Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia Race and Tyler
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- Gesellschaft und Kultur
Race and Tyler discuss topics in geography, history, law, and whatever other Wikipedia articles they’ve been clicking into lately.
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142: Evolution of the Eye
We talk about Darwin’s theory of natural selection, and the challenge he was faced with in confronting the evolution of eyes.
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141: The Equal Rights Amendment
The ERA was drafted in the 1920s, repeatedly tabled until the 70s, then, finally came tantalizingly close to passing before ultimately failing. Now it’s dead—right?
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140: The Soviet Union (World Revolutions: Russia)
We talk about the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, the creation of the Soviet Union, the Russian Famine of 1921-1922, and the ascendancy of Joseph Stalin.
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139: Anastasia (World Revolutions: Russia)
We talk about Russia's involvement in World War I, how it led to the execution of the Tsar Nicholas II and his family, and the miraculous reappearance of the Princess Anastasia years later.
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138: Rasputin and Friends (World Revolutions: Russia)
We talk about three titanic personalities involved in the Russian Revolution, and the bizarre holy man and mystic, Rasputin, who lurked behind them all.
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137: The Revolution of 1905 (World Revolutions: Russia)
We continue our series about Russia and discuss the mini Russian Revolution that led up to the big one, and the four very different and very big reasons that the people had to revolt.