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Two historians discuss history, current events, movies and anything else they happen upon in an informed--often sardonic and inappropriate--way. Listen in, every Saturday at 5 PM Eastern, 2 PM Pacific!

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Dan and Alex are back on time for a change to recap the President's latest litany as well as discuss a book Dan is struggling to finish on the history of risk.

Dan and Alex return to discuss some recent history on the big screen and the stories behind the movies

Dan and Alex return to review The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, discuss the nuclear agreement with Iran, and the hundreds of other issues that have arisen since their last show, during the Coolidge administration.

Dan and Alex return to assure a concerned world that they are still alive and practicing history without licenses.

Alex and Dan discuss current events, books, and politics with their trademark historical wit and sensibility. Not actually trademarked, not yet anyway.

Dan and Alex reconvene their regular Algonquin Roundtable to discuss some history topics in the news, from Ms. O'Bagy's fake Georgetown Ph.D., to an article in Foreign Policy Magazine that almost made Dan cry, to the... more

Our show goes live against Monday Night Football, sorry NFL! The guys discuss impending (maybe/sorta) war with Syria over chemical weapons--including the alleged historical precedents that exist for it. They also chat about the historical... more

Dan hosts on the road in this special Monday show where the guys report on current events big and small.

Dan is hosting again this week. He'll talk about an article he wrote, currently running on Alex's blog, "The republican Observer," and the guys will further discuss historical topics of the day--along with some pointless minutiae.

Dan's first ever attempt at hosting the show. Listen as he fails!

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