Great podcast! Refreshing to hear historical analysis that is just that without the rose colored lens of modern history books and woke framing. Keep it going!

I fw this heavy

I am extremely puzzled by the bad reviews here cuz this is really next level. It's not just history but analysis and they go way deeper than most podcasts. Rly appreciate the mild philosophical aspect or occasional althist esque musings. Rudyard is one of the most well read people I've ever encountered. It's truly a joy not to mention insanely informative. I honestly think the bad reviews seem slightly suspect, like someone with a grudge. I send this show to so many people, might be my favourite podcast.

I have learned more about the world and its rich history just listening to Rudyard’s shows and videos on youtube. I have two college degrees and I have even taught languages at the university level and I can assure you that you will learn more just by listening to Rudyard’s podcasts about history and civilizations than you will in most colleges and universities. It’s not that academics are unfamiliar with this material; rather, the current academic culture doesn’t allow people to talk about these subjects in the same open and honest way that Rudyard does. He offers us very deep and penetrating insights about our world, why it is the way it is, and where we might be going.

Very informative and interesting show. I very much enjoy hearing Rudyard talk about history. Keep it up gentlemen!

5 Stars. Just discovered these guys. I'm making my way through their entire library. Love to hear their take on the question of why some societies fail and others thrive. I've heard mention of both Jared Diamond's Guns Germs and Steel and the Why Nations Fail book on different episodes. It would be great to hear the material picked apart more... if it's already been addressed in a prior episode I'll find it. like I said I'm taking it all in. Thanks

Big fan of Econ 102 and was excited to see what I could learn here. Rudyard’s a compelling narrator and I enjoyed his historical discussion of the slave trade. And then he said that black people don’t care about slavery and also who cares because they’re only 12% of the population. He’s free to feel the latter but was the former true? Nope, quick google search and recent Pew survey shows 85% say the legacy of slavery affects the position of Black people in the U.S. today. He also stated as fact that housing costs have increased 80% since Covid, it’s true they rose significantly but 80%? Come on, another huge and easily disproven lie. And of course he stated as fact the tired, age-old trope that white men are no longer getting hired. There was more but I have limited space and patience. Knowing Rudyard’s propensity to spew straight-up alt-right lies made me question everything else he said about an interesting historical topic. Was anything he said about the slave trade true? That’s the problem with being a blatantly dishonest partisan hack, it might get you clicks but you lose any credibility and risk being taken seriously. Also makes me question the judgement of Turpentine and Erik in particular, who gives zero pushback. It’s a bad look, guys!

Lynch is great to listen to Erik appears to be sleeping thru the podcast and wakes up to say idiotic things like “fascinating” and “let’s dive in” and “uh-huh let me read the next title chapter of this outline”

I’ve listened to 3 eppies, and for tech guys the main thing the hosts are disrupting is the flow of the show. If they do this for a year they may have something, but why force listeners to dogfood their awkward starts?

Tried to listen to this after hearing about it on Econ 102 and wow, it’s bad. Couldn’t get through an episode before the ahistorical ramblings made me shut it off. Very clear Rudyard hasn’t actually studied history, good thing I only wasted 20 minutes on this.

This pod is so good. Erik style is more relaxed, awe shucks, questioning (he is in the host role this makes sense); Rudyard is more direct, literal, dry-wit. Listening to them sort each other out is as endearing as the content is fascinating. The topics are great, Rudyards command of the context and content of these eras is impressive, Erik nicely opens him up and the range of conversation is terrific. It seems (because he said so) that Rudyard has biases - like the degeneration of societal norms leads to the downfall of (Rome) society. I haven’t explored his other content to know whether he is making a current political statement or not. Either way I tend to agree with this, so not a problem for me but I’m sure there are other perspectives that would dispute. Rudyard’s love for history is infectious.

I came here after hearing about this on the Econ 102 podcast and it is excellent!

Rudyard is finally on a podcast! I think it and am hungry for more.