In this podcast Dan talks about Schmidt, Kohl, and Schroeder. This also ends the longest series that History on the Run has put out.

The history of the first German Chancellors of the Federal Republic.

German Electoral Political Structure and what it means for Germany. Also, long term trends, important states, and what America would look like with Germany's political institutions.

What makes the German electoral system tick? What are the parties and what are their histories? Get ready for Part 2, coming soon.

Part 2 on the Social Market Theory

In this episode Dan begins a new series based on German politics, history, and government. Live from Berlin!

Sorry for the long delay getting this podcast out. I went back and reedited some of my old podcasts to fix some audio problems. Unfortunately, this happened at the beginning of ,y month's megabyte limit, and I couldn't upload anything. Well, that's done, so here you go. I've also stopped the Mexican American Series. I forgot my books on the next section back in the USA. Here's a good lecture by a very good friend of mine: Michael Schmitz.

Check out his blog at: http://theramblingintellectual.wordpress.com/ 

In this episode Daniel Dives into the interesting Mexican American War.

Dan goes into the Texas Revolt.

This podcast is about the Mexican Revolution.

Dan goes into the history of the fall of the Aztecs.

Dan examines modern Fascism & immigration in Europe.

In this book Dan hopes that history will be our guide to a better tomorrow, and sometimes that guide can be found in the most unlikely places. In this case the subject is the life of Hans Scharff and his time as a Luftwaffe Interrogator. 

The Japanese Edition roles out with the reason why the Japanese lost the War....and why they fought it in the first place.

In this episdode Dan goes over how the Germans lost the war and what they could have done to win it.

What connects Chick-fil-A and fascism: nothing. Dan breaks down an argument proposed in a blog that actions by Gay Rights lobby groups are "fascist" in nature.

Dan Breaks down Fascism.

In this episode Dan dives into Fascist Economics and really.....what are they? Pulling out some old papers help to understand the problem from when it happened.

In this podcast Daniel discusses the famous book "Clash of Civilizations" by Samuel Huntington.

What won the Cold War? The traditional narrative is that free markets and capitalism won the war for America over the Soviet Union who could not match the US buck for buck in military spending. Furthermore, the civilian economy produced so much awesome stuff that the civilian population of Russia didn't really have a choice. It had been beat by capitalism and shruggingly admitted defeat and joined the West....kinda.

This is the story we all know and love, but in reality it wasn't such a simple struggle of East vs. West or Capitalism vs Centrally Organized Communism. Confused? Let me give you and example: who built the atomic bomb? Well, the US built it, but was this the product of capitalists coming together to produce a good that was driven by the market forces of supply and demand? No, it was the product of a centrally organized top-down military project designed to help the nation win a war. 

This and other things are what Dan discusses in the next series of episodes. 

Today I am blessed once again for the second time with one of my professors coming on the show and talking about what he loves. In this case it's Professor McNamara at the University of Minnesota who studies Mexican History with an emphasis on the life of Diaz, one of Mexico's most infamous rulers. We talk about who these men were as well as some of the interesting aspects of Mexican political discussion that is most pertinent to the United States today.

In the end it was military might that brought up the Carolingian Empire. What brought it down was political division and a lack of strong leadership.

The Western Phalanx is the King of the battlefield in the West. Why is this so?

In  this episode Daniel goes into the "myth" of cavalry in the early middle ages.

In this episode Dan gives a good couple battles and talks about the question of "the decisive battle".

In this episode Dan discusses the importance of siege tactics

This is a real honor for me this week as I got to get an interview with one of my professors (most don't like being recorded in any form), and I was able to have a 30 minute chat with him. Seeing as he only had twenty before he had to go this was quite a good deal. Enjoy.

Dan explains some views of the Credit Crisis.

Ups and downs in the next "era" of capitalism. Dan shows how the system changed to accomidate this new "rollar coaster capitalism".

A History of the Bretton Woods System and Global Capitalism.

Systems built by greed, violence, and evil....and I don't mean America's version of capitalism. No, these are Nazi and Communist states that employ the true systems of sin.

The birth of modern capitalism.

The Russian Revolution comes to an end with another Revolution. Russia never seems to get these transformations right. Dan talks about how Russia gets destroyed during the period of "shock therapy" transition.

The Revolution gets fat.

In this Podcast the Soviet Union is born.

In this episode the Serfs get their freedom and Dan talks about the major reform and what led to it.

Catherine the Great and the Backlash toward both sides of her conservative and western sides.

Part one of the Russian History series.

What is a government? How has it been run for profit? What can we learn?

In this episode Dan discusses those soldiers of fortune: mercenaries.

What is the history of Piracy, are there pirates around today, and what is the future of piracy?

In this episode the first half of the history of Piracy is discussed.

Who were the Vikings and what did they do? More importantly why did they do it? What was the scope of their achievements and what can be learned about the human condition?