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Reflecting History

Reflecting History

Author: Reflecting History Language: English Episodes: 50
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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 158: Unraveling Historical Threads with Josh Johnson [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:37:49
In this episode I'm joined by Josh Johnson-host of Compendium: A History Collection, which is a history podcast covering a variety of topics, currently doing a fantastic series on the Vietnam War. He's also known as Josh…
Episode 157: What is Fascism? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:14
This podcast provides an overview of fascism as both an ideology and a political tactic. In what ways was Nazi Germany a typical fascist state? This episode is one small part of my larger podcast series called "Nazi Germ…
Episode 156: The Fall of the Roman Republic [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:25:21
The fall of the Roman Republic is one of the great stories in all of ancient history and it can still teach lessons relevant to every element of modern life. This telling of the Roman Republic's demise blends systems-bas…
Episode 155: Aztec Memories-The Story of the Aztec Empire [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:45:51
Watch with video here: https://youtu.be/PB1eoviYJ2Y?si=cVOCqmRo5C_Li93y This is all eight chapters of my Aztec Memories series, all in one place. I'm hoping this makes it easier for some folks out there to listen to the…
Episode 154: Aztec Memories Part VIII-Columbian Nightmare [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:13
The Columbian Exchange remains maybe the most significant historical development in modern history-setting the stage for the world we inhabit today. In modern day Mexico, the post-conquest colonial period led to the begi…
Episode 153: Aztec Memories Part VII-The Tickler [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:42
For many fans of history, the story of the Aztec empire ends with the Spanish conquest and the fall of Tenochtitan. But there was a post-conquest period, lasting for hundreds of years, in which the Spanish exerted author…
Episode 152: Aztec Memories Part VI-Mightier Than the Sword [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:21
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire provides a great opportunity to think about many complex historical questions. How should we think about topics of colonialism and conquest from a modern lens? How are morality an…
Episode 151: Aztec Memories Part V-Crimson Sky [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:48
In November of 1519, Aztec Emperor Moctezuma and Spanish Conquistador Hernando Cortez met on the causeway leading to Tenochtitlan in maybe the first official contact between powerful leaders of the Old and New Worlds. On…

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