This is the tale of one of the weirdest cultural-political experiments in modern history. The brutal end of WWI left many Italian soldiers dissatisfied, since the Allies refuse to grant them lands ...
2025-03-17 17:24:06 +0000 UTC View Post
In recent years, popular books about Native American history have done an awful job peddling to the public a highly inaccurate, and borderline racist portrayal. In this episode, I put my 24 years o...
2025-03-10 18:12:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Within a couple of weeks, I'll be publishing the next episode exclusive for you sweet people who support my work. The episode will be much more comprehensive than the article you can access here. B...
2025-02-28 21:19:28 +0000 UTC View Post
“What are servants of God good for, if not for moving the hearts of men and elevating them to spiritual joy?” St. Francis
“I’ve come to help you all. Where can I find the best beer an...
2025-02-17 17:37:07 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the link to join the zoom meeting in about half an hour. Please, mute your microphone and unmute whenever you want to speak. If you want to participate, but can't, no worries. We'll h...
2025-02-15 18:02:41 +0000 UTC View Post
To say that the song Bella Ciao is famous would be the understatement of the century. Not only it’s one of Italy’s most well-known songs, but it has also been translated in just a...
2025-02-10 09:02:54 +0000 UTC View PostToday, my friend and, in my opinion, one of the greatest writers who ever lived moved on to a different plane of existence. Tom was a generous, kind, hilariously funny, and delightful human being. ...
2025-02-09 18:15:31 +0000 UTC View PostI have been wanting to do another zoom meeting for you sweet folks financially supporting the show, but I was KO'ed by Covid for a while. Now that I'm feeling better, I'd love to hop on zoom with y...
2025-02-05 05:16:32 +0000 UTC View Post
“No matter how big a guy might be, Nicky would take him on. You beat Nicky with fists, he comes back with a bat. You beat him with a knife, he comes back with a gun. And you beat him with a gun, ...
2025-02-03 18:28:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are some thoughts about the show American Primeval.
Just a quick reminder that due to contractual reasons, I can't release ad-free versions of the episodes that were originally created for Luminary--not even on Patreon. So, my apologies for the ads....
2025-01-20 18:39:59 +0000 UTC View Post
The British colonies in North America used to be the dumping grounds for convicts and other ‘undesirables’. In 1783, after losing the lands that would become the United States, Britain needed a...
2025-01-01 19:09:54 +0000 UTC View Post
“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” Mario Puzo
“Grant me revenge!” from Conan the Barbarian, 1982
“I am immortal” Nezahualcoyotl
I origin...
2024-12-16 06:45:05 +0000 UTC View Post
James Pieratt (from Wild Hunt Conditioning) is a world-record breaking hybrid athlete, a wilderness ultramarathon runner, and one of the world's top functional training experts. What does this have...
2024-12-09 22:09:14 +0000 UTC View PostBob Marley while making eggplant parmesan.
My daughter has a friend whose parents moved away from the area but who doesn't want to change school, so she pretty much lives with us. I enjoy sha...
2024-12-06 18:48:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I haven't posted a video of a recipe in a while.
Today, my lady, Sovannahry Em, cooks a recipe using the incredible bison from Dakota Pure Bison. This is perfect winter food: bison stew! This i...
Conan would like to take a brief pause from his busy schedule of crushing his enemies to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving
2024-11-28 16:53:30 +0000 UTC View Post
"Barbarism is the natural state of mankind… Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of circumstance. And barbarism must always ultimately triumph." Robert E Howard
“Becoming a barbarian w...
2024-11-18 17:10:48 +0000 UTC View PostSome quotes prefacing a brand new episode of History on Fire coming out tomorrow. After this, I'd say the topic is not exactly a mystery.
"Barbarism is the natural state of mankind… Civiliz...
2024-11-17 19:24:38 +0000 UTC View Post
The Atlantic magazine has recently published an article by Arash Azizi entitled “The Dangerous Rise of The Podcast Historians”—a rather harsh critique of the field of which I am part...
2024-11-11 20:48:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's how I leared to write. True story
2024-11-03 02:40:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I just posted on the History on Fire YouTube channel a short video about the first battle of the Genpei War. It contains a little bit of footage shot during my visit to Japan.
2024-10-29 05:44:38 +0000 UTC View Post
*Quick reminder that for the previously paywalled episodes that are I now release to the public, I can't make them ad-free (not even on Patreon) not due to my choice, but due to contractual reasons...
2024-10-21 17:12:15 +0000 UTC View Post
A cooperative episode with Will Clark from Grey History Podcast. We chat about the life of Thomas Paine, America’s forgotten founding father, whose life is weirder than fiction. Passing ...
2024-10-18 03:33:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Today, I get to mostly be quiet and listen. I am joined by Gil Kidron, the host of A Podcast of Biblical Proportions. His specialty is the exploration of the fascinating relationship betwe...
2024-09-30 22:33:11 +0000 UTC View Post
*Quick reminder that for the previously paywalled episodes that are I now release to the public, I can't make them ad-free (not even on Patreon) not due to my choice, but due to contractual reasons...
2024-09-23 17:53:40 +0000 UTC View PostJust closed the Zoom meeting with those of you who were able to participate. It was a very enjoyable (at least for me) informal chat jumping from topic to topic, based on people's questions and com...
2024-09-16 19:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostFor anyone who wants to hop on a zoom, we'll start at 10 PST (in a few minutes): Join Zoom Meeting https://csulb.zoom.us/j/86...
2024-09-16 16:54:36 +0000 UTC View Post
*Quick reminder that for the previously paywalled episodes that are I now release to the public, I can't make them ad-free (not even on Patreon) not due to my choice, but due to contractual reasons...
2024-09-11 04:46:11 +0000 UTC View Post