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forcefembird
@forcefembird

Listing a bunch of ones I listen to and can recommend in case people are interested or want to start listening to them. I'll separate them by youtube channels vs podcasts. All podcasts are on the usual sites, so itunes or spotify. Should be easy to find.


forcefembird
@forcefembird

It's been a while since the op, and I've listened to a few more since then so I wanted to do list them here. All of the ones above are still recommends from me. There are more that I haven't gotten to, like Whats Left of Philosophy, Don Hughes (getfiscal)'s You Can't Win and Citation's Needed. But here are some I have listened to.


Podcasts:

Blowback by Noah Kulwin and Brendan James
Narrative history podcast split into different seasons. Each season goes into one of America's imperial interventions in the Cold War and afterwards, along with a set of interviews with scholars or cultural icons. Currently there are ones on: Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, and Cuba. The one here I recommend the most, it's got the best production values of any podcast I've ever listened to, featuring a nice soundtrack and splicing of news segments and quotes by figures in each period. It will make you want to die, I think.

People’s History of Ideas by Matthew Rothwell
Narrative history of the Chinese Revolution, starting from the Opium War. Shorter episode lengths, reminds me most of HoR. Host is a leftist so that’s nice. Goes a lot into the intersection between material goals and ideological objectives when it comes to organizations, rather than just giving a timeline of events and places. Provides a list of additional reading per episode too. Aside from this, it does book reviews of leftist books and looks into other related materials. It’s a good alternative to History of China if you want one specifically about the modern period.

Ones and Tooze by Adam Tooze and Cameron Abadi
Podcast analysing modern economic and modern situations by Adam Tooze and a cohost who asks him a lot of questions. Adam Tooze is probably one of the better historian and economists I've listened to. The podcast material is usually just a weekly look at one case, whether it be a company or a geopolitical situation. If you're into that kind of analysis, I think it's good to check out.

Byzantium and Friends by Anthony Kaldellis
I haven't listened to many eps of this one yet, because they're pretty long interviews, but it's a good one if you like East Roman/Byzantine history, from a pretty respected academic in the field. Topics range from Islamic history and how it intersected with Byzantium, the military of the empire a bunch more, depending on who is getting interviewed. The subject matter usually gets pretty academic, like going into what historical revisionism is and how it's applied. I think I'll listen to this one more in the future to get learn more about how historiography is written and presented.

Youtube:

Premodernist
Historian Youtuber who makes videos about specific situations to give greater context and revise misconceptions, usually arising from myths that have been around for a while. One was addressing the myth that medieval people used spice to hide the scent of rotten meat, for example. His most popular video was about time traveling to Europe and uses that to look into the beliefs and 'daily life' there. Good watch and the thumbnail for this post.


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