Two public-school teacher-nerd-geeks (with surprisingly little overlap in our geekdom) teach each other through the common ground of history about our favorite things
301 episodes transcribedDerek Lipkin returns to share more of his encyclopedic knowledge of Pinball, and Ed and Damian both geek out over his level of expertise. He explains...
Derek Lipkin joins us to share the history of Pinball, describing the evolution of the machines and simultaneously the legal challenges they faced in...
On the way to describing the roots of the Giant Robot genre, Ed explains why "Grave of the Fireflies" is a must-watch anime, and why it's a "must-watc...
Dr. Rex Stern works with Damian to make the case for a radical reinterpretation of the reasons for Julius Caesar's actions in Gaul. Much like Ed, yo...
Distinguished guest Dr. Rex Stern, professor of Classics at UC Davis, helps Damian lay the groundwork for a paradigm-shattering revelation about the t...
Damian makes the case that the Fantastic Four was actually deeply subversive, a grotesquerie committed by the writers despite themselves, reinforcing...
Ed and Damian discuss the weird fear and fascination that American pop culture (and particularly American science fiction) had for Japanese culture in...
Ed moves from the fictitious history of the Inner Sphere to the real-world history of the Japanese Miracle and MITI, with a brief digression about Lee...
In this episode, Ed describes the Battletech universe, giving a sketch of the personality of each of the Great Houses and a rundown of the political h...
In this episode, Ed elaborates on the links between Tolkien's experiences in the First World War and then gets into the weeds (or the trees, if you kn...
Ed delves into the nature of the First World War, and JRR Tolkien’s experiences in it. Damian leads a digression on the Battle of Cannae as related t...
In the final episode of our discussion of wrestling and Lost Cause historiography, Damian explains how a rich guy feud between yankee Vince McMahon an...
In this episode, Damian chronicles the development of the professional wrestling industry as we know it today, focusing on the regional differences in...
In this episode, Damian and Ed actually start talking about wrestling! They discuss it from its earliest roots as one of humanity’s first sports up t...
In this episode, Damian lays out the structure and development of Lost Cause historiography, from the years immediately after the Civil War up through...
In this episode, Damian lays the groundwork for his thesis with a summary of the root causes of the Civil War (spoiler- it was about slavery). Quotes...
In the concluding half of the CCA story, Damian explains how Estes Kefauver scared holy daylights out of Congress, and Ed gets to bring up just what a...
