Next Mini-Episode
Added 2024-08-26 22:15:33 +0000 UTCSince I just published a new full episode of History on Fire, I figure it's better to wait a little to publish the mini-episode to avoid overwhelming you with too much content all at once. I'll probably publish it next week. But for the sake of giving you a sneak preview of what's coming up. The following are the episode notes:
"We live at a time when cynicism toward institutions reigns supreme. Conspiracy theories abound. Trust in government is the punchline of a joke. And there is no agreement on which, if any, media outlets can offer accurate news. Normally, I keep History on Fire away from anything having to do with the present, and I’ll hold to this in this case as well. Today, I’ll explore a whole bunch of historical events from the past 70 years or so, which may help us understand how we got where we are. Among other things, we’ll touch on the coup in Guatemala in the 1950s, Eisenhower’s warning about the military industrial complex, the 1962 Operation Northwoods, the Pentagon Papers, the assassinations of JFK + RFK + MLK + Malcolm X, the 1968 Chicago riot, Cointelpro, Watergate, MK Ultra, the Tuskegee Study, and the Iran Contra scandal."
