Empires, Anarchy & Other Notable Moments
An educational resource leading listeners through important milestones in history and providing a greater understanding of civilizations, individuals, and everything in between. Topics are tailored to the needs of high school students, teachers, and life-long learners.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 150
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Spanish Inquisition Part I: The Historical Roots of Antisemitism
This is the first in a series of five episodes regarding the Spanish Inquisition. The focus of this episode is on Anti-semitism, rather than the Spanish Inquisition itself. The roots of which can b…
Kenyatta Part V: His Dictatorship
This is the final episode in our series on the Jomo Kenyatta, the first President of Kenya. This episode compares Jomo to America's founding father George Washington. It serves to detail Kenyatta s…
Kenyatta Part IV: His Policies
This is the fourth in a series on the political rise and policies of Jomo Kenyatta, the first President of Kenya. This episode looks directly at the policies that Kenyatta pursued in his attempts to…
Kenyatta Part III: The Kapenguria Six
This is the third in a series on the political rise and policies of Jomo Kenyatta's path to becoming the first President of Kenya. This episode begins with the arrest of Jomo Kenyatta and then exami…
Kenyatta Part II: Mau Mau
This is the second in a five series on the political rise and policies of Jomo Kenyatta's path to becoming the first President of Kenya. The Mau Mau revolt/revolution thrust Jomo Kenyatta into the s…
Kenyatta Part I: The Colonization of Kenya
This is the first in a five part series on the political rise and policies of Jomo Kenyatta's path to becoming the first President of Kenya. It begins with the colonization of Kenya by the British; …
Slavery Part IV: The Legacy of Slavery for West Africa
This is the final episode in a series regarding the West African slave trade from 1500-1700. This episode seeks to detail the enduring legacy that the slave trade has had on the region (and the cont…
Slavery Part III: The Rise of the Fiscal Military State
This is the third in a series of four regarding the West African slave trade from 1500-1700. This episode first takes a look at the modern day downfall of the city of Gary, Indiana. It then applies …
Slavery Part II: Slavery and the State
This is the second in a series of four regarding the West African slave trade from 1500-1700. This episode takes a look at the unique aspects of African civilizations in order to understand why the d…
Slavery Part I: Social Death
This is the first in a series of four regarding the West African slave trade from 1500-1700. This episode takes on the concept of Social Death; the act of killing a person in order to bring forth a …