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OFH Throwback- Episode #9- Did the Aztecs Think Cortes Was a God? (Part I)
Aug 04, 2021In this throwback episode Sebastian revisits a series from Season One of OFH. After the shows on Jared Diamond it seemed like a good time to take another look at the conquest of Mexico. This was also ...
Episode #138- Any Questions? (2021)
Jul 27, 2021Season 6 wraps up with Sebastian taking questions from the listeners! He gets into everything from the name of the podcast, to his most loved shows, to the nature of humanity itself. Tune-in and find ...
Episode #137- What's the Deal with Guns, Germs, and Steel? (Part II)
Jul 14, 2021Is Jared Diamond's 1997 bestseller a work of staggering genius, or a piece of intellectual garbage? Has it moved our understanding of humanity forward, or has it set us back by decades? Are these bina...
Episode #136- What's the Deal with Guns, Germs, and Steel? (Part I)
Jun 30, 2021When Sebastian first read Jared Diamond's Pulitzer Prize winning book Guns, Germs, and Steel as an undergrad, he thought it was brilliant. That was until a Professor he deeply respected, dismissed it ...
Episode #135- Who Won the War of 1812? (Part III)
Jun 16, 2021Every spring thaw between 1812 and 1814 seemed to inaugurate a completely new war in North America. The momentum in the War of 1812 would swing wildly between the Americans and British until the two s...
Episode #134- Who Won the War of 1812? (Part II)
Jun 02, 2021When Sebastian first learned about the War of 1812 when he was a Canadian middle-schooler, there were two words he was told he had to remember of the test: manifest destiny. Back then it was heavily ...
Episode #133- Who Won the War of 1812? (Part I)
May 19, 2021American historians sometimes refer to War of 1812 as the "Forgotten War", but this has never really sat well with Canadians. You know who has not forgotten about the War of 1812? Canada, that's who! ...
Episode #132- Does Ethiopia Have the Ark of the Covenant? (Part II)
May 04, 2021Ethiopia's history is nothing short of remarkable. The East African nation is home to one of the worlds oldest Christian traditions. For centuries the country was ruled by a line of kings who claimed ...
Episode #131- Does Ethiopia Have the Ark of the Covenant? (Part I)
Apr 21, 2021The Ark of the Covenant is one of the most fascinating objects mentioned in the Old Testament. The ancient Israelites believed the Ark held a divine power that made them unstoppable on the battlefield...
Episode #130- Was There a Real Gilgamesh? (Part II)
Apr 07, 2021The search for a historical Gilgamesh is filled with red herrings. As Mesopotamia's best loved epic hero, images of Gilgamesh are littered throughout the ruins of the ancient cities of the Tigris and ...