http://hankshistoryhour.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:51:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In this Podcast, we will discuss some of the vilest, most despicable, and most influential men of the 20th century:Mussolini, the would-be emperor of a revitalized Rome who was rumored to be afraid of cats.Stalin, the former seminary student who would purge and "disappear" as many as 20 million of ... http://hankshistoryhour.com/2008/04/21/ch-29-wwii-and-the-rise-of-the-dictators/  After WWI, all of Europe was, for lack of a better phrase, freaking out. Paranoid, sneaky, and deceitful, the European leaders had their own agendas to make their country the top dog. Fortunately, there was great literature and some great (and some stupid) art to save the masses from the thoroughly ... http://hankshistoryhour.com/2008/04/21/ch-28-age-of-anxiety/ Ah, the Russian Revolution. The Russian people get a bit of freedom and democracy after centuries of toil under the czars, only to lose that freedom to another near-century of toil under the Bolsheviks. You will hear about Rasputin, one of the weirdest and creepiest men in Russian history (and ... http://hankshistoryhour.com/2008/03/25/the-russian-revolution/ So we finally come to it: the war to end all wars. Well, not really. We still have WWII, the Cold War, the Bosnian Conflict, etc. However, WWI may take the cake for the most brutal conflict of the century. A combination of new technology (including the dreaded gas artillery ... http://hankshistoryhour.com/2008/03/25/wwi-the-end-of-a-shaky-peace-in-europe/ Hey, I know this is not in the right order, but I wanted to try to catch up to everyone. I will probably go back and do the missing 2 after I finish with the rest. So, this is imperialism, a time when European nations colonized the rest of the world ... http://hankshistoryhour.com/2008/03/23/imperialism/ Another somewhat boring chapter on technology and the like. You will learn about the creation of the first factories, the British traitors who left their home country to spread the ideas of the Industrial Revolution, and Napoleon's devastating impact on the industrialization on the continent. http://hankshistoryhour.com/2008/02/21/ch-21-industrial-revolution/ Subscribe to get the Podcast in iTunes: Click to Listen to Chapter 21: Industrialization http://hankshistoryhour.com/2008/02/17/ch-22-industrialization/ The most boring (and thankfully shortest) chapter. It is only about 15-20 minutes, so just push through it. Industrial Revolution is slightly more interesting. I promise. Subscribe to get the Podcast in iTunes: Click to Listen to Chapter 20: The Agricultural Revolution! http://hankshistoryhour.com/2008/01/22/ch-20-agricultural-revolution/ The last part of Ch. 19. Finally. The subject is Napoleon, a man whose rise and fall was so impressive that he may be one of the most interesting people in history. You will hear about how Napoleon seized power, how he maintained and expanded it, and how he eventually ... http://hankshistoryhour.com/2008/01/06/ch-19c-napoleon/ The French Revolution is well under way throughout this Podcast. Learn about the megalomaniac Robespierre and why he killed tens of thousands of his countrymen, Marat and his disgusting skin disease, and the ironically named "Committee of Public Safety". Subscribe to get the Podcast in iTunes: Click to Listen to Chapter ... http://hankshistoryhour.com/2008/01/03/ch-19b-the-french-revolution/