The Martial Brain

Jeff Westfall
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The Martial Brain Podcast explores the intersection between the martial arts, scientific skepticism, critical thinking, and that wacky organ that floats between our ears. It is part of Jeff Westfall's effort to help lift the martial arts out of the quagmire of hundreds of years of magical thinking and misconception.

  1. 05/18/2023

    235 The Forgotten War Part 24

    Remember the words of Voltaire who said "anyone who can convince you of absurdities can get you to commit atrocities."

    12 min

  2. 05/10/2023

    234 The Forgotten War Part 23

    The Pulahans arose from a specific cauldron of local grievances, traditional values, and foreign interference that so often gives rise to millennial movements.

    10 min

  3. 04/28/2023

    The Forgotten War Part 22

    The story of the Pulahan War is a sad tale of exploitation visited on the poorest of the poor Filipinos, leading them down the rabbit hole of fanaticism .

    11 min

  4. 12/23/2022

    The Forgotten War Part 21

    The stories of these six regiments extend beyond the war in the Philippines.

    15 min

  5. 12/13/2022

    The Forgotten War Part 20

    "I want to tell you that we are not bandits as the Americans have accused. but members of the revolutionary force that defended our mother country, the Philippines!"

    11 min

  6. 11/28/2022

    The Forgotten War Part 19

    On May 6,1903, Makario Sakay proclaimed himself El Presidente Supremo of the "Tagolog Republic of the Philippines."

    11 min

  7. 09/25/2021

    The Forgotten War Part 18

    The very idea of arming Filipinos and turning them loose in the countryside was utterly abhorrent to the American military brass.

    17 min

  8. 04/27/2021

    228 The Forgotten War Part 17

    "These people are right and we are wrong...terribly wrong!"

    18 min
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The Martial Brain Podcast explores the intersection between the martial arts, scientific skepticism, critical thinking, and that wacky organ that floats between our ears. It is part of Jeff Westfall's effort to help lift the martial arts out of the quagmire of hundreds of years of magical thinking and misconception.

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  • Creator
    Jeff Westfall
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2023
  • Episodes
    50
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2017 Jeff Westfall
  • Show Website
    The Martial Brain