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History on Fire

History on Fire

Author: Daniele Bolelli Language: English Episodes: 50
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Where history and epic collide--"History on Fire" is a podcast by author and university professor Daniele Bolelli.
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EPISODE 119: The History of Duels [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:41:41
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split.” Robert E. Howard. "If he had shot me through the brain, sir, I should still have killed him." A…
[RERUN] EPISODE 88: The Red Wedding [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:49:34
“I ask you why we must tear ourselves apart for this small question of religion?” from the movie Elizabeth Once upon a time Game of Thrones was the most watched show on earth, and I could freely make references to it kno…
[RERUN] EPISODE 86: The French Wars of Religion [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:43:21
“Nation… a term inherently so vague and so contradictory that it must always be taken in a mystic sense, as meaning whatever the ruling classes hold it convenient to mean at the moment.” Lewis Mumford This is a story abo…
EPISODE 118: Woe to the Vanquished [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:40:15
“Everything resounded with the confused noise of terrifying threats and shrieks of despairing anguish blended with the wailing of women and children.” - Livy Later this year, I will launch a podcast that will run separat…
EPISODE 117: The Amistad Rebellion [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:30:52
This story has everything. Raids to enslave people. A bloody rebellion at sea. Piracy. A diplomatic crisis pitting Spain, the United States and England at odds with each other. High stakes courtroom drama which sparked i…
[RERUN] EPISODE 84: History and Video Games [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:18:28
“We don’t need anyone to tell us what to do; not Savonarola, not the Medici. We are free to follow our own path. There are those who will take that freedom from us, and too many of you gladly give it. But it is our abili…
EPISODE 116: The Daring Ones - The Arditi in WWI [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:01:42
“Se non ci conoscete, guardateci i coglioni, siamo gli Arditi del Capitan Mattioni.” Arditi song The Italian Army during WWI was not exactly a well-oiled military machine. In terms of supplies, logistics and leadership,…
[RERUN] EPISODE 83: From Slavery to Boxing: The Story of Bill Richmond [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:59:55
“Every talent must unfold itself in fighting.” Friedrich Nietzsche “Boxing inhabits a sacred space predating civilization; or, to use D.H. Lawrence’s phrase, before God was love.” Joyce Carol Oates Stories that begin wit…

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