The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – The Civil War Ends (Sort of)
The American Civil War has reached its decisive stage, but victory, peace, and reunion remain far from certain. In this episode of The Empire:...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – Emancipation
In this episode of The Empire: A 250 Year American Story, JB Shreve explores one of the most pivotal turning points in American history—the...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – The Turning Point at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg sits at the hinge point of the American story—a moment when the nation’s identity, its moral compass, and even its...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – War Is Hell
Our podcast series plunges into the brutal transformation of the American Civil War as it shifted from romantic expectation to industrial‑scale devastation. By 1862,...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – Civil War Generals
The latest episode of The Empire: A 250 Year American Story turns toward the human architecture of the Civil War—its generals, its illusions, and...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – Coming Apart
The latest installment of The Empire: A 250 Year American Story marks a turning point in the series, stepping into one of the most...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – The Others (Part 2)
Black Americans stand at the center of the American story long before the Civil War begins, shaping the nation’s identity, economy, and moral contradictions...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – The Others (Part 1)
This episode steps away from the main political storyline of The Empire: A 250 Year American Story to examine the experiences of those who...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – Industry and Revelation
The early nineteenth century was a turning point in the American story—a moment when the nation’s identity, economy, and spiritual life were all being...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – Manifest Destiny
America’s westward surge in the first half of the nineteenth century wasn’t just a geographic story—it was the moment the young republic transformed its...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – The Myths Take Hold
Episode 20 of The Empire: A 250 Year American Story traces the moment when the young United States stepped out of its revolutionary shadow...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – The Revolution of 1800
The election of 1800 didn’t unfold with muskets or barricades, yet it transformed the United States more profoundly than many events that did. This...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – Political Divides
The early American republic did not emerge fully formed from the Revolution—it had to be invented, argued over, and lived into by real people...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – Is America A Christian Nation (Part...
America’s identity has always been wrapped in a tension between faith, history, and national myth. This episode steps back from the chronological march of...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – A New Nation Is Born
The latest installment of The Empire: A 250 Year American Story traces the turbulent years when the young United States stood on the brink...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – Stumbling After Victory
The American Revolution may have ended on the battlefield, but the true test of the new nation began in the uneasy silence that followed....
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – Victory!!
The latest episode of The Empire: A 250 Year American Story returns to the Revolutionary War at the moment the conflict shifts south—where the...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – The Crucible
The American Revolution enters its most turbulent phase in this installment of The Empire: A 250 Year American Story. What begins as a northern...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – The Terrible Reality of Revolution
The American Revolution is often remembered as a clean, heroic struggle—Minutemen at Lexington, Washington at Valley Forge, Paul Revere racing through the night. But...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – Independence
The story of American independence is often remembered as a clean break—an inevitable march toward liberty guided by visionary founders. This episode peels back...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – The Imperial Crisis
In this episode of The Empire: A 250‑Year American Story, JB Shreve traces the moment when Britain and its American colonies first realized they...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – The Ideas that Gave Rise to...
The newest episode of Empire: A 250 Year American Story steps into the threshold of the American Revolution—not through battles or declarations, but through...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – The Colonies (Part 3)
This episode traces the southern arc of Britain’s North American colonies and the forces that quietly reshaped them long before independence was on anyone’s...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – Colonies (Part 2)
This episode continues the unfolding story of the original thirteen colonies, tracing how distinct communities—often separated by belief, ambition, and circumstance—took root along the...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – Colonies (Part 1)
This episode of The Empire: A 250 Year American Story zooms in on the origins of the first English colonies, tracing how their distinct...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – Pilgrims In A Strange Land
This episode traces the unlikely, often harrowing path that led a small band of English believers to the edge of a continent—and into the...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – New Spain and New France
The latest episode of The Empire: A 250‑Year American Story plunges listeners into the turbulent world that shaped the earliest European settlements in North...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – The New World
The next episode in our podcast series The Empire: A 250 Year American Story, revisits the familiar story of Christopher Columbus—but strips away the...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – The Old World (Part 2)
In this episode of our podcast series The Empire: A 250 Year American Story, we continue our look at the old world, before the...
The Empire: A 250 Year American Story – The Old World (Part 1)
Our podcast series and story The Empire: A 250 Year American Story begins here! Step into "the world before Columbus"—a world far more complex,...
The Empire – A 250‑Year American Story
The newest series from JB Shreve & the End of History podcast opens with an invitation—not to nostalgia, not to outrage, but to clarity....
Intelligence Brief: What Is Happening in Iran
In this Intelligence Brief, JB Shreve reviews the current status of the war and potential issues, escalations, distractions, and realities we may encounter in...
How It Ends
This final session in our How the World Works course on International Relations explores the deep biblical contrast between Babylon and the Kingdom of God,...
How Shall We Then Live
How Believers Should Live in a Global System is the central question explored in this episode of the podcast series. This discussion examines how...
How the World Works: Case Studies
In our latest podcast series, we dive deep into International Relations Case studies to uncover how theories of power, sovereignty, and ideology play out...
Ideology in International Relations: Why Ideas Matter
The debate over whether ideas matter in global politics has long divided scholars of international relations. Realist thinkers, such as John Mearsheimer, argue that...
Self-Interests and the Nations
In the realm of global politics, the guiding principle is clear: nations act in their own self-interest. This realist perspective, championed by figures like...
The Role of Nations in International Relations
Understanding the role of nations in international relations is essential to grasp how the global system functions. This episode explores the historical development of...
The Pursuit of Power
Understanding the role of power in international relations is essential to grasp how the global system operates. This episode explores how power—not money, ideology, or morality—is...
A Biblical Model
In this thought-provoking episode, we move beyond traditional theories of international relations—Realism, Idealism, and Constructivism—and explore a radically different framework: the Kingdom of God....
Theories of International Relations
In this episode of our podcast, we dive deep into the foundational theories of international relations—Realism, Idealism, and Constructivism—and explore how they shape global decision-making,...
Everything That Glitters…
Across eight international conflicts, the Trump administration has celebrated what it calls historic peace agreements. But when each case is examined more closely—from Armenia...
The Road to Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia of 1648 stands as one of the most transformative milestones in the history of international relations. Emerging from the devastation of the...
How the World Works: Understanding International Relations
In today’s world of fake news, deep fakes, and endless bias, it’s harder than ever to know what’s true. Yet global events—from wars in...
The US and Venezuela: A History of Intervention, Oil, and Political Tension (Part 4)
The relationship between the US and Venezuela has been shaped by centuries of intervention, oil interests, and political conflict. From the early 19th century,...
Venezuela’s Modern History: Oil, Revolution, and Political Turmoil (Part 3)
Venezuela's modern history is a turbulent saga shaped by oil wealth, charismatic leaders, and deep political divisions. After Simón Bolívar’s death in 1830, Venezuela...
Venezuela’s Early History: From Spanish Conquest to Revolutionary Awakening (Part 2)
Venezuela's early history is marked by dramatic shifts—from indigenous civilizations to colonial exploitation and revolutionary fervor. When Christopher Columbus first sighted Venezuela in 1498,...
The Venezuela Crisis: Power, Politics, and Escalating U.S. Aggression (Part 1)
The Venezuela crisis is rapidly intensifying as the U.S. government, under President Trump, escalates military operations off Venezuela’s coast. Since September 2025, dozens of...
The Return – Episode 25 (Series Finale)
In the Kings and Prophets series finale, we examine the background to books such as Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Malachi, Zechariah, and Haggai. While the...
The Babylonian Captivity – Episode 24
In this penultimate episode of the series, we examine how the Word of God, the message of God, evolved during the Babylonian captivity. Through...