The Ripple Effect: Recent Episodes
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What if... one thing changes? An alternative history podcast discussing the what if's. Two friends explore the many possibilities if an event in history doesn't play out how it did in our timeline, how it might look in a new different future. Come and explore the many ripple effects that could happen!
In this episode we are looking at the great Grecco-Roman Civilizations and what ifs surrounding them.
In this episode we are diving into what ifs surrounding the great civilizations of Africa.
In this episode we start our look at ancient civilizations with the great civilizations of the South Pacific.
In this episode we are finishing up WW1 series looking at the Zimmerman telegram and it bringing the United States into the war.
In this episode we are diving into the idea of the Imperial Russian Monarchy not being overthrown or at least the country not becoming communist.
In this episode we take a look at the NFL merger and how that changes things for the American Professional sports world.
In this episode we look at all the possibilities of a German victory in the first World War.
In this episode we continue our look at the WWI and the idea of the United States not getting involved.
In this episode we are starting a series on the Great War also known as the First World War. We are going to go into alternate scenarios surrounding the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
This episode we continue looking at the Renaissance and discuss the science end of things and see how that effects our present if something might not have gone the way that it did.
In this episode we are kicking off our new season with a mini series on the Renaissance. This episode is looking at the art and what if we didn't have the art that was made during the rebirth of Western Culture?
In our final episode of Season 2 we are going to look at a world where China never discovered Gunpowder.
In this episode we are wrapping up our religion series with looking at Hinduism and Buddhism.
In this special episode we look into the what ifs surrounding the figure and legend of Vlad Tempes and the Vampire legend on our world.
In this episode we are continuing our look on religion with Judaism and how the world might be different with out its influence.
In this episode we start our series on religions starting out with what if Islam didn't exist, how our world might be extremely different!
In this episode we finish up the series on the Civil War with what ifs of Reconstruction.
In this episode we discuss alternate ways in which emancipation was carried out and how it effects the world we live in today.
In this Episode we are looking at what if there was a South American country that developed into a power house nation that could rival the US or any other world power.
In this Episode we explore the what ifs of if Ulysses Grant didn't fight in the Civil War or if he didn't make it through the war.
This week we take a look at the technology of the American Civil War and the ripple effects that it can have on the history of our world.
In this episode we look at what if the attempt in the July plot of 1944 was successful.
This Episode we will look at what if Constantinople never fell? How did that city become one of the most important in world History.
In this episode we will continue our series on the Civil War looking at if early battles of the war went in the opposite direction. Lets flip the winners and the losers and see how that might effect the war as a whole.
In this episode we start our series on the Civil War with a look at how things might change if Abraham Lincoln is not elected president in 1860.
Welcome back! We are pleased to be starting our second season with you all. This week we open with the idea of what if we didn't have one of our greatest founding fathers? We look at what if Washington died in the French and Indian War, War for Independence or in office during his first term. Definitely an interesting question!
In our season finale we are diving into the idea of Sparta becoming the dominant culture in greece, not Athens, not Macedonia but Sparta. We investigate the idea of a Spartan dominated eastern Mediteranean and the Ripple Effect that has to the rest of the ancient world, development of Christianity, and our world today.
This week we dive deep into the Mongol Empire and the world that Genghis Khan Built. How might things be different if this Medieval Empire didn't develop the way that it did?
In this episode we are again joined by guest Host Zach Ulrich discussing the influence and inspiration of the great Jackie Robinson, and what sports as we know it might be like without him breaking through the color barrier.
In this episode we look at how the build up to WW2 and the actual war itself stems from the invasion of Poland and that if Hitler wouldn't have invaded the Poles when he did then we might see a very different war and a very different world that we live in today.
In this episode we explore the idea if the Library of Alexandria would have existed long past what it did and the effects that this collection of ancient documents had on the ancient world and if it would have changed anything in our own timeline.
In this episode we are looking at the effect of Japanese Isolation through the 1600s to the end of the 1800s. How this event effects world events moving forward and how by this changing can change our history.
In this episode we look at the ramifications of the Influenza outbreak and pandemic of 1918. As history repeats itself 100years later what would the world look like if the pandemic didn't happen?
In our tenth episode we explore the idea that the Protestant Reformation never happened or didn't happen the way that it did, and how that could change the world we live in.
In this episode we investigate the idea of a world without William Shakespeare and how much he as a writer and play write has left his mark on our history.
We all know that World War 2 ended with the only two times a nuclear bomb was used and that was by the US. What if we used nuclear weapons after though in say Korea or Vietnam? This is our What if question for this episode as we explore the possibilities of other time nuclear weapons could have been used and the ramifications of that.
In this eipisode we discuss the idea that a successful crusade, or a successful Kingdom of Jerusalem could change the way our world looks today drastically or subtly.
In this episode we look at the idea of the British Colonies that will become Canada joining in the American Revolution and declare their independence with their 13 southern counterparts. The idea is of now the ripple effects through American history of a larger US with aspirations to extend Manifest Destiny to the entire North American Continent.
What if William the Conqueror never conquered anything? How might the pivotal part of British history not happening change the way the rest of the world develops? Lets see in this weeks episode.
Superbowl Special with Guest Host Zach Ulrich discussing how the landscape of the modern NFL would be different if Tom Brady never played, played for a different team, or played Baseball instead.
This week we look at what if the Roman dictator does not get assassinated by the notorious group of Senators. How might then the history of Western Civilization change in many surprising ways.
What if Robert E. Lee decided to fight for the Union instead of the Confederates. In this episode we explore who might lead the CSA forces if not Lee. As well as how the war, and the aftermath of the Civil War look completely different if one man made a different decision.
In this we look to see how our history might be different if just one thing changes. What if Richard Nixon wins the election of 1960 instead of John F. Kennedy? Let us explore all the ripple effects that can happen from this one timeline altering event.