Names You Should Know: Recent Episodes
Darren Hallinan
On this show, join us as we talk about all of the people throughout history that you should be aware of. Famous, infamous, or criminally obscure, they're all here.
Darren and Gwen sit down to talk about Cecil Rhodes; diamond magnate, colonialist, and OG white supremacist.
Sources:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3865502-cecil-rhodes
https://www.britannica.com/place/Rhodesia
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1034714.The_Founder?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=QbkFBZgPPZ&rank=1
https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/features/feb03b.shtml
https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2018/06/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-orange-free-state-and-transvaal-in-southern-africa/
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/#
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/oct/11/oxford-college-installs-plaque-calling-cecil-rhodes-a-committed-colonialist
https://www.britannica.com/topic/De-Beers-SA
https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/first-anglo-boer-war
https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/second-anglo-boer-war-1899-1902
https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11427/29973/thesis_hum_1929_Wiggins_E.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Glen-Grey-Act
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Franchise_and_Ballot_Act
Darren and Gwen sit down to talk about Cecil Rhodes; diamond magnate, colonialist, and OG white supremacist.
Sources:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3865502-cecil-rhodes
https://www.britannica.com/place/Rhodesia
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1034714.The_Founder?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=QbkFBZgPPZ&rank=1
https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/features/feb03b.shtml
https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2018/06/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-orange-free-state-and-transvaal-in-southern-africa/
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/#
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/oct/11/oxford-college-installs-plaque-calling-cecil-rhodes-a-committed-colonialist
https://www.britannica.com/topic/De-Beers-SA
https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/first-anglo-boer-war
https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/second-anglo-boer-war-1899-1902
https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11427/29973/thesis_hum_1929_Wiggins_E.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Glen-Grey-Act
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Franchise_and_Ballot_Act
Join us for the conclusion of Ivan IV's life, where he unleashes his hounds from hell and really earns the name of "the Terrible".
Darren and George talk about Ivan the Terrible, what he did to get that nickname, and how he will surpass everyone's worst expectations and make life a misery for everyone involved.
Sources:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1133967.Ivan_the_Terrible?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=aq6HFL0vxW&rank=1
https://www.britannica.com/event/Time-of-Troubles
https://www.loc.gov/collections/meeting-of-frontiers/articles-and-essays/exploration/russian-discovery-of-siberia/
Join us as we bring 150 years of civil war in Japan and Tokugawa Ieyasu founds a government that would survive in Japan for the next 250 years.
Sources:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/327695.War_in_Japan_1467_1615?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=S99EAOREUO&rank=3
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/194458.A_History_of_Japan?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=detATZmIat&rank=3
https://www.britannica.com/place/Japan/History
https://www.worldhistory.org/Shogun/
https://www.worldhistory.org/Tokugawa_Ieyasu/
https://www.britannica.com/event/Meiji-Restoration
Join Darren and George again as we travel back to feudal Japan and the legendary era known as the Sengoku Jidai (warring states). A time of samurai, ninja, and warrior monks, all fighting for survival.
Sources:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/327695.War_in_Japan_1467_1615?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=S99EAOREUO&rank=3
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/194458.A_History_of_Japan?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=detATZmIat&rank=3
https://www.britannica.com/place/Japan/History
https://www.worldhistory.org/Shogun/
https://www.worldhistory.org/Tokugawa_Ieyasu/
https://www.britannica.com/event/Meiji-Restoration
Join Darren and George as we wrap up the story of Genghis Khan, and how an illiterate sheepherder grew to conquer the largest land empire in history.
Sources:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40718726-genghis-khan-and-the-making-of-the-modern-world?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=JiNaHcPnkV&rank=1
https://www.worldhistory.org/Genghis_Khan/
https://mongolianembassy.us/about-mongolia/history/#.Y4kQE33P02w
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Mongol-Empire-Audiobook/1629979236?ref=a_library_t_c5_libItem_1629979236&pf_rd_p=7e7340a8-8768-4798-a0ce-83f879c09110&pf_rd_r=YFF3XSDEKCJXSHHHJ2X2
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29049.The_Secret_History_of_the_Mongols
Join Darren, and his first ever guest, George, as they try to unravel all of the stories that lay behind the man, the myth, the legend, Genghis Khan. Starting from illiterate sheepherder and eventually working his way up to the greatest conqueror history has ever seen.
Sources:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40718726-genghis-khan-and-the-making-of-the-modern-world?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=JiNaHcPnkV&rank=1
https://www.worldhistory.org/Genghis_Khan/
https://mongolianembassy.us/about-mongolia/history/#.Y4kQE33P02w
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Mongol-Empire-Audiobook/1629979236?ref=a_library_t_c5_libItem_1629979236&pf_rd_p=7e7340a8-8768-4798-a0ce-83f879c09110&pf_rd_r=YFF3XSDEKCJXSHHHJ2X2
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29049.The_Secret_History_of_the_Mongols
In this episode we take a look into the origins of fascism and the man who would bring those beliefs into the world in the worst way possoible.
Sources:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24611902-to-hell-and-back
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35876597-rome?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=l4n2kPrqyk&rank=1
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21262722-mussolini?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=BFCUGJaFyR&rank=4
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna33312493
https://www.jstor.org/stable/45330235?read-now=1#page_scan_tab_contents
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4404685?read-now=1#page_scan_tab_contents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpCKkWMbmXU
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/benito-mussolini-1
http://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/6/6/was-the-italian-military-in-world-war-2-really-that-bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vymeTZkiKD0
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-how-nice-normal-people-72548148/
This episode of Names You Should Know dives into the history of Allen Dulles, the second head of the CIA and the man who grew it into the shadow government of the USA that we all know and love to this day. Involved with overthrowing several governments, MKULTRA, and possibly the assassination of John F Kennedy, Allen Dulles was one of the biggest pieces of work of the 20th century.
Sources for this episode:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723229-the-devil-s-chessboard
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/allen-dulles-4573.php
https://www.militaryhistories.co.uk/surrender/sunrise
https://www.unicef.org/media/110771/file/Guatemala-Case%20Study-Being-Prepared-Acting-First-2021.pdf
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/09/758989641/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1824.The_Men_Who_Stare_at_Goats
https://spartacus-educational.com/USAdullesA.htm
https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/the-bay-of-pigs
https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/bestchestnuts
This episode takes a dive into the history of mining towns in North America. How the miners were exploited to the point of indentured servitude for the profit of mine operators. Frank Keeney was a West Virginian who had enough and organised thousands of men to take up arms and throw off the shackles of the coal mine operators.
Sources for this episode:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/battle-blair-mountain-largest-labor-uprising-american-history-180978520/
https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-blair-mountain
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/battle-of-blair-mountain/
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105068620
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40264198?read-now=1&oauth_data=eyJlbWFpbCI6InRoZWRhemFyb29uZXlAZ21haWwuY29tIiwiaW5zdGl0dXRpb25JZHMiOltdfQ&seq=23#metadata_info_tab_contents
https://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/02/rape-rooms-how-w-va-women-paid-off-coal-company-debts/
http://svft.ct.aft.org/files/labor_history_-_november_2015.pdf
https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1914&context=etd
https://wvminewars.org/news/2022/1/19/happybirthday-9atjz
https://www.statista.com/statistics/949324/number-occupational-coal-industry-fatalities-united-states/
https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/858
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/battle-blair-mountain-largest-labor-uprising-american-history-180978520/
This week I go through a shockingly brief history of the opium trade in China, how it led to the downfall of the Qing dynasty, and how all of this turmoil broke one man to the point where he believed himself to be the son of God and younger brother to Jesus Christ. How did this lead to one of history's bloodiest conflicts? Listen and find out now.
Resources for this episode:
https://www.history.com/topics/china/qing-dynasty
https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-Europe/The-great-age-of-monarchy-1648-1789
https://www.historyhit.com/the-dynasties-that-ruled-china-in-order/
https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/china-history/imperial-examination-facts.htm
https://www.britannica.com/topic/opium-trade
https://bitterwinter.org/the-taiping-mystery-2-hongs-heavenly-vision/
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Shangd
https://counteringislamism.wordpress.com/rasul_allah/
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This is the conclusion to the life of Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, or Vladimir Lenin. The story of how he used the German government and unrest of Russia during The Great War to propel his Bolshevik party to power and eventually found the USSR.
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This weeks episode on Lenin goes over how he got the name Lenin, but more importantly, how he built his career from a guy meeting people in coffee shops to orchestrating some of the largest gatherings of Marxists in Russia.
In episode one of my three part series on the founder of the Soviet Union, I examine Vladimir's childhood, his education, and his tumultuous teenage years. Listen and find out how a boy just like any other was driven to extremism by the Romanov monarchy.
This episode continues where we left off after the coronation of Nicholas II. Listen to hear how his rule goes from bad to awful, two wars, three revolutions, a famous mystic healer, and much, much more.
This week I cover the establishment of Russia, the Romanov rule, and talk about little Nicholas touring Japan. A bumbling monarch through and through, listen to the start of the downfall of an empire that lasted almost 400 years.
This week's episode takes a dip into the history of witchcraft, and how it turned from a seemingly innocuous practice into something demonised and associated with Satan. We also focus on Matthew Hopkins, England's self-proclaimed Witchfinder General, who made it his life work to sentence more than 300 people to their death.
This week I talk about William Thomson, or better known to most as Lord Kelvin. Often remembered for mistakes he made later in life, I want to instead focus on what made him such a great scientist, and one of the most important of the last classical scientists.
This episode takes a dive into the adventures, and many mishaps of Francisco Pizarro, the conquistador who conquered the Inca empire and founded the Peruvian capital of Lima.
This week's episode is about a woman born into wealth, who would turn her back on fortunes to instead give her life fighting for an Irish free from British rule, women's, and worker's rights.
This week's episode is all about Gilgamesh. The oldest surviving story in human history, and the inspiration for everything from the Book of Genesis to European storytelling.
This week we learn about Margaret Hamilton. How she used her knowledge of mathematics to teach herself programming in the early 1960's, and how in just a few years found herself as the head of NASA's Apollo mission software team.
This week I'm talking Hannibal! The guy famous for crossing the Alps. Uniting tribes from every country he traveled, learn about how this David almost took down the Goliath of the Roman Empire.
In this weeks episode, we talk about Johannes Kepler. One of the most underrated scientists of his time, who contributed to the world of astronomy, optics, calculus, and even science fiction.
In this first episode of Names You Should Know, we learn about Mansa Musa. One time king of the empire of Mali, listen to how he accrued more money than anyone ever has, and hopefully ever will again.