Unbalanced Views (Of History)
A Bi-Weekly, (mostly) American history podcast where a history guy tells his friend a fascinating story about the past. Brian and Mike do not view the world the same way, in fact they tend to disagree about almost everything. Listen to them hash out their differences through these great tales of (mostly) American history.
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Episodes
Sunday Apr 02, 2023
Sunday Apr 02, 2023
Welcome Back to Unbalanced Views (of History)!
Brian, Mike & Garrick once again examine the competent and humane governance of the United States in the west. They look at western plains tribes and how they dealt with the invasion of white folks from the east. Mike checks in with his misogyny rundown and coincidentally, the guys talk about the arrival of 10 white women in Denver (ooh-la-la). So, grab your Pike's Peak Wagon and Pike's Peak Life Insurance and join us for Episode 24 - Centaurs, Argonauts, and the Labors of Hercules: An EPIC Tale of Colorado in the Old West.
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Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Welcome Back to Unbalanced Views (of History)!
Brian & Garrick roll through this one without a sick, voiceless Mike in this one. The guys talk about the White Supremacy and violence in Kansas. They discuss the abolitionist John Brown. And they talk about the dual trends of economic collapse (Panic of 1857) and the discovery of gold in Colorado (in 1858). The guys look at the establishment of Denver, on indigenous land. They AGAIN look at the clear, concise, just, fair, efficient governance of the United States in the west. They look at western boosterism, fantastical technology, and the challenges faced by would-be Argonauts heading across the plains. Challenges than led one man to eat the bugs and another to eat...what he had to. So, grab your Pike's Peak Wagon and Pike's Peak Life Insurance and join us for Episode 23 - Centaurs, Argonauts, and the Labors of Hercules: An EPIC Tale of Colorado in the Old West.
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Find us at Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unbalanced-views-of-history/id1637156305
Podbean: https://unbalancedviews.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6T89wfR6ywg2c0Nz0ZrPgi
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/7289cd1f-dce6-4e38-bd7c-d2f29247f074/unbalanced-views-of-history.
You can also simply ask Alexa "Play Unbalanced Views of History Podcast"
email us: unbalancedviews@gmail.com
Tweet us @ViewsUnbalanced.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING!
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Welcome to Unbalanced Views (of History)!
Brian & Mike are again joined by friend of the Pod, Garrick (garriq@gmail) to discuss Centaurs & Argonauts, and the making of Colorado. The guys dig into America's long sordid history of lousy governance and unconstitutional government actions. They discuss how it's always regular, poor folks who suffer when irresponsible, wealthy speculators destroy the economy. They talk cannibalism, gold dust, and offshore treasure hunting. Finally, they ask the most pressing question--if you were to search for and find several tons of gold lost in a shipwreck 130 years earlier...how much of that gold should go to the original insurance companies? Listen to Unbalanced Views (of History)--Episode 22 to find out!
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Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Welcome to Unbalanced Views (of History)! Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and Leave a 5-Star Review. Contact us: unbalancedviews@gmail.com or tweet us @ViewsUnbalanced.
The guys are joined by Colorado resident and friend of the Pod, Garrick (garriq@gmail) to embark on a sweeping, epic tale of Colorado in the Old West! A story (or stories) of competing visions of power, of independence, of freedom will come to a head throughout this expansive journey across the Great Plains to the front range of of the breathtaking Rockies. Throughout the story, Centaurs and Argonauts (Horse-people and Gold-seekers) play central roles in transforming the region with unprecedented consequences. As always, when cultures and people collide, the stories that emerge become the foundation on which our collective memory rest. This story is, at least partly, the story of those stories. Enjoy!
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
In this episode, Brian & Mike (Tweet @ViewsUnbalanced, email unbalancedviews@gmail.com ) conclude their discussion of time in the Old South. The discuss forms of resistance and accommodation to clock time and different ways of prioritizing time. They talk broken clocks, graveyards and sharecropping. And they look at Edgar Allen Poe's version of Major T.J. "King" Kong--who learns to stop worrying about the clock and love the sublime. Finally, they talk about standard time--how it came to exist and how people resisted it. Hopefully this episode proves a good way to spend your time! Thanks for listening! Please like, subscribe and leave a comment!
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
In this episode, Brian & Mike (Tweet @ViewsUnbalanced, email unbalancedviews@gmail.com ) begin to shift focus to ways enslaved folks resisted "The Master's Time." They look at Black time consciousness, look at mechanical vs naturalistic time and they choose sides in the battle between workers and bosses. Finally, they talk about West African time construction and how it reflects and differs from Southern African American time. Edgar Allen Poe makes another appearance. Hopefully this episode proves a good way to spend your time! Thanks for listening! Please like, subscribe and leave a comment!
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
In this episode, Brian & Mike (Tweet @ViewsUnbalanced, email unbalancedviews@gmail.com ) examine the ways that white southerners adopted the language of time thrift and internalized the "time is money" belief, common in the industrial North. They look at how time and space became compressed and how distance was conquered by time and the role of technology in making that happen. Also, Edgar Allen Poe makes an appearance. Hopefully this episode proves a good way to spend your time! Thanks for listening! Please like, subscribe and leave a comment!
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
This is BONUS content--just a little fun really. The guys riff about rich a$$holes, Musk & Gates and how social media has melted everyone's brain! Enjoy!
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
In this episode, Brian & Mike (Tweet @ViewsUnbalanced, email unbalancedviews@gmail.com ) explore the age old assumption the "Time is Money." Where does the idea come from? Why does our language talk about time in monetary terms (Save time, lose time, water time)? Why do we view time as a commodity today and how did this idea enter our culture? Hopefully this episode proves a good way to spend your time! Thanks for listening! Please like, subscribe and leave a comment!
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
In this episode, Brian & Mike (Tweet @ViewsUnbalanced, email unbalancedviews@gmail.com) welcome VERY SPECIAL GUEST, Comedian, Actor and RoboCop Expert, Larry XL (@LarryXL - Please check out Larry's Album) to talk about stinky prison ships, compare the Camdens of New Jersey & South Carolina, examine Lord Cornwallis' great betrayal of African Americans, and discuss the finer points of getting shot in the crotch with grape shot. Gen. Horatio Gates takes an asswhoopin and gets fired so Nathaniel Greene can show everyone how to win the war in the south. Please enjoy this final installment of A Pox Upon Your House - Smallpox in the American Revolution. Thanks for listening! Please like and subscribe.
NEW EPISODES COMING SOON!!