Killers in the Name of God – Part 1: The Caliphates
This is part 1 of the three part podcast series that look at the history of Islamic Extremism.
JB Shreve looks at the early history...
Killers in the Name of God Part 2: Decline of Islam
Before Islamic extremism took hold in the Middle East there was actually a decline in Islam’s influence there as nationalism and political philosophies took...
Killers in the Name of God Part 3: The Killers of Allah
By the 1980s nationalism and political philosophies had failed the former Islamic world of the Middle East. Into this vacuum stepped Islamic extremist ideologies...
Venezuela in Crisis – Part 1
This two part podcast series explains the how the current crisis in Venezuela developed. Part 1 looks at the history of Venezuela and demonstrates this South American nation's unique place in the global order. Venezuela in Crisis helps you understand the news that is unfolding today.
History of Terrorism Part 3: Guy Fawkes & The Gunpowder Plot
This new episode in our history of terrorism podcast series looks at tyrannicide, the religious wars of Europe and the famous Guy Fawkes Gunpowder...
Election Meddling
In this podcast episode we take a brief look at the long history of election meddling which the US has helped to write since 1915.
History of Terrorism Part 4: The Reign of Terror
In this latest episode in our History of Terrorism podcast series we look at "The Reign of Terror" in the French Revolution. This event set the stage for future terrorists like Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong who used purist ideology and the powers of the state to reign down unprecedented horrors on their people.
History of Terrorism Part 5: Secret Societies
From the Illuminati to 9/11 conspiracy theories, secret societies and the paranoia they inspire are key pieces to the history of terrorism.
History of Terrorism Part 6: White Terrorism in the South
Our podcast series on the History of Terrorism continues. This 2 part podcast episode looks at White Terrorism in the south after the Civil War. Be prepared for a look at a shameful American history you have probably never heard or considered. America's part in the history of terrorism did not start at 9/11. It started in the 19th century and it helps explain a lot of the domestic issues today.
North Korea, Iran and the Wrath of Khan
This podcast features the true story of AQ Khan, the man who more than any other individual helped spread the threat of nuclear war...
American Terrorists: Nat Turner and John Brown
"One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist." Another way of saying this is, terrorists do not always appear the way we expect them...
History of Terrorism Part 7: The Anarchists
This podcast episode looks at the continuing story of the History of Terrorism and The Anarchists.
In the late 18th century the effects of the...
History of Terrorism Part 8: Russian Terrorism Before the Revolution
This episode is part of our podcast series on the history of terrorism. In today's episode we tell the story of Russian Terror from 1850 to the Russian Revolution.
US and Israel Special Relationship – America’s 51st State
This podcast episode looks at the special relationship between the US and Israel through the decades, separating fact from myth and political agendas.
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.
The Shah & the Coup: History of Iran and the Next War Part 2
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.
Islamic Revolution: History of Iran and the Next War Part 3
This is part 3 in my podcast series on the History of Iran and the Next War. Today we pick up after the 1953 coup and follow the story through to the 1979 Islamic Revolution - which ended up changing the world we all live in.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Is Born: History of Iran and the Next War...
Part 4 in our series looks on the History of Iran and the Next War looks at the decade following the Islamic Revolution of 1979. We look at the severing of Iranian relations with the west, the Iran-Iraq War, and chaos and atrocities unleashed by the Ayatollah Khomeini and the end of Iranian relations with the western world.
Years of Lost Possibilities: History of Iran and the Next War Part 5
This podcast episode looks at Iran's history and the years of lost possibilities from 1990 to 2015. This is part 5 in our podcast series.
The Next War: The History of Iran Part 6
The US and Iran are heading toward war. This is where the story has been moving all along. This finale in my podcast series on the history of Iran explains why it is going to happen. This is part 6 in my podcast series on the history of Iran. Listen to this series and understand what is taking place when the big news hits - even before the big events happen.
History of Terrorism: Irish Terrorism
My podcast series on the History of Terrorism continues with the story of Irish Terrorism. This episode looks at the origins of the conflict between the Irish and the British and moves through the 19th century and all the way to Michael Collins and the Irish Free State.
Understanding Kashmir – Kashmir and the Recent Terrorist Attack
David Devadas, leading expert on the conflict and status in Kashmir visits with JB Shreve and the End of History. An important and insightful discussion about the recent terrorist attack in Kashmir.
History of Terrorism Podcast Series – White Nationalist Terrorism
This podcast tells the story that formed the modern white nationalism movement and the background of white nationalist terrorism.
1919 – When It Felt Like the World Was Ending
This weekend my wife and I enjoyed the opportunity of visiting the World War I Museum in Kansas City along with some friends. I...
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 Death of Qassem Soleimani
Who was Qassem Soleimani? What are the implications of his death at the hands of a US airstrike this past Thursday? In today's podcast...
Mystery Illness in China
On December 12, 2019, in the city of Wuhan, China (population 11 million) a new disease was identified. Authorities have described it as a...
Understanding the Libyan Civil War
Since 2011 Libya has been torn apart by civil war. Today the Libyan Civil War is approaching a dangerous threshold of breaking out into...
Growing Violence in West Africa
In today's podcast episode we are joined by Dr Idayat Hassan Director for the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in Abuja, Nigeria. Dr...
A Plague of Locusts Descending Upon East Africa
In today's podcast episode, Terrell Spencer and Jonathan Webster join JB Shreve to discuss the plague of locusts currently descending upon East Africa.
Basic Facts...
The Black Death – Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics
The Black Death
Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics
Podcast Series - Part 2
The Black Death spread across the eastern hemisphere in the...
Living and Dying Before Medical Science (Part 1)
This is a two-part episode in the series and it discusses living and dying before medical science came of age in human history.
Plagued:...
The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918
The Great Influenza, Spanish Flu, of 1918
Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics –
Podcast Series - Part 5
It is called the Spanish...
Polio – The American Plague
Polio is an ancient disease but in the 20th-century, few plagues better captured the American spirit than polio did.
Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks,...
Eradicating Disease
Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics – Podcast Series – Part 7
We take for granted the giant leap humanity took over the course of...
The History of AIDS
Growing up in a small town in the Bible Belt presented a different perspective of the AIDS and HIV crisis of the 1980s and...
William Jennings Bryan – American Progressive
This first episode in our podcast, The Losers, tells the story of William Jennings Bryan. Bryan is what you would get if you combined...
Henry Wallace – The Great Turning Point
When the Great Depression hit, everyone saw their political philosophies and ideologies upended. Franklin Roosevelt himself said much of the New Deal was just...
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...
Barry Goldwater – The New Conservative
When Barry Goldwater is recalled to today's popular imagination, he is remembered as an extremist, a danger, and a war hawk. In his 1964...
Hot Spot – Central African Republic
This intelligence brief provides an overview of the crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR). Patreon supporters can access the podcast deep dive that...
The Herero Genocide – The Ongoing History of Genocide – Episode 1
In this first episode in our new podcast series on the history of genocide, Never Again…Again - The Ongoing History of Genocide JB Shreve and...
The Armenian Genocide – The Ongoing History of Genocide – Episode 2
Raphael Lemkin, the man who invented the word genocide, described the Armenian genocide as one of the textbook examples of genocide that caused him to...
Origins of the Holocaust – The Ongoing History of Genocide – Episode 3
It is all too easy, 80 years removed, to look at the holocaust and imagine we would never cooperate or tolerate such evil in...
Ordinary Men and the Others – The Ongoing History of Genocide – Episode 4
It is easy to imagine the perpetrators of the holocaust as vile, wicked, evil people. The truth is more disturbing. The holocaust occurred because...
The Crisis in Haiti
Last Wednesday the president of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse was killed when a group of assassins forced their way into his home. Moïse was shot...
Stages of the Holocaust – The Ongoing History of Genocide – Episode 5
In our final episode that looks at the Holocaust in our series Never Again…Again, The Ongoing History of Genocide, JB Shreve and Brian Butler...
Evil Men – The Ongoing History of Genocide – Episode 6
When we think of genocide and evil, our minds seem to automatically go to Hitler and the stories we looked at from the holocaust...
Cold War Genocides – The Ongoing History of Genocide – Episode 7
In part 7 of our podcast series Never Again, Again - The Ongoing History of Genocide, JB Shreve and Brian Butler look at four...
Genocides at the End of History – The Ongoing History of Genocide – Episode...
In the 1990s, as communism crumbled and the Cold War ended, many in the western world celebrated the pending end of history. The term,...