171 episodes
Roots of Reality Ben Baumann
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5.0 • 48 Ratings
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A podcast by historian Ben Baumann, which uses history from the formation of the universe to the present, to show how our world came to be, by giving brief historical summaries of topics and by conducting oral history interviews with guest experts.
"Billions of years led to you, so make the most of it"
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#171 Drug Cartels in Mexico with Dr. Valentin Pereda
In this Roots of Reality Experiences episode, historian Ben Baumann speaks with Dr. Valentin Pereda about why it is so hard to stop the illegal drug trade, what makes drug cartels so powerful in Mexico, and what the US and Mexico can do to combat drug trafficking.
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#170 The History of the Illegal Drug Trade
Historian Ben Baumann talks about the the various drug traffickers throughout history, the largest producers of illegal drugs today, and what can be done about it.
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#169 Why Crimes Go Unsolved with Jeff Asher
In this Roots of Reality Experiences episode, historian Ben Baumann speaks with Jeff Asher about the complexities of crime data, the challenges of solving crimes, and how to prevent crime.
Bio- https://www.ahdatalytics.com/about-us/
Twitter- https://twitter.com/Crimealytics?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Substack- https://jasher.substack.com/
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#168 The History of Crime
Historian Ben Baumann talks about the history of crime going back to the ancient world, crime rates historically, and how crimes are punished.
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#167 The Origins of the War in Ukraine with Ambassador William Taylor
In this Roots of Reality Experiences episode, historian Ben Baumann speaks with Ambassador William Taylor about his work helping former Soviet states build democracies, the origins of the Russian and Ukrainian conflict, and the role the US needs to play going forward.
Bio- https://www.usip.org/people/ambassador-william-b-taylor
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#166 The History of False Flag Operations
Historian Ben Baumann talks about the historical use of false flag operations by authoritarians to justify the invasion of other nations, as well as the use of false flag operations in the modern era.
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Customer Reviews
Episode #92 Only.
I normally love your show. I do not appreciate people try to reconstruct history and apologize for religion without any pushback for all the harm its caused. religion cannot be reconciled with science. They operate in completely different ways.Science requires evidence religion requires faith. Religion is not falsifiable and you can’t prove a negative. Persia had some of the most advanced technology of its day until Muhammad came along and destroyed it and suppressed curiosity. The last thing we need is more academics reconstructing history to validate their watered-down modernized religious ideologies.
This woman is wrong and shame on you as a for giving her a platform without pushing back.
Other than this, I do love your show and would give it five stars for all the other episodes. This episode just upset me so much I had to say something.
Trust the science
My type of pod with excellent dialogue exploring reason and rationality of topical subjects. Well done.
Entertaining
Ben does a great job asking and listening to answers. He covers a wide variety of subjects, which is a huge plus for me.