History Impossible

History Impossible


Latest Episodes

Pogroms and Students
November 24, 2023

Hey everybody. Now that Ive finished up the notes and script for the conclusion of the Balkan Inferno trilogy (which will lead us right back into the thick of the Muslim Nazis series), Im hard a

The Greatest Blunder in Palestinian History w/ Oren Kessler
November 07, 2023

The recent https://historyimpossible.substack.com/p/israel-gaza-and-three-root-causes and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/israel-gaza-and-three-root-causes/id1450885141?i=1000633190895 of Histor

Israel, Gaza, and Three Root Causes
October 31, 2023

When you talk about history for a living, the contemporary world often has opportunities to make your knowledge more relevant. What knowledge actually possessed here about Israel and Palestine is like

Affirmative Action and the Making of a Token
October 10, 2023

This is a bonus episode (a bit bigger than one might expect) that adapts and, more importantly expands, an essay I wrote for my friend and editor Jamie on his https://americandreaming.substack.com/p/a

Is The Holocaust Unique?
September 19, 2023

Hey all. This is an adaptation/audio version of an essay I recently wrote for my friend and editor Jamie Pauls https://americandreaming.substack.com/, in which I examine the uniqueness of the Holocau

Balkan Inferno: The Heritage of Horror
September 05, 2023

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains persistent graphic genocide violence and cruelty, especially in its first 75 minutes. Listener discretion is advised.In this part of the ongoing Balkan prelude

Balkan Inferno: The Yugoslav Vortex
June 27, 2023

[B]y strange contrast, which in fact isn't so strange, and could perhaps be easily explained by careful analysis, it can also be said that there are a few countries with such firm belief, elevated st

Pandemic Addendum: Gutenberg GPT
June 13, 2023

Hello ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, comrades and friends! I'm here with another miniature episode for your listening pleasure, adapted from a recent essay I wrote over on the History Imp

Rags: The Pure-Hearted Mutt of the First World War (Infinitesimal Impossibilities 05)
May 16, 2023

Dogs have been mans best friend for millennia, so it stands to reason that mans best friend will follow man into the depths of hell, that is, war. This wasnt simply to rip and tear the throats of m

The First Woke President
May 02, 2023

In this newest episode of History Impossible, I was joined by my friend, comrade, and frequent collaborator CJ Killmer, host of the Dangerous History Podcast, primarily to dive deep into the question

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