History Written By The Losers

How much is a college degree really worth? Is higher education still considered a vehicle for social mobility in the modern era? What barriers to accessing college still have legacies that extend into modern admissions and education? Join us as we educate ourselves on the answers to all of these questions and more in order to discover who wins and loses in the game of higher education.Check out the following links for more information:https://www.britannica.com/topic/education/Lay-education-a...

After a break, we are back with a new episode about one of the most prevalent modern day issues: abortion. Our conversation isn't meant to change opinions or force beliefs- we simply seek to explore to broader history behind reproductive healthcare through a lens that many of us don't often look through. Join us on this journey as we uncover a piece of the history that may be the key to our futures.As always, check out the following links for more information:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1...

We kick off the new year by discussing the very topic that inspired us to start this podcast: school curricula in the US. The history of the history we teach is in schools is intriguing, surprising, and occasionally hilarious. Join as as we look back on it from the losers' point of view!Check out the following links for more information:https://time.com/5889051/history-curriculum-politics/https://oxfordre.com/education/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.001.0001/acrefore-9780190264093-e-1037...

Join us for our November episode as we break down misconceptions about Native Americans-- from Central and South America. The Aztecs and Incas had incredibly complex cultures, but most of that has been lost in the narrative written by those who took their land. We'll piece together everything we do know about these empires to trace their true histories.Check out the following links for more information:https://time.com/5715476/aztec-history-myths/https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/04...

Join us for a spooky episode and Season 3 opener as we discuss witch trials throughout history. Starting in the Middle Ages and continuing into present day, witch hunts have been shrouded in mystery for many. We discuss all of the hideen details and finally discover why witches are much more than just a Halloween costume.Check out the following links for more information:https://qz.com/1183992/why-europe-was-overrun-by-witch-hunts-in-early-modern-history/https://www.history.com/news/beyond-sa...

Thank you for all of your support on Season 2! We hope you enjoy hearing the history of this season through our bloopers!

As a thank you for all of your support on Season 2, we're releasing some extra content that never made our final cuts. From Season 2- Episode 9, here's our conversation on frontier genocide. Check out the following link for more information:https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-2/imperialism-conquest-and-mass-murder

We're currently living through one of the deadliest pandemics in history. But what can previous outbreaks teach us about handling the coronavirus? Join us as we travel back to the earliest epidemics and move through time to learn about plagues that wiped out entire populations (and pick up some tips for how to handle ours). Check out the following links for more information:https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/pandemics-timelinehttps://www.publichealthonline.org/worst-global-pandem...

The U. S. Civil Rights Movement, anti-apartheid protests, fight for Indian independence, and women's suffrage campaigns are all generally characterized by the nonviolent change they enacted. But if we look a little deeper, we can find bloody battle scars that have been buried beneath the rest of the history. Join us as we learn about Gandhi's violent counterparts, feminist bombers, the Black Panthers (not the ones from Wakanda), and some of the most notable violent resistance movements around...

To celebrate June as Pride Month, we delve into the history of the LGBTQ+ community and the advances they have made in spite of oppression throughout large portions of history. We do our best to answer why Pride Month is so important by going through history from the very first queer figures all they way to modern issues faced by the community. Check out the following links for more information:https://www.glaad.org/publications/pridekit https://www.history.ac.uk/library/collections...

In February 1899, Rudyard Kipling wrote and published a poem about his beliefs on the duty of the white man to 'educate' and 'civilize' other cultures and countries. We discuss how those lines, and the doctrine of imperialism it fueled, had real effects on the world as we know it, as well as how the "White Man's Burden" is still alive in the minds of people today. Check out the following links for more information:http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5478/http://peacehistory-usfp....

From ancient times to present day, women have served as leaders in just about every way. Listen along as we uncover some of their most remarkable hidden histories and attempt to answer the question on all of our minds: "Do countries really do better when women are leading them?" Check out the following links for more information:https://www.thoughtco.com/ancient-women-rulers-3528391 https://www.thoughtco.com/queen-anna-nzinga-3529747 https://www.britannica.com/list/6-of-the-fir...

Do we really know what we're eating? Do we know what it took to get to this point? Join us as we journey from the Columbian Exchange to the Age of Industrialization to the crazy diet fads of today and stop to learn about the people who were left behind and left out as one of the most vital resources for life became a commodity and an industry.Check out the following links for more information:https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/121026-human-cooking-evolution-raw-food-health-sci...

Listen along as we delve deep into what the second World War looked like from the losing side. Joining us throughout the episode is leading expert on the Holocaust and Modern Germany, Dr. Donald McKale (author of Hitler’s Shadow War, Hitler: The Survival Myth, and War by Revolution, and a professor emeritus at Clemson University). From post-war attitudes, to the atomic bombs, to key battles, we'll finally get to learn about WWII's hidden history. Check out the following links for more in...

To celebrate February as Black History Month, we've lined up some special features on important Black figures who have shaped our world– some who you may know, and many you've probably never heard of. Join us to celebrate their historical achievements in the "Lost Losers" extra! Check out the following links for more information:https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-facts https://www.biography.com/news/claudette-colvin-rosa-parks-bus-boycott https://w...

With all of the major issues we face, it's easy to imagine the end of the world, whether it be by fire, storm, virus, war, or even aliens. But history has shown us that when they collapse, civilizations often do so in similar ways. Join us as we discover why some of the strongest societies fell and what their declines can teach us about our own! Check out the following links for more information:https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/02/new-clues-about-how-and-why-the-maya-culture-collap...

Join us as we discuss the wars that nobody talks about and how they shape our larger historical narrative in more ways than we understand. Check out the following links for more information:https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/81988/6-american-wars-you-didnt-learn-about-school https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/8/27/1870917/-Hidden-History-The-Watermelon-War https://medium.com/history-of-yesterday/u-s-invasion-of-korea-1871-5755b375a458 https://allthatsinteresting.com/b...

Join us in this quick extra, the first edition in our bonus episode series, The Lost Losers. Originally recorded during our War on Drugs episode (S2:E2), we discuss the stigma around prisons and what it's really like living behind bars. Be sure to tune in! Check out the following links for more information:https://newrepublic.com/article/153473/everyday-brutality-americas-prisons https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/riot-at-attica-prison https://timeline.com/attica-riot...

We dive deep into one of the most important and controversial topics of this day and age: American Democracy. Listen along to this special episode as we break down each part of the USA's election and democratic process and decide whether or not America is the nation that the Founding Fathers envisioned it could be. No matter what country you're from, it's sure to be an episode full of discoveries. Check out the following links for more information:https://www.thoughtco.com/compromi...

Ever wonder where all this law and order rhetoric comes from or why Black and Hispanic incarceration rates are so much higher than those of other races (in America)? Join us as we dig deep into our history with the War on Drugs and try to answer these questions, and more, together. As always, there's more to the story than you may think. Check out the following links for more information:https://www.britannica.com/topic/war-on-drugs https://www.vox.com/2016/5/8/18089368/war-on...