"WhatifAlthist" | World History, Philosophy, Culture
Rudyard Lynch
68 episodes
2 weeks ago
WhatifAltHist is a podcast from Rudyard Lynch that looks to try to find the patterns in history and anthropology so as to predict the future and understand the dynamics that result in civilizations rising and falling. It began as an enormously popular alternate history channel with nearly 600K listeners and more than 100M views on YouTube. Rudyard Lynch also hosts the podcast History 102 with Erik Torenberg, which attempts to solidly explain pivotal historical events in depth in under an hour.
Topics covered: World History, Philosophy, Civilization, Culture
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WhatifAltHist is a podcast from Rudyard Lynch that looks to try to find the patterns in history and anthropology so as to predict the future and understand the dynamics that result in civilizations rising and falling. It began as an enormously popular alternate history channel with nearly 600K listeners and more than 100M views on YouTube. Rudyard Lynch also hosts the podcast History 102 with Erik Torenberg, which attempts to solidly explain pivotal historical events in depth in under an hour.
Topics covered: World History, Philosophy, Civilization, Culture
WhatifAlthist is part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: turpentine.co
"WhatifAlthist" | World History, Philosophy, Culture
1 hour 3 minutes
7 months ago
Was Churchill a Villain?
World events keep derailing my civilization series! As a professional historian, I felt compelled to address the recent Rogan/Cooper podcast pushing the revisionist claim that Churchill was the villain of WWII who caused millions of deaths by refusing Hitler's peace offer. Let's examine what the historical evidence actually shows about this controversial take.
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LINKS:
Link to my second podcast on world history and interviews: / @history102-qg5oj
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Bibliography:
Liddle Hart's the Second World War 2
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Shirer
World War 2 by Childers
My Early Life by Winston Churchill
A History of the English Speaking Peoples after 1900 by Andrew Roberts
A Military History of the Western World by JFC Fuller
The Dictators by Richard Overy
The Rule of Empires by Parsons
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
The World at War by Forster
If the Allies had Fallen by Showalter
History's Greatest Wars by Cummins
A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia by David Christian
Honor by Bowman
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay
Fire in the Minds of Men by Billington
Atrocities by Matthew White
The First World War 1 by John Keegan
The Second World War by John Keegan
The History of the English Speakings Peoples by Winston Churchill
Albion's Seed by David Hackett Fischer
15 Battles of History by Creasy
"WhatifAlthist" | World History, Philosophy, Culture
WhatifAltHist is a podcast from Rudyard Lynch that looks to try to find the patterns in history and anthropology so as to predict the future and understand the dynamics that result in civilizations rising and falling. It began as an enormously popular alternate history channel with nearly 600K listeners and more than 100M views on YouTube. Rudyard Lynch also hosts the podcast History 102 with Erik Torenberg, which attempts to solidly explain pivotal historical events in depth in under an hour.
Topics covered: World History, Philosophy, Civilization, Culture
WhatifAlthist is part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: turpentine.co