9 episodios
Matt Uses His History Degree Matt Burgoon
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- Historia
I've decided to actually put this piece of paper that I spent tens of thousands of dollars acquiring to use. I just discuss various topics from history that interest me and possibly you.
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9. Matt Uses His History Degree on the Erie Railroad War
Wow, another episode, heroic. Anyways, this is on the Erie Railroad War, features a lot of hilariously expensive gilded age financial flim-flams, scams, double-backs, cons, swindles, bunkos, hoaxes over control of a railroad that takes you to Niagara Falls. Ties in nicely with recent crypto scams, Elon Musk, and other SEO terms (supreme court). I forgot how to log into the website for awhile to upload this.
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Matt Uses His History Degree on the Battle of Athens
Hi, wow, a year. anyways, surprise! I still do these. This one is on the 1946 Battle of Athens Tennessee and how some people stood up to corrupt law enforcement and could be a good thing to think about. Anyways, whatever.
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7. Matt Uses His History Degree on the Last Duel
Hey, I did an episode on the Last Duel, it's an hour and a half of me trying and failing to pronounce French names. Enjoy if you like.
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Matt Uses His History Degree on the Bonus Army
Hi, after a few months I finally got another episode out. This one is on the Bonus Army from the 1930's. It runs 2 hours long, that's my bad, I had a lot to say. Anyways, the main books I read for this are:
- The Bonus Army by Paul Dickson/Thomas B. Allen
- Marching on Washington by Barber
There's more but its mostly NYT articles, pdf's, memoirs from MacArthur, Eisenhower, etc.
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5. Matt uses his history degree on Cassius Clay
Hey, I used my history degree on Cassius Clay, the abolitionist, not the boxer. He fought against racists, slaveholders, and stabbed people with a big knife and also was kind of dumb. listen if you like or dont. the books I used are:
Lion of White Hall by David Smiley
Cassius Clay: Firebrand of Freedom by H. Edward Richardson.
The intro was done by Greg Rowland. kudos to him!
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Matt Uses His History Degree on the Bay of Pigs
Hi, here is an episode on the Bay of Pigs. listen to it if you wish, if not that is fine.
Books and sources are
The Bay of Pigs by Rodriguez
Bay of Pigs by Peter Wyden
the Bay of Pigs by Johnson, Artime, San Roman, Olivia
The Cuban Revolution by Perez-Stable
Inspector General's Survey of the Cuban Operation (CIA)
Guerrilla Prince by Geyer
Reflections of a Cold Warrior by Bissell
History of the Cuban Revolution by Chomsky