Best Fyodor Dostoyevsky Podcasts (2024)

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky | The Darker the Night, the Brighter the Light (Republish) 38:17

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During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode and discussion on Adam Smith originally aired on November 15, 2021. ___ He looked up at the white sky. The flakes did come into view until they came through the holes in the roof. A breeze blew through the building. Men around …

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Pop Quiz | Unrest in the United Kingdom 15:29

4h ago15:29

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Welcome to the Pop Quiz! During the summer break, the team still wanted to bring you, our awesome audience, some new content. Every Thursday, one of the hosts will ask the other a question about history they must answer. Have an idea for a topic? Send it to us at [email protected] or submit it to our website at https://www.15minutehistorypo…

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Love and Loneliness in “Arthur” (1981) – Part 1 43:01

21m ago43:01

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It’s awful being alone, according to millionaire playboy Arthur Bach, and nobody should be alone. And so he forestalls this feeling by getting drunk, picking up prostitutes, and laughing at his own jokes. Yet love in its true form can be a lonely business, as his servant Hobson reminds him, because it involves growing up, getting serious, and takin…

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Che Guevara | Symbol of Revolution (Republish) 55:26

4d ago55:26

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During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode and discussion on Che Guevara originally aired on March 7, 2022. __ Join us as we teach you about Che Guevara, his influence, actions, and the effects of his Marxist beliefs. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify…

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Pop Quiz | Rent Controls 3:45

2h ago3:45

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Welcome to the Pop Quiz! During the summer break, the team still wanted to bring you, our awesome audience, some new content. Every Thursday, one of the hosts will ask the other a question about history they must answer. Have an idea for a topic? Send it to us at [email protected] or submit it to our website at https://www.15minutehistorypo…

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Courtly Reciprocity in “Laustic” and “Guigemar” by Marie de France (Part 2) 50:16

7d ago50:16

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Wes & Erin continue their discussion of two of Marie de France’s most famous lais—”Laustic” and “Guigemar”—and how their narratives marry the “flesh” of text, art, and symbology, to the “spirit” of the spoken word (via dialogue, oaths and covenants, and authorial commentary), in order, perhaps, to communicate something of the mysterious and dangero…

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Pop Quiz | Executive Orders 5:15

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Welcome to the Pop Quiz! During the summer break, the team still wanted to bring you, our awesome audience, some new content. Every Thursday, one of the hosts will ask the other a question about history they must answer. Have an idea for a topic? Send it to us at [email protected] or submit it to our website at https://www.15minutehistorypo…

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Eisenhower’s Farewell Address | A Warning for the Future (Republish) 1:00:36

11d ago1:00:36

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During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode and discussion on Eisenhower's Farewell Address originally aired on April 24, 2023. ___ The president sat at his desk in the Oval Office as technicians scurried about setting up lights and cameras. He looked down at the speech,…

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Courtly Reciprocity in “Laustic” and “Guigemar” by Marie de France (Part 1) 50:35

8d ago50:35

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The lai, a short narrative poem from the Middle Ages that treats themes of courtly love, was originally accompanied by music and sung by minstrels. But in the 1170s, poet Marie de France translated a series of Breton lais into French and, in so doing, converted an oral tradition into text. It’s no wonder, then, that her lais’ narratives are so ofte…

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Pop Quiz | Supreme Court Reform 4:07

16d ago4:07

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Welcome to the Pop Quiz! During the summer break, the team still wanted to bring you, our awesome audience, some new content. Every Thursday, one of the hosts will ask the other a question about history they must answer. Have an idea for a topic? Send it to us at [email protected] or submit it to our website at https://www.15minutehistorypo…

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J.R.R. Tolkien | Optimism (Republish) 57:50

22d ago57:50

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During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode and discussion on J.R.R. Tolkien originally aired on October 10, 2022. ___ Familiar to millions as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien believed that myths used stories of heroes to insp…

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Sight and Solitude in Le Samouraï (1967) by Jean-Pierre Melville (Part 2) 47:38

21d ago47:38

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Wes & Erin continue their discussion of Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1967 noir thriller “Le Samouraï,” and the surprising power of love to capture its fugitives, even if it means finding them in the most shadowy of underworlds. For bonus content, become a paid subscriber at Patreon or directly on the Apple Podcasts app. Patreon subscribers also get early…

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Special Pop Quiz | So, what's going on? (A Discussion on Historical Current Events) 21:43

29d ago21:43

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Welcome to a special Pop Quiz! In this longer version of our traditional pop quiz, Joe and Jon discuss the current election and attempted assassination from a historical perspective. As always, we invite you to send us your feedback and questions on this discussion. Every Thursday, one of the hosts will ask the other a question about history they m…

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Episode 64: Reunion by John Cheever 33:21

20d ago33:21

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Trev Downey reads and then discusses Reunion by John Cheever.

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Adam Smith | Self-Interest, Division of Labor, and the Invisible Hand (Republish) 52:00

22d ago52:00

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During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode and discussion on Adam Smith originally aired on April 18, 2022. ___ This season we have been covering individuals who have had a direct effect on history, in a positive or negative way. Adam Smith is one of those. He is called…

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Sight and Solitude in Le Samouraï (1967) by Jean-Pierre Melville (Part 1) 42:26

1M ago42:26

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Jef Costello is a hit-man with airtight alibis, impeccable style, and a strict code of honor. Add to this a masterful ability to evade his pursuers, mobsters and authorities alike, and a simple but effective home alarm system in the form of a bird. But what he cannot orchestrate, control, or evade is the improvisational nature of a genuine encounte…

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Episode 63: The Man Of The World by Frank O'Connor 47:28

21d ago47:28

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Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Man Of The World by Frank O'Connor

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Pop Quiz | Technology 3:30

20d ago3:30

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Welcome to the Pop Quiz! During the summer break, the team still wanted to bring you, our awesome audience, some new content. Every Thursday, one of the hosts will ask the other a question about history they must answer. Have an idea for a topic? Send it to us at [email protected] or submit it to our website at https://www.15minutehistorypo…

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C.S. Lewis | Reluctant Apologist (Republish) 51:57

1M ago51:57

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During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode and discussion on C.S. Lewis originally aired on January 17, 2022.___ Three men walked along a tree-covered path in the early hours of a Sunday morning. Their conversation mixed with the sound of water flowing over rocks in a s…

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“Notes from the Underground” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: An Anatomy of Human Self-Destructiveness (Part 2) 1:08:58

1M ago1:08:58

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What is the cause of human self-destructiveness? Wes & Erin continue their discussion of “Notes from the Underground,” and its agonized rumination on whether freedom can be reconciled with love, individuality with virtue, and action with reflection. For bonus content, become a paid subscriber at Patreon or directly on the Apple Podcasts app. Patreo…

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Pop Quiz | Chariots 2:54

26d ago2:54

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Welcome to the Pop Quiz! During the summer break, the team still wanted to bring you, our awesome audience, some new content. Every Thursday, one of the hosts will ask the other a question about history they must answer. Have an idea for a topic? Send it to us at [email protected] or submit it to our website at https://www.15minutehistorypo…

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“Notes from the Underground” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: An Anatomy of Human Self-Destructiveness (Part 1) 48:39

30d ago48:39

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What is the cause of human self-destructiveness? According to Dostoyevkys’s underground man, this “most advantageous advantage” is designed to save freedom from the constraints of rationality, and vitality from the quiescence that follows success. Yet he himself finds freedom only in spite and fantasy, while in real life he oscillates between faile…

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Episode 62: A Worn Path by Eudora Welty 45:51

1M ago45:51

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Trev Downey reads and then discusses A Worn Path by Eudora Welty

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Alexander the Great | Conqueror of the World (Republish) 52:02

29d ago52:02

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During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode and discussion on Alexander the Great originally aired on January 31, 2022. ___ He looked out across the field and then back at his formations. The wind was coming in from the west, throwing dust clouds up into the air on his l…

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Pop Quiz | Omaha Beach Defenses 1:58

1M ago1:58

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Welcome to the Pop Quiz! During the summer break, the team still wanted to bring you, our awesome audience, some new content. Every Thursday, one of the hosts will ask the other a question about history they must answer. Have an idea for a topic? Send it to us at [email protected] or submit it to our website at https://www.15minutehistorypo…

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Staking Claims in “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948) (Part 2) 54:31

2M ago54:31

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Wes & Erin continue their discussion John Huston’s 1948 classic, “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.” For bonus content, become a paid subscriber at Patreon or directly on the Apple Podcasts app. Patreon subscribers also get early access to ad-free regular episodes. This podcast is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Visit AirwaveMedia.com to…

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Joseph Stalin | Intellectual and Killer (Republish) 1:15:53

1M ago1:15:53

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During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes and discussions. This episode and discussion about Joseph Stalin, originally aired on February 14, 2022. ___ The great revolutionary's body lay in a red coffin as it wound its way through the streets of Moscow toward the House of Trade Union…

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Pop Quiz | Rome's Downfall 3:55

2M ago3:55

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Welcome to the Pop Quiz! During the summer break, the team still wanted to bring you, our awesome audience, some new content. Every Thursday, one of the hosts will ask the other a question about history they must answer. Have an idea for a topic? Send it to us at [email protected] or submit it to our website at https://www.15minutehistorypo…

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Episode 61: The Summer People by Shirley Jackson 58:00

1M ago58:00

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Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Summer People by Shirley Jackson.

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Staking Claims in “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948) (Part 1) 50:05

1M ago50:05

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It’s considered the definitive film on greed, a demonstration of just what the lust for gold can do to a man’s heart. Fred C. Dobbs starts out as a down-on-his-luck panhandler in a poor Mexican town and comes into a fortune of over $100,000 before the film’s end. Yet, in more ways than one, Dobbs never stops panhandling, never stops being subject t…

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Horatio Nelson | Britannia’s God of War (Republish) 16:16

2M ago16:16

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During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team is republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode, Horatio Nelson, originally aired on February 20, 2023. He was on the quarterdeck when he realized it. The smoke was thick between the two ships and it was hard to make any sense of the melee. His men pushed forward against the …

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Pop Quiz | "Boring" History 3:19

2M ago3:19

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Welcome to the Pop Quiz! During the summer break, the team still wanted to bring you, our awesome audience, some new content. Every Thursday, one of the hosts will ask the other a question about history they must answer. Have an idea for a topic? Send it to us at [email protected] or submit it to our website at https://www.15minutehistorypo…

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Joan of Arc | Peasant, Warrior, Saint (Republish) 18:14

2M ago18:14

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During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team is republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode, Joan of Arc, originally aired on October 18, 2021. Arrows filled the sky above the battlefield and rained down on the French knights as they slogged through the mud in heavy armor. Their effect was devastating, and hundreds of …

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Psychedelic Regrets in “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (Part 6)

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Wes & Erin continue their discussion of “Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” Thanks to our sponsor for this episode, HelloFresh. Go to HelloFresh.com/subtextapps for free appetizers for life. For bonus content, become a paid subscriber at Patreon or directly on the Apple Podcasts app. Patreon subscribers also get early access to ad-free regular episodes.…

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Pop Quiz | Who Built the Pyramids? 4:12

2M ago4:12

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Welcome to the Pop Quiz! During the summer break, the team still wanted to bring you, our awesome audience, some new content. Every Thursday, one of the hosts will ask the other a question about history they must answer. Have an idea for a topic? Send it to us at [email protected] or submit it to our website at https://www.15minutehistorypo…

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Psychedelic Regrets in “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Part 5 54:52

2M ago54:52

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Wes & Erin continue their discussion of “Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” Thanks to our sponsor for this episode, HelloFresh. Go to HelloFresh.com/subtextapps for free appetizers for life. For bonus content, become a paid subscriber at Patreon or directly on the Apple Podcasts app. Patreon subscribers also get early access to ad-free regular episodes.…

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Episode 60: Korea by John McGahern 44:02

2M ago44:02

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Trev Downey reads and then discusses Korea by John McGahern

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Psychedelic Regrets in “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (Part 4)

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Wes & Erin continue their discussion of “Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” Thanks to our sponsor for this episode, HelloFresh. Go to HelloFresh.com/subtextapps for free appetizers for life. For bonus content, become a paid subscriber at Patreon or directly on the Apple Podcasts app. Patreon subscribers also get early access to ad-free regular episodes.…

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Pointe du Hoc | Scaling the Impossible (Republish) 14:33

2M ago14:33

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To honor the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion, we are republishing our Pointe du Hoc episode (first aired on April 12, 2021). "The last landing was unique. It was a 100-foot cliff facing the English Channel, situated between Utah and Omaha beach. At the top of the cliff were 155mm guns with a range of 3.5 miles that could fire on both Utah an…

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McCarthyism | A Discussion on the Threat of Cultural Evil 40:54

2M ago40:54

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In this, our last episode of Season 7, join us as we discuss Joseph McCarthy, McCarthyism, and the threat of cultural evils. Thank you for a fantastic season! We look forward to speaking with you again this Fall. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/15minutehistory/support…

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Psychedelic Regrets in “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (Part 3) 53:07

2M ago53:07

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Wes & Erin continue their discussion of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s classic poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” For bonus content, become a paid subscriber at Patreon or directly on the Apple Podcasts app. Patreon subscribers also get early access to ad-free regular episodes. This podcast is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Visit Airwa…

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Pop Quiz | Narratives 4:22

3M ago4:22

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Welcome to the Pop Quiz! Every other Thursday, Joe asks the other a topical question about history, and Jon has to answer it without any help or resources - other than his legendary memory and knowledge of history. These episodes are unedited and a fun way for the team to interact more with you, our outstanding audience. Have an idea for a topic? W…

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“The Message” | The Threat of Cultural Evil (Part 2) 17:02

3M ago17:02

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Last week, we discussed the political and legal framework of McCarthyism, but far more important is how it impacted ordinary citizens who were not Soviet agents. McCarthy and HUAC regularly labeled Americans as threats simply for their political beliefs, which were often countercultural at the time. Whether or not their views were correct, they did…

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Psychedelic Regrets in “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (Part 2) 39:34

3M ago39:34

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Wes & Erin continue their discussion of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s classic poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” For bonus content, become a paid subscriber at Patreon or directly on the Apple Podcasts app. Patreon subscribers also get early access to ad-free regular episodes. This podcast is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Visit Airwa…

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Pop Quiz | East India Trading Company 6:04

3M ago6:04

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Welcome to the Pop Quiz! Every other Thursday, Joe asks the other a topical question about history, and Jon has to answer it without any help or resources - other than his legendary memory and knowledge of history. These episodes are unedited and a fun way for the team to interact more with you, our outstanding audience. Have an idea for a topic? W…

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McCarthyism | The Threat of Cultural Evil (Part 1) 12:07

3M ago12:07

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A sense of moral panic had gripped the country that everyone in the room at the Republican Women’s Club could feel. The audience fell silent as the senator walked to his podium and organized his notes. He had been in the upper house for only three years, and few outside his home state of Wisconsin knew of his service as a tail gunner on bombers in …

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Psychedelic Regrets in “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” 53:56

3M ago53:56

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The ancient Mariner kills his Albatross with a carelessness that stands in stark contrast to his impulse for confession. For several days he and his shipmates feed the albatross, play with it, and treat it as if it were inhabited by a “Christian soul.” The mariner never tells the wedding guest why it is that he kills the bird, but the casual and se…

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Pop Quiz | Story 3:14

4M ago3:14

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Welcome to the Pop Quiz! Every other Thursday, Joe or Jon asks the other a topical question about history, and Jon has to answer it without any help or resources - other than his legendary memory and knowledge of history. These episodes are unedited and a fun way for the team to interact more with you, our outstanding audience. Have an idea for a t…

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Teaching Evil | A Discussion on Signposts and Outcomes 44:35

3M ago44:35

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Join us as we discuss the episode, Teaching Evil, the trends seen in history, and their outcomes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/15minutehistory/support

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Sins of Omission in “On the Waterfront” (1954) (Part 2) 35:22

3M ago35:22

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Wes & Erin continue their discussion of “On the Waterfront.” For bonus content, become a paid subscriber at Patreon or directly on the Apple Podcasts app. Patreon subscribers also get early access to ad-free regular episodes. This podcast is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Visit AirwaveMedia.com to listen and subscribe to other Airwave s…

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