March
18
Ep. 0179: Exploring the Inward Empire with Sam Davis
This episode of the Dangerous History Podcast features CJ’s recent conversation with Sam Davis, host of the Inward Empire podcast.
Join Sam & CJ as they discuss:
- Some thoughts on history podcasts in general, and the divide between “indie/DIY” podcasters, and “institutional” ones
- How Sam came to be doing the Inward Empire podcast
- The fact that the United States is, and always has been, an empire, what this means, and why so many refuse to see it
- The role of the frontier experience (and the mythology of it) in shaping American history, even long after the ear of the Old West ended
- The divergence between scholarly understandings of history and popular depictions and understandings of it
- Ways in which one’s own ideology influences one’s take on history
- The obvious-but-oft-overlooked continuity in American history between the Indian wars and the later wars of overseas empire
- The ways in which Anglo-Saxonism and xenophobia have influenced American empire-building
- The trickiness of trying to draw parallels between current events and historical topics
- Some of Sam’s experiences teaching history at the high school level over the past year
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