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Jack Weatherford: Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire | Lex Fridman Podcast #476
0:24"The Secret History of the Mongol Queens", and other excellent books.1:02of the largest contiguous empire in history. But before that, he was a boy named Temujin,2:39the words of the "Secret History the Mongols" were very clear, and he looked down, and he saw her, and he could barely glimpse her,
Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of Empires | Lex Fridman Podcast #498
2:57And for many conceptions of Western history, that was sufficient. Like, that's when we just called it. The Roman Empire fell in the fifth century.3:40So we're now moving into a phase where we have the long Roman Empire. We, we recognize that the history of the Roman state, the Roman polity, is something that lasts an extraordina3:51Very unique almost in history, from antiquity, like the archaic period, down to the 15th century.
ep 33 Black History YouTube
0:21History Month, man. One of the people behind the camera is always helping us out, man, is to my right today directly. Her name is Ashley Weaver.0:51So, you were the first woman we've had on the show and you're in the process of booking other women. Black history month. We're making history now. And it was easier to pick1:24us ultimately before we get into Black History Month. That's a really good question. Um,
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Killer Mike and Ashley Weaver discuss the necessity of viewing Black History as global and shared American history, emphasizing education, self-pride, and unity across racial lines.summaryBlack History is global history; figures like Frederick Douglass are foundational to American history, not just Black history, and their stories should be taught to all races to foster unity.takeawayThe term 'nigger' originated from Latin meaning 'black,' and its offensive power comes from the history of enslavement and brutalization attached to it, not the word itself.takeaway
Banana Ball's racial minstrelsy past
The Savannah Bananas' revival of the Indianapolis Clowns team highlights a sanitized version of Negro League history that omits the painful legacy of racial minstrelsy.summaryThe Savannah Bananas' modern version of the Clowns presents a 'Disneyfied' history that is factually accurate but incomplete, omitting the systemic racism and professional resentment the original team faced.takeaway“They don't reckon with that history at all. They lean in heavily to the history of the clowns, but it's a very particular version of the history that I would say is a kind of disnified version.”quote
Were The Planets The Old Gods With Ari Asulin l Episode
Guest Arya Sulin presents a comprehensive alternative history theory centered on 'Saturnian cosmology,' arguing that ancient planetary alignments caused global cataclysms and that human history has been systematically resummaryThe host frames the content as a mind-bending exploration of suppressed history while maintaining editorial distance from the guest's controversial claims.summaryHistorical Revisionism: The guest claims the Catholic Church and subsequent powers erased 1,000+ years of history (referencing Fomenko's New Chronology) to establish authority, turning polytheistic sun worship into monottakeaway
Yuval Noah Harari in conversation with Terrence McNally at Live Talks Los Angeles
The End of History: History ends when humans become gods by acquiring abilities traditionally ascribed to deities, such as creating life and re-engineering consciousness. This marks a disconnect from the last 70,000 yeartakeawayHistorical Perspective on Peace: Despite rising nationalism, we are in the most peaceful era in history. The end of the Cold War was driven by human choice (Gorbachev's decisions) rather than divine intervention or forcetakeaway“History began when humans invented gods and it will end when humans become gods.”quote
Clint Smith in conversation with Ibram X. Kendi at Live Talks Los Angeles
Clint Smith discusses his book 'How the Word Is Passed,' exploring how the history of slavery is remembered and memorialized across eight distinct American sites.summaryThe concept of 'temporal proximity': Slavery ended only ~150 years ago, meaning many living Americans have direct familial connections to enslaved ancestors, making the history immediate rather than ancient.takeawayAngola Prison serves as a critical case study where mass incarceration intersects with plantation history; Smith notes that 75% of the 18,000-acre facility's population are Black men serving life sentences, working fieldtakeaway
