Episode 558: NOT Like Last Time
The Phony Way ends abruptly in May 1940. It does not take long for the world to learn that this world war was NOT going to be like the previous one. Western Civ 2.0
25 Sep 43min
Episode 557: The First, Second World War
The Second World War does not begin everywhere on September 1, 1939. In fact, in Asia, it's already been raging for two years. Today, we explore that story and see how the machine toward Pearl Harbor ...
18 Sep 31min
Episode 556: The Twenty Years' Armistice
There is an argument that there are not two world wars. Just one with a twenty-year pause. Today I explore that idea as we break down the beginning of World War Two in Europe and evaluate what is the ...
11 Sep 50min
Blood Dawn: World War II and the Making of Modern Asia
Today I sit down with historian Hans van de Ven and discuss his latest book: Blood Dawn: World War II and the Making of Modern Asia.Drawing on deep archival research across continents, historian Hans ...
8 Sep 56min
Episode 555: Muddling Through
For the last two weeks, we have been focused on Europe and Asia, but now we come back to the United States. While Hitler has assumed power in Germany and while Japan expands into Manchuria, most Ameri...
4 Sep 45min
Western Civ 2.0: The "Antonines"
This is a preview of what you can expect if you subscribe to the Patreon feed. Every once and a while I like to provide one of these. In this episode, I cover the long reign of Antoninus Pius, one of ...
2 Sep 2h 36min
Episode 554: To The East
I've wanted to move to Asia for a long time. And we're finally getting there. Today we discuss the development of Japan and China in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Western Civ 2.0
28 Aug 47min
Episode 553: The Gathering Storm
The Depression did not only impact the United States. It hit Europe as well because the world economy had become too interconnected for this to be a one-country issue anymore. And Europe responded to ...
21 Aug 43min
