This week, the crew of the Breskens is freed at last. Plus some final thoughts on Tokugawa diplomacy. Sources Hesselink,…
The Breskens crew arrive in Edo, with the question of how they are to be treated looming over them. At…
Isaac and Demetria go back in time to answer the age-old question: if Socrates was such a great philosopher, why couldn’t he figure out not to drink all that poison? That plus long digressions about the nature of democracy and medieval theology (of course)!
This week, we’re taking a look at the foreign policy of Edo Japan by starting a deep dive into a…
This week, we’ll cover the end of USCAR and the legacies of 27 years of foreign rule over Okinawa Prefecture.…
Grab your tommy guns and fedoras as we make our way to Chicago to cover the meteoric rise (and equally meteoric fall) of one of America’s most famous gangsters, Al Capone!
This week, we start off some coverage of the period of American rule over the Ryukyus, and the entwined histories…
Finally, a long overdue look at one of the most romanticized and exocitized parts of traditional Japanese culture. What are…
It’s time for a fun case of ancient Roman slander as we talk about the corrupt politician Gaius Verres. What was he accused of? Are the charges real, or were they embellished to help the career of an upjumped lawyer named Cicero? And what’s up with everyone always making analogies between Rome and America?
This week, we take a look at the peasant uprisings in Aizu domain in 1868 to continue our exploration of…