Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
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Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
History lectures by Samuel Biagetti, a historian (and antique dealer) with a Phd in early American history; my dissertation was on Freemasonry in the 1700s. I focus on the historical myths and distortions, from "the Middle Ages" to "Race," that people use to rationalize the world in which we live....
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Ireland: From Prehistory to the Protestant Ascendancy
We follow how a remote landmass on the far western fringe of Europe became the home of a lasting Gaelic civilization and a major center of classical a...
Myth of the Month 25: Nations
Nations: What are they? Are they defined by language, by “culture,” by blood, or something else? How do you know if you are part of one? —and is...
The History of Deportation in America -- pt. 2: Expelling the Twentieth Century
We follow how deportation policy has evolved, expanding massively in the aftermaths of World War One and World War Two, while shifting its main target...
UNLOCKED: The Great Archaeological Discoveries, pt. 8 -- The Dead Sea Scrolls
Unlocked after 1 year for patrons only: The most massive and momentous manuscript discovery of modern times, the Dead Sea Scrolls blew the lid off of...
The History of Deportation in America -- pt. 1: Banishment By Another Name
We examine the roots of the American practice of "deportation" -- from colonial banishment of heretics, through the political upheaval over Alien & Se...
Excerpt: The Keys of Heaven & Earth: The History of the Papacy -- pt. 2
For Patrons only for 1 year:
We follow the tribulations of the Papacy through the aftermath of the Protestant Reformation, as the Pope's loyal...
The Keys of Heaven & Earth: The History of the Papacy -- pt. 1
We follow the paths by which the bishops of Rome – leaders of what had been a small church on the fringe of the Christian world – established themselv...
Update & Excerpt -- Italy: Nation-Building & Entry Into World War I
Update for listeners, and happy Father's Day wishes; excerpt from latest patron-only lecture on Italy between unification and the entry into the First...
UNLOCKED: Origins of the First World War, pt. 13 -- The July Crisis & the Outbreak of War
Unlocked after 1 year for patrons only: We review the diplomatic landscape of Europe on the eve of war in the summer of 1914—and then trace the dizzy...
Italy: Revolution, Risorgimento, & Unification, 1789-1870
We follow the convulsions of Italian society -- foreign invasion, popular revolution, peasant revolt, liberal reform, Romantic pageantry, diplomatic d...
Korea, pt. 2 -- The Perfect Kingdom
We follow Korea's thousand-year struggle to maintain its integrity and independence, fending off cataclysmic invasions by the Mongols, the Manchus, an...
Update & Excerpt -- History of the United States in 100 Obects: Beaver-Fur Hat
I give an update on the progress of the podcast, and an important caution on how to sign up as a patron while avoiding Apple's new fees. I give an ex...
Korea, pt. 1 -- Dragons from Small Streams
We examine the origins of the Korean people and state – from prehistoric migrations and technological advances, through the formation of warrior confe...
Doorways in Time: The Great Archaeological Dicoveries -- 9: Troy -- pt. 2: Cutting the Trojan Knot
We journey through the different eras and incarnations of Troy as archaeologists have reconstructed them from the excavations at Hissarlik. We then ex...
UNLOCKED: Origins of the First World War, pt. 10 -- Japan
Unlocked after 1 year for patrons only -- We trace the evolution of Japanese society, including the tensions between its peaceable, Buddhist-inspired...
Doorways in Time: The Great Archaeological Discoveries, 9: Troy -- pt. 1: The Odyssey in Reverse
It is one of the foundational achievements of archaeology, and one of the most momentous discoveries ever made in any field --
We follow...
Thank you to patrons, & Teaser: The History of Venice, pt. 3: Metropolis or Museum?
A sample from a lecture on Patreon for patrons only for one year:
We trace the strugles of Venice, through conquest, revolution, and depression,...
Life in the House of Cards: 2024 in Historical Context
We use a recent controversial murder case as a way to reconsider recent world events--such as war in Europe and the return of Trump--from the perspect...
The Impossible City: The History of Venice -- pt. 2: Seasons of Power & Pleasure
We trace Venice's remarkable flowering between the 1300s and 1500s, in which it astonished Europe as a center of commercial and imperial power, learni...
The Impossible City: The History of Venice -- pt. 1: From Asylum to Empire
We trace the tortuous path by which a scattering of villages in a marshy lagoon, founded by refugees from violence and political breakdown, forged the...
Teaser: Myth of the Month 24: The Epic of Gilgamesh -- pt. 2: Analysis
A randomly-chosen sample from the deepest most thorough analysis that you can find anywhere of the profoundly ancient Epic of Gilgamesh, on patreon fo...
Teaser: Myth of the Month 24: The Epic of Gilgamesh -- pt. 1: The History
Two randomly selected excerpts from Myth of the Month 24, on the Epic of Gilgamesh:
He is the earliest human being whose name and life story are...
UNLOCKED: Origins of the First World War, pt. 6: Germany
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We consider the turbulent history and politics of the country most often blamed for the outbreak of the...
Creating the Caribbean: The Colonial West Indies -- pt. 2: The High Plantation Period, 1697-1791
We examine the complex and tumultuous history of the lands around the Caribbean basin, including the rise of the massive sugar-plantation colonies of...
History of the United States in 100 Objects -- 23: The Touro Synagogue Torah Finials
We examine the tumultuous history--from the Portuguese Inquisition to the American Revolution to modern-day multi-million-dollar legal fights--surroun...
Teaser: Doorways in Time, pt. 8 -- The Dead Sea Scrolls
Sign up as a patron at any level to hear this full lecture on the Dead Sea Scrolls, on patreon for patrons only: https://www.patreon.com/posts/doorway...
Origins of the First World War, pt. 14 -- Conclusions: Was the Great War Inevitable?
To conclude our series on the origins of World War I, we trace how combat broke out on three different continents in the late summer and fall of 1914,...
UNLOCKED: Origins of the First World War, pt. 4 -- Bosnia & the Assassination
We consider the rich, often mysterious, and fraught history of Bosnia -- a longtime borderland of East and West, disputed between rival empires, relig...
Myth of the Month 22: Culture
Unlocked after one year on Patreon for patrons only:
What is "culture"? And how did a metaphor from gardening invade social-science disc...
Audio from video -- "Red White and Royal Blue" pt. 1 -- The Historical Context of RWRB
This is the audio track of my latest video:
"Red, White & Royal Blue: A Historian's Analysis, pt. 1: "We Really Need to Get You a Book on Englis...
Origins of the First World War, pt. 12 -- War Planning & Strategy
We examine the prophetic warnings from scholars and bureaucrats that a great-power war in the twentieth century would lead to bloody stalemate, mass d...
Origins of the First World War, pt. 11 -- The 19th-Century Revolution in Warfare
The scale and horror of the First World War were possible only after the Nineteenth Century's double revolution in the nature of war. Warfare -- inclu...
Article: "In the American Tempest: Democracy, Conspiracy, & Machine"
In 2022, I was asked to contribute to a symposium at Yale Law School on the question, "How can the humanities inform tech policy and design to promote...
Teaser: "Origins of the First World War -- pt. 10: Japan"
A sample from, "Origins of the First World, pt. 10 -- Japan"
To hear the entire lecture, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/origins-of...
Audio track from video -- Red White & Royal Blue: A Historian's Analysis -- Intro
Audio track from my recent video -- "Red, White & Royal Blue: A Historian's Analysis -- Introduction: 'I Know I Owe You an Explanation'" --
UNLOCKED: The Great Archaeological Discoveries, pt. 6 -- Early Audio Recordings
Unlocked after 1 year for patrons only:
In the second half of the nineteenth century, many of the most brilliant and ambitious minds in both Eu...
Origins of the First World War, pt. 9 -- Great Britain
We consider the efforts of the British state, in the Victorian era and in the early 20th century, to maintain its position as the premier naval and im...
2023 in Historical Context: Dividing the Harvest
In keeping with a Historiansplaining holiday tradition, we try to make sense of the various struggles and conflicts of this yearby uncovering their de...
Origins of the First World War, pt. 8 -- France
In the age of absolutism, France had towered over European life and politics -- the only nation that was a major land power on the Continent and a col...
Myth of the Month 23: UFOs
The UFO has been called a "technological angel" and the central mythic symbol of the modern age; we examine some of the extraordinary stories, from th...