Hanging with History
The first season focuses on the origins of the Industrial Revolution or the Great Enrichment, we go deep into history to gain enough background knowledge to actually understand the various theories of the origins of the Great Enrichment. Eventually we learn that we also need to know how the miracle was consolidated, as the many other close approaches to the Industrial Revolution failed.A kwirky style, but intellectually ambitious with the goal of understanding history well enough to understand the miracle that happened that one time. It's gonna be a long series.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 186
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
1812 Wellington Salamanca Marmont and Soult
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1812 in Iberia was heavily conditioned by the Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
1812 was a major transition year for the war in Iberia. Well…
1812 Napoleon Sparks the Russian Revolution
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The world turns on this 1812 campaign and its outcome. We explore more issues, and turning points from the previous episode, some new an…
1812 Napoleon Invades Russia
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Napoleon never intended to invade as far as Moscow. It was just supposed to be the 2nd Polish campaign. But Napoleon's hammer blows kep…
1810 1811 Wellington's Defense of Portugal
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The 1810 and 1811 campaigns in Iberia were defined by an absence- Napoleon’s absence. Napoleon had won the battle of Wagram in July of 1…
1809 Thomas Cochrane, Spain and the Basque Roads
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We cover resistance to the French invasion of Catalonia in 1808. What can a lone frigate do? And then the battle of the Basque Roads (i…
1809 Wellington and Archduke Charles, again? Wagram and Talavera
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The Austrian pro war party is emboldened by the French defeat at Bailen. By April 1809 Archduke Charles is leading the newly reformed Au…
1808 Talleyrand, Goethe and the Congress of Erfurt
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Talleyrand represents a strand of the ancient regime, the old nobility that thrives and leads, right through the monstrosity and glory of…
1808 Wellington, Dupont and Napoleon over the Chasm
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We cover Napoleon's sneaky invasion of Spain, its preamble and Napoleon's motivations.
This is followed by a look at Wellington's invasio…
1807 Napoleon's Glory Years, Part 3
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This covers the 1807 Campaign in Poland and the eventual Treaty of Tilsit. This is the true apex of Napoleon's glory and possibly the ha…
1806 Napoleon's Glory Years Part 2
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After Austerlitz Napoleon keeps the Grand Armee together in Central Germany.
This allows him to rip up the map of Germany and redraw it to…
1805 - 1807 Napoleon's Glory Years, Part 1
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1805, Ulm and Austerlitz and the events that lead up to the War of the 3rd Coalition. These are events that reveal genius in action.
This…
1807 Battle of Copenhagen, Part 3
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Wellington, Jarlsberg, battle of the Wooden Shoes, Norge. Such excitement.
The Danish Navy is simply too large in the world of 1807 to si…
Battle of Copenhagen 1801
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The 2nd of the 3 episodes on Copenhagen.
This covers Nelson's attack on Copenhagen and the Danish defense. The controversies about the …
The Attacks on Copenhagen 1801 1807; Københavns bombardement
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First episode of a 3-episode arc on the British attacks on Copenhagen.
This covers Danish history and Copenhagen history through the long …
Empiricism for Everyone! Napoleon's Invasion of England
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The defense of England is reviewed in terms of manpower, construction and engineering and advanced technology.
We start off with the empir…
Napoleon's Invasion of England
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One of the most important things that ever happened was this thing that never happened. And that of course was Napoleon's invasion of Br…
1803 The End of Amiens
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Britain begins the war and many of the French banks teeter on the edge of destruction as a consequence.
This episode covers the opening …
1803 Sebastiani and the failure of Peace of Amiens
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We take a look at how the Napoleonic Wars broke out.
Napoleon had a different understanding of the world situation than the Addington go…
Napoleon's American Dream and the Louisiana Purchase
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Napoleon, from his bath, angrily threw a snuffbox at his brothers Joseph and Lucien. Worse, a lot of the nice warm bathwater splashed ou…
The Peace of Amiens; an Experiment
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A peace that leads to War?
We look at the clash of realities from philosophical to practical questions of empire between France and Britai…