A Short Walk through Our Long History

A Short Walk through Our Long History

Clayton Mills

Episodes 134
Avg. Duration 22m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.3 (35)
Since Aug 2021
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
53%
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About This Podcast

I think that if you want to understand the world we live in today, it helps to understand the important events of history. In this series, we are going to look at major events, people, documents, places, books, and ideas that have shaped history, and thus shaped our modern world.

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133 - The Birth of Rock n' Roll, Part 2

Jun 04, 2026 33m

As I said last episode, a lot of the energy of rock n roll came from youthful rebellion against the culture, values, and politics of the older generation.  This was a big deal in the 1950’s, with…

132 - The Birth of Rock 'n Roll

Apr 22, 2026 35m

Episode 132 - The Birth of Rock ’n’ RollYes, that intro was the song Subdivisions, by Rush.  My normal intro music is an acoustic clip of that same song.  One of my all time favorite rock 'n roll…

131 - The Cold War, Part 2

Mar 07, 2026 23m

Ok, yes, I know, I’ve already talked about the Cold War, just a few episodes ago, but I feel like I need to spend another episode talking about all the important things that happen in the late 1950’s…

130 - Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian Revolution

Mar 06, 2026 17m

We talked last episode about the Communist Revolution in China, and apparently there was a two for one special on revolutions, because this episode also has a revolution, but this one is VERY…

129 - The Chinese Communist Revolution and the Korean War

Feb 10, 2026 25m

We were talking last episode about how the western allies tried to contain the spread of communism in Europe, but I mentioned that Communism was spreading in Asia as well.  This is about to be a…

128 - The Cold War and the Berlin Wall

Jan 27, 2026 17m

As you might remember from episode 124, which was about the Allied victory in Europe, Germany was basically cut in half by the invading Soviets in the East, and the Allies in the West.  The Soviets…

127 - The Holocaust and the Rebirth of the Nation of Israel

Dec 17, 2025 35m

Ok, WWII is over, and so I’m done talking about famous battles and cool fighter planes for a while.  But I do feel that I need to go back and talk about a really important and horrific story of WWII,…

126 - The World after the World War

Oct 24, 2025 24m

Well, here we are, finally.  The Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan have been defeated.   Hitler has committed suicide, at least that’s the official story, Mussolini was captured and hanged,…

125 - The War in the Pacific, and the Atomic Bomb

Oct 23, 2025 25m

Well, here we are.  Humans are about to devise the technology that could realistically end the world.  For the first time, humans have the ability to basically eradicate all of life on earth, and…

124 - VE Day

Oct 21, 2025 19m

Well, VE Day is the sort of nickname that the world press gave to the day when victory in Europe was achieved.  So VE stands for victory in Europe, which obviously is where we are going with this…

123 - D-Day

Oct 17, 2025 22m

Well, here we are.  This episode is about one of the most massive, high-risk and pivotal events of the last 100 years.  Seriously, if you had to pick one day that was the most important or…

122 - The Air War over Europe

Jun 25, 2025 15m

As the Soviets were fighting the Germans all along a 1000 mile long front, they were demanding that the Allies in the west do something to open a second front against the Germans.  We’ll get to the…

121 - The Battle of Stalingrad

Jun 12, 2025 15m

Every once in a while, there is a great moment or battle that really changes the course of history.  Yes, yes, I know I said that exact thing at the beginning of the last episode too, but I need to…

120 - The Battle of Midway

Jun 09, 2025 24m

Every once in a while, there is a great moment or battle that really changes the course of history.  The Battle of Salamis, Caesar crossing the Rubicon, Charles the Hammer winning the Battle of…

119 - The World at War

May 30, 2025 18m

Ok, it’s the beginning of 1942, and for the Allies, things are looking, well, kinda bleak.  France, one of the great powers of the world as recently as 1939, is now occupied by the Nazis, who are in…

118 - Tora, Tora, Tora!

May 20, 2025 24m

Last episode, we left the German soldiers freezing off ihr Gesäß in the the early, harsh Russian winter of 1941.  But there was more going on in the winter of 1941 than just frozen Germans.  I…

117 - Hitler, Stalin, and Operation Barbarossa

May 06, 2025 21m

Last episode, I said Hitler might have done better in the long run if he hadn’t had Germany attack Great Britain. Well, after that mistake, he decides to double down, and make an even bigger…

116 - Winston Churchill and the Battle of Britain

Apr 26, 2025 26m

I’m going to make a quick confession to you here:  The Battle of Britain is one of my three favorite parts of all of human history.  The other two would be the Roman Empire at the time of Jesus, and…

115 - Blitzkrieg! The Germans Invade France

Apr 10, 2025 21m

You might have noticed that I kind of used the same title twice in a row, which might seem like kind of lazy writing, but I really couldn’t think of a better title to describe what is about to…

114 - Blitzkrieg! The Germans Invade Poland

Apr 04, 2025 17m

Ok, here we are, poised right on the edge of World War II.  I’m going to try to not bog down as much as I did on the US Civil War, but I still have 9 episodes planned to cover World War II.  Is that…

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