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) Crispus Attucks, American Martyr
In this episode, I talk about Crispus Attucks, a figure in Black history both lauded as the first martyr of American liberty and maligned as a violent thug, and I explore his relevance in this moment ...Show More
7) Doomsday Deferred: The Failed Predictions of American Millennialism
In this episode, I recount TikTok's recent brush with rapture predictions and then survey America's deep history of failed millennialist predictions of the Second Coming and the end of the world. Ch...Show More
8) The Great Alignment Lie
In this year's season premiere, I return to my series on the myths and legends of the Indiana Jones franchise, this time examining the ideas underpinning the recent video game, Indiana Jones and the G...Show More
9) The Origins of the Christ (Another Very Historically Blind Xmas!)
In my annual holiday special for 2025, I examine discrepancies in the gospels relating to Jesus's lineage and parentage, as well as the gospel authors' use of common biblical tropes, their incorporati...Show More
10) Special Presentation: The Devil You Know
This week I'm sharing an episode of a new podcast from CBC, called The Devil You Know. In The Devil You Know, Sarah Marshall explores the tangled web of the Satanic Panic, a journey that will take you...Show More