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Ep. 0145: Fool’s Errand: Scott Horton on America’s...

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2017/09/02

In this episode, I’m happy to welcome Scott Horton back to the Dangerous History Podcast. Scott is managing director of the Libertarian Institute, host of Antiwar Radio and the Scott Horton Show, and opinion editor at Antiwar.com. He has conducted more than 4,500 interviews since 2003. (BTW, My apologies for the audio quality of my […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0144: Rise of the Cane Kingdom, Part 2

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2017/08/10

Join CJ as he discusses: An overview of American sugar politics since 1959. A detailed look at the Fanjul family, who escaped Castro’s revolution, came to Florida, and (with a LOT of political entrepreneurship) built a sugar empire that eventually overtook even the U.S. Sugar Corporation Big Sugar’s labor problems from the ’60s through the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0143: Rise of the Cane Kingdom, Part 1

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2017/07/29

Over the past century, large-scale sugar cane cultivation was developed in what became known as the Everglades Agricultural Area, the region just south of Lake Okeechobee, historically a part of the Everglades ecosystem which was drained in the early- to mid-twentieth century. However, making sugarcane cultivation in this area feasible & profitable has required massive […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0142: History, Naked & Dangerous: A conversation...

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2017/06/23

In this episode, CJ talks to Bryce Blankenagel of the Naked Mormonism Podcast. (Note: This episode contains the majority — but not all — of the conservation, but Patreon supporters of either the Dangerous History Podcast or the Naked Mormonism Podcast will have access to the entire thing via the respective Patreon supporters’ feed.) Join […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0141: Draining the Swamp: The War on the Everglades

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2017/06/10

Have you been sad that there hasn’t been a Dangerous History Podcast episode in a while? Well, here’s a gigantic plus-sized one that’s about 3x the size of the average DHP episode! (Sorry about republishing this one multiple times, dealing with some tech issues…) Join CJ as he discusses: An overview of the original greater […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0140: Thoughts on Cyclical History & Generations

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2017/05/23

If you read widely enough in history, sooner or later you start to think there are some clearly repeating themes and problems and trends, and that there are pendulums in society that swing back and forth every few generations. You might get the sense that history might be more about cycles than about continuous progression in […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0139: Gettysburg: The Not-So-Civil War Part 7

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2017/04/21

It was the largest battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere, and the high tide for Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Join CJ as he discusses: A little bit about Generals James Longstreet, George Pickett, and George Gordon Meade Robert E. Lee’s invasion of Pennsylvania, culminating in the Battle of Gettysburg on July […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0138: Free State of Jones: A Dangerous History...

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2017/03/19

In this episode of the Dangerous History Podcast, we take a look at another film set in the American Civil War: the 2016 film Free State of Jones, directed by Gary Ross and starring Matthew McConaughey. This film tells the story of Confederate deserter Newton Knight, who led an insurgent force composed of escaped slaves and Confederate […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0137: Gibraltar of the Confederacy: The...

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2017/03/09

Jeff Davis called it the nail that held the Confederacy together; Abe Lincoln called it the key to winning the war. It doesn’t get as much attention from people who aren’t well-versed in the history of this war, but the Vicksburg Campaign was at least as important as the battle of Gettysburg in bringing about […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0136: Shenandoah: A Dangerous History Movie Review

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2017/02/27

In this episode, we take a look at the 1965 Civil War film Shenadoah, written by James Lee Barrett, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, and starring Jimmy Stewart. Join CJ as he discusses: A synopsis and review of Shenandoahand its themes Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon CJ’s official DHP Amazon Wish List Other […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0135: More Valor, Less Judgment: The Not-So-Civil...

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2017/02/12

Join CJ as he discusses: Lincoln’s General Orders No. 100, aka ‘the Lieber Code’ The Battle of Fredericksburg The Chancellorsville Campaign The Death of Stonewall Jackson & Southern Civil Religion Support the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon CJ’s official DHP Amazon Wish List Other ways to support the show The Dangerous History Podcast is covered […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0134: Battle Cry of Freedomishness: The Not So...

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2017/01/31

I was originally going to discuss the song “Battle Cry of Freedom” and the Emancipation Proclamation, and then cover another major battle or two at the end. However, by the time I got done talking about the Proclamation, I had more than enough material for an entire episode, so decided to just stop there for […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0133: Crisis & Leviathans: The Not-So-Civil War...

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2017/01/24

In this episode we’re talking about mobilization of manpower and resources for large-scale warfare and the resultant growth in the size and power of the central state, something that happened on a massive scale in the case of both the Union and the Confederate governments. Join CJ as he discusses: The mobilization of manpower, finances, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0132: Upping the Ante: The Not-so-Civil War Part 2

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2017/01/16

In this installment, we’re covering the major military developments in the war up through September of 1862. Join CJ as he discusses: A little bit of background on the 4 most important generals in this episode: Robert E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson; George McClellan; and Ulysses Grant The Union’s campaign to control the Mississippi watershed […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0131: Opening Gambits: The Not-So-Civil War Part 1

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2016/12/31

Drum roll please……………..Here we go — the first podcast installment in a monstrous enterprise, CJ’s White Whale: the Dangerous History Podcast’s coverage of the War Between the States! In this first installment, we’ll cover the opening moves, from December 1860 to November 1861. Join CJ as he discusses: The secession of the seven states of […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0130: CJ’s 25 Favorite Antiwar Songs

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2016/12/20

Encompassing a variety of musical genres & a variety of wars, here they are, CJ’s favorite 25 antiwar songs. Links below on the song titles are to CJ’s favorite version that’s available on Youtube of each song. Some are versions by the original artist, and some are covers that CJ actually likes a little better than […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0129: The Psychology of Power & Obedience with...

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2016/12/12

On this episode of the Dangerous History Podcast, CJ talks with Dr. Jim Cunagin, a practicing psychiatrist, about the psychology of power and obedience and some of the experiments that can help us understand these phenomena. Join CJ & Jim as they discuss: Stanley Milgram’s experiments Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford prison experiment The conformity experiments of Solomon Asch The Bystander […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0128: Foundation of the Permanent Garrison State

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2016/12/07

Between 1946 and 1953, the cornerstones of a permanent garrison state were laid within the structure of the US government. Join CJ as he discusses: Henry Luce’s 1941 article “The American Century” & the construction of the Pentagon (begun on Sept. 11th, 1941 -the pic above shows the Pentagon under construction, BTW) as harbingers of this […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0127: Breaker Morant: A Dangerous History Movie...

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2016/11/30

Breaker Morant is an Australian movie released in 1980 that tells the true story of three Australian soldiers of the Bushveldt Carbineers on trial for war crimes near the end of the 1899-1902 Anglo-Boer War in South Africa. Join CJ as he discusses: A brief background on the Boer War A brief synopsis of Breaker Morant […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ep. 0126: The Story of Squanto

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2016/11/27

Tisquantum (or Squanto, as he’s better known today) was a Patuxet Indian with an incredible, complex life story that very few people have an inkling of today; and when you look at the story of early seventeenth-century New England from his perspective, it’s a very different tale than what you get from standard American mythology. Join […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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