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AskHistorians Podcast Episode 183: 19th Century Great Power Politics with /u/starwarsnerd222 Oct 07, 2021

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In this episode, /u/EnclavedMicrostate talks with /u/starwarsnerd222 about great power politics of the late nineteenth century, focussing on British foreign policy from the end of the Crimean War in 1856 to the eve of the First World War in 1914. How did British officials and diplomats react to changing world circumstances, if they did at all? What sorts of crises did they respond to, or not depending on the situation? Find out all this and more on this fortnight's episode. 67 mins.

AskHistorians Minisode - Dimensions of the Second Sino-Japanese War with /u/Lubyak Sep 30, 2021

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In this episode, /u/EnclavedMicrostate talks with /u/Lubyak about the Second Sino-Japanese War, discussing its background, its wider context, and the question of why Imperial Japan was unsuccessful in achieving its aims. 32 mins.

AskHistorians Podcast Episode 182: The Beginnings of Academic Military History with /u/Iphikrates Sep 16, 2021

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In this episode, /u/EnclavedMicrostate talks with /u/Iphikrates about the beginnings of academic military history in 19th century Prussia. Why, in a state so strongly associated with its military traditions, was the academic study of military history so heavily opposed both from the academy and from the army? How did the field emerge despite this opposition? Who were the big names? What sorts of controversies were fought over? Find out all this and more on this fortnight's AskHistorians Podcast. 60 mins.

AskHistorians Podcast Episode 181: Questions on Greek and Roman Society with u/Toldinstone Sep 03, 2021

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In this episode, /u/Kugelfang52 talks with /u/Toldinstone about various topics of interest from his upcoming book on Greek and Roman society, Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants. Included are the following questions:

"Did they believe in monsters, ghosts, and/or aliens?"
"Why are so many of their statues naked?"
"Why didn't the Greeks or Romans wear pants?"
"What were the greatest delicacies?"
"What happened to the city of Rome after the empire collapsed?"

43 mins.

AskHistorians Podcast Episode 180: Women in Medieval Warfare with /u/Hergrim Aug 19, 2021

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In this episode, /u/EnclavedMicrostate talks with /u/Hergrim about women in medieval warfare, and at how their actual roles diverged from those prescribed by the authorities of the day and many today imagine them. Discussed are how women fought in combat, performed critical supporting roles for armies, and indeed led them in war; also considered are how warfare affected civilian women and how women were involved in the reading and writing of military theory. 34 mins.

AskHistorians Podcast Minisode - Connecticut WWI Veterans with /u/IlluminatiRex Aug 05, 2021

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In this episode, /u/EnclavedMicrostate talks with /u/IlluminatiRex about veterans of the First World War who, either before or after the war, lived in one town in Connecticut, and about how the local histories of small towns fit into the history of the wider world. 18 mins.

AskHistorians Podcast Episode 179 - Adam Contzen's Ten Books of Politics with The Contzen Project Jul 22, 2021

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Tyler Alderson talks with Dr. Jacob Baum, Dr. Sydnor Roy, and John T Conrad about their project translating Adam Contzen's Ten Books of Politics. The Ten Books has never been translated out of its seventeenth-century neo-Latin, and the project is one that will be open to the public who wish to provide commentary, advice, or simply practice with untranslated Latin, as they continue to build a corpus of translation. 64 mins.

AskHistorians Minisode - Was Beethoven Black? with Tyler Alderson Jul 02, 2021

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Morgan Lewin and Tyler Alderson discuss the popular urban legend that classical music composer Ludwig van Beethoven was actually Black. While the answer is a definitive "no," the reasons for this myth's enduring popularity say a lot about race, class, and the prestige attached to classical music. 39 mins.

AskHistorians Podcast Episode 178 - History of Native California with Willy Bauer and Damon Akins Jun 25, 2021

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Tyler Alderson talks with the authors of the book We Are The Land: A History of Native California about the struggles and triumphs of indigenous people, and what lies ahead. Also discussed is the process of writing a wide-ranging history, and how to approach commonly-told narratives from a different perspective, upending stereotypes and generalizations. 49 min.

AskHistorians Podcast Episode 177 - The Argentine Revolution Jun 11, 2021

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In this episode, /u/EnclavedMicrostate talks with Seb Lewin ( /u/aquatermain ) about the circumstances surrounding the May Revolution of 1810 against Spain, and how the road to independence started for the United Provinces of Río de la Plata and the subsequent Republic of Argentina.

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