Episode #146 - Richard Poe and the Reach...

Raconteur, trader, and expert in all things financial plumbing Vince Lanci returns (again) to the podcast to give us an important breakdown of what is happening in the silver markets, how what is happening is different than gold, and ultimately why London is the real target of ev ... Show More

Veteran Political Activist and "Detroit Chauvnist" Susan Kokinda of Promethean Action joins me for a lively discussion of Trump's UN Speech, an atlernate take on the 2008 financial crisis, and why Greenbacks may actually be the way forward for the United States.Show Notes:Prometh ... Show More

Former Brig. General and Senior Foreign Affairs Contributor at Newsmax Blaine Holt joins me for a high level strategic talk about the state of play surrounding President Trump's policies foreign and domestic and how they interface with the overall arc of history. Show Notes:Blain ... Show More

Between 1199 and 1399, English politics was packed full of high drama, as the Plantagenet monarchs reacted - and adapted - to plague, warfare, uprisings and economic crises. But, according to medieval historians Caroline Burt and Richard Partington in their new book //Arise, Engl ... Show More

Donald Jeffries returns to Our Interesting Times to discuss his recent article "Austin Metcalf and the Endless Race War." We talk about the epidemic of black crime, African American Fatigue Syndrome, and the collapse of the Civil Rights narrative.Donald is the author of many book ... Show More

On 7 November, 1974, nanny Sandra Rivett was found murdered in the affluent London neighbourhood of Belgravia. The prime suspect? The father of her young charges, Lord Lucan. But before the aristocrat could be questioned, he vanished, sparking one of the greatest cause célèbres o ... Show More

On this episode, Douglas Murray is joined by Andrew Ferguson to discuss the life and legacy of the the Great Emancipator. The two dissect his early life, political career, and the Civil war. Should Abraham Lincoln stay cancelled? Douglas Murray is a British author and political c ... Show More

Henry Bolingbroke has gone down in history as the usurper that stole the English crown from the tyrant Richard II – and was later plagued by rebellion and ill health. But what else do we know about the man who later became Henry IV? In the second episode of our three-part History ... Show More

Late Tudor England was a dangerous place, with plots both at home and abroad, and no certainty about who was going to succeed the ageing queen, Elizabeth I. Into this perilous world stepped Robert Cecil, a brilliant but unglamorous statesman and spymaster who played a pivotal rol ... Show More

Henry V only had a short reign, but his legacy looms large over the medieval landscape. Remembered as a heroic warrior king, who bested the French at Harfleur then marched his forces to victory at Agincourt, few monarchs have such a distinguished reputation. But 'Prince Hal' wasn ... Show More

An investigation into the dramatic siege of London in 1471 and the controversial and mysterious death of Henry VI. Matt Lewis is joined by Andrew Boardman to unpack Thomas Neville's assault on London, a rebellion that set the city on fire and led to panic within its walls. They e ... Show More

We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. Take the survey at wbur.org/survey. New York Mayor Eric Adams has pleaded not guilty to federal bribery and conspiracy charges. New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is second in line to be mayor if Adams should resign or be removed ... Show More

Who was Sir Henry Wilson, and how was he shockingly murdered in 1922? Who ordered it? What was his attitude to the question of Irish Home Rule? Why has death been compared to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose death triggered the First World War? How did he garn ... Show More