Historic Hindsight

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Whether it's bad luck, bad decisions, bad timing, or bad inventions; well-intentioned bad decisions have plagued history for thousands of years. Join us on Historic Hindsight. Where we make fun of historically bad decisions on our weekly Podcast. read less
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Civil War in Hindsight - 053 - Battle for Port Royal
Jan 25 2022
Civil War in Hindsight - 053 - Battle for Port Royal
The Federal forces secure a foothold in South Carolina while Grant tests his strength in Missouri!

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Civil War in Hindsight - 053 - Battle for Port Royal
Jan 25 2022
Civil War in Hindsight - 053 - Battle for Port Royal
The Federal forces secure a foothold in South Carolina while Grant tests his strength in Missouri!
Microsoft Zune! Pure Perfection
Jan 24 2022
Microsoft Zune! Pure Perfection
It's 2021 and I just bought a first generation Microsoft Zune! We do a quick unboxing and discuss the brilliantly flawed and failed tech on our first Historic Tech Playlist!
Civil War in Hindsight -052 - Sherman’s Navy
Jan 24 2022
Civil War in Hindsight -052 - Sherman’s Navy
This week there is some good news for the Union and Sherman sets sail with the largest naval force assembled in the U.S.
Civil War in Hindsight - Battle of Balls Bluff
Jan 22 2022
Civil War in Hindsight - Battle of Balls Bluff
This week is full of bad news for the Union and Lincoln is now arresting his generals for being so bad that he thinks they are traitors!
Gold Confiscation Act
Jan 21 2022
Gold Confiscation Act
Oh that time F.D.R. crapped on the constitution in order to steal your gold, jack up the price, and bail out his rich banking friends at the expense of the U.S. Dollar!
Civil War in Hindsight - 050 - Confederate Secret Weapon
Jan 21 2022
Civil War in Hindsight - 050 - Confederate Secret Weapon
This week is full of naval activity with both sides introducing Iron Plated Warships!
Civil War in Hindsight - 049 - Battle of Santa Rosa Island
Jan 21 2022
Civil War in Hindsight - 049 - Battle of Santa Rosa Island
This week it is Union victory on the high sea's of confederate pirate hunting and on land at Fort Pickens!
Henry Berry Lowry - True Southern Hero
Nov 7 2021
Henry Berry Lowry - True Southern Hero
The story of North Carolina's Robin Hood that robbed from the Confederate Elite and gave to the free people of color. The story of Henry Berry Lowry.
Civil War in Hindsight - 048 - Come on and Fight!
Oct 9 2021
Civil War in Hindsight - 048 - Come on and Fight!
Another month comes and goes with no substantial battles to speak of and a war that has very much grown kind of cold.
Louisiana Hippo Farm
Oct 8 2021
Louisiana Hippo Farm
It's 1910 and America is facing a meat shortage...the proposed answer, farming hippo's in the Louisiana bayou. Bonus, two of the men behind it were spies assigned to kill each other!
Civil War in Hindsight - 047 - Lexington Falls
Oct 7 2021
Civil War in Hindsight - 047 - Lexington Falls
This week Lexington Falls due to General Fremont failing to send aid....but he does continue his spree of illegal arrests....so there's that!
Kirk-Holden War - Fight against the KKK
Oct 7 2021
Kirk-Holden War - Fight against the KKK
When the Governor of North Carolina is left no other option then to declare war on the KKK that ran rampant through the state in 1870, you get the Kirk Holden War.
Civil War in Hindsight -046 - Granny Lee is Running!
Oct 7 2021
Civil War in Hindsight -046 - Granny Lee is Running!
This week Lee tucks tail and runs from the Cheat Mountain Campaign, while things go sideways in Missouri for the Union.
Mother Teresa - Sinner or Saint?
Oct 7 2021
Mother Teresa - Sinner or Saint?
Mother Teresa will forever be canonized in Catholicism as a saint....but should she be? The less than favorable actions taken by the Saint of Calcutta.
Civil War in Hindsight - 044 - Fremont Emancipation Proclimation
Sep 10 2021
Civil War in Hindsight - 044 - Fremont Emancipation Proclimation
This week Union General Fremont free's all the slaves with his emancipation proclamation.....also Kentucky's neutrality is broken by the Confederates.
Civil War in Hindsight - 045 - Fight for Kanawha
Sep 10 2021
Civil War in Hindsight - 045 - Fight for Kanawha
This week we have three active fronts: Kentucky tells the South to kick rocks, siege of Lexington Missouri begins, and the battle for Kanawha is on with the start of the Cheat Mountain campaign!
How racist is your flag?
Sep 10 2021
How racist is your flag?
Tommy goes on a tirade about flags!
War on Drugs - D.A.R.E.
Sep 9 2021
War on Drugs - D.A.R.E.
D.A.R.E. to keep kids off drugs with a program that actually inadvertently got kids to use drugs.....whoops....
Civil War in Hindsight - 043 - Battle of Hatteras Inlet
Sep 9 2021
Civil War in Hindsight - 043 - Battle of Hatteras Inlet
This week Union General Fremont free's all the slaves with his emancipation proclamation.....also Kentucky's neutrality is broken by the Confederates.
Last Soviet Cosmonaut
Sep 2 2021
Last Soviet Cosmonaut
The true story of Sergei Krikalev, a Russian Cosmonaut that was abandoned in space when the Soviet Union Collapsed.