Episode 1 - Understanding the Present by Understanding the Past

An introduction to the ideas of this podcast, and an overview of where it's going. Also, I talk a bit about tyranny. Which is a bad thing, generally.

What is A Short Walk through Our Long History?

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.