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The History Guy

Lance and Josh Geiger

If you love history, this is the podcast for you! Stories of forgotten history, presented by Josh Geiger with Lance Geiger, The History Guy, from the hit YouTube channel The History Guy: History Deserves to be Remembered. Visit the channel here: www.youtube.com/TheHistoryGuyChannel We believe that history does not have to be boring. At its heart, history is storytelling, and we believe that it should be told with passion and genuine love for the material. History might be tragic, it might be comic,

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67:07

Counterfactuals: The Battle of the Bulge at Elsenborn...

The History Guy ·

2025/12/16

On today's episode, we talk about a forgotten part of the Battle of the Bulge - Elsenborn Ridge, where outnumbered allied units held against veteran German divisions, and what the chances were that the Reich could have turned the tide in 1944.

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61:10

Counterfactuals: The Last Invasion of Britain

The History Guy ·

2025/12/02

On today’s episode we talk about what is often called the last invasion of mainland Britain - a disastrous and almost farcical series of blunders that ended in abject disaster. But what if it didn’t?

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69:53

Counterfactuals: What if the Chicken Didn't Cross the...

The History Guy ·

2025/11/18

Today we talk about the most numerous bird on the planet - the chicken - and how the world might be different if we never domesticated it.

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63:41

Counterfactuals: USS Boston and the New Navy

The History Guy ·

2025/10/21

On today’s episode, we talk about some of the first steel-hulled ships the United States ever built, and how those first few ships might have set the tone for the entire 20th century.

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65:27

Counterfactuals: The Three Kingdoms - or not?

The History Guy ·

2025/10/07

On today’s episode, we venture to Asia to talk about a battle that determined the course of Chinese history, and that has become such an integral part of Chinese historical mythology that it is sometimes difficult to sort fact from fiction. What might have changed if the battle went a different way?

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62:14

Counterfactuals: Just How Foundational IS Concrete?

The History Guy ·

2025/09/24

On today’s episode we talk about one of the most ubiquitous human creations in the modern world: Concrete. What would the modern world look like without this grey material we all take for granted?

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60:22

Counterfactuals: Roosevelt and Churchill at...

The History Guy ·

2025/09/09

On today’s episode, we talk about a little-remembered presidential visit in the wake of Pearl Harbor - Christmas, 1941, when Winston Churchill risked the U-boats of the Atlantic to visit his new allies in the White House.

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66:36

Counterfacutals: WWI and The Battle of the Gulf of Riga

The History Guy ·

2025/08/26

Today we talk about a little remember battle that could have been a turning point in the First World War - a battle between the German High Seas fleet and the Russian Baltic fleet in the Gulf of Riga.

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65:22

Counterfactuals: Confederate Espionage

The History Guy ·

2025/08/12

On today’s episode we talk about the little remembered espionage side of teh civil war, particualrly the CSA’s more outlandish ideas to take the war to the Union. And of course, we talk abotu what the world might look like if it all happened differently.

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64:22

Counterfactuals: The Passenger Pigeon's World

The History Guy ·

2025/07/29

On today’s episode we talk about a bird that was once so numerous that Americans thought it would be impossible to kill them all. Until, suddenly, they did. What might the world look like if the passenger pigeon hadn’t gone extinct?

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64:43

Counterfactuals: Did Ketchup Save the World?

The History Guy ·

2025/07/15

On today’s episode we talk about the incredible popularity and influence of an odd product: Ketchup. What would the world be like without it?

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66:25

Counterfactuals: 1983, The World's Most Dangerous Year

The History Guy ·

2025/07/01

On today’s podcast we talk about the year 1983 - called by some “the most dangerous year” in modern history. In the fall of that year, Western and Communist powers may have nearly stumbled into the one thing that neither side wanted - all-out nuclear war. How might the world be different if that close call went another way?

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54:57

Counterfactuals: Rome and Hannibal

The History Guy ·

2025/06/17

On today’s episode, we talk about one of the most famous battle in Roman history, when 50,000 Romans were killed in a single day. How would the world be different if that battle went differently?

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68:52

Counterfactuals: Task Force 34 and Leyte Gulf

The History Guy ·

2025/06/03

On today’s episode, we talk about one of the largest naval battles in history, Leyte Gulf, and the task group that was never created: Task Force 34. A series of decisions often called mistakes led to one of the most famous underdog fights when the small force called Taffy 3 faced down Japanese battleships in the Battle off Samar. If any of those decisions had gone differently, the world might have taken a different path.

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63:46

Counterfactuals: The Great Lisbon Earthquake

The History Guy ·

2025/05/20

Today we discuss one of the most powerful earthquakes to strike Europe in recorded history, an earthquake which knocked down Lisbon in a single, violent day in 1755. The aftershocks would be felt throughout history, however, as a shocked Europe came to terms with the power of nature. What might have happened if it went a little differently?

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65:26

Counterfactuals: The Axumite Empire

The History Guy ·

2025/05/06

On today’s episode, we tackle a forgotten empire that once ruled the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa, and that once ranked with the likes of Persia, China, and Rome. The mighty Aksum declined before 1000 AD - but what might have happened if it all went a bit differently?

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60:59

Counterfactuals: The Battle of Tsushima and the 20th...

The History Guy ·

2025/04/22

On today’s episode we talk about one of the most important naval events in modern history: the pivotal battle of Tsushima, fought during the Russo-Japanese war. The battle was crucial in the rise of Japan as a military and imperial power, setting the stage for huge parts of the 20th century. But what might have happened if it all went different?

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61:16

Counterfactuals: What if We Used a Different Calendar?

The History Guy ·

2025/04/08

On today’s episode, we talk about Calendars - specificall the Gregorian Calendar, and how and why it became the calendar we all use today. What does the calendar mean to us, and what might it mean if we used a different one?

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63:03

Counterfactuals- The White Ship and the Anarchy

The History Guy ·

2025/03/25

On today’s episode, we visit one of the most significant maritime accidents of the middle ages, when William Adelin, grandson of William the Conqueror and the only legitimate male heir to the throne of England, was killed with the sinking of the White Ship in 1120. His death would have dramatic consequences for the European continent and English history. But what if it had all gone differently?

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62:54

Counterfactuals: The Forgotten WWII Battle of Thala

The History Guy ·

2025/03/11

On today’s episode, we travel to 1943, and one of the earliest battles American soldiers fought with Nazi Germany, in the mountainous regions of Tunisia. There, the fortuitous arrival of artillery stemmed the tide after German forces broke through American defenses at Kasserine pass. But what might have happened if it all went differently?

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