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. Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and Leave a 5-Star Review: 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. Like us or leave us a message on our facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnbalancedViews THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING!

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. Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and Leave a 5-Star Review: 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. Like us or leave us a message on our facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnbalancedViews THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING!

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! Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and Leave a 5-Star Review. Contact us: unbalancedviews@gmail.com or tweet us @ViewsUnbalanced. THANKS FOR LISTENING!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!!

In Part 2 Brian & Mike discuss the fat man himself from Nikolas of Myra to Coca-Cola's morbidly obese Santa Claus. We talk of Rollo the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Christmas Movies of all stripes from Scrooge to A Christmas Carol and finally, we talk about Daiku and Kentucky Fried Christmas in Japan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6s6YKlTpfw). Changes are coming in 2023! More consistent release schedule, somewhat slimmed-down episodes and more great guests! Follow us @ViewsUnbalanced on the bird app, email unbalancedviews@gmail.com, and PLEASE like, subscribe and tell a friend! Wishing everyone a HAPPY 2023!

Brian & Mike examine the origins of what we now call Christmas and the 12 days of it. From Zagmuk to Saturnalia and from Gingerbras to Reindeer in this first part of the Holiday special (released WAY TOO LATE--Sorry)

In this episode, Brian & Mike (Tweet @ViewsUnbalanced, email unbalancedviews@gmail.com) welcome VERY SPECIAL GUEST, Comedian, Actor and Canada Expert, Larry XL (@LarryXL - Please check out Larry's Album) to talk Alien vs Aliens, Hanging Out at American Revolution Parties and the deleted sexy parts of the Declaration of Independence! The guys look at the good, bad and ugly side of inoculations. They explore the question of Gen. Horatio Gates and stolen valor and re-shatter Benedict Arnold's leg. Please enjoy this third installment of A Pox Upon Your House - Smallpox in the American Revolution. Thanks for listening!

The last installment of the spooky season Bonus episodes! Mike and Brian discuss the finer points of a workers' revolt in France that results in the trials and mass execution of bourgeois cats. They look at how working class print shop employees vent their frustration on some of the finest Parisian pussies-- including the beautiful gray puss that was adored by their master and mistress alike! Enjoy!

Welcome to Unbalanced Views (of history) (Tweet@viewsunbalanced; email: unbalancedviews@gmail.com). A Pox Upon Your House Part 3 is COMING SOON! As you patiently wait, PLEASE ENJOY another BONUS Spooky Season episode. Like the last one, this too is a crime against good podcasting! The guys discuss Old European Folk Tales and Fables and children's stories. So, gather round for wholesome tales of Cannibalism, Filicide, Uxoricide, Theriocide and all manner of gruesome carnal behaviors! They will also discuss the apparent fact that Italians are terrified of being crushed to death by demonic bouncing balls. In retrospect, maybe it was stories like these that led to European imperialism...who knows? Enjoy!

Welcome to Unbalanced Views (@viewsunbalanced / unbalancedviews@gmail.com). The next episode in the Smallpox series is coming SOON after unexpected delays! In the meantime, PLEASE ENJOY this absolute banger of a ghost story...or alien story...or a story about government conspiracies? Why not all three?! Brian & Mike talk about ghost armies and UAPs in this one. Like, Subscribe, and stay tuned! More great content to come. Listen at your own risk. (Also, Thanks for listening!!)

Welcome to Unbalanced Views (@viewsunbalanced / unbalancedviews@gmail.com). Due to some scheduling difficulties, the Smallpox story is slightly delayed. SO...instead, PLEASE ENJOY the first of a few Bonus "Quick Hitters." Brian & Mike talk about Body Horror, Toy Story and Sabotage in this one! Like, Subscribe, and stay tuned! More great content to come. Thanks for listening!

In this episode, Brian & Mike (@ViewsUnbalanced) welcome VERY SPECIAL GUEST, Comedian, Actor and Canada Expert, Larry XL (@LarryXL - Please check out Larry's Album) to talk about Small Pox in the American Revolution! You say you want a Revolution, well you know...the yanks want to take Quebec. The guys look at the opening salvos of the war in Boston, Virginia and Quebec and how smallpox played a HUGE role in those theaters. They discuss the finer points of freedom and how one might taste sweet sweet liberty. And they provide expert advice for invading Canada in winter and hot tips for your next visit to Colonial Williamsburg. Apologies to anyone foolish enough to listen....it's going to get icky! Bonus maggots and lice to help celebrate SPOOKY SEASON! Enjoy!

A short tale of Ships, Crabs, Gasoline and Regret. With Special Guest, Comedian Larry XL. Follow him on Twitter @LarryXL Follow US on twitter @ViewsUnbalanced. We LOVE all of our Unbalanced Listeners..>THANK YOU!

In this episode, Brian & Mike (@ViewsUnbalanced) welcome VERY SPECIAL GUEST, Comedian, Actor (and sometimes writer) Larry XL (@LarryXL) to talk about the finer points of....Small Pox? That's right! Welcome to VIRUS TALK BABY! The guys are talking about the single greatest destroyer of human beings in history, and specifically, the smallpox epidemic that occurred during the American Revolution. You say you want a Revolution, well you know...we all want to inoculate the world! Good times talking about probably the worst way to die! Apologies to anyone foolish enough to listen....it's going to get icky! Brian talks smack at Abigail Adams and makes fun of powdered wigs. A nice MORBID episode to kick off October (on September 30).