Unbuttoned History

Slavery--not just for black people anymore. Join your favorite pseudo-historians as they uncover the experience of Chinese Immigrants in the West.

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Mike and Caleb speak to the greatest saint who ever lived.

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

Following a fan’s suggestion, the boys take a whirlwind tour around the globe in 1491. Spoiler Alert: Columbus didn’t discover shit.

 
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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

This week picks up right from our cliffhanger ending. Why did the Ghostphone turn itself on? Who was James Sokolove warning us about? What is the Armenkamp Foundation, really? All this and more in our exciting new Minisode.

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

The boys tackle the history of Islam and solve the whole Middle East thing.

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Mike is in the studio alone with show intern, Tucker Ramses. Friend of the show James Sokolove drops by to talk about his new legal social network, Sokolaw, and to give the boys a celestial warning. Guest starring Joe Ruscio.

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

Insane Violent crime levels, Actor Presidents, Shoulder Pads, and Live Aid all this and more on our dissection of the 80's.

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Discover the true and bloody meaning behind this seemingly innocuous holiday. Employer versus Employee! Historians of the world, unite!

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With the help of the Ghost Phone, Caleb and Mike call up gothic fictionist Edgar Allen Poe. We also introduce a new member of the History Lessons team! Guest starring Joe Ruscio.

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

Using the Ghost Phone, Mike and Terry reach out to one of America’s most historic duos – the Wright Brothers! Meanwhile, Caleb screams in an endless tunnel of fire and wind. Guest starring Joe Ruscio.

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The boys reach across time and space to speak to Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Welcome to the Land of the Rising Sun! Now get out. Today, you're gonna learn about the Meiji Restoration, when Japan learned how to be like the West, in terms of conquering people, killing them for having different skin tones, etc.

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

This week, the boys try desperately not to say disparaging things about religious figures, five in all! Rumi, Jan Hus, Bahá'u'lláh, Malcom X, and Dorothy Day all get the History Lessons treatment.

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

In this minisode, Mike and Terry conduct an interview with the creator of a new historical chronology, Anatoly Fomenko. This is mostly true.

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

To celebrate the independence of their country, the boys are goin' to West Africa! Learn about the Land of Gold, the apparently real city of Timbuktu, the most extravagant road trip to Mecca, and how being too kind can ruin a sensitive economy. And: a special secret guest. I NEED GOOOOOLD!

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

Enjoy a bite size episode about a special fish in the Massachusetts State House. Listen to guaranteed evidence that we're all goddamn crazies around here.

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Olmecs? Toltecs? Aztecs? Who the heck are all these ‘ecs?! Find out today about these people, their sports, their sacrifices – and learn to love again.

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

 Rich people. Who are they? And how did the get that way? Caleb, Mike, and Terry give you the deets. Also: labor unions, locusts, and Liberace. 

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 Let's discover how the Second Great Awakening defined the character of the American religious experience. And also, how to trick people into letting you bang their wives and daughters.

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

From Angkor Wat through French-Indochina, the Khmer Rouge, and Civilization IV. Caleb, Mike, and Terry delve into some wonderful and terrible things that happened in Cambodia over the course of many years.

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

In this episode, Caleb, Mike, and Terry discuss 5000 amazing years in the cradle of civilization.

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It's been a long week in Boston, the place which Caleb, Mike, and Terry call home. They discuss the bombing at the Boston Marathon and the events of the days following, as well as their experiences at the time and their reflections on the aftermath. 

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In this episode, Caleb, Mike, and Terry discuss the French Revolution. Get that brie to room temperature, 'cause heads'll roll!

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With their tanks, and their bombs, and their bombs, and their guns... Man, it was exhausting in Northern Ireland for a couple of decades. Find out about the involvement of the IRA, the Ulster Volunteer Force, and Margaret Thatcher in the ethno-nationalist conflict known as The Troubles. Oh, wait... It looks like the podcast has been cancelled to make way for an Apprentice Boys of Derry March. Son of a...

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

Before it was the Picasso painting, it was a horrible atrocity committed during the Spanish Civil War! Find out about the Republicans, the Nationalists, and all their friends in a conflict that Francisco Franco called, "A Triumph! Four stars!"

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The causes, the revolution, the rise and fall of a great social experiment, as well as a recipe for a smashing soft drink. All this and more in our episode on the Soviet Union. 

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:15pm EDT

Through! Tough! How can these two words be in the same language? Find out in today's episode of History Lessons. Beowulf!!

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 2:49pm EDT

 In this debut, three pals embark on their journey of historical enlightenment by beginning in their humble home: Boston, the Athens of America. With a special emphasis on the tourism industry, which some of the boys know intimately!

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 1:28pm EDT

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