Associating Evil | LBJ & Ho Chi Minh

Last episode was about imperialism, creating multi-ethnic empires that spanned the globe. This is about nationalism, concentrating state power on building and maintaining an ethnic or civic identity. It can lead to greater unity among peoples, but it can also cause world-shatteri ...  Show more

In September 2026, an AI researcher quit Anthropic and posted a warning that the industry was gambling with our lives. Within days, insiders agreed, and a CEO called for slowing down as a senator pushed a bill to pause advanced AI. Then a second story took off: the whole thing is ...  Show more

Power hungry politician? Or just a lot of coincidences? Follow me down the rabbit hole about Lyndon B Johnson. Merch: https://the-rabbit-hole-podcast.myshopify.com/?key=aab5320f349d3ee592b3db0cbadeca2db8848e6ea3b2f8c133b14fd7ce20fd65&preview_theme_id= https://www.whitehouse.gov/ab ...  Show more

With the death of JFK, Lyndon B. Johnson took over the Presidency and immediately had to wrestle with America’s relationship with Vietnam after the killing of Diem. Right from the start he prophesised that it would be his downfall and so it was. He consistently resented it and th ...  Show more

In this episode, Glenn the History Pug gets into revisionist histories on the left and the right that both argue that history has been distorted to favor elites, and that they have the real story about what happened. Oddly, they both identify people like Churchill as villains, ...

Hosted by historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, The Rest is History dives deep into history's most dramatic moments and fascinating figures - exploring the stories of great empires, epic battles, and world-changing events. From the rise and fall of the Roman Empire to the ...  Show more