Reflecting History

Reflecting History

Author: Reflecting History Language: English Episodes: 182
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Reflecting History is an educational history podcast that explores significant historical events and themes without losing track of the ordinary people involved. Covering a wide variety of topics, it explores the connection between history, psychology, and philosophy.
Episodes
Episode 31: World War I-1914-Destroyed But Not Defeated [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:21
The first year of World War I set the tone for the rest of the war. Violence, brutality, and chaos ruled the day as huge armies clashed in what many see as the first truly modern war. But could things have turned out dif…
Episode 30: The Causes of World War I-Spreading the Blame [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:13
It is amazing how misinformed the general public is regarding the origins of World War I. Even historians debate the causes of the Great War. Who or what is to blame for one of the greatest tragedies in history? Like mos…
Episode 29: All Quiet on the Western Front [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:33
"Terror can be endured so long as a man simply ducks; but it kills, if a man thinks about it." Published by Erich Maria Remarque in 1929, "All Quiet on the Western Front" is one of the most important war novels of all ti…
Episode 28: Christmas in the Trenches [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:12
The Great War has it's share of amazing stories, but the Christmas Truce of 1914 stands out as one of the greatest. In a spontaneous outburst of humanity, soldiers on the Western Front put down their weapons and met the…
Episode 27: The Amistad Rebellion-Going Home [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:18
Fighting against historic odds, 53 slaves aboard "La Amistad" decided to take fate in their own hands. In an epic struggle of violence, politics, and public opinion, the Amistad Africans overcame incredible adversity to…
Episode 26: The Amistad Rebellion-Origins and Middle Passage [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:20
Historians estimate that 12.5 million African slaves were transported across the Atlantic Ocean from the 1500's into the early 1800's. Millions would die due to the horrible and dehumanizing conditions of the Middle Pass…
Episode 25: The Clash of Civilizations [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:09
What will be the main source of world conflict in the future? According to political scientist Samuel Huntington, the globe will be engulfed in a struggle of cultural identity called the Clash of Civilizations. What role…
Episode 24: Trolley Problems and History [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:48
A train is barreling out of control towards five people. You have the opportunity to divert the track and send the train towards only one person instead. Do you do it? Surprisingly, the answer to this question can tell u…
Episode 23: Rise of the Nazis-From Democracy to Dictatorship [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:03
How do you turn a democracy into a dictatorship while maintaining a thin veneer of legitimacy? Hitler and the Nazi party pulled out all the stops to turn the Weimar Republic into a totalitarian machine. The Reichstag Fir…
Episode 22: Rise of the Nazis-The Third Reich Begins [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:41
After Hitler's first attempt at violent revolution fails miserably, he is back to the drawing board. Sadly, the Weimar Republic gave him chance after chance to take control until he finally succeeded. Propaganda, the Gre…

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