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Eastern Front Prelude # 0.1 The Russian Revolution

Well hello there, welcome to the Easter Front week by week podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? ‮…

Alternate Universes - The Wargames We Play When James Workshop Is Astray

In this episode Shawn speaks with a special guest, George Buchanan, about some alternate tabletop wargames worth breaking out when you need a break from Warhammer.

The Last Tsar - Nicholas II: Myths, Missteps, and Misunderstandings

What? You know not what you do was muttered by Nicholas just seconds before he and his family were executed by a Bolshevik firing squad on the night of the 16th-17th July 1918 in Yekaterinburg, Russia.  Whether he truly spoke them or not, they have come to define the tragedy of a man condemned not‮…

Jon Staab: Protocols for Conviviality

Digital communication technology has exceeded its optimal scale, establishing a radical monopoly over human interaction. Internet platforms intermediate private relationships, extract value through surveillance capitalism, and reduce people to quantifiable metrics. However, certain digital tools c‮…

Jonathan McIntosh: Minding Your Own Business: A Libertarian Reading of Plato’s Republic Bks I-II

Plato's Republic is regarded by many as the foundational text in the history of western political philosophy. Yet with its totalitarian and communistic "ideal" or "noble" city at its heart, the Republic might seem to contain little of value to the libertarian. A careful reading of the opening two ‮…

Jordan Dorney: The Killing of Cardinal Beaton - Three Views

What happens when priests obtain “the whole regiment of the realm,” with “[the Devil’s] own son” as the head of this ecclesial usurpation? In this talk I will present the views of John Knox, George Buchanan, and David Hume on the killing of Cardinal Beaton (d. 1546) at St Andrews Castle. Was this ‮…

Jeremy Bunch: Paul Kingsnorth, Capitalism, and the Machine

Paul Kingsnorth's recently released book Against The Machine pushes the discussion on modern cultural and religious disintegration in a significantly helpful direction. His analysis places the blame for global dehumanization largely upon technocracy, individualism, and the pursuit of progress-for-‮…

The Real Russian Revolution

Germany helped destroy the Tsar in Russia. What happened next? England helped destroy the Nazis in Germany. What happened next? ~ Harrison H. Smith Smith is missing part of the framework — the ontology — that can explain why those data points exist — and that framework has been actively suppre‮…

The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre and the Birth of Resistance Theory

Self-Evident: The Road to 1776 — Episode 6 A Massacre Forced One Question — and the Answer Reached 1776 Before dawn on the twenty-fourth of August, 1572, the killing began in Paris. Thousands of French Calvinists — the Huguenots — were murdered in the streets over days, thousands more across Fra‮…

Did Mary of Guise Use Anne Boleyn's Words to Refuse Henry VIII's Proposal?

One of the most famous quotations attributed to Mary of Guise is her alleged reply to Henry VIII's proposal of marriage: "I may be a big woman, but I have a very little neck." It's a wonderful story, cleverly alluding to Anne Boleyn's execution and Henry VIII's reputation. But did Mary of Guise re‮…