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In this episode, Jen and Matt revisit China - this time during the Ming Dynasty and the amazing voyages of Zheng He. But first, we FINALLY close out our Mongol series before re-establishing the Middle Kingdom. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
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In this episode, Matt and Jen go in depth about the different waves of Ska music and why it hasn't always had the best reputation - even though it's such an awesome blend of music.
Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TAaMU0o0MWQL0ekRMBcZDFHfJ1u3guns5Yni4pkc-ik/edit?usp=sharing
Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ux8AhIwAdxnID8GMdfZrW?si=7a638450a6304fcb
Every Noise at Once (ska scatter plot): https://everynoise.com/engenremap-ska.html
Abington Ridge Collective Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/tTPBP
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In this episode, your hosts Matt and Jen debate whether the positives outweigh the negatives in our interconnected world, thanks to globalization.
Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eLEHKyc6fHTVmmmYg-5XUOHeauuAlL8D1FpW1R1MjXw/edit?usp=sharing
Abington Ridge Collective Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/tTPBP
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In the finale of our three-part series, Matt and Jen wrap up the disastrous Varennes trip that leads to the execution of King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette after a new radical phase of the revolution begins. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
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In this episode, Jen and Matt continue to the absolutely ridiculously disastrous story of King Louis XVI's attempt to escape from Varennes, where the royal family is captured by the village idiot!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
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In this episode, Jen and Matt discuss the disastrous first steps of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as they try to escape from Varennes, and halt the French Revolution.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
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In this (ZOMBIE!) episode, Jen and Matt trace the origins of Zombies to the Atlantic Slave Trade and enlighten on the impact of zombies on pop culture. Check out the show notes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-OdKtHR3sTKduENFhZRqMWome9JSo2sq5FBFai5Yv6s/edit A huge thank you to the Abington Ridge Collective and David for the awesome music, we REALLY appreciate it. Check them out at: https://soundcloud.com/abingtonridge--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
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In this episode, Jen and Matt finish the explosive story of the siege of Constantinople. Flamethrowers, hand to hand combat, tunnel rats...it's the early modern version of COD.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
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In this episode, Matt and Jen take you to Anatolia to tell the incredible story of the Ottoman siege of Constantinople
Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s6PlLn31WpFRbx1ihaxBEMSNVAjk88OcptrdLsWf4ms/edit?usp=sharing
Abington Ridge Collective Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/tTPBP
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In this episode, Jen and Matt discuss the the grizzly ending of one of the first Islamic Empires - The Umayyad Caliphate. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
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In this episode, Matt and Jen continue their discussion on the assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba, and the probable CIA involvement in the assassination. We finish with discussion of the ethics of fighting bad, and if there is a limit to what states should do to achieve righteous goals.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
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Jen and Matt take listeners on a tragic journey through the assassination of the idealistic leader Patrice LumumbaSong courtesy of Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/c-i-a-criminals-in-action/1452789645?i=19680141Sources for today's podcast From CIA.gov’s Center for the Study of Intelligence the book review of: Death in the Congo: The Murdering of Patrice Lumumba (Vol. 59, no. 4), by Emmanuel Gerard and Bruce Kuklick, Book Reviewed by: Stephen R. Weissman publish December, 2015→ this is fascinating The political life of the dead Lumumba: Cold War histories and the Congolese student left Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2019 by Pedro Monaville “Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations”The Congo, Decolonization, and the Cold War, 1960–1965 Office of the Historian, U.S. State Department→ a truly mind bending read. The podcasts: Assassination Podcast and the BBC World Service Witness ArchievsAnd finally, throwing some love to the students of the world, the Harvard University Senior thesis Patrice Lumumba’s Congo: Sovereignty Denied by American Interests by Samuel Kies (2015) reviewed by Professors Andrew Friedman and Darin Hayton.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
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In the second part of this 3-part series, Jen and Matt take a deeper look at some of the battles during the Russo-Japanese war, and the impact they have on both Japan and Russia--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
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In this episode, Matt and Jen visit Japan and Russia and see how these late comers to the imperialist game end up on a collision course towards war in 1904--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
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In this episode, Jen and Matt take on the story of the noble Samurai, which leads them to discover the man known as the Devil Daimyo.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
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In this episode, Jen and Matt unpack the story of Thanksgiving and delve into what is fact and what is fiction. We welcome back special guest Tyler Arko to the show as well! Episode notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bI6_OZKmM6HAXu2Qxhuks5s6QLQBbEOYwUC0DcPb-FA/viewer--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
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In this episode, Jen and Matt delve into the dark days of the Black Death as they discuss the Genoese Death Fleet and make connections to today's pandemic.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
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In the 3rd episode of Season 2, Matt and Jen look at the Song Dynasty of China, through the lens of Choose Your Own Adventure stories. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
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In this episode, Matt and Jen discuss the ingredients that were needed for the fall of the Classical Empires (Han, Rome, and Gupta), and realize that most of the world is currently cooking up disaster.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sthistorists/support
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