Hanging with History
The first season focuses on the origins of the Industrial Revolution or the Great Enrichment, we go deep into history to gain enough background knowledge to actually understand the various theories of the origins of the Great Enrichment. Eventually we learn that we also need to know how the miracle was consolidated, as the many other close approaches to the Industrial Revolution failed.A kwirky style, but intellectually ambitious with the goal of understanding history well enough to understand the miracle that happened that one time. It's gonna be a long series.
Podcasting since 2020 • 191 episodes
Hanging with History
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1813 Austria, Metternich and Francis II
Of the large political entities in Europe in 1813 the Austrian empire was one of the oddest, from a modern perspective and possibly the most vulnerable.It was really the personal realm of the house of Habsburg. I’ve talked a lot ab...
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Season 1
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Episode 191
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32:18
1813 Alexander, Prussia and God Unite
Trying to recover from defeat in 1812, Napoleon had enormous obstacles to overcome. But these were NOT obvious at the time, surprisingly to us, most of the great and the good expected Napoleon to win in 1813.Tsar Alexander had some...
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Season 1
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Episode 190
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30:40
War of 1812, Part 2, 1814 1815
We examine the question: "Who won the bloody war anyway?"The Canadians won, the Native Americans lost, the British won, the Americans lost and most of all, far more importantly, the Americans won the war overwhelmingly. The apparen...
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Episode 189
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36:20