The 5 Best Historical Blindness Podcast Episodes
1) The Key to the Secrets of King Solomon (an Encyclopedia Grimoria Volume)
In another volume of my Encyclopedia Grimoria, my occasional episodes on the history and mythology of magic, I look at the development of traditions that the biblical King Solomon was actually a flyin...Show More
2) The Killing of Dr. King, Part Three: Ray's Reasons
In the third part of this series on the King assassination, I look at James Earl Ray's views on race and indications that he not only was planning King's assassination for some time, but also that he ...Show More
3) The Killing of Dr. King, Part Two: The Legend of Raoul
Continuing my series on the MLK assassination, I examine Dr. King's relationships with people in power who some say might have arranged for his death, and I evaluate his convicted assassin's claims th...Show More
4) The Killing of Dr. King, Part One: A Dream Defied
In this premiere installment of a series on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I honor Dr. King ahead of the MLK holiday by telling the story of his life and work beginning my examinati...Show More
5) Firebrand in the Reichstag!
On February 27, 1933, the Reichstag, a grand building that housed the German legislature in Berlin, was set afire. One man was caught in the act, but had he set the blaze alone? Was he a patsy? Was th...Show More
6) Standing Army, Sitting President: The Posse Comitatus Act and the Domestic Deployment of the Military
In this new episode, I talk about America's long history of resenting domestic policing by the military especially when the military is used against citizen protesters, from the Boston Massacre to the...Show More
7) Cracked and Packed: A History of Gerrymandering
After Texas's recent mid-decade partisan redistricting, representing a blatant power grab for the Republican Party undertaken at Trump's behest, I search for precedents and historical parallels and ex...Show More
8) Back Door to War: A History of Undeclared and Unauthorized US Warfare
Last month, when the Trump regime allied with Israel in their Twelve-Day War and bombed Iran, there was much scrutiny of presidential war powers. In this episode, I look at the evolution of undeclared...Show More
9) Introducing: CONSPIRACY THEORIES, CULTS, AND CRIMES
From Jonestown to Heaven’s Gate, to the Octopus Murders and the Waco Siege, the world is full of deception, manipulation, and destruction. Listen to Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes every Wednes...Show More
10) A New Reassessment: Realism on Israel-Palestine
To conclude my series on the Israel-Palestine conflict, I look at Jewish presence in the Levant going all the way back to the Iron Age, the events leading to the founding of the modern State of Israel...Show More