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Conservative Historian

History is too important to be left to the left. The Conservative Historian provides history governed by conservative principles. It is comprehensively researched but also entertainingly presented in a way accessible to history or non history buffs.

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The Seleucids and Alexander's Legacy

Send us Fan Mail We look at the largest of the successor (Diadochi) kingdoms built after the death of Alexander. A mixed legacy of west meets east but also ending in ignominy. Show notes: Antiochus the Great by Michael Taylor

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Hidden History - Revealed!

Send us Fan Mail We talk with Jeremy Ryan Slate the founder of the Hidden Forces in History and Roman Pattern podcasts about Romans such as Aurelian, English Kings Henry V and VII, what we can learn today from Roman decline. Notes: Ronald Syme: The Roman Revolution

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Five Historical Movies that Should be Made Today

Send us Fan Mail We travel from 24th Century BC Akkad to the Napoleonic Era looking for good subjects worthy of portrayal. Sargon, St. Louis and Nelson all make appearances.

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Two-fer: Directors and Actors who Made More than One Historical Movie

Send us Fan Mail We look at Spielberg/Hanks, Ford/Wayne, Lean/Guinness and reluctantly Griffiths/Gish to view historical movies where a director and actor collaborated more than once.

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Wickedness in the White House: A History of Presidential Financial Corruption

Send us Fan Mail We take a walk through presidential history to ID financial chicanery in the executive branch

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Roping History

Send us Fan Mail We are joined on the podcast by Tim Queeney, author of Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization. We travel from the stone age to Egypt, Polynesia, the Age of Sail and even go to Mars.

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250 Years and Counting: The Birth of American Independence

Send us Fan Mail We explore the 4th of July Holiday and on this, the 250th anniversary of our nation, all of the meanings of that great day.

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250 Years and Counting: What Would the Founders Think of America Today?

Send us Fan Mail We look at modern America and hear from the Founders about what they would think of America 250 years after the new nation was born.

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250 Years and Counting: Why the American Revolution was Special

Send us Fan Mail We look at who was leading the American Revolution, what motivated them, and the principles upon which they built the nation.

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The Obama Library (sorry) Center Accurately Represents its Subject

Send us Fan Mail We look at the Obama (checks notes) Center and revisit its namesake's legacy.

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