Tuesday 27 December 2016

Monday 19 December 2016

Monday 5 December 2016

A History of the United States. Membership. Episode 2.6 - The Incan Life Part 1 - Childhood

This week we cover the beginning of the Incan life cycle. We look at family planning, abortion, childbirth, childhood, and school.

Monday 28 November 2016

A History of the United States. Episode 62 - Native Americans 2: Myths, Legends, and Folktales



This week we begin the serious study of the Native American peoples. We talk about how we are going to cover them, and about how to fairly assign weight between Euroamerican history and native traditions. We examine folklore, and break it down into three different categories, myth, legend, and folktale.

https://archive.org/download/AHistoryOfTheUnitedStates.Episode62-NativeAmericans2Myths/Episode62.mp3

Monday 21 November 2016

A History of the United States. Membership 2.5 - Inca Society.

This week we move into our study of the Incan social system. We look at the various ranks, from the top - the Sapa Inca, all the way through the various governors to the local commoner. Everyone had a place within Inca society, and everybody knew it.

A History of the United States. Episode 61 - Native Americans 1: Mother

This week we begin season 2. We start our coverage of Native Americans by going back 70,000 years to Africa to look at the human migration from Africa to North America, before looking at the geography of the North American continent. This takes us back through 490 million years of geological fun!

https://archive.org/download/AHistoryOfTheUnitedStates.Episode61-NativeAmericans1Mother/Episode61.mp3

Monday 7 November 2016

Monday 24 October 2016

A History of the United States. Membership 2.3 - More Myths

This week we continue looking at the mythic period of Inca history, taking them up to the ascension of Viracocha in 1410.

Monday 17 October 2016

A History of the United States. Episode 58 - Carolina in my Mind

This week we look at early attempts to settle Carolina with French Huguenots, which naturally brings us to a discussion of the West Wing and religious toleration in the 1780s.

https://archive.org/download/AHistoryOfTheUnitedStates.Episode58-CarolinaInMyMind/Episode58.mp3

A History of the United States. Membership 2.2 - Dawn of the Inca

This week we cover the Inca foundation myth, as well as the reigns of their first three kings.

Tuesday 4 October 2016

Monday 26 September 2016

A History of the United States Membership 2.1 - Andes


The membership series enters its second segment! We turn to South America, and look at Andean culture before the Inca. We also introduce our main source for the period, Father Cobo.

Monday 19 September 2016

Monday 12 September 2016

Monday 22 August 2016

A History of the United States. Episode 54 - New York Divided

This week we turn back towards New York and its annexation by England from the Dutch. We look at the creation of the colonies of New Hampshire, New Jersey, Delaware and Vermont.

https://archive.org/download/AHistoryOfTheUnitedStates.Episode54-NewYorkDivided/Episode54.mp3

Wednesday 3 August 2016

A History Of: Hannibal. Episode 79 - Epilogue

The final episode. We analyse the Second Punic War, and why Carthage lost. We then look at what happened to Hannibal and Scipio after the war. We conclude by looking at the short Third Punic War, in which Carthage was destroyed.

https://archive.org/download/AHistoryOfHannibal.Episode79-Epilogue/Episode79.mp3

Monday 1 August 2016

Thursday 28 July 2016

A History Of: Hannibal. Episode 78 - Zama



In this week, our penultimate episode, we cover the battle of Zama. Scipio finally fights Hannibal. This brings to a close the Second Punic War.

https://archive.org/download/AHistoryOfHannibal.Episode78-Zama/Episode78.mp3

Tuesday 26 July 2016

Monday 18 July 2016

A History of the United States Membership Feed. Episode 21 - The Return of Quetzalcoatl

This week we look at how Moctezuma reacted to the arrival of the Spanish. We disprove a popular muyth and I talk an awful lot about theoretical physics.

Monday 11 July 2016

Wednesday 8 June 2016

A History of the United States Membership. Episode 18 - First Contact


This week we explore what the Americas looked like to Europe at the beginning of the sixteenth century, and at the first contact between the Spanish and the Maya.

Monday 30 May 2016

A History of the United States. Episode 47 - The First Union



This week the United Colonies of New England face tests both internally and externally. They must face off the Indians, the Dutch, and each other.

https://archive.org/download/AHistoryOfTheUnitedStates.Episode47-TheFirstUnion/Episode47.mp3

Wednesday 25 May 2016

A History of the United States. Membership Episode 17 - The First Raindrops

This week we look at the initial Spanish movements into the Caribbean, and the four voyages of Columbus.

Monday 23 May 2016

A History of the United States. Episode 46 - New England Confederation

This week we return to Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Haven to see them, along with Plymouth, form the first American federal institution, the United Colonies of New England.

https://archive.org/download/AHistoryOfTheUnitedStates.Episode46-NewEnglandConfederation/Episode46.mp3

Monday 16 May 2016

Episode Delay

I am currently unwell. Regrettably there will be no new episode this week. My apologies. Normal service will resume next Monday.

Wednesday 11 May 2016

A History of the United States. Membership Feed. Episode 16 - The World Blows Open



This week loop back to set up the Spanish. We introduce Columbus, and cover his first voyage across the Atlantic.

Monday 9 May 2016

A History of the United States. Episode 45 - Chapter 4



This week we begin the fourth chunk of narrative as we turn back to Plymouth, and examine how it became the Plymouth Republic over the 1630s.

https://archive.org/download/AHistoryOfTheUnitedStates.Episode45-Chapter4/Episode45.mp3

Monday 2 May 2016

TheHistoryOf Podcast 6th Anniversary Special - Oliver Cromwell



Today marks the 6th anniversary of May 2nd 2010, the day I released my first ever podcast! So, to celebrate, here is a short bonus episode about Oliver Cromwell. It's a strange one, but I hope you enjoy. But wait! That's not all! To celebrate six years I'm going to be releasing 6 episodes from the premium feed onto to main feed! Come back each day for an extra slice of Aztec!

https://archive.org/download/ThehistoryofPodcast6thAnniversarySpecial-OliverCromwell/OliverCromwell.mp3

Wednesday 27 April 2016

A History of the United States. Membership Feed. Episode 15 - Eve of War


This week we cover the reign of Moctezuma up to 1519 and the arrival of the Spanish. We prepare to properly introduce the Spanish in our next episode.

Wednesday 13 April 2016

A History of the United States. Membership Feed. Episode 1

This week we cover the conquests of Ahuitzotl as he takes Aztec armies beyond the edge of the known world. We also look at the first signs of Aztec weakness as the empire became dangerously overextended.

Monday 28 March 2016

A History of the United States. Episode 40 - Dutch Conquests



This week we cover the fall of New Sweden as the Swedes provoked the Dutch, leading to an invasion. We then double back to begin going through the history of New Netherland in more detail.

https://archive.org/download/AHistoryOfTheUnitedStates.Episode40-DutchConquests/Episode40.mp3

Wednesday 16 March 2016

A History of the United States. Membership Episode 12 - Axayacatl

This week we return to the narrative by covering the reign of Axayacatl (1468-1481). We also introduce the mortal enemies of the Aztecs, the Tarascans. They are pictured in this map as yellow, Aztecs are blue.



Monday 14 March 2016

A History of the United States. Episode 38 - The New Sweden Company



This week we cover some of the history of New Netherland, but it is quite impossible to talk about New Netherland without talking about New Sweden. Therefore, what we do today is go back to Europe so we can figure out why the Swedes thought founding an empire on the Delaware was a good idea.

https://archive.org/download/AHistoryOfTheUnitedStates.Episode38-TheNewSwedenCompany/Episode38.mp3

Monday 7 March 2016

Thursday 3 March 2016

A History of the Untied States Membership Feed 11 - A Layered Society


This week we finish our exploration of Aztec social history by exploring all the different layers of society.

Monday 29 February 2016

A History of the United States. Episode 36 - The Dutch

This week we begin Chapter 3 of A History of the United States by getting very off topic. We don't talk about America at all, and instead focus on the Dutch in preparation for setting up New Netherland and Delaware.

https://archive.org/download/AHistoryOfTheUnitedStates.Episode36-TheDutch/Episode36.mp3

Wednesday 24 February 2016

A History Of: Hannibal. Episode 76 - Utica

This week the African war really gets underway. Scipio, Laelius and Masinissa duel with Hasdrubal and Syphax around Utica, while things go badly for Hannibal in Italy.

https://archive.org/download/AHistoryOfHannibalEpisode76/Episode76.mp3

Monday 22 February 2016

A History of the United States. Episode 35 - Straight Outta Connecticut


This week we found Connecticut. We also turn Providence Plantation into the Colony of Rhode Island, and look at badass theologian Anne Hutchinson who was kicked out of Massachusetts for speaking her mind.

https://archive.org/download/AHistoryOfTheUnitedStates.Episode35-StraightOuttaConnecticut/Episode35.mp3

Wednesday 17 February 2016

A History of the United States Membership Feed Episode 10 - The Aztec Machine

This week we turn to the structure of the Aztec Empire. We examine how it operated, how it kept its vassals in line, and the military of the empire.

A History of the United States. Episode 34 - The Founding of Rhode Island

This week we look at the founding of Rhode Island. We explore the life of Roger Williams as he sets up Providence Plantation.

Monday 1 February 2016

A History of the United States. Episode 32 - The Fusion of Church & State



This week we look at the first few years of Massachusetts colony, which greatly contrasts to Plymouth. It is very oligarchic, had has something of a fusion of church and state.

https://archive.org/download/AHistoryOfTheUnitedStates.Episode32-TheFusionOfChurchAndState/Episode32.mp3