History is too important to be left to the left. The Conservative Historian provides content and opinions on conservative thinking through the prism of history.
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The British Go South: A Story of the American War for Independence
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We look at the later years of the American Revolution including the British Southern Strategy.By Bel Aves
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Seven Reasons to Keep the Electoral College
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It is a presidental election year so once again the Electoral College is under fire. We explore the reasons to keep the college, and the true motivations behind those who wish to remove it.By Bel Aves
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From Cahill to Tuchman, from McCullough to Roberts we provide a series of authors and books to fill your bookshelves, and your minds, with great history.By Bel Aves
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We provide a brief history of flags including ones from the Revolution, their symbolism, and why a Supreme Court Justice flag controversy is about a lot more than flags.By Bel Aves
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Posted annually on this critical day, we explore the meaning of Memorial Day and here from those who gave "the last full measure of devotion" so that we can enjoy our lives.By Bel Aves
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Congressional Kerfuffles, Catholicism, and the Kansas City Kicker
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What do fights between members of Congress and Kansas City Kickers have in common? We explore the arguments of the roles of women in our society.By Bel Aves
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A significant part of the protests roiling our campuses, and university history courses involve Settler Colonialism. We explore the history of this concept and see how it fits into today's discourse.By Bel Aves
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Five problems with our colleges and how to fix them.By Bel Aves
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The Historian and Hardihood Books: A Discussion with Ben Connelly About Non-Fiction and Fiction Writing
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Ben Connelly, founder, publisher and writer for Hardihood Books joins the podcast to discuss non-fiction, science fiction and many other writings.By Bel Aves
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The Spider King: Successful Foreign Policy
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We look at the incomparable Louis XI of France to see what an energetic, focused, comprehensive foreign policy looks like.By Bel Aves
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We have been hit by a wave of protests in the past few years. Some vandalize works of art and others block key roadways. We look at the history of some protests, and ask, what is the price of Free Speech.By Bel Aves
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The Fourteen Most Pivotal Moments in Early American History
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A look at American History through the 14 most crucial moments from 1763 - 1859. We focus on Independence, the Constitution and the formidable Andrew Jackson.By Bel Aves
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We look at Civil Wars in Ancient Rome, modern Russia, China, and Spain and briefly at our own Civil War. We also address the question: is a 2nd American Civil War in the offing?By Bel Aves
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World War I caused the deaths 20 Million including 9.7 military fatalities involved in a war that could have been avoided, and one that changed civilization forever.By Bel Aves
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Rebel Yelling: The State of Adults in America
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Have you noticed a certain childishness on the part of our leaders, and many fellow Americans? Explore this trend and look for its causes.By Bel Aves
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Dune and the Most Influential Man in History
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We compare the book and movie Dune with a certain 7th century historical figure who uniquely founded a great religion and a world empire.By Bel Aves
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We explore the shifts in the party system from the early Republic to the Progressive Era and ask: Are we seeing a significant party shift in real time?By Bel Aves
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Rank Rankings: Something Smells Bad About APSA"s Latest Presidential Survey
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The latest academic ranking of presidents is out. I discuss the bias inherent in these rankings and propose a better way to look at our presidents.By Bel Aves
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Jeff Mayhugh of the Politics and Parenting Podcast joins to discuss some of his key historical influencers including Truman, Madison and Lincoln. We also discuss some contemporary politics through the prism of history.By Bel Aves
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My brother CL and I discuss movies from 2023 including the Oscar nominees. We go from Barbie to Oppenheimer, from Napoleon to The Holdovers with many movie stops along the way.
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The Rot in Our Institutions - Part Four: Life and Liberty
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We explore necessary government institutions such as the Army, the FBI and the IRS to see the challenges they face today, and possible fixes.By Bel Aves
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The Rot in Our Institutions – Part Three: My Time With the AMA
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I spent nearly 2 years with the AMA, an organization that should be vital to medicine but is too focused on leftist issues.By Bel Aves
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The Rot in Our Institutions – Part Two: Fixing the Academy
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We explore the influence of 1960s radicals, federal student loans and the administrative bloat on the academy. We then provide seven ways to fix what ails our university system.By Bel Aves
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The Rot in Our Institutions - Part One: The Academy
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We begin this four part series with a look at the rot of the academy through the prism of the Claudine Gay scandal.By Bel Aves
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We provide a history of Taiwan, the Chinese Civil War, and the the state of the island today.By Bel Aves
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Form Without Substance: Tojo, Trump, Biden and The Squire of Gothos
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We go to ancient Japan, Star Trek and our two current presidential leads for 2024 to explore the concept of form without substance.By Bel Aves
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In this episode we explore the date of Jesus' birth and what keeping Christmas means.By Bel Aves
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We take a look through early VP's and then breakdown why Trump chose Pence, and will not be choosing Haley as his 2024 running mate.
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Why are Historical Bio Pics Seldom Historical
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We look at movies ranging from Lincoln to Elizabeth to Napoleon to find out why so many historical movie biographies are not historically accurate.By Bel Aves
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Mike Coté, founder and publisher of the Rational Policy blog and podcast, joins the Conservative Historian with a discussion covering many historical eras and contemporary politics.By Bel Aves
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Starting the Clock: The Use of History with Israel and Palestine
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Many of the arguments from both sides of the Israeli Palestinian debate depend on history. We take a look through the centuries to determine which argument has more merit.By Bel Aves
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Thanksgiving: A Historical Perspective of Gratitude
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What is the purpose of Thanksgiving. History has the answers.By Bel Aves
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This podcast features Josh Lewis, founder of Saving Elephants (savingelephantsblog.com), a blog dedicated to reigniting conservatism for millennials. AD and Josh discuss how to apply conservatism to the issues of today. Burke, Kirk and even Trump come up in the conversation.By Bel Aves
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Do debates, a staple of political campaigns, actually matter. We take a run at several of them ranging from Lincoln Douglas to Trump Biden to get the answer.By Bel Aves
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Persia and Iran - Part Three: Terrors of the Future
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We complete our Persia/Iran history with a deeper look at the Iranian Islamic Republic spending time with their leaders, and understanding their aims. It is a sobering experience.By Bel Aves
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Persia and Iran - Part Two: The Road to Revolution
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In 1979 Iran ended 2,500 years of monarchial rule in favor of a theocratic regime. We look at two Shahs to see what occurred.By Bel Aves
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Persia and Iran - Part One: Splendors of the Past
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To understand Iran, the source of so many of the problems of the Middle East, we go through Persian History to learn how the current Iran was created.By Bel Aves
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The Destruction of the Order of Assassins: Lessons for our Time
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Hamas was not the first group to sow terror in the Middle East. In Medieval Times another group of fanatics ruled by fear. Learn how the Mongols defeated them, and what lesson we learn from that story.By Bel Aves
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My brother Gus rejoins the podcast to ponder whether movies are there for our education, or for escape from our daily lives. We cover everything from 12 Angry Men to Stand and Deliver in our quest.
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Do you think of the Roman Empire every day? We are here to weigh into the debate!By Bel Aves
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In an era in which less than 30% of Americans attend an organized religion, something will fill the spiritual void. We explore how climate change is more religion than science.By Bel Aves
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Immigrations and Migrations - A Tale of Attila the Hun
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We take a brief look at the life of Attila and the short lived Hunnic Empire.By Bel Aves
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For this one we stay in Europe and look at the careers of Charles V Habsburg, Edward III of England and Louis XIV of France. We then compare to our modern politics. The distinction of one of these rulers is the word retirement.By Bel Aves
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Isolationism is back but not better. We look to the fate of the Chinese Ming Empire, the European Age of Exploration and our own politics.By Bel Aves
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There are big lies, small lies, and lying in plain sight. We look at history where decision were based on lies, except all the participants knew it was fiction.By Bel Aves
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Vice Presidents were not always the loyal attack dogs of their presidents. We take a look at some of the more alarming Veeps in history, and compare them with today.By Bel Aves
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We travel from Assyria to Greece, China, India and the Victorians in our search for masculinity and history and continue to find one societal bond tying it together.
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We look at masculinity and the role of men, today and in the past in this two part series.By Bel Aves
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The release of Oppenheimer reignited the debate about Truman's use of the atomic bomb to end World War II. We weigh in on the controversy.By Bel Aves
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We look at words commonly used in our discourse today such as forgiven, free and insecurity and how they are used to warp our discussions.By Bel Aves
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