Two public-school teacher-nerd-geeks (with surprisingly little overlap in our geekdom) teach each other through the common ground of history about our favorite things
293 episodes transcribedIn this episode, Ed describes the Battletech universe, giving a sketch of the personality of each of the Great Houses and a rundown of the political h...
In this episode, Ed elaborates on the links between Tolkien's experiences in the First World War and then gets into the weeds (or the trees, if you kn...
Ed delves into the nature of the First World War, and JRR Tolkien’s experiences in it. Damian leads a digression on the Battle of Cannae as related t...
In the final episode of our discussion of wrestling and Lost Cause historiography, Damian explains how a rich guy feud between yankee Vince McMahon an...
In this episode, Damian chronicles the development of the professional wrestling industry as we know it today, focusing on the regional differences in...
In this episode, Damian and Ed actually start talking about wrestling! They discuss it from its earliest roots as one of humanity’s first sports up t...
In this episode, Damian lays out the structure and development of Lost Cause historiography, from the years immediately after the Civil War up through...
In this episode, Damian lays the groundwork for his thesis with a summary of the root causes of the Civil War (spoiler- it was about slavery). Quotes...
In the concluding half of the CCA story, Damian explains how Estes Kefauver scared holy daylights out of Congress, and Ed gets to bring up just what a...
In our inaugural episode, Damian and Ed teach each other about the Comic Code Authority, the influence of child psychology in the 1940s on Estes Kefau...
