXw/edit?usp=sharing
Abington Ridge Collective Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/tTPBP
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In our finale of our three-part series, Matt and Jen wrap up the disastrous Varennes trip that leads to the execution of King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette
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In this episode, Jen and Matt continue to the absolutely ridiculously disastrous story of King Louis XVI's attempt to escape from Varennes, where the royal family is captured by the village idiot!--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support
In this episode, Jen and Matt discuss the disastrous first steps of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as they try to escape from Varennes, and halt the French Revolution.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sthistorists/support
In this (ZOMBIE!) episode, Jen and Matt trace the origins of Zombies to the Atlantic Slave Trade and enlighten on the impact of zombies on pop culture. A huge thank you to the Abington Ridge Collective and David for the awesome music, we REALLY appreciate it. Check them out at: https://soundcloud.com/abingtonridge
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In this episode, Jen and Matt finish the explosive story of the siege of Constantinople. Flamethrowers, hand to hand combat, tunnel rats...it's the early modern version of COD.
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In this episode, Matt and Jen take you to Anatolia to tell the incredible story of the Ottoman siege of Constantinople
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In this episode, Jen and Matt discuss the the grizzly ending of one of the first Islamic Empires - The Umayyad Caliphate.
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In this episode, Matt and Jen continue their discussion on the assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba, and the probable CIA involvement in the assassination. We finish with discussion of the ethics of fighting bad, and if there is a limit to what states should do to achieve righteous goals.
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Jen and Matt take listeners on a tragic journey through the assassination of the idealistic leader Patrice Lumumba
Song courtesy of Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/c-i-a-criminals-in-action/1452789645?i=19680141
Sources for today's podcast
From CIA.gov’s Center for the Study of Intelligence the book review of: Death in the Congo: The Murdering of Patrice Lumumba (Vol. 59, no. 4), by Emmanuel Gerard and Bruce Kuklick, Book Reviewed by: Stephen R. Weissman publish December, 2015→ this is fascinating
The political life of the dead Lumumba: Cold War histories and the Congolese student left Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2019 by Pedro Monaville
“Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations”The Congo, Decolonization, and the Cold War, 1960–1965 Office of the Historian, U.S. State Department→ a truly mind bending read.
The podcasts: Assassination Podcast and the BBC World Service Witness Archievs
And finally, throwing some love to the students of the world, the Harvard University Senior thesis Patrice Lumumba’s Congo: Sovereignty Denied by American Interests by Samuel Kies (2015) reviewed by Professors Andrew Friedman and Darin Hayton.
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In this episode, your hosts Jen and Matt, finish off the story of the Russo-Japanese War, and the devastating effects is has on Russia. Listen in!
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In the second part of this 3-part series, Jen and Matt take a deeper look at some of the battles during the Russo-Japanese war, and the impact they have on both Japan and Russia
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In this episode, Matt and Jen visit Japan and Russia and see how these late comers to the imperialist game end up on a collision course towards war in 1904
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In this episode, Jen and Matt take on the story of the noble Samurai, which leads them to discover the man known as the Devil Daimyo.
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In this episode, Jen and Matt unpack the story of Thanksgiving and delve into what is fact and what is fiction. We welcome back special guest Tyler Arko to the show as well!
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In this episode, Jen and Matt delve into the dark days of the Black Death as they discuss the Genoese Death Fleet and make connections to today's pandemic.
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In the 3rd episode of Season 2, Matt and Jen look at the Song Dynasty of China, through the lens of Choose Your Own Adventure stories.
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In this episode, Matt and Jen discuss the ingredients that were needed for the fall of the Classical Empires (Han, Rome, and Gupta), and realize that most of the world is currently cooking up disaster.
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In this episode, the first of Season 2, your hosts take a look all the way back to the Neolithic Revolution, and how it isn't all that its cracked up to be.
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Today, your hosts grapple with the shopping cart, and whether it's a good test of our ability to self govern. We welcome aboard Tyler Arko as a guest Historists for a breakdown of social media, social contract theory, and anti-social behaviors.
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Traveling back to the beginning of the 20th century, your hosts delve into the dark days of the Armenian Genocide, asking the question, "Should we enter or neighbor's backyard?"
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This week, your historists tackle the tragic history of Russian leadership. From Mongol invasion, to inept Tsars, and 20th century tradegies, the Russian people have been at a cold table for far too long.
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This week, your historists tackle the impetus behind the Industrial Revolution. Turns out, it was....pants? Join us as we break through into modern history!
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In this episode, we travel back to the age of Ottoman conquests in Europe. We are all looking for a hear of gold, but did archaeologists in find an actual one in Austria? Settle in as we tell the story of a timeless love.
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Joined by our guest Historists, we take a stroll down memory lane and analyze what it was like to grow up during the end stages of the Cold War. From movies and music, to duck and cover, we take a look at the weird social responses to the threat of nuclear annihilation.
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Weird stories from the Cold War. We look into the origins of the Cold War, MKULTRA and introduce our first guest host! Settle in and witness the weird side of the the Cold War!
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Recorded at the beginning of global quarantine due to the novel coronavirus and COVID-19, your hosts look back at the Black Death and Spanish Flu pandemics for ways that others coped with outbreaks of unknown diseases.
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Join us as we tell the story of how China emerged from it's Hundred Years of Humiliation. Uncover the myriad people and events that help give rise to modern China and the formation of the CCP.
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In this Storytime with the Historists mini-episode, we take an intense look at the battlefields of World War I. From drum fire to gas attacks, it is a riveting ride!
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King Leopold and the Belgian Congo, enough said. No humor here, just a hard look at a forgotten history. Join us as we shed some light on a lost tragedy.
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The origins and effects of European imperialism in the 19th century
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This week Jen and Matt take a look at an unforeseen impact of the Industrial Revolution on English society. Join us as we put history and comedy back 25 years as we slog our way throught the cholera outbreaks of the 19th century in London.
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The origins of revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries. The intellectual movements, scientific developments, and bloody revolts that made the world what it is today.
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The story of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation
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The Mughals, money, and trade. The people who gave rise to the idea of mega-business and international commerce (maybe that is a bit hyperbolic, but the English sure were impressed). Check out the Mughal empire in this episode.
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In this weeks episode, we talk about some of the smaller stories that make up the Crusades. Inept leadership, cowardly men, and brave heroines. Travel with us to the 12th century as we delve into Crusades.
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The Pax Mongolica, the time most of us ignore when we think about the Mongols. From the first passport system, to reinvigorated trade routes, the Mongols did more then destroy. Don't worry, there is still blood and gore in this episode though, because after all, it is the Mongols.
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The origins of Mongol rule in Eurasia
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