Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Christian theologian, pastor, writer, and ultimately martyr. As Hitler and the Nazis rose to power in Germany in the 1930s...
The Rwanda Genocide – 1994
The 1994 genocide in Rwanda is a stain on world history and international relations. At a time when the western world celebrated the collapse...
The History of Iran and the Next War: Part 1
This is part 1 in my podcast series covering the history of Iran. We move from the ancient history of Persia up to the Pahlavi dynasty and World War II in this episode.
Henry Clay – The Great Compromiser
Thirty years before Abraham Lincoln was elected President, a Congressman named Henry Clay was doing everything he could to address the American states' growing...
Atlantic Slave Trade – History of Africa Part 6
We began this section in this History of Africa podcast series with the door of no return in Ghana. In this final section of...
The Popular, Successful, Terrible, Horrible True Story of the Scientific Theory...
The eugenics movement was a belief that fostered racism, discrimination, abortion, and genocide. It was embraced by academics, politicians, and celebrities.
Holodomor – Ukraine’s Genocide by Starvation
The word Holodomor translates to death by hunger or killing by starvation. It is the name given to the genocide carried out by Stalin...
When President Woodrow Wilson Got the Flu
In 1916 President Woodrow Wilson ran for reelection on the slogan, “He Kept Us Out of War.” It was a reference to World War...
Genocides at the End of History – The Ongoing History of...
In the 1990s, as communism crumbled and the Cold War ended, many in the western world celebrated the pending end of history. The term,...
The Shah & the Coup: History of Iran and the Next...
This podcast episode looks at the ascent of the Shah and the coup in Iran in 1953. This is part 2 in our series on the History of Iran and the Next War.