History Impossible covers some of the less-known, strange, and supposedly impossible events, people, and ideologies throughout history that are all nonetheless true. The settings and time periods range from the Second World War to ancient Japan to medieval Europe, and many more. The show engages with difficult ideas and impossible decisions that were made by human beings like you or me, always to significant effect. It goes out of its way to grant agency to all of its subjects and does its best to present the most nuanced approach one can, all while acknowledging any personal biases that may exist. You will not find a more honest attempt at presenting difficult and controversial historical topics.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-impossible--5634566/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-impossible--5634566/support</a>.
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History Impossible covers some of the less-known, strange, and supposedly impossible events, people, and ideologies throughout history that are all nonetheless true. The settings and time periods range from the Second World War to ancient Japan to medieval Europe, and many more. The show engages with difficult ideas and impossible decisions that were made by human beings like you or me, always to significant effect. It goes out of its way to grant agency to all of its subjects and does its best to present the most nuanced approach one can, all while acknowledging any personal biases that may exist. You will not find a more honest attempt at presenting difficult and controversial historical topics.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-impossible--5634566/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-impossible--5634566/support</a>.
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Hey everyone, it’s good to be back with all of you. I’ve just finished a lengthy writing session for grad school—my final semester of classes!—as well as some family issues that needed my immediate attention during most of March. But I’m back with a new special, historiography-focused episode of History Impossible. It was actually not one I was planning to do, but after my lengthy and productive conversation with the host of the Crackpot History podcast, and after the incredibly positive reception I received from that interview, I decided it was probably a good idea to get deep into the historiographic weeds with the recent tumult that continues regarding Darryl Cooper’s Martyr Made podcast and its own attempt at revising World War II and Third Reich history.<br /><br />When it comes down to it, trying to be a revisionist about World War II is probably like trying to be a revisionist about something like Star Wars. You can certainly try and do it, and you might even be good at it, but you’re always going to encounter people who know more (or at least truly believe they know more) than you ever will. That honestly has always interested me less when it comes to Darryl’s work on this subject; I have always been much more interested in specifically where he gets his information since, frankly, that is what he has always been the most cagey about. While his admission of using David Irving is well-enough known, there is much more to this story of where the premise of “Enemy: The Germans’ War” actually seems to be coming from (at least, as of its current releases).<br /><br />Because I cannot leave well enough alone, this is an exploration through the archives of where such ideas as those we’ve been hearing about from Darryl Cooper and many of those in his historiographic wheelhouse have their origin.<br /><br />...<br /><br />History Impossible has been made possible by the following generous supporters on Patreon, Substack, and PayPal. Please consider <a href="https://www.patreon.com/historyimpossible" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">donating today</a> if you want to show some love for what I do and make and what to help keep the show and all my written content going:<br /><br />David Adamcik<br />Monica Almirall<br />David Alsbach<br />Gregg Anderson<br />approso1999<br />Rajan Athul<br />Robert Babeon<br />Michael Beach<br />Benjamin<br />Greg Bosai<br />Johannes Breitsameter<br />Carol ABC<br />Carol Chappelle<br />Charles C<br />Chomo the Clown<br />Curtis Christiansen<br />Jason Coleman<br />Clayton Connell<br />Click<br />Cliffydeuce<br />CR<br />Craig Crawford<br />B.Cyr<br />daddygorgon<br />Danny<br />Lynda Davis<br />Paul DeCoster<br />Regina Dick-Endrizzi<br />Neil Dickens<br />Nathan Diehl<br />Bob Downing<br />Dramicas<br />Martin E.<br />Eastone<br />Gavin Edwards<br />Snow Farmer<br />Howie Feltersnatch<br />Matt Gassner<br />Pierre Ghazarian<br />Josh Goedert<br />Sam Graham<br />Jayson Griesmeyer<br />Nathan Grote<br />Benjamin Hamilton<br />Peter Hauck<br />Jack Henneman<br />Eric Hodges<br />Mike Jarulic<br />Joe6245<br />Lionel Joseph<br />Thomas Justesen<br />Mike Kalnins<br />Bryn Kaufman<br />Leah Kodner<br />Constance Loucks<br />Maddy<br />Mounty of Madness<br />Jose Martinez<br />Mike Mayleben<br />S.M. McAvoy<br />Judy McCoid<br />Mike<br />Kyle Mohney<br />Kostas Moros<br />Ryan Mortenson<br />John Muller<br />Cameron Needham<br />Sean P<br />Skip Pacheco<br />David Page<br />Molly Pan<br />Philip Pomerantz<br />Sr. Powell<br />Brian Pritzl<br />AnaR737<br />PJ Rader<br />Gleb Radutsky<br />Aleksandr Rakitin<br />Reptilycus<br />Matthew M. Rice<br />Phillip Rice<br />Cheryl Robertson<br />Terry Rosen<br />Dan S<br />Jon Andre Saether<br />Jake Scalia<br />Emily Schmidt<br />Julian Schmidt<br />Scryptar<br />Andrew Seeber<br />Shiran<br />Joshua Simpson<br />Cameron Smith<br />Jerry Spangler<br />timetosuccedd1995<br />Thomas Squeo<br />Athal Krishna Sundarrajan<br />Jared Cole Temple<br...
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