The Hungry Historian

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The Hungry Historian

A stripped down history podcast with a culinary twist. New episodes on a bi-weekly basis.

  1. 28 MAR

    There's Something Happening Here: The Vietnam War - Part VII - A Holiday in Hambodia

    Send us a text "Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin' We're finally on our own This summer I hear the drummin' Four dead in Ohio." - Neil Young, "Ohio" On this seventh episode of his series on the Vietnam War, join the Hungry Historian as he journeys through the tumultuous years of 1970 to 1973—a pivotal period for both the Vietnam War and the United States. As the conflict in Southeast Asia dragged on, US involvement took a sharp turn with President Nixon’s controversial “Vietnamization” str...

    50 min

  2. 16 MAR

    There's Something Happening Here: The Vietnam War - Part VI - Hot Hamburger Hill

    Send us a text “Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.”—President Richard Nixon As the 1960s drew to a close, 1969 became a pivotal year that marked the end of an era—a time when the dreams of peace, love, and unity that defined the decade began to unravel. It was a year steeped in blood, both in the jungles of Vietnam and in the streets of America. The turbulent events of 1969 did not just signal the end of a decade, b...

    43 min

  3. 2 MAR

    There's Something Happening Here: The Vietnam War - Part V - Agent Orange Chicken

    Send us a text “You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed. They rebel in the streets. They will take pot, and they will get high. They don't want to go to school, 'cause they're going to be snatched off from their mothers to be shot in Vietnam." - Eartha Kitt In Vietnam, 1968 marked the Tet Offensive—a massive, coordinated assault by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces that shocked the world and exposed the brutal reality of the war. It shattered any lingering illusi...

    51 min

  4. 21 FEB

    There's Something Happening Here: The Vietnam War - Part IV - Khe Sanh Dillas

    Send us a text “You could never tell who was the enemy and who was not. Therefore you treated everybody with suspicion and distrust. The enemy was everywhere and everybody at all times, and we were the foreigners in their country…" - Thomas Giltner, U.S. Soldier The two year run from 1965-66, was a period of intense escalation in Vietnam, as the U.S. became deeply entrenched in a war that became increasingly unpopular. At home, America was undergoing significant social change, with the ...

    52 min

  5. 10 FEB

    There's Something Happening Here: The Vietnam War - Part III - McNamarinara Sauce

    Send us a text “It’s silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home for Christmas.” —Ronald Reagan In 1961, the Vietnam War was a conflict that seemed far away to many Americans, but it was quickly becoming one of the most defining struggles of the Cold War. The US had been supporting South Vietnam for years, but it was under President John F. Kennedy that military ad...

    54 min

  6. 31 JAN

    There's Something Happening Here: The Vietnam War - Part II - Roasted Monk(fish) with Lemon and Herb Butter

    Send us a text “We are not about to send American boys nine or ten thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.” —President Lyndon Johnson Between 1960 and 1964, the conflict in Vietnam escalated from a simmering insurgency to a full-blown international crisis. It was a time of political intrigue, military build-up, and ideological warfare. By the end of 1964, the stage was set for one of the longest and most controversial wars in U.S. history. Looking...

    46 min

  7. 20 JAN

    There's Something Happening Here: The Vietnam War - Part I - The Ho Chi Minh Trail Mix

    Send us a text “Just as Rome civilised the barbarians beyond its borders, we too have a duty to extend French culture and religion to the backwards peoples of the world.” - Paul Doumer, President of France On 8 March 1965, 3,500 US Marines landed near Da Nang in South Vietnam. This marked the beginning of the American ground war in Vietnam. It's important to distinguish this as the ground war because as you'll find out, this wasn't the start of the Vietnam War as it was often historic...

    49 min

  8. 24/12/2024

    The Hungry Historian's 2024 Holiday Gift Guide - Part II - Christmas Crack Cookies

    Send us a text "Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone." - Charles Schulz Twas the night before Christmas, and while everyone might be nestled all snug in their beds at your house, over at the House of the Hungry Historian him and the Hungry Herstorian were cooking up one last minute gift. That's right! Coming in hot on the heels of the first part of The Hungry Historian's 2024 Holiday Gift is the highly anticipated sequel! This time around, he is accompanied ...

    53 min
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A stripped down history podcast with a culinary twist. New episodes on a bi-weekly basis.

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  • Creator
    Chef Money
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    89
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2025 The Hungry Historian
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