Yesterday's History
We are just a couple of guys who want to sit around, have a beer and chat about history, more specifically, events that happened on the days around when we record. Myself and my cohosts will discuss events, births, deaths, and other historical events that happened through out history and through out the world! Strap in, grab a beer, and be ready to get informed! we would also like to give a HUGE shout out to artist Maganeko for letting us use his work as our intro tune! go check him out on SoundCloud or Spotify!
Episodes
On this episode the boys dive into the mad science of the Soviet agronomist, Trofrm Lysenko.
Its been a while but we are back with a new episode! On this one Jackson, Conor, and Nick take a look into the history of the Czechoslovak Foreign Legion and its incredible journey across Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, America, and then back to Europe!
Delving back into Russian history, Conor, Jackson, & Nick unpack Ivan the Terrible
Go over Conors capstone project that he did his senior year of collage exploring how the most iconic American icon, the North American Bison, was saved from the brink of extinction due to the driving force of profits and margins.
Nick and Conor go over and cover their top 5 picks of worst and most crazy deaths throughout history
time to tune in again and see which one of the hosts really knows his history and which one is gonna be the drunkest by the end!
Cracking open beers as we crack open the timeline of Mao Zedong's efforts to drag China into the modern age through the Great Leap forward.
Happy Halloween! Today we are coming at you with a spookey-ish episode! We get drunk and talk about the lost Franklin expedition that set out in 1845 and after they entered the artic, none of the men were ever seen alive again! Its a harrowing tale to help put anyone into the Halloween spirit!
With Halloween right around the corner and keeping in the spirit, we talk about the Night of the long Knives. It was a two day event in 1934 where Adolf Hitler and the Nazi high command purged the SA Brownshirts from Germany.
Today, we dive into some weird beers as we unwrap the life and times of Americas boogey man, Osama bin Laden
What better to explore and talk about relating to modern events than NATO. Today we crack open how and when NATO was founded, who were original members, some of the new members to joined over the years, and the actions that NATO has taken over the past 60 years to try and maintain a democratic monopoly over Europe and the world.
we would also like to give a HUGE shout out to artist Maganeko for letting us use his work as...
After taking some time off we are back! Today, me and my friend Nick go through the life and times of William "boss" Tweed, one of the most corrupt politicians in the history of the US.
Everything you wanted to know, and somethings you didnt want to know about the battle of Shiloh
In an unforeseen turn of events, Jackson and Conor face off against one another in a history drinking game to determine whos knowledge is better. Joined by the first of many rotating hosts, Mitchell, this episode devolves into an all out drinking match between the two opponents.
Today Jackson and I explore the failed gunpowder plot of 1604. We talk about the underlying issues of why it happened, the people involved, there fates, and the fall out within England after the plotters were discovered.
Here we unwrap the events of when Russian Troops opened fire on Russian protesters outside the palace of the Tsar.
Strap in for our island of horrors adventure. Here we talk about the battle of Ramree island and the unfortunate fate of several hundred Japanese soldiers as they battled for survival within the insect infested, snake pit, and crocodile infested waters of the island. So strap in for a gruesome adventure.
Today we finish up our talk on the battle of Trebia during the Second Punic war, the fall out of the battle, and even touch on the conclusion of the war.
On December 18th, 218 BCE the forces of Rome and Carthage classed near the Trebia river in Italy. It would turn into one of the 3 major and historic victories that the great general Hannibal pulled off, routing an entire Roman army.
In 1920 The city of Cork war burned by British Regular forces in response to IRA attacks on their forces within Ireland!
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