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PODCAST

Double Helix: Blueprint of Nations

Paul De La Rosa

Welcome to "Double Helix: Blueprint of Nations," the podcast where we analyze and look at the events, people and actions that have shaped the nations of our world . From revolutions to treaties, conflicts to triumphs, we explore the historical blueprints that continue to influence the way nations think and act today.

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40:26

The Haitian Curse: The Black Jacobins (Part 2)

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2025/12/18

We trace how Toussaint Louverture transforms a burning revolt into a political project with armies, laws, and an economy strong enough to face Europe. The story moves from alliances and betrayals to constitutions and a final trap, ending with the birth of Haiti and the cost of its freedom. Have feedback? Send us a Text and Interact with us! Support the show Twitter: ⁠@HistoryHelix⁠ BlueSky: @historyhelix.bsky.social Facebook:⁠https://www.facebook.com/Doublehelixhistory ⁠Instagram: ⁠Histor...

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44:04

The Haitian Curse: Welcome to Hell (Part 1)

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2025/11/19

We trace how Saint-Domingue’s profit machine turned human lives into inputs and why that made Haiti’s revolution not just likely but logical. From Ogé’s failed moderation to Bois Caïman’s oath, we show how terror created its own undoing and how Toussaint began to emerge. Have feedback? Send us a Text and Interact with us! Support the show Twitter: ⁠@HistoryHelix⁠ BlueSky: @historyhelix.bsky.social Facebook:⁠https://www.facebook.com/Doublehelixhistory ⁠Instagram: ⁠History_Helix⁠ Email: Do...

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32:41

The Swiss Accident: Marignano 1515

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2025/11/05

A mercenary powerhouse loses a single battle and becomes the world’s broker of peace. We trace how Marignano in 1515 forced Switzerland to pivot from exporting violence to exporting trust, and the moral trade-offs that followed into the twentieth century. Have feedback? Send us a Text and Interact with us! Support the show Twitter: ⁠@HistoryHelix⁠ BlueSky: @historyhelix.bsky.social Facebook:⁠https://www.facebook.com/Doublehelixhistory ⁠Instagram: ⁠History_Helix⁠ Email: DoubleHelixHistoryp...

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37:54

India's Moral Revolution: 24 Days To Freedom

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2025/10/21

A handful of salt shouldn’t threaten an empire. Yet in 1930, Gandhi turned that simple mineral into a precision tool that cracked the moral shell of British rule. We follow the Salt March from its first quiet steps in Sabarmati to the sunrise moment at Dandi, and then to the brutal, disciplined courage at Dharasana that forced the world to watch—and judge. Along the way, we unpack the mechanics of a different kind of warfare: symbolic targets, global optics, disciplined nonviolence, and a par...

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27:51

The Ethiopian Exception: Resisting the Irresistible...

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2025/10/10

We trace the 1960 palace coup, the rise of a critical elite, and the famine that shattered Haile Selassie’s story of gradual reform. The fall of the emperor and the Derg’s ascent reveal how Ethiopian exceptionalism became both a source of pride and a barrier to change. Have feedback? Send us a Text and Interact with us! Support the show Twitter: ⁠@HistoryHelix⁠ BlueSky: @historyhelix.bsky.social Facebook:⁠https://www.facebook.com/Doublehelixhistory ⁠Instagram: ⁠History_Helix⁠ Email: Doub...

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30:14

The Ethiopian Exception: The Crown and The Cross...

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2025/09/25

Emperor Haile Selassie's journey from Ethiopian modernizer to exiled leader reveals the hypocrisy at the heart of international law when confronted with fascist aggression. His powerful 1936 speech to the League of Nations stands as one of history's great diplomatic addresses, documenting Italian war crimes while challenging world powers to live up to their promises of protection for sovereign nations. Have feedback? Send us a Text and Interact with us! Support the show Twitter: ⁠@History...

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24:39

The Ethiopian Exception: One Day in Adwa (Part 1)

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2025/09/16

The Battle of Adwa in 1896 represents a pivotal moment in African history, as Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia decisively defeated Italian colonial forces, thereby preserving Ethiopian independence at a time when the rest of Africa was facing European colonization. This victory created a psychological foundation that shaped Ethiopian identity and influenced African resistance movements for generations to come. Have feedback? Send us a Text and Interact with us! Support the show Twitter: ⁠@...

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80:25

Special Episode: The Anarchy with Grimdark History...

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2025/08/28

Join us for this special collaboration between Jeremy Agnew of the Grimdark History Podcast and Double Helix: Blueprint of Nations, as we explore the period known as the Anarchy in Medieval England—a time when reality was stranger than fiction Follow GrimDark History Podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/42GdeWFNXLG0ZbMYNdpRRv?si=2Wuy9uVhT9Ota7rlOCTJLg Have feedback? Send us a Text and Interact with us! Support the show Twitter: ⁠@HistoryHelix⁠ BlueSky: @historyhelix.bsky.social Fac...

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22:04

The Yugoslavian Breakup: The Long Shadow (Part 8)

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2025/08/07

Twenty years after the siege of Sarajevo began, we explore how the dissolution of Yugoslavia continues to shape modern Bosnia-Herzegovina and offers warnings for our increasingly polarized societies. Have feedback? Send us a Text and Interact with us! Support the show Twitter: ⁠@HistoryHelix⁠ BlueSky: @historyhelix.bsky.social Facebook:⁠https://www.facebook.com/Doublehelixhistory ⁠Instagram: ⁠History_Helix⁠ Email: DoubleHelixHistorypodcast@gmail.com Have feedback? Send us a Text and Interac...

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29:37

The Yugoslavian Breakup: Kosovo’s Reckoning (Part 7)

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2025/07/24

Kosovo represents both the beginning and end of Yugoslavia's nationalist crisis. It's where Milosevic discovered the political power of historical grievance in 1987, and where the international community finally drew a line 12 years later with NATO's first offensive war. Have feedback? Send us a Text and Interact with us! Support the show Twitter: ⁠@HistoryHelix⁠ BlueSky: @historyhelix.bsky.social Facebook:⁠https://www.facebook.com/Doublehelixhistory ⁠Instagram: ⁠History_Helix⁠ Email: Dou...

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39:47

The Yugoslavian Breakup: Bosnia's Heart of Darkness...

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2025/07/10

Bosnia's tragic transformation from Yugoslavia's crown jewel of diversity to the site of Europe's worst atrocities since the Holocaust represents the darkest chapter in Yugoslavia's dissolution. This episode explores how a society that once celebrated its complexity became the victim of systematic ethnic cleansing, genocide, and neighbor-against-neighbor warfare. Have feedback? Send us a Text and Interact with us! Support the show Twitter: ⁠@HistoryHelix⁠ BlueSky: @historyhelix.bsky.soci...

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34:28

The Yugoslavian Breakup: Croatia’s Homeland War (Part 5)

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2025/06/26

Croatia's path to independence was marked by a brutal ethnic conflict that claimed over 20,000 lives and displaced hundreds of thousands, introducing the world to "ethnic cleansing" and challenging assumptions about post-Cold War European civilization. Have feedback? Send us a Text and Interact with us! Support the show Twitter: ⁠@HistoryHelix⁠ BlueSky: @historyhelix.bsky.social Facebook:⁠https://www.facebook.com/Doublehelixhistory ⁠Instagram: ⁠History_Helix⁠ Email: DoubleHelixHistorypodcast@...

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The Yugoslavian Breakup: Slovenia’s Brief War (Part 4)

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2025/06/12

Slovenia's Ten-Day War marks both an end and a beginning in the Balkans, showing how this small Alpine republic engineered its exit from Yugoslavia through meticulous planning and strategic diplomacy. The brief conflict permanently altered Europe's map while setting dangerous precedents that would reverberate through subsequent Balkan wars. Have feedback? Send us a Text and Interact with us! Support the show Twitter: ⁠@HistoryHelix⁠ BlueSky: @historyhelix.bsky.social Facebook:⁠https://www.f...

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The Yugoslavian Breakup: The Nationalist Awakening...

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2025/05/29

Yugoslavia's disintegration wasn't caused by ancient ethnic hatreds, but by political leaders who found nationalism the most effective tool for mobilizing support during uncertain times. The first multi-party elections in 1990 brought nationalist leaders to power across the republics, implementing programs that made conflict inevitable as citizens became increasingly sorted into hardening ethnic categories. Have feedback? Send us a Text and Interact with us! Support the show Twitter: ⁠@Histor...

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31:41

The Yugoslavian Breakup: After Tito (Part 2)

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2025/05/15

Yugoslavia's carefully balanced political system began to unravel following Tito's death in 1980, revealing critical institutional weaknesses when facing economic crisis without a strong central authority. Without a supreme arbiter to break deadlocks, the collective presidency's representatives from eight regions struggled to reach consensus on addressing mounting economic problems, creating a governance vacuum that allowed nationalist sentiments to resurface. Have feedback? Send us a Text an...

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30:51

The Yugoslavian Breakup: The Mosaic State (Part 1)

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2025/05/08

A deep dive into the creation and structure of Yugoslavia as a deliberately designed multiethnic state, examining how its "Mosaic State" approach attempted to transcend historical ethnic divisions. We trace the birth of Yugoslavia through the 1943 partisan gathering in Bosnia, explore the failed experiment of the pre-WWII kingdom, and analyze how Tito's communists built a federal system to balance national recognition with supranational Yugoslav identity. Join us next episode as we explore h...

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41:02

The Rwandan Genocide: Beyond Borders (Part 8)

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2025/03/27

Rwanda's recovery from genocide presents one of history's most profound paradoxes – a nation that rebuilt itself with remarkable efficiency while simultaneously destabilizing an entire region. This final episode of our Rwandan series reveals how the aftermath of genocide sparked what became known as "Africa's World War," a conflict that would ultimately claim over 5 million lives. When millions of Rwandans fled to neighboring Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1994, they didn't just...

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The Rwandan Genocide: The Long Way Home (Part 7)

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2025/03/27

Rwanda stands as perhaps the most profound case study in how societies rebuild after unimaginable trauma. When the genocide ended in July 1994, the new government faced a challenge that seemed impossible: create justice when 800,000 were dead, rebuild social trust when neighbors had murdered neighbors, and forge a shared future when the past was still bleeding. Through intimate stories of Rwandans navigating impossible moral terrain, this episode explores what happens after the unimaginable ...

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The Rwandan Genocide: The Art of Looking Away (Part 6)

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2025/03/08

The meticulously constructed system of international indifference turned Rwanda's genocide into a spectator sport while diplomats debated semantics. This wasn't merely bureaucratic failure but the active construction of ignorance and deliberate choice to prioritize political convenience over human lives. In our next episode, we'll witness Rwanda's struggle to find justice after unimaginable horror, exploring the Gacaca courts where communities confronted killers face-to-face, and examining h...

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35:05

The Rwandan Genocide: 100 Days (Part 5)

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2025/02/27

Rwanda descends into hell over the course of roughly 100 days. The machinery of violence, built over generations, reaches its horrific climax, unleashing a wave of brutality that defies comprehension. What makes the catastrophe even more devastating is its deeply personal nature—neighbors turn on neighbors, friends betray friends, and entire communities are torn apart. When the bloodshed finally ceases, the nation is left in ruins—shattered, haunted, and grasping for answers that may never fu...

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