Episodios

  • Counterfactuals: The Battle of Tsushima and the 20th Century

    Counterfactuals: The Battle of Tsushima and the 20th Century
    Apr 22 2025
    On today’s episode we talk about one of the most important naval events in modern history: the pivotal battle of Tsushima, fought during the Russo-Japanese war. The battle was crucial in the rise of Japan as a military and imperial power, setting the stage for huge parts of the 20th century. But what might have happened if it all went different?
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    1 h y 1 m
  • Counterfactuals: What if We Used a Different Calendar?

    Counterfactuals: What if We Used a Different Calendar?
    Apr 8 2025
    On today’s episode, we talk about Calendars - specificall the Gregorian Calendar, and how and why it became the calendar we all use today. What does the calendar mean to us, and what might it mean if we used a different one?
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    1 h y 1 m
  • Counterfactuals: The White Ship and the Anarchy

    Counterfactuals: The White Ship and the Anarchy
    Mar 25 2025
    On today’s episode, we visit one of the most significant maritime accidents of the middle ages, when William Adelin, grandson of William the Conqueror and the only legitimate male heir to the throne of England, was killed with the sinking of the White Ship in 1120. His death would have dramatic consequences for the European continent and English history. But what if it had all gone differently?
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    1 h y 3 m
  • Counterfactuals: The Forgotten WWII Battle of Thala

    Counterfactuals: The Forgotten WWII Battle of Thala
    Mar 11 2025
    On today’s episode, we travel to 1943, and one of the earliest battles American soldiers fought with Nazi Germany, in the mountainous regions of Tunisia. There, the fortuitous arrival of artillery stemmed the tide after German forces broke through American defenses at Kasserine pass. But what might have happened if it all went differently?
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    1 h y 3 m
  • Counterfactuals: A World Without Potatoes

    Counterfactuals: A World Without Potatoes
    Feb 25 2025
    On today’s episode of the History Guy Podcast, we talk about one of the most important parts of the Columbian exchange, and possibly the reason that Europe was able to colonize and dominate much of the world in the early modern period: The Potato.
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    1 h y 4 m
  • Counterfactuals: Viking North America

    Counterfactuals: Viking North America
    Feb 11 2025
    On today’s episode we tackle the counterfactuals of some of the most popular peoples in history: The Vikings. In the tenth century norse colonists began settling in Greenland, where they found surprising success in some far-northern reaches, before making landfall in North America. The settlements had all faded away by the 1400s, but what might have happened if it had all gone differently?
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    1 h y 13 m
  • Counterfactuals: Westward Expansion and Ashley's 100

    Counterfactuals: Westward Expansion and Ashley's 100
    Jan 28 2025
    On this special, 100th episode of The History Guy Podcast, we head back to the 1800s and the beginning of America’s expansion into the Rocky Mountains by taking a look at Ashley’s 100, a group of trappers, mountain men, and explorers who ventured into the West, helping to define an era and open up the land for settlement. How might things be different if they didn’t?
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    1 h y 7 m
  • Counterfactuals: What if there were no Transistors?

    Counterfactuals: What if there were no Transistors?
    Jan 14 2025
    On today’s episode, we talk about the development of one of some of teh most important communication technologies in history, from the telegraph to the transistor, and what the world might be like if we went without them.
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    1 h y 12 m
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