History With James
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 34:32:08
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Synopsis
James talks about all things History.
Episodes
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Ukraine Famine Within the Soviet Union
16/03/2013 Duration: 30minWe talk about the Ukrainian famine and the events that led up to it, including, the nationalist movement in Ukraine.
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Fall from Grace: Black Sox Scandal
08/03/2013 Duration: 33minWe discuss the scandal that almost destroyed the game of baseball. This focuses on historical culture of America.
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Scottish Enlightenment and the rest of the world
26/02/2013 Duration: 42minThis episode we talk about the Scottish Enlightenment, how it is unique and how it is alike the rest of the Enlightenment. Also the problems that would have confronted the society of Scotland.
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Nigeria Looking Forward and Back
20/02/2013 Duration: 34minWe look at the modern history of Nigeria from European contact. We also look to a modern Nigeria.
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The Crossroads of the Philippines
14/02/2013 Duration: 31minWe take a look at World War II in the Philippines and the post-war years and
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The People's History Of Communism
05/02/2013 Duration: 38minWe look at Communism through less academic means. Looking at two books, "Animal Farm" and "Sofia Petrovna".
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March to the Holocaust
30/01/2013 Duration: 46minWe talk about the events in Russia that create a new form of Anti-Semitism that will be embraced by Hitler and the Nazis.
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The Decline of an Empire
18/01/2013 Duration: 32minWe talk about just a portion of the reason Rome collapsed. We talk about the physical manifestation of this decline.
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Panama Canal: Ideology and Territories
27/12/2012 Duration: 33minUsing a paper I wrote entitled, "The Construction of the Panama Canal and Pacific American Colonialism" we look at the Panama Canal in a different light. The connections to both Hawai'i and the Philippines and also in philosophical thought of the time.
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Who Was Joseph Goebbels?
24/11/2012 Duration: 21minUsing a paper I wrote for my final paper for my Nazi-Germany class, we look at the role of Joseph Goebbels in the Nazi Party.
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Chocolate World
12/11/2012 Duration: 29minA paper by the same name I wrote for my Hum 300 class. A group project, this is my individual portion of the project. We discuss Imperialism and Chocolate, as well as, the author's own life.
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War of 1812- Freedom from Foreign Interference
21/10/2012 Duration: 23minWhat was the outcome of the War of 1812 and what did it achieve? Was it the Second American war of Independence or just a misunderstanding?
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Calvin Coolidge a Metaphor for Contradiction
04/10/2012 Duration: 30minBased on a paper I wrote and Calvin Coolidge's first address to congress
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"The Big Five" and Japanese Internment
28/09/2012 Duration: 21minWere the Big Five racist? We discuss whether power was more important than race. Using a large segment of history from World War II in Hawai'i. The reading comes from my final paper entitled "Hawai'i Two Worlds"
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Slavery And The American Revolution
21/09/2012 Duration: 21minWe look at how slavery as an issue functioned in the new nation of America. From the Declaration of Independence to the Constitutional Convention. Using data from digitalhistory.uh.edu, Give Me Liberty!(book), and PBS.org.
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The "Wild Irish"
12/09/2012 Duration: 22minA not so prepared podcast on the Colonization Of Ireland by England. Also we discuss discrimination of Irish and origins. Creating an image as inferiors.
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Fiji A Crisis Of Governemt Or The People?
03/09/2012 Duration: 31minFrom indentured servitude to the modern coups, we discuss issues facing modern Fiji. Reading from a paper I wrote, "Fiji A Crisis Of Government Or The People".
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
02/09/2012 Duration: 26minReading from a paper I wrote, "Were The Jews Really That Passive?" in which I discuss the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising