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WhatifAltHist is a podcast from Rudyard Lynch that looks to try to find the patterns in history and anthropology so as to predict the future and understand the dynamics that result in civilizations rising and falling. It began as an enormously popular alternate history channel with nearly 600K listeners and more than 100M views on YouTube. Rudyard Lynch also hosts the podcast History 102 with Erik Torenberg, which attempts to solidly explain pivotal historical events in depth in under an hour.
Topics covered: World History, Philosophy, Civilization, Culture

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WhatifAltHist is a podcast from Rudyard Lynch that looks to try to find the patterns in history and anthropology so as to predict the future and understand the dynamics that result in civilizations rising and falling. It began as an enormously popular alternate history channel with nearly 600K listeners and more than 100M views on YouTube. Rudyard Lynch also hosts the podcast History 102 with Erik Torenberg, which attempts to solidly explain pivotal historical events in depth in under an hour.
Topics covered: World History, Philosophy, Civilization, Culture

    Explaining Japanese Civilization

    Explaining Japanese Civilization

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    Bibliography:
    Japan and the Shackles of the Past by Taggart Murphy
    The Chrysanthemum and the Sword by Ruth Benedict
    Oriental Ways of Thinking by Nakamura
    The Rice Economies by Francesca Bay
    A History of Japan by Mason
    The Japanese Mind by Roger Davies
    Lineages of Modernity by Emmanuel Todd
    The Origins of Ideology by Emmanuel Todd
    A History of Civilizations by Fernando Braudel
    The Culture Map by Erin Meyer
    Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant
    Inside Asia by John Gunther
    The Isles by Norman Davies
    Behave by Sapolsky
    Rise of the West by McNeil
    The Soul of China by Amaury de Riencourt
    Culture and Its Consequences by Geert Hofstader
    The Military Revolution by Geoffrey Parker
    The Global Crisis by Geoffrey Parker
    Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
    A History of the Second World War by Liddell Hart
    Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley,

    • 36 min
    The Anthropology of Karens

    The Anthropology of Karens

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    Link to my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rudyardwlynch/?hl=en


    Bibliography:
    The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
    Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
    Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
    The Tree of Culture by Ralph Linton
    The Civilizing Process by Norbert Elias
    The Age of Faith by Will Durant
    Leviathan and Its Enemies by Samuel Francis
    Europe Emerges by Reynolds
    The Storm Before the Calm by Friedman
    Why Women Deserve Less by Myron Gaines
    The Nice Guy's Guide to Dating by David Hamilton
    Woke Racism by John McWhorter
    The Origins of Woke by Hanania
    The Unabomber's Manifesto

    • 42 min
    The Coming Population Crash

    The Coming Population Crash

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    Link to my Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatifalthist
    Link to my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rudyardwlynch/?hl=en

    Goodreads:
    Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
    The End of the World is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan
    Empty Planet by Ibbitson and Bricker
    Universe 25 by Calhoun
    The History of the Arabs by Sir John Glubb
    Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary
    The Life of Greece by Will Durant
    Caesar and Christ by Will Durant
    The Next 100 Years by George Friedman
    The Tree of Culture by Ralph Linton
    Who We Are and How we Got Here by David Reich
    Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
    The Unabomber's Manifesto
    The Fate of Empires by Hubbard
    The Age of Faith by Will Durant
    The Renaissance by Will Durant
    Rome by Greg Woolfe
    The Human Tide by Paul Morland
    The Rise of the West by Oswald Spengler
    Cynical Theories by James Lindsay
    A Guide to Late Antiquity by Peter Brown
    Plagues and Peoples by McNeil

    • 40 min
    A Manifesto for the New Right

    A Manifesto for the New Right

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    Bibliography:
    The Eye of Shiva by Amaury de Riencourt
    The Happiness Hypothesis by John Haidt
    The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
    The WEIRDest people in the World by Joseph Heinrich
    The Body Keeps the Score by Van Der Kolk
    Lost Connections by Johann Hari
    Trauma and the Soul by Kalsched
    The Inner World of Trauma by Kalsched
    The Seven Types of Atheism by Gray
    Secularity by Zahl
    Ultimate Journey by Monroe
    Far Journeys by Monroe
    Journeys out of the Body by Monroe
    The Sacred History by Mark Booth
    Recapture the Rapture by Jamie Wheal
    Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson
    Behave by Sapolsky
    On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
    Dominion by Tom Holland
    The Road to Serfdom by Hayek
    Why Nations Fail by Robinson and Acemoglu
    The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama
    Regime Change by Deneen
    A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
    Honor by Bowman
    Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
    The Writings of Epictetus
    Hoe God Becomes Real by Luhrmann
    Nihilism by Seraphim Rose
    The Immortality Key by Brian Muraresku
    The Secret of our Success by Joseph Heinrich
    Seeing like a State by James Scott
    War, What is it Good for by Ian Morris
    The Soul of India by Amaury de Riencourt
    The Soul of China by Amaury de Riencourt
    The Coming Caesars by Amaury de Riencourt
    War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
    War, Peace and War by Peter Turchin 
    Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson
    Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung
    The World After Liberalism by Matthew Rose
    The Ascent of Humanity by Eisenstein
    The Knowledge Machine by Michael Strevens
    The Infinite Staircase by Moore
    The Invention of Yesterday by Tamim Ansary
    Envy by Helmut Schoeck
    The Fate of Empires by Hubbard
    The Righteous Mind by John Haidt
    Cynical Theories by James Lindsay
    Foragers, Farmers and Fossil Fuels by Ian Morris
    The Philosophy of History by Hegel
    A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russel
    The Web of Existence by Jeremy Lent
    Trump and the Post Truth World by Ken Wilbur
    Spiral Dynamics by Ken Wilbur
    The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene
    Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
    Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
    The Rise of the West by William McNeil
    Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
    The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
    The Unabomber's Manifesto
    The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
    A Secret History of the World by Mark Booth
    Forgotten Truth by Houston Smith
    Religions of the World by Houston Smith
    Hermeticism by Evola

    • 38 min
    A Message to Young Men

    A Message to Young Men

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    Bibliography:
    Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
    End Times by Peter Turchin
    Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
    The End of History by Francis Fukuyama
    Leviathan and its enemies by Samuel Francis
    Fire in the Minds of Men by Billington
    Regime Change by Deneen
    The Economics of Discontent by Michel Paul
    After Liberalism by Gottfried
    Woke Racism by McWhorter
    The Secret History of the World by Mark Booth
    Century of the Self by Adam Curtis
    The Storm before the Calm by George Friedman
    Why Women Deserve Less by Myron Gaines
    The Coddling of the American Mind by Jon Haidt
    Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
    Lineages of Modernity by Emmannuel Todd
    Sex and Culture by JD Unwin
    Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
    The Rise of the West by William McNeil
    Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
    The Unabomber's Manifesto by Tad Kacznsdyzn
    Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell

    • 36 min
    Explaining Russian Civilization

    Explaining Russian Civilization

    Russia has been one of the most powerful countries in world history. The world's view is too focused on Russia today, but there are several assumptions you need to change about Russian civilization to understand the Russian mind and Russian civilization. Watch with maps at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0j2nT-zYHA

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    Reading List:
    A History of Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia part 1 by David Christian
    A History of Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia part 2 by David Christian
    Europe a History by Norman Davies
    A History of Russia by Orlando Figes
    The Rise of the West by William McNeil
    Europe's Steppe Frontier 1500-1800 by William McNeil
    The Story of the Russian Land by Alexander Dmitrevich Nechvolodov
    Atrocities by Matthew White
    Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
    The Dictators by Richard Overy
    The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown
    Disunited Nations by Peter Turchin
    Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
    False Economy by Alan Beattie
    The Age of Faith by Will Durant
    The Reformation by Will Durant
    The History of Western Warfare part 2 by JFC Fuller
    Why Nations Fail by Acemoglu
    The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama
    Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
    End Times by Peter Turchin
    War, Peace and War by Peter Turchin
    Nothing is True and Everything is Possible by Peter Pomerantsev
    Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
    All the Kremlin's Men by Mikhail Zygar
    Forces of Change by Henry Hobhouse
    Poland by Adam Zamoyski
    War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
    The Origins of Ideology by Emmanuel Todd

    • 38 min

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