History Analyzed

By: Mark Palmer
Listen for free

  • Summary

  • History Analyzed is a podcast which investigates both history's biggest moments and best kept secrets. Your host, Mark Palmer, draws upon a history degree from the University of Notre Dame and literal decades of informal study. He explains not only what happened, but also why and how historical events occurred. At times, he examines how these events have shaped the present and continue to affect us today.
    © 2024 History Analyzed
    Show More Show Less
World
Show More Show Less
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2
Episodes
  • Immigration, Citizenship, and Eugenics in the U.S.

    Immigration, Citizenship, and Eugenics in the U.S.
    Sep 27 2024

    For years all immigrants were allowed into the U.S., but some could not become citizens. Later, certain nationalities were limited or completely banned. This episode outlines those changes through the 1980s and discusses the pseudoscience of eugenics and how it was used to justify such bigotry and even involuntary sterilizations in the 20th Century.

    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 6 mins
  • The Scramble For Africa

    The Scramble For Africa
    Aug 5 2024

    Within 30 years in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Europe went from controlling 20% of Africa to 90%. It was called "the Scramble for Africa". Find out why Europeans colonized the Americas easily through unintentional germ warfare, but Africa was "the White Man's Grave". Discover how Europe finally conquered Africa; the horrors of the Congo; and the residual problems in Africa which exist today.

    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 1 min
  • Adolf Hitler was the most consequential (and horrible) person of the last 500 years

    Adolf Hitler was the most consequential (and horrible) person of the last 500 years
    Jul 9 2024

    Adolf Hitler's insane and evil policies changed the world more than anybody since Christopher Columbus. This episode details the horrors of World War II; explains how Hitler is to blame for the war; illustrates how Hitler made WWII even worse than other wars; and analyzes the effects of WWII for the remainder of the 20th Century and today.
    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 9 mins

What listeners say about History Analyzed

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.co.uk reviews

Amazon reviews
No Reviews are Available