October 31

Ep. 0171: DHP Heroes: John Carpenter, Part 1

Tis the season for some Halloween-related DHP — specifically, part 1 of a 2-part DHP Heroes feature on filmmaker John Carpenter, perhaps best known for his work in the horror genre.

Join CJ as he discusses:

  • The concepts of ‘auteur’ and ‘cult classic’ or ‘cult film,’ and how they apply to Carpenter and his work
  • A bit about Carpenter’s early life, upbringing, and time at USC film school
  • Coverage and commentary on most of Carpenter’s early films, from Dark Star (1974) through The Thing (1982)

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October 24

Ep. 0170: Johnny Comes Marching Home: The Not-So-Civil War Part 14

This was originally going to be one giant episode to finish off the series, but then it grew into TOO giant of an episode, so I decided to divide it in order to conquer it.

Here’s the beginning of the end of the Not-So-Civil War series.

Join CJ as he discusses:

  • The costs of the war in death & destruction
  • Changes wrought by the war
  • The fate of the veterans in the decades following the war

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September 16

Ep. 0169: Autodidacts in History: CJ’s Presentation from the 2018 Freecoast Festival

This episode is the audio of CJ’s talk at the 2018 Freecoast Festival in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on the topic of autodidacts in history.

Join CJ as he discusses autodidacts from a variety of fields from ancient to modern times, along with some thoughts on what it means to be an autodidact, and some of the potential benefits and pitfalls of it.

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August 27

Ep. 0168: Mark Thornton on Red Tide & Skyscrapers


In this DHP episode, CJ talks to economist Mark Thornton. Mark is Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute. He serves as the Book Review Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics. His publications include The Economics of Prohibition (1991), Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation: The Economics of the Civil War (2004), The Quotable Mises (2005), The Bastiat Collection (2007), An Essay on Economic Theory (2010), The Bastiat Reader (2014), and his latest, The Skyscraper Curse and How Austrian Economists Predicted Every Major Crisis of the Last Century (2018).

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August 17

Ep. 0167: Endgame: The Not-So-Civil War Part 13

In the Spring of 1865, the Confederate military & government began to rapidly crumble.

Join CJ as he discusses:

  • The Battle of Natural Bridge
  • The fate of John Bell Hood’s command, including the disastrous Battles of Franklin & Nashville
  • The Confederates’ partial emancipation program, passed far too late to matter to the course of the war
  • The Hampton Roads Conference
  • Sherman’s march through South Carolina, including the destruction of Columbia
  • Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address, probably his second-most quoted speech after the Gettysburg Address
  • The fall of Richmond
  • The surrender of R.E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House
  • The assassination of Lincoln
  • The surrender of other Confederate forces
  • Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, the last Confederate Army commander to surrender
  • The capture of Jefferson Davis
  • The ratification of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution
  • President Andrew Johnson’s declaration of ‘mission accomplished’ in 1866
  • A very brief word on Reconstruction

And be sure to tune in next time for an in-depth examination of different interpretations of the legacy & meaning of this war!

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July 27

Ep. 0166: Suppressing Dissent & Reinforcing Belief: The Not-So-Civil War Part 12

Join CJ as he discusses:

  • A brief word on the concept of habeas corpus
  • The ways in which dissent was suppressed & civil liberties were abrogated in the Confederacy and in the Union
  • Civil religion in both the North & South in the latter part of the war

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July 6

Ep. 0165: History of Vikings with Noah Tetzner


In this episode, CJ speaks with Noah Tetzner of the History of Vikings Podcast (a show that is, like the Dangerous History Podcast, a member of the Recorded History Podcast Network.)

Join CJ & Noah as they discuss:

  • Noah’s background, including his non-typical education & how he came to be hosting a podcast about Vikings at just 17 years of age
  • Common misconceptions in the popular mind about the Norse people
  • Depictions of Norsemen in popular entertainment
  • Culture, politics, society, and mythology of the Norse

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July 1

Ep. 0164: School May Suck, But History Doesn’t Have To


It happened: School Sucks & the Dangerous History Podcast collided!

At the 2018 Midwest Peace & Liberty Fest, CJ was interviewed by Brett Veinotte of the School Sucks Project. This episode is the audio of that conversation (also released by Brett as episode #569 of School Sucks.)

Join CJ and Brett as they discuss:

  • A bit about CJ’s background, and how he came to be an anarchist historian
  • CJ’s approaches to studying & synthesizing history, including some nuts-and-bolts stuff like reading, note-taking, and so forth
  • The values (and potential dangerous) of using shock to hook students’ or listeners’ interest
  • The relationship between ideology and history when teaching and podcasting

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June 28

Ep. 0163: Avoiding Intellectual Inbreeding

Here is the audio of CJ’s presentation delivered on Sunday, June 24th, 2018, at the 6th Midwest Peace & Liberty Fest in Michigan.

Join CJ as he discusses:

  • A little bit about his own personality and educational background that have led him to be more resistant to intellectual inbreeding than most people (but still prone to it to some extent, because all people are)
  • One of the main problems with conventional academia, and how, if you insulate yourself too much from ideas that contradict your own, you are in danger of becoming like academia in terms of being insulated & isolated from diverse ideas
  • Some of the problems that come from becoming intellectually inbred, including excessive confirmation bias
  • Some of the benefits gained from being eclectic & omnivorous in the intellectual content that you consume
  • Suggestions for ways to try to minimize confirmation bias & avoid intellectual inbreeding
  • Some very interesting Q&A

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June 19

Ep. 0162: A Modern-Day Grunt’s Perspective, Part 4

This is the final conversation between CJ & US Army Veteran BT about BT’s military service and his ordeals since getting out. (Please excuse a little bit of minor audio issues. As you’ll hear, we had some sporadic  Skype hiccups, as well as a slightly-longer-than-usual delay, probably because BT has moved since our last conversation, and is now living a little more in the boonies than previously.)

Join CJ & BT as they discuss:

  • BT’s physical & mental health issues since leaving the Army, and the problems he’s had in trying to get adequate help from the Department of Veterans Affairs (or VA)
  • PTSD
  • Head trauma
  • Burn pits & Gulf War illness
  • How BT’s experience in the Army and dealing with the VA have changed his views on many things, and his overall take on his military experience

Wanna meet CJ and ? Come out to the 2018 Midwest Peace & Liberty Fest in Delton, Michigan! CJ will be there from Friday, June 22nd through Monday, June 25th, and will be speaking on Sunday, June 24th. Hope to see you there!

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