Historical Materialism 20: World War 2
In this episode, Luke and Eleanor cover the rise of fascism, World War 2, and the atom bomb. hooboy
01:14:30 |
Wed 06 Apr 2022
Historical Materialism 19: Interwar
In this episode, Luke and Eleanor make it most of the way through the Interwar period between 1918-1938 (we make it to about 1931 and the Great Depression). we talk about the end of WW1, the Treaty o…
01:20:27 |
Fri 01 Apr 2022
Historical Materialism 18: Must Crush Capitalism
in this episode, Luke and Eleanor finally get to socialism and communism as we cover World War I, the socialist and communist modes of production, the October Revolution, and a little guy we all know…
01:20:58 |
Wed 23 Mar 2022
Historical Materialism 17: The Calm Before the Storm
in this episode, Luke and Eleanor discuss 1865-1905, including the Pax Britannica, the further spread of capitalism, the unifications of Germany and Italy, the true start of the American Empire, and …
01:08:24 |
Wed 16 Mar 2022
Historical Materialism 16: The Springtime of the Peoples
In this episode, Luke and Eleanor continue their ever-expanding series on Historical Materialism by covering the years from 1815-1865. this includes the aftermath of the Napoleonic era, the numerous …
01:18:04 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
Let's Name Some Historical Guys feat. Patrick Wyman
In this episode, we welcome back friend of the show Patrick Wyman to talk about the change from feudalism to capitalism that we've been discussing in our series on historical materialism and then spe…
00:58:17 |
Fri 04 Mar 2022
Historical Materialism 15: Napoleon
In this episode, our 15th on Historical Materialism, we look at the years 1795-1815, aka, the Napoleonic era. Luke and Eleanor discuss how one man was able to stand astride history and use an army to…
01:05:57 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
Historical Materialism 14: Big-C Capitalism
in this episode, Luke and Eleanor look at the years from 1750-1795 wherein we finally introduce Capitalism, America has a revolution, France has a much, much cooler revolution, and liberal ideas begi…
01:07:57 |
Wed 16 Feb 2022
Historical Materialism 13: Class Consciousness
in this episode, Luke and Eleanor continue following the trajectory of historical materialism by discussing the emergence of the bourgeoisie, their first attempts at asserting power in the English Ci…
01:06:28 |
Thu 03 Feb 2022
Historical Materialism 12: Unintended Global Consequences
in this episode, Luke and Eleanor discuss a bunch of events that should've remained localized but, due to new technology, colonialism, and more, became huge events that changed the history of the ent…
00:59:33 |
Thu 27 Jan 2022
Historical Materialism 11: Colonialism
in this episode, Luke and Eleanor continue the series on Historical Materialism by talking about how colonialism shaped the world in the Early Modern Era as well as the start of Mercantilism and the …
01:05:04 |
Wed 19 Jan 2022
Historical Materialism 10: That's How You Get Protestants
in this episode, Luke and Eleanor discuss the end of the Medieval, or Post-Classical, era and the beginning of the Early Modern Period. they discuss a number of factors that pave the way for capitali…
01:24:47 |
Thu 13 Jan 2022
Historical Materialism 9: Exogenous System Shock
happy new year, we're back! in this episode, Luke and Eleanor continue going through the series on Historical Materialism and finally make it to the Black Death, the mother of all external system sho…
01:00:26 |
Thu 06 Jan 2022
Christmas & Saturnalia
happy holidays to all! in honor of Christmas, we decided to do a quick episode on the connections between Saturnalia and Christmas as well as look at what Christmas during the Middle Ages looked like…
00:32:42 |
Wed 22 Dec 2021
Historical Materialism 8: Climate Changes
Friday afternoon episode time! Luke and Eleanor continue the series on Historical Materialism by talking about the Medieval climate, which changed drastically between the Medieval Warm Period and the…
01:05:07 |
Fri 17 Dec 2021
Historical Materialism 7: Primitive Accumulation
and we're back after a one week hiatus! in this episode, Luke and Eleanor begin by discussing some of the more controversial modes of production that have been proposed, then move back into the early…
00:59:14 |
Thu 09 Dec 2021
Historical Materialism 6: Blame it on Charlemagne
in this episode, Luke and Eleanor continuing walking through Historical Materialism and Feudalism with a discussion of the early years of the Medieval Era and how the world we live in today really be…
01:00:40 |
Wed 24 Nov 2021
Historical Materialism 5: Feudalism, finally
in this episode, Luke and Eleanor finally make their way to feudalism and the Feudal Mode of Production. they discuss what feudalism actually is, why manorialism may be a better term, what Marx meant…
01:05:29 |
Tue 16 Nov 2021
Historical Materialism 4: Age of Empires
In part 4 of our series on Historical Materialism, we conclude the Ancient Mode of Production by discussing the rise of the great empires of old, the decline of the use of slavery, and the eventual c…
01:04:35 |
Thu 11 Nov 2021
Historical Materialism 3: We Live in a Society
as we continue our review of historical materialism leading up to feudalism, it's time to discuss how humans move from the hunter-gatherer, "Primitive" Communist Mode of Production to the Ancient Mod…
00:53:17 |
Thu 04 Nov 2021
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