Unbuttoned History

Terry stumbles upon a not ready for primetime Caleb. they talk about his Great grandfather and family folklore. Then they go on a 20 minute tangent. You know our show.

Direct download: HLCalebGGG.mp3
Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 10:42pm EDT

Something creepy happened in the Ural Mountains of Russia, and it can't be explained. Or can it? Come with Terry and find out on this presumably spooky excursion into the weird and mildly unusual.

Direct download: Dyatlov_mixdown.mp3
Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 8:50pm EDT

'Twas the day before Caleb's Birthday and everyone was coming to the Roxbury Laboratory for BBQ and day drinking. So what better way to pass the time before the party starts then to talk about the Native American/Indios/Indian/First Nation Civil Rights movement! Emma Wiegand comes on for definitely the first time and certainly not the third as our special guest star!

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 6:40pm EDT

It's Carnivale in Roxbury, and while music booms, Indians groom their feathers and jerk is grilled, we bring you the conclusion of our two parter on the Mongols. In this episode we take from Genghis Khan's Death and take you on a journey around the enormous Mongol empire. from Kublai Khan and the Yuan Dynasty in China, to the Golden Horde's ravaging of Eastern Europe. We learn how one of the world's greatest empires, splits into four groups and then slowly disintegrates for hundreds of years. Also we talk about what kind of fruit we like.

Direct download: HLMongolsPTII.mp3
Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:38pm EDT

Hey, remember when like most of the World was conquered by people from Mongolia? In this episode Caleb, Mike and Terry try to figure out how a bunch of nomadic horsemen from the steppe of Asia the ran from the Chinese Coasts to Eastern Europe. And the dichotomy of people of utter religious tolerance who also believed that the killing of animals, under penalty of death, was to be done purely by crushing their hearts with their hands.

Direct download: HLMongolsPT1_mixdown.mp3
Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:19am EDT

Caleb and Mike are drunk and on vacation. They don't want to do any work, but they have to record an episode of the show. So why not just dial a random number on the ghostphone?

Direct download: HLPirates.mp3
Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 8:39pm EDT

In a totally normal, not different in anyway episode, the clearly male Pseudo-Historians talk about a great woman: Isabella Stewart Gardner.

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 11:00pm EDT

It's Friday night on the Internet; Caleb and Terry really want to start talking about the Mongols but, Mike is nowhere to be seen. Do they dive right in? Do they wait for him to show up? Is he coming? Why are we getting amber alerts from Fitchburg? Find out in this weeks episode.

Direct download: HLWaiting.mp3
Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 11:30pm EDT

Wading through the religious hatred of the Middle East, your favorite pseudo-historians go through the Intafada, parts one and deux.

Direct download: HLIntafada.mp3
Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 11:28pm EDT

We go back to our own City's past in 1919 when for two day there was no law, because the cops went on strike. Which led to a hate of the AFL and to Calvin Coolidge being a shitty president. This is why we can't have nice things, like labor movements.

Direct download: HLBostonCop.mp3
Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 9:05pm EDT