HUGE THANKS TO Rob Lyman for joining me to rage “Stop forgetting the war that shaped our world” 🇰🇷🔥

We talked about Kim Il-sung’s disastrous miscalculation, MacArthur underestimating China, and how Korea helped create the modern global security system. 🌍

#HistoryRage #KoreanWar

HUGE THANKS TO @chinarhyming.bsky.social for joining me to rage about Puyi, China’s last emperor! 👑🇨🇳

We talked about:
📸 Bicycles, cinema & tennis in the Forbidden City
☎️ Puyi’s prank phone calls
❤️ The evidence that he and Wanrong were far more intimate than we’ve been told.

#HistoryRage #History

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨
John Morton survived the Lancastrian, Yorkist and Tudor regimes. 🏰👑 @nathenamin.bsky.social explains how that experience gave Henry VII's court invaluable knowledge of how to keep an insecure crown once you've taken it. ⚔️

🎧 pod.fo/e/64b4e1
#HistoryRage #NathenAmin #Tudors

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨
Warwick the Kingmaker: brilliant politician and military genius? 👀 @nathenamin.bsky.social looks at how much of that reputation came from Warwick himself — and the propaganda he circulated across Europe. 📜⚔️

🎧 pod.fo/e/64b4e1
#HistoryRage #NathenAmin #Warwick

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨
Thirty years of Wars of the Roses sounds like relentless medieval warfare. ⚔️ But @nathenamin.bsky.social argues the reality was far more stop-start — nobles raised forces, fought, then dealt with the fallout. 🏰

🎧 pod.fo/e/64b4e1
#HistoryRage #NathenAmin #WarsOfTheRoses

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨
Richard III may have been targeted by Tudor propaganda, but @nathenamin.bsky.social points out that Richard used plenty of his own. 👑📜 Attacking Henry Tudor was part of the same political game. ⚔️

🎧 pod.fo/e/64b4e1
#HistoryRage #NathenAmin #RichardIII

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨
The Tudor purge gets remembered. The Yorkist purge gets forgotten. 👑⚔️ @nathenamin.bsky.social explains how Edward IV's destruction of Lancastrian rivals helped create the opportunity for Henry Tudor to rise. 🩸

🎧 pod.fo/e/64b4e1
#HistoryRage #NathenAmin #Tudors

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨
Tudor propaganda didn't appear from nowhere. 👀📜 @nathenamin.bsky.social argues the Yorkists were already using political spin, imagery and accusations to justify their power. 🏰⚔️ Nathen was speaking at Gloucester History Festival.

🎧 pod.fo/e/64b4e1
#HistoryRage #Tudors #Yorkists

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨
The Tudor purge wasn't the whole story. 👀🩸 @nathenamin.bsky.social takes us back to the Yorkist destruction of Lancastrian royal rivals — and explains how that helped create the opportunity for Henry Tudor to rise. 👑⚔️

🎧 pod.fo/e/64b4e1
#HistoryRage #NathenAmin #WarsOfTheRoses

🚨 COMING TOMORROW🚨
Tudor propaganda gets all the attention, but @nathenamin.bsky.social argues the Yorkists were already playing the game. 👀📜 Spin, accusations, imagery and political myth-making were well established before Henry VII arrived. 👑⚔️

#HistoryRage #NathenAmin #Tudors

Really appreciate this most welcome feedback — thank you! Jen Baldwin, host of the A Family History Of podcast, brings empathy, curiosity and a brilliant perspective to history.

🎙️ Give it a listen if you haven't already: pod.fo/e/636ff8

#HistoryRage #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

🚨 THIS WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS 🚨CASE SOLVED?! Not so fast. 🧬

Every new Jack the Ripper DNA claim isn't as solid as headlines suggest. Megan Coles breaks down the infamous shawl story, cutting through the hype.

🎧 www.patreon.com/historyrage/...

#JackTheRipper #TrueCrime #HistoryRage

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
🚢⚔️ In ancient naval warfare, the ship itself was often the deadliest weapon. @sdecasien.bsky.social explains the tactics that made Roman fleets so effective.

🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/60c28c
#HistoryRage #RomanNavy #AncientRome 🌊

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
💥🚢 Ancient warships carried devastating bronze weapons designed to smash enemy vessels apart. @sdecasien.bsky.social explores the naval technology of Actium.

🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/60c28c

#HistoryRage #Actium #RomanNavy ⚓

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
⚓ Rome started as a regional power and became a maritime powerhouse. @sdecasien.bsky.social explains how that transformation happened.

🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/60c28c
#HistoryRage #RomanNavy #AncientRome #HistoryPodcast 🌊

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
🚨 Rome didn't simply ignore its navy. @sdecasien.bsky.social reveals the archaeology and evidence that challenge one of the biggest misconceptions about Roman power.

🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/60c28c
#HistoryRage #RomanNavy #AncientRome ⚓

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨
🤔 The Home Guard volunteered to defend their communities when invasion seemed terrifyingly possible.
Sinclair McKay asks the uncomfortable question: would our generation do the same?

📍 Gloucester History Festival | 12–20 Sept
🎧 pod.fo/e/5f2c3b

#HistoryRage #WW2 #HomeGuard

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
🌊🏛️ The Roman Navy helped create and maintain an empire spanning the Mediterranean. @sdecasien.bsky.social explains why sea power mattered.

🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/60c28c

#HistoryRage #AncientRome #RomanNavy #HistoryPodcast ⚓

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨
🔥 Forget everything you think you know about Dad’s Army.
Sinclair McKay reveals a Home Guard embracing guerrilla warfare, unconventional tactics and ideas that unsettled the military establishment.

📍 Gloucester History Festival | 12–20 Sept
🎧 pod.fo/e/5f2c3b

#HistoryRage #WW2

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
🚢💥 Ancient naval warfare demanded extraordinary courage. @sdecasien.bsky.social explains how Roman crews faced terrifying sea battles with discipline and determination.

🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/60c28c

#HistoryRage #RomanNavy #AncientRome ⚓