This episode looks at the present reaching speech from the ending of the 1940 movie, "The Great Dictator" to explore how the video links to ideals of contemporaries, including academics like Jacques Barzun. Brazun wrote the 1941; Darwin, Marx, Wagner: Critique Of A Heritage, which covers similar themes as Chaplin's analysis.

We take a look at the history of slavery and those that had it forced upon them. Thank You for your continued support. You can also find exclusive content on the show's youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYjULbrvVepZ04KaeyxjMyA Further you can leave comments on our Itunes page: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/history-with-james-ipod/id373747636?mt=2

What do hot dogs and General John J. Pershing have in common? This week we discuss the home front experience of German-Americans during World War I and what it has in common with internment of Americans during World War II. Thank You for your continued support. You can also find exclusive content on the show's youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYjULbrvVepZ04KaeyxjMyA Further you can leave comments on our Itunes page: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/history-with-james-ipod/id373747636?mt=2

We discuss the origin of the racial state of Nazi-Germany and its ideology against Eastern Europeans. Thank You for your continued support. You can also find exclusive content on the show's youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYjULbrvVepZ04KaeyxjMyA Further you can leave comments on our Itunes page: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/history-with-james-ipod/id373747636?mt=2

Serbia fought a brutal war with many atrocities against it and largely away from the eyes of the World because of the Eastern and Western Fronts. The Serbian Front played out the great tensions of the region for the last 50 years. Thank you again for your continued support, here is the link to the album fundraiser, for the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/ng/album/coolidge-metaphor-for-contradiction/id813759717 You can also find exclusive content on the show's youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYjULbrvVepZ04KaeyxjMyA Further you can leave comments on our Itunes page: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/history-with-james-ipod/id373747636?mt=2

This episode is really a two part of sorts, which looks at the lead up to World War I in the Balkan Wars and the consequences that created a hostile environment in the Balkans. Russia and Austria-Hungary's relations were at a all time low because of the outcome, along with the later and Serbia. Thank you again for your continued support, here is the link to the album fundraiser, for the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/ng/album/coolidge-metaphor-for-contradiction/id813759717 You can also find exclusive content on the show's youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYjULbrvVepZ04KaeyxjMyA Further you can leave comments on our Itunes page: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/history-with-james-ipod/id373747636?mt=2

We look at China during World War II and the Civil War that followed. We see how it affects current East Asia and many of the tensions that still exist. We also show through Rana Mitter's work just how important China was to the war effort. Thank you again for your continued support, here is the link to the album fundraiser, for the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/ng/album/coolidge-metaphor-for-contradiction/id813759717 You can also find exclusive content on the show's youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYjULbrvVepZ04KaeyxjMyA Further you cab leave comments on our Itunes page: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/history-with-james-ipod/id373747636?mt=2

We talk about the fall of Ching dynasty and the events that led to its downfall. We also chronicle the rise of Nationalism in China and the events preceding World War II in China. Thank you again for your continued support, here is the link to the album fundraiser, for the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/ng/album/coolidge-metaphor-for-contradiction/id813759717 You can also find exclusive content on the show's youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYjULbrvVepZ04KaeyxjMyA Further you cab leave comments on our Itunes page: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/history-with-james-ipod/id373747636?mt=2

We look at the the background of economist FA Hayek and the first three chapters of The Road to Serfdom. We also look at what lessons he took away from the war. Thank you again for your continued support, here is the link to the album fundraiser, for the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/ng/album/coolidge-metaphor-for-contradiction/id813759717 You can also find exclusive content on the show's youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYjULbrvVepZ04KaeyxjMyA Further you cab leave comments on our Itunes page: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/history-with-james-ipod/id373747636?mt=2

We talk about sharecropping in the Reconstruction Era and what it had to do with the failures of the post Civil War society. What did sharecropping have to do with land and labor? Thank you again for your continued support, here is the link to the album fundraiser, for the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/ng/album/coolidge-metaphor-for-contradiction/id813759717 You can also find exclusive content on the show's youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYjULbrvVepZ04KaeyxjMyA Further you cab leave comments on our Itunes page: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/history-with-james-ipod/id373747636?mt=2