History on Fire

History on Fire

Where history and epic collide--"History on Fire" is a podcast by author and university professor Daniele Bolelli.

Episodes

[RERUN] EPISODE 71: John Brown (Part 2): A Reckoning in Blood

September 22, 2024
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[RERUN] EPISODE 70: John Brown (Part 1): Heartbreak & Slavery

September 9, 2024
In this first episode of a three-part series, we’ll introduce the early part of John Brown’s life and his crusade against slavery. Among today’s topics, we’ll have the ethics of punching a Nazi, how the beating of an enslaved child set Brown on his path, how both pro and anti- slavery forces used Christianity to justify their stances, racism masquerading as philanthropy, the Nat Turner rebellion, grief & PTS...
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EPISODE 107: The Forge of the Samurai: The Genpei War Part 2

August 25, 2024
It's the finale of this series on the Genpei War (1180-1185); the showdown between the two most powerful clans of the age. This episode is one of the most drama & action packed that I have ever covered in History on Fire. We'll discuss Minamoto Yoritomo's Godzilla-sized ego, the Minamoto killing each other when they are not busy warring against the Taira, the legendary female samurai Tomoe Gozen, a ritual suicide to urge ...
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EPISODE 106: The Forge of the Samurai: The Genpei War Part 1

July 29, 2024
The Genpei War (1180-1185), pitting against one another the two most powerful clans of the era, the Minamoto and the Taira, is one of the most crucial turning points in Japanese history. Movies and video games have usually overlooked this conflict in favor of the civil wars of the warring states period of the 1500s. Big mistake since the story of the Genpei War is packed with drama and larger than life characters—from the...
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[RERUN] EPISODE 69: Capturing Mussolini

June 16, 2024
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[RERUN] EPISODE 68: My Grandma and Her Bombs: A Story of WWII

May 20, 2024
This is a tale of Italian Resistance during WW II. Unlike nearly all History on Fire episodes, this is not a story I researched in books. It’s a much more personal one—these are my grandparents’ experiences. The starring role goes to my grandmother, Liana Germani, who as a teenager was a combat partisan active against the Fascist regime and the Nazi occupation.
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[RERUN] EPISODE 66: Sex in Ancient Rome

April 21, 2024
This is a cultural history episode about sexuality in Ancient Rome. I thought the topic would be fun and juicy, but that’s because my memory of Roman sexuality was hazy. After refreshing it with lots of research, I can safely say that ‘fun’ is not a word I would apply to it. ‘Insanely disturbing’ is probably more fitting. Most of the ancient sources, in fact, seem to indicate that little to no attention was paid to the id...
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EPISODE 105: Rationalizing Evil in El Salvador

March 24, 2024
I am sorry to be taking you on this dark journey, but I strongly feel this is an important story that everyone should know. Over the years, I've tackled some heavy topics. This is definitely one of the heaviest. This episode covers some of the things that happened in El Salvador in the 1980s, in particular the story of the massacre at El Mozote, and how policies formulated by the White House supported death squads unleash...
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EPISODE 104: The Saint and the Death Squads

February 13, 2024
This is a story about what happened in El Salvador in the 1970s and 1980s, and the role that democratic as well as republican administrations played in this tale. As much as humanly possible, I’ll try to let the facts speak for themselves and not inject too much of my own commentary.
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[RERUN] EPISODE 65: The Taiping Rebellion (Part 3): A River of Death

January 15, 2024
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[RERUN] EPISODE 64: The Taiping Rebellion (Part 2): Jesus’ Chinese Younger Brother

December 4, 2023
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[RERUN] EPISODE 63: The Taiping Rebellion (Part 1): Drug Dealers and Visionaries

November 20, 2023
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EPISODE 103: The Lone Samurai, Miyamoto Musashi (Part 2)

November 6, 2023
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EPISODE 102: The Lone Samurai, Miyamoto Musashi (Part 1)

October 9, 2023
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EPISODE 101: The History Behind Killers of the Flower Moon

September 11, 2023
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[RERUN] EPISODE 62: Plagues, Mystery and Dancing

August 14, 2023
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[RERUN] EPISODE 61: Raiders in the Night

July 3, 2023
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EPISODE 100: Benvenuto Cellini (Part 2)

June 19, 2023
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EPISODE 99: Thug Life: Benvenuto Cellini (Part 1)

June 5, 2023
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[RERUN] EPISODE 60: Fear and Loathing in Mongolia (Part 2)

May 22, 2023
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