Apr 5, 2024
Investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen joins Dan to discuss the contents of her new book which, using insider and expert information, dramatically outlines how a nuclear war might unfold.
Feb 16, 2024
This show starts off with an extended discussion of the genocide of Jews in the Holocaust and the associated dangers of extreme governmental power followed by an interview with Holocaust expert and historian Dan...
Aug 16, 2023
Huns, Mongols, Turks, Scythians and other nomadic steppe tribes are
longtime interests of Dan's. In this show he interviews historian
Kenneth W. Harl who specializes in the study of those fascinating
peoples.
1. Empires of the Steppes: A History
of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization by Kenneth W.
Harl
2. China...
May 31, 2023
Daniele Bolelli the fabulous host of “History on Fire” and I fanboy out over archaeology. We had some inexplicable audio problems at times with the recording, so hopefully that doesn't detract from the greatness of the guest.
Apr 1, 2023
Dan tries focusing a much wider historical lens on perennial human
issues like war, land ownership, immigration, ethnicity,
environmental worries and the double-edged sword that is human
inventiveness.
1.
Agricola and Germania by Tacitus
2. A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire
to the Third...