April 10

Ep. 0200: Honest History

For the 200th episode of the Dangerous History Podcast, CJ decided to take a step back and get a bit ‘meta,’ taking a journey into the belly of the whale on trying to figure out what history is and how one might think about it.

Join CJ as he discusses:

  • What history really is
  • Fact, Truth, & Meaning
  • Objectivity, Ideology, & History
  • Honest History

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The Dangerous History Podcast is a member of the Recorded History Podcast Network, the Dark Myths Podcast Collective & LRN.fm’s podcast roster.

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CJ’s Picks: Amazon Affiliate Links

That Noble Dream: The ‘Objectivity Question’ and the American Historical Profession by Peter Novick

Empiricism and History by Stephen Davies

Telling the Truth About History (Norton Paperback) by Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt & Margaret Jacob

 

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June 5

Ep. 0183: The 5 Year Anniversary of the Dangerous History Podcast: A Soft Reboot

On June 5th, 2014, CJ published the first episode of the Dangerous History Podcast, and while it wasn’t great, he kept plugging away at it, slowly getting better & better and now, here we are, five years later, and not only has the Dangerous History Podcast survived & endured, it’s bigger & better than ever!

Join CJ as he discusses:

  • What he means by “soft reboot”
  • Some changes he’s gone through personally since he started this podcast back in 2014 (including some relatively recent major positive changes)
  • Some of what he’s learned in 5 years of Dangerous History podcastin, and how his approach to the DHP has both stayed consistent, and evolved in some aspects & issues
  • New levels of support for the DHP on Patreon & Subscribestar
  • Introduction of the Dangerous History Lyceum, and a description of the first course CJ plans to do as part of it: Rise of the American Empire
  • Some other things in the works for the foreseeable future, including a second show CJ plans to launch by the end of the summer: the Guerrilla Scholar-Warrior podcast
  • Finally, a rebroadcasting of Vintage DHP Episode #48: Introduction to Taoism & the Scholar Warrior Ideal

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(Photo in this episode’s show notes, ‘Freedom,’ courtesy Graur Razvan Ionut at freedigitalphotos.net

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July 28

Ep. 0111: Introduction to Power Elite Analysis

Join CJ as he discusses:

  • What “power elite” and “power elite analysis” mean
  • Power elite analysis is not “conspiracy theorizing”
  • Some early practitioners of power elite analysis, such as C. Wright Mills, Carroll Quigley, and Murray Rothbard
  • Ways of identifying & understanding the power elite in practice
  • Things to keep in mind when studying the power elite

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July 9

Ep. 0110: Twenty-One Key Concepts & Theories, Part 2

In this second part of “Twenty-One Key Concepts & Theories,” we focus on seven concepts & theories related to economics.

Join CJ as he discusses:

8. Public Choice Theory

9. Regulatory Capture

10. Austrian Business Cycle Theory

11. The Broken Window Fallacy

12. Opportunity Costs

13. The Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility

14. The Sunk Costs Fallacy

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(pic of Dollar Hook courtesy scottchan via freedigitalphotos.net)

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July 5

Ep. 0109: Twenty-One Key Concepts & Theories, Part 1

I’ve compiled a list of 21 concepts & theories that have helped me understand the world (both past & present) more clearly, and I’m going to do 3 episodes (two regular DHP episodes and one Patreon supporters-only Bonus DHP episode) covering 7 of these concepts & theories apiece.

In this first installment, I’ve grouped together 7 concepts having to do with understanding power, why it’s so dangerous, and why humans are so susceptible to being commanded, controlled, and exploited by the worst among us.

Join CJ as he discusses:

  1. Power Corrupts (and attracts those who are already corrupt)
  2. Psychopathy & Sociopathy
  3. Most humans are hardwired for tribalism, submission, & conformity
  4. Stockholm Syndrome
  5. Doctrine of Double Effect
  6. The Noble Lie
  7. Base/superstructure

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