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OFH Throwback- Episode #61 - What's the Problem with Socrates?
Aug 23, 2022In this OFH throwback episode Sebastian is throwing you back to Episode #61 - What's the Problem with Socrates? Socrates has been celebrated as the “father of western philosophy”. This is particularly...
OFH Throwback- Episode #96- What is America's Weirdest Secret Society?
Aug 10, 2022In this "throwback episode" we look back at episode #96. In the 1930’s a famous California history professor thought he had discovered a long lost historical treasure. It was a brass plate apparently ...
Episode #160- Who Knows Toronto?
Jul 27, 2022In this SUPER SIZED season finale Sebastian explores the many myths and misconceptions about the city of Toronto. In his attempt to get a deeper understanding of the city he has called home, our host ...
Episode #159- How Should We Remember Attila the Hun? (Part III)
Jul 12, 2022In the stories of saints' lives written in the medieval era Attila the Hun was often used as a stock villain. He was called the "Scourge of God" and was understood as a blunt instrument used by God to...
Episode #158- How Should We Remember Attila the Hun? (Part II)
Jun 29, 2022The Huns were not a literate culture, which means their version of history was never written down. As a result we rely on sources written by outsiders to trace the rise of the Hunnic empire and the ca...
Episode #157- How Should We Remember Attila the Hun? (Part I)
Jun 15, 2022Attila the Hun has been saddled with a truly terrible historical reputation. In many parts of the world his name is synonymous with barbarism. But, despite the fact that Attila the Hun has excellent n...
Episode #156- What Became of the Benin Bronzes? (Part III)
Jun 01, 2022In the last year the global conversation around the fate of the Benin Bronzes has shifted dramatically. In April of 2021 the German government announced that the vast majority of Benin Bronzes kept in...
Episode #155- What Became of the Benin Bronzes? (Part II)
May 18, 2022In 1897 Queen Victoria marked her diamond jubilee and Britain was in a celebratory mood. The British Empire had never been stronger. Few could imagine that this world-spanning empire might very well b...
Episode #154- What Became of the Benin Bronzes? (Part I)
May 04, 2022Looting has been a part of warfare since the earliest times. Despite the fact that looting was common for much of history, it was always recognized as an especially harmful and humiliating by-product ...
Episode #153- What Is The Titanic Myth? (Part III)
Apr 19, 2022The Titanic myth isn't really built on lies, so much as a series of amplified "half-truths". Stories about the Captain imploring his crew to "Be British" and the band playing even as water sloshed aro...