Podcasts by History on Fire

[RERUN] EPISODE 64: The Taiping Rebellion (Part 2): Jesus’ Chinese Younger Brother from 2023-12-04T19:59:18

[RERUN] EPISODE 63: The Taiping Rebellion (Part 1): Drug Dealers and Visionaries from 2023-11-20T18:20:08

EPISODE 103: The Lone Samurai, Miyamoto Musashi (Part 2) from 2023-11-06T21:38:26

EPISODE 102: The Lone Samurai, Miyamoto Musashi (Part 1) from 2023-10-09T12:41:55

EPISODE 101: The History Behind Killers of the Flower Moon from 2023-09-11T13:18:26

[RERUN] EPISODE 62: Plagues, Mystery and Dancing from 2023-08-14T14:00

[RERUN] EPISODE 61: Raiders in the Night from 2023-07-03T18:00

EPISODE 100: Benvenuto Cellini (Part 2) from 2023-06-19T18:09:25

EPISODE 99: Thug Life: Benvenuto Cellini (Part 1) from 2023-06-05T14:00

[RERUN] EPISODE 60: Fear and Loathing in Mongolia (Part 2) from 2023-05-22T18:00

[RERUN] EPISODE 59: Fear and Loathing in Mongolia (Part 1) from 2023-05-08T14:00

EPISODE 98: Machine Gun Blues from 2023-04-24T18:00

[RERUN] EPISODE 58 Sitting Bull: Wounded Knee (Part 5) from 2023-03-31T09:50:25

[RERUN] EPISODE 57 Sitting Bull: Compulsory Civilization with a Side of Murder (Part 4) from 2023-03-14T20:03:16

[RERUN] EPISODE 56 Sitting Bull: Compulsory Civilization with a Side of Murder (Part 3) from 2023-02-28T20:48:54

[RERUN] EPISODE 55 Sitting Bull (Part 2) from 2023-02-16T18:11:31

[RERUN] EPISODE 54 Sitting Bull (Part 1) from 2023-01-30T14:18:15

EPISODE 97: The Psychology of Power in History: A Conversation with Aziz Al-Doory from 2023-01-16T12:00

[RERUN] EPISODE 51 A Life for a Whistle: Emmett Till and the Birth of the Civil Rights Movement from 2022-12-20T15:02:12

“Until the philosophy 
Which hold one race superior and another
Inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned
Everywhere is war” — Bob...

EPISODE 96: The Wildest Man You Have Never Heard Of: Thomas Morton from 2022-12-06T18:05:45

[RERUN] EPISODE 50 Philosophers and Thugs: Jigoro Kano (Part 2) from 2022-11-23T10:30:01

Feed Drop For "This Job Is History" from 2022-11-18T19:53:39

Where the oddest jobs from the past meet a comedian from the present… and it’s awkward! On this weekly show, Chris Parnell (SNL, Rick and Morty) welcomes guests who have held some of hu...

[RERUN] EPISODE 49 The Father of Martial Arts: Jigoro Kano (Part 1) from 2022-11-07T11:59:31

EPISODE 95: Tom Le Forge: The Real Dances with Wolves from 2022-10-24T11:00

[RERUN] EPISODE 48: Give Me Back My Legions! (Part 2) from 2022-10-10T14:00

EPISODE 94: The Last War Chief from 2022-09-24T12:00

EPISODE 93: The Beast of Gevaudan from 2022-08-17T18:00

EPISODE 92: Jujitsuffragettes With Attitude from 2022-07-15T16:01:03

EPISODE 78 Bruce Lee (Part 2) from 2021-06-12T07:05

“Jeet Kune Do favors formlessness so that it can assume all forms and since Jeet Kune Do has no style, it can fit with all styles. As a result, Jeet Kune Do utilizes all ways and is bound by none a...

EPISODE 77 Bruce Lee (Part 1) from 2021-06-05T07:05

“Energy is eternal delight.” William Blake  “Hong Kong in the 1950s was a depressed place. Post–World War II Hong Kong had suffered from unemployment, a poor economy, over-crowding, homelessness, ...

EPISODE 67 Ripples of History from 2020-09-12T07:05

“If I knew the way, I would take you home.” From the song Ripple by the Grateful Dead  “The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.” Bertrand Russell “Talent wins games, but teamwork an...

EPISODE 53 The Punk Rocker of Ancient Greece from 2020-04-18T07:05

“A Socrates gone mad.” Plato referring to Diogenes  “Had I not been Alexander, I would have liked to have been Diogenes.” Alexander the Great "If I wasn't Diogenes, I would be wishing to be Diogen...

EPISODE 52 The Lady and Her Gun from 2019-10-12T07:05

“It's just incredible that this little hand has killed Nazis, has scythed them down by the hundreds, without missing…” Charlie Chaplin  “Miss Pavlichenko's well known to fame, Russia's your country...

EPISODE 47 Give Me Back My Legions! (Part 1) from 2019-04-27T04:00

“Bits of weapons and horses' limbs lay about, and human heads fixed to tree-trunks. In groves nearby were barbaric altars, where the Germans had laid the tribunes and senior centurions and sacrific...

EPISODE 46 Enjoying Hell: The Life of Ikkyu Sojun (Part 2) from 2019-03-25T19:46

So many History on Fire episodes feature incredibly violent pages from humanity’s past. This is not one of those episodes. The hero of our tale was too busy enjoying life in 15th century Japan to j...

EPISODE 45 Sex, Sake and Zen: The Life of Ikkyu Sojun (Part 1) from 2019-03-18T16:15

So many History on Fire episodes feature incredibly violent pages from humanity’s past. This is not one of those episodes. The hero of our tale was too busy enjoying life in 15th century Japan to j...

EPISODE 44 Dan Carlin from 2019-02-18T16:00

Dan Carlin is the undisputed king of historical podcasting, and one of my favorite human beings. Today we sit down to chat about the differences between Nazism and Socialism, the right-wing vs. lef...

EPISODE 43 The Melian Dialogue (The Peloponnesian War and Morality in History) from 2019-01-21T14:05

In the midst of The Peloponnesian War (431-401 BCE), the Athenians paid a visit to the inhabitants of the island of Melos and tried to make them an offer they couldn’t refuse. The dialogue that eme...

EPISODE 42 Joan of Arc (Part 4) from 2018-12-13T09:44

By 1429, the heir to the French throne was about to give up and flee in exile. The English and their Burgundian allies controlled huge parts of the country. With Orleans likely to fall in a not too...

EPISODE 41 Joan of Arc (Part 3) from 2018-11-15T14:00

By 1429, the heir to the French throne was about to give up and flee in exile. The English and their Burgundian allies controlled huge parts of the country. With Orleans likely to fall in a not too...

EPISODE 40 Joan of Arc (Part 2) from 2018-10-16T13:00

By 1429, the heir to the French throne was about to give up and flee in exile. The English and their Burgundian allies controlled huge parts of the country. With Orleans likely to fall in a not too...

EPISODE 39 Joan of Arc (Part 1) from 2018-09-18T13:00

By 1429, the heir to the French throne was about to give up and flee in exile. The English and their Burgundian allies controlled huge parts of the country. With Orleans likely to fall in a not too...

EPISODE 38 Monster in the Darkness from 2018-08-23T12:55

What I am going to tell you is one of the craziest serial killer stories that you have never heard of. And there are very good reason why most people have never heard of this. In 1942, Death stalke...

EPISODE 37 The 47 Ronin (Part 2) from 2018-07-26T13:00

The tale of the 47 Ronin is one of the most renowned revenge tales to ever come out of Japan. It is the subject of countless books, plays, and movies. It is also a story that has ignited never-endi...

EPISODE 36 The 47 Ronin (Part 1) from 2018-06-28T13:00

The tale of the 47 Ronin is one of the most renowned revenge tales to ever come out of Japan. It is the subject of countless books, plays, and movies. It is also a story that has ignited never-endi...

EPISODE 35 The Magliana Gang (Part 2) from 2018-05-30T13:00

This series is about the rise of a street gang that took over Rome in the 1970s and 1980s. The Magliana gang was not just one of many criminal organizations who operated in Italy. Among their busin...

EPISODE 34 The Magliana Gang (Part 1) from 2018-05-03T13:00

This series is about the rise of a street gang that took over Rome in the 1970s and 1980s. The Magliana gang was not just one of many criminal organizations who operated in Italy.

EPISODE 33 On Good and Evil: From My Lai to Sand Creek from 2018-04-04T13:00

What makes seemingly normal men commit horrific acts against civilians during war? What allows some people to act heroically in the darkest circumstances and what makes others turn into monsters? H...

EPISODE 32B Anything That Moves (Part 2): The Parallel Stories of Sand Creek and My Lai from 2018-03-08T14:00

In part B, I hand the microphone to my friend and master podcaster Darryl Cooper (from The Martyrmade Podcast.) Darryl explores the context of the Cold War in order to come to terms with what happe...

EPISODE 32A Anything That Moves (Part 1): The Parallel Stories of Sand Creek and My Lai from 2018-03-07T14:00

I’m not going to lie. This is one of the darkest episodes of History on Fire. But there are reasons for this journey into the heart of darkness. The stories of Sand Creek and My Lai offer an opport...

EPISODE 31 Gladiators in Ancient Rome (Part 2): The Spirit of the Gladiator from 2018-02-14T23:00

In this episode: how gladiators were both superstars and despised outcasts at the same time, gladiators’ groupies, Marcus Aurelius’ wife taking a bath in gladiator’s blood, Commodus and his 620-0 r...

EPISODE 30 Gladiators in Ancient Rome (Part 1): Are You Not Entertained? from 2018-02-01T14:58

Ancient Romans were obsessed with gladiatorial combat. In this two-part series, we time-travel back to get a sense of what the Games (of which gladiatorial combat was the main attraction) were like...

EPISODE 29 I Drink and I Know Things (Where History and Game of Thrones Intersect) from 2018-01-18T12:00

In this episode, I am joined by Aziz Al-Doory from The History of Westeros Podcast, and together we discuss some (definitely not all) of the ways in which history has influenced Game of Thrones. In...

EPISODE 28 Jack Johnson (Part 3): Nobody’s Slave from 2018-01-04T23:14

By 1900, the federal government had long abandoned Reconstruction, and white supremacy was returning to the South with a vengeance. Jim Crow was in full swing. Segregation was the law of the land. ...

EPISODE 27 Jack Johnson (Part 2): The Fight from 2017-12-07T18:00

In this episode: -Public Enemy Number One -At home in the integrated criminal underworld -Ladies and fast cars -Jack Johnson’s intellectual side -The Great White Hope -Knocking out and befriending ...

EPISODE 26 Jack Johnson (Part 1): Bad To The Bone from 2017-11-09T14:00

By 1900, the federal government had long abandoned Reconstruction, and white supremacy was returning to the South with a vengeance. Jim Crow was in full swing. Segregation was the law of the land. ...

EPISODE 25 Roman History with Mike Duncan from 2017-10-12T08:00

Mike Duncan is one of the pioneers of historical podcasting. His “History of Rome” is iconic. And his current “Revolutions” is equally compelling. In this episode, we sit down to chat about Roman h...

EPISODE 24 The Pirate Queen from 2017-09-14T16:55

At the very beginning of the 1800s, a Chinese woman went from being employed as a prostitute in the floating brothels close to Canton to becoming the leader of the biggest pirate confederacy in mod...

EPISODE 23 The Conquest of Mexico (Part 4): Tenochtitlan Or Bust from 2017-08-17T18:03

In the 1500s, two highly militaristic peoples fueled by religious ideologies requiring bloodshed clashed with one another. This is the tale of what happened when a band of Spaniards run into the Me...

EPISODE 22 The Conquest of Mexico (Part 3): Tenochtitlan Syndrome from 2017-07-21T15:00

In the 1500s, two highly militaristic peoples fueled by religious ideologies requiring bloodshed clashed with one another. This is the tale of what happened when a band of Spaniards run into the Me...

EPISODE 21 The Conquest of Mexico (Part 2): The Dogs of War from 2017-06-22T12:32

In the 1500s, two highly militaristic peoples fueled by religious ideologies requiring bloodshed clashed with one another. This is the tale of what happened when a band of Spaniards run into the Me...

EPISODE 20 The Conquest of Mexico (Part 1): People Of The Sun from 2017-05-25T08:00

In the 1500s, two highly militaristic peoples fueled by religious ideologies requiring bloodshed clashed with one another. This is the tale of what happened when a band of Spaniards run into the Me...

EPISODE 19 Featuring Dan Carlin from 2017-04-28T16:30

My favorite podcaster and one of my favorite humans joins me for an epic chat ranging across topics

EPISODE 18 The War for the Black Hills (Part 3): Last Stand from 2017-03-31T18:41

To the Lakota people, the Black Hills of South Dakota were—and still are—‘the heart of everything that is.’ To the United States, they were a goldmine, and Manifest Destiny’s next target. It was fo...

EPISODE 17 The War for the Black Hills (Part 2): The Long Defeat from 2017-03-02T09:12

To the Lakota people, the Black Hills of South Dakota were—and still are—‘the heart of everything that is.’ To the United States, they were a goldmine, and Manifest Destiny’s next target. It was fo...

EPISODE 16 The War for the Black Hills (Part 1): The Heart of Everything That Is from 2017-01-19T23:00

To the Lakota people, the Black Hills of South Dakota were—and still are—‘the heart of everything that is.’ To the United States, they were a goldmine, and Manifest Destiny’s next target. It was fo...

EPISODE 15 Ted Roosevelt (Part 3): The Man In The Arena from 2016-12-18T10:00

He was the first American to receive a brown belt in Judo. He won the largest percentage of the vote ever by a third-party candidate. He once took a bullet to the chest shot at point blank range, a...

EPISODE 14 Ted Roosevelt (Part 2): The Strenuous Life from 2016-11-29T14:09

He was the first American to receive a brown belt in Judo. He won the largest percentage of the vote ever by a third-party candidate. He once took a bullet to the chest shot at point blank range, a...

EPISODE 13 Ted Roosevelt (Part 1): The Rough Rider and His Demons from 2016-10-19T08:04

He was the first American to receive a brown belt in Judo. He won the largest percentage of the vote ever by a third-party candidate. He once took a bullet to the chest shot at point blank range, a...

EPISODE 12 Caravaggio (Part 2): Folsom Prison Blues from 2016-09-20T07:00

EPISODE 12 Caravaggio (Part 2): Folsom Prison Blues

EPISODE 11 Caravaggio (Part 1): Light and Darkness from 2016-08-18T08:00

EPISODE 11 Caravaggio (Part 1): Light and Darkness

EPISODE 10 Crazy Horse (Part 4) from 2016-07-10T20:42

EPISODE 10 Crazy Horse (Part 4)

EPISODE 9 Crazy Horse (Part 3) from 2016-06-15T08:16

EPISODE 9 Crazy Horse (Part 3)

EPISODE 8 Crazy Horse (Part 2) from 2016-05-23T15:59

EPISODE 8 Crazy Horse (Part 2)

EPISODE 7 Crazy Horse (Part 1) from 2016-05-03T04:00

EPISODE 7 Crazy Horse (Part 1)

EPISODE 6 The Duel from 2016-03-14T08:45

EPISODE 6 The Duel

EPISODE 5 The 10,000 (Part 2) from 2016-01-25T18:51

EPISODE 5 The 10,000 (Part 2)

EPISODE 4 The 10,000 (Part 1) from 2016-01-09T09:00

EPISODE 4 The 10,000 (Part 1)

EPISODE 3 The Iceman from 2015-11-30T12:06

This episode focuses on one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the late 20th century: the oldest, fully preserved human body ever found. The man emerged from the ice in the Alps over 5,0...

EPISODE 2 The Slave Wars (Part 2: Spartacus) from 2015-10-16T14:02

One of the most legendary characters in history comes to visit us in this episode: Spartacus! This episode features mass crucifixions, Dionysian orgies, a master course in guerrilla warfare, walls ...

Episode 1 The Slave Wars (part 1) from 2015-09-10T12:49

In the space of a few decades, three major slave wars threatened the Roman Republic. In this episode, we see how the greed of land speculators, tax collectors and slave owners unleashed an orgy of ...

Episode 0 Introduction to History on Fire Podcast from 2015-09-10T04:00

In this quick intro, we explore the guiding philosophy of the podcast, Dan Carlin’s influence, and future plans.

Episode 0 Introduction to History on Fire Podcast from 2015-09-10T04:00

In this quick intro, we explore the guiding philosophy of the podcast, Dan Carlin’s influence, and future plans.

Episode 0 Introduction to History on Fire Podcast from 2015-09-10T04:00

In this quick intro, we explore the guiding philosophy of the podcast, Dan Carlin’s influence, and future plans.