History on Fire

History on Fire

Author: Daniele Bolelli Language: English Episodes: 100
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Where history and epic collide--"History on Fire" is a podcast by author and university professor Daniele Bolelli.
Episodes
EPISODE 109: The Mesoamerican Godfather [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:01:48
“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” - Mario Puzo “Grant me revenge!” from Conan the Barbarian, 1982 “I am immortal” - Nezahualcoyotl I originally created this episode years ago, as I was researching the Spa…
EPISODE 108: Tattooed Headhunters of the Steppes [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:54:16
"Barbarism is the natural state of mankind… Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of circumstance. And barbarism must always ultimately triumph." - Robert E Howard “Becoming a barbarian was often a bid to improve one’s…
[RERUN] EPISODE 72: John Brown (Part 3): Violent Delights, Violent Ends [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:21:55
“I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.” - John Brown “If you seek my blood, you can have it at any moment without the mockery of a trial.” - Joh…
[RERUN] EPISODE 71: John Brown (Part 2): A Reckoning in Blood [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:04:26
“I think he [God] has used me as an instrument to kill men; and if I live, I think he will use me as an instrument to kill a good many more.” — John Brown “I had reached the point at which I was not afraid to die. This s…
[RERUN] EPISODE 70: John Brown (Part 1): Heartbreak & Slavery [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:24:54
In this first episode of a three-part series, we’ll introduce the early part of John Brown’s life and his crusade against slavery. Among today’s topics, we’ll have the ethics of punching a Nazi, how the beating of an ens…
EPISODE 107: The Forge of the Samurai: The Genpei War Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:36:17
“This is how 70,000 horsemen of the Taira died, buried in this one deep valley; the mountain creeks ran red with their blood and the mound of their corpses was like a small hill.” - The Tale of the Heike “Tomoe had long…
EPISODE 106: The Forge of the Samurai: The Genpei War Part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:24:35
“The sound of the Gion Shoja bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sala flowers reveals the truth that the prosperous must decline. The proud do not endure, they are like a dream on a spring night…
[RERUN] EPISODE 69: Capturing Mussolini [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:02:21
“He must be handed over to a tribunal of the people so it can judge him quickly. We want this, even though we think an execution platoon is too much of an honor for this man. He would deserve to be killed like a mangy do…
[RERUN] EPISODE 68: My Grandma and Her Bombs: A Story of WWII [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:51:42
“Women must obey… My opinion of women’s role within the state is against any kind of feminism. In our state, women must not count.” - Benito Mussolini “Yes, I participated in the actions. I usually had the task of carryi…
[RERUN] EPISODE 66: Sex in Ancient Rome [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:13:24
“From an author’s perspective, writing about sex is risky, because if you write well enough, evocatively enough, vividly enough, you make the reader want to put the book aside and go get laid.” - Tom Robbins “Let's live…

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