JB Shreve
JB Shreve is the author of "How the World Ends: Understanding the Growing Chaos." He has been the host of the End of History podcast since 2012. He has degrees in International Relations and Middle East Studies. His other books include the Intelligence Brief Series. Regular posts and updates from JB Shreve are available at www.theendofhistory.net
When the Great Depression hit, everyone saw their political philosophies and ideologies upended. Franklin Roosevelt himself said much of the New Deal was just trying a little bit of everything to find what would work. In that environment, many people toyed with socialism and communism in the 1930s. A lot...
This first episode in our podcast, The Losers, tells the story of William Jennings Bryan. Bryan is what you would get if you combined Pat Robertson and Alexandria Octavio-Cortez into one person? Ok, maybe that’s a little bit of stretch – but just a little.
Bryan ran for President three...
The Losers tells the story of people lost to the pages of popular American history. They once presented the country with a vision of the future. They offered a unique interpretation of what America meant to the world. This short podcast series tells the story of candidates who stood...
Growing up in a small town in the Bible Belt presented a different perspective of the AIDS and HIV crisis of the 1980s and 90s. It also presented plenty to reflect upon as a believer regarding what our posture toward these kinds of issues should be - based upon...
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The Nagorno-Karabakh region has presented a conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan for more than a century. The Nagorno-Karabakh region sits within the Azerbaijan borders but possesses a nearly 95% Armenian population – the neighboring country. The conflict was kept stable through brute force during the era of the...
Those who believed China’s reeducation of the Uighur people had come to a close, as the Chinese government suggested, were mistaken. New satellite images and reports from a variety of humanitarian groups focused on the Uighur situation show official Chinese oppression of the Uighur people has not only continued...
Last week I mentioned in one of the daily updates at the End of History how a high ranking official at the United Nations warned we are beginning to see the onset of “pandemic famines.” These are famines brought about by the pandemic’s disruption of food and/or aid to...
This week's Intelligence Brief was too big for our normal text version of the Intelligence Brief. Terrell Spencer joins JB Shreve for a special intelligence brief podcast episode to discuss what's going on in Belarus.
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The massive explosion that rocked Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday has the world’s attention focused on the tiny country. Before the explosion, however, Lebanon was already struggling under a massive weight of crises. Survivors say the blast is the perfect illustration of the political negligence and leadership that is drawing...
This week's Intelligence Brief looks at the facts, history, and reality of President Trump's decision to deploy federal forces in Portland.
Each week JB Shreve & the End of History provides an Intelligence Brief related to a hot topic (or something that should be a hot topic) in the news....