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  • Canada – After Dark

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Jan 23rd 2026 2:31am EST

    Prior to the 1980s and even into the 1990s, Canada represented one of the final frontiers in Western Civilization, relatively untouched by globalization owing to a harsh climate and rugged landscape, geographically isolating it from trade and migration outside of with the United States. But as China entered the World Trade Organization in 2000 and […]

  • Canada – After Dark

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Jan 23rd 2026 1:53am EST

    Prior to the 1980s and even into the 1990s, Canada represented one of the final frontiers in Western Civilization, relatively untouched by globalization owing to a harsh climate and rugged landscape, geographically isolating it from trade and migration outside of with the United States. But as China entered the World Trade Organization in 2000 and […]

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  • Jungle Strike – Venezuela and Operation Absolute Resolve

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Jan 14th 2026 4:20am EST

    In the aftermath of the United States’ removal of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro on January 3rd, 2026, the world is rife with speculation as to the reasons for the operation, ranging from oil politics, drug interdiction, and broader geopolitical rivalries between the United States and the coalition of global superpowers in the BRICS alliance. Although […]

  • Jungle Strike – Venezuela and Operation Absolute Resolve

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Jan 14th 2026 3:11am EST

    In the aftermath of the United States’ removal of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro on January 3rd, 2026, the world is rife with speculation as to the reasons for the operation, ranging from oil politics, drug interdiction, and broader geopolitical rivalries between the United States and the coalition of global superpowers in the BRICS alliance. Although […]

  • 2025 – Year in Review

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Jan 7th 2026 5:10am EST

    Following a wild election in 2024, which included an assassination attempt on then candidate and now President Donald Trump, 2025 was bound to be controversial. Realizing the fears and hopes of millions, the United States began enforcing its borders again, and enacting trade tariffs designed to shore up is dwindling manufacturing base. Geopolitically, attempts were […]

  • 2025 – Year in Review

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Jan 7th 2026 4:38am EST

    Following a wild election in 2024, which included an assassination attempt on then candidate and now President Donald Trump, 2025 was bound to be controversial. Realizing the fears and hopes of millions, the United States began enforcing its borders again, and enacting trade tariffs designed to shore up is dwindling manufacturing base. Geopolitically, attempts were […]

  • The Housing Crisis – with Stormy Waters

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Dec 24th 2025 7:35am EST

    In 1980, the median priced home in the United States was equivalent to 3 years of the median annual salary. In 2023, this had risen to 6 years – an effective doubling of real home prices. Despite attempts at lowering interest rates in the past year, wages have not kept up with housing costs, and […]

  • The Housing Crisis – with Stormy Waters

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Dec 24th 2025 6:46am EST

    In 1980, the median priced home in the United States was equivalent to 3 years of the median annual salary. In 2023, this had risen to 6 years – an effective doubling of real home prices. Despite attempts at lowering interest rates in the past year, wages have not kept up with housing costs, and […]

  • Fighting for Territory – Lessons from the Spanish Civil War – with Karl Dahl

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Dec 16th 2025 12:02am EST

    During the first and second world wars, Spain remained neutral and largely unscathed by the fighting. But between the wars, Spain was embroiled in an internal conflict that quickly drew in foreign powers from the Soviet Union, the fascist world, and the democratic capitalist nations of the West. This Spanish Civil War raged for three […]

  • Nuremberg – The Final Battle – The World at War – Part XIV

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Dec 6th 2025 12:10am EST

    In the demolition of Nazi Germany, the first act was a bloody, physically destructive war that lasted less than six years, resulting in ruined cities and millions dead. But the population largely persisted, and in order to make it clear that the Allies’ version of the truth would stand the political test of time, the […]

  • Nuremberg – The Reckoning – The World at War – Part XIII

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Nov 21st 2025 2:06am EST

    After the bloodiest conflict in history, where all sides piled millions of bodies in burnt-out husks of once great European cities, the victors of WWII decided to prosecute the war further upon the former leaders of their vanquished enemy. In November 1945, mere months after the official surrender of Germany and Japan, the International Military […]

  • Crowbar – Legacy of the Black Cube

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Nov 13th 2025 11:31pm EST

    Set in the Cold War tensions of the early 1980s American West Coast, ‘Crowbar’ follows a cast of shadowy operatives working the between spaces of black market drugs, guns, and intelligence agency missions. Its author Andrew Edwards joins us tonight for a discussion of his latest work, and why the ‘NOIR’ genre of fiction speaks […]

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  • The World at War – Part XII – Lend-Lease and the Arsenal of Democracy

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Oct 26th 2025 5:05am EDT

    Over the course of WWII, the United States, having no territory attacked or taken save a few islands in the Pacific, managed to supply nearly 50% of Britain’s food, almost all of its petroleum, and upwards of 40% of various strategic raw materials and food stuffs the Soviet Union needed in their respective fights with […]

  • The World at War – Part XI – Kamikaze – Unconditional Surrender (Myth20c – Ep305)

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Oct 15th 2025 1:20am EDT

    In 1967, director Kihachi Okamoto released the film ‘Japan’s Longest Day’, depicting the pivotal 24 hours the government debated if they would accept the Allies’ terms for surrender in 1945. For context, the movie summarizes Japan’s point of view: “for the first seven months of the war Japan was overwhelmingly dominant. In the blink of […]

  • The World at War – Part XI – Kamikaze – Unconditional Surrender

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Oct 15th 2025 12:47am EDT

    In 1967, director Kihachi Okamoto released the film ‘Japan’s Longest Day’, depicting the pivotal 24 hours the government debated if they would accept the Allies’ terms for surrender in 1945. For context, the movie summarizes Japan’s point of view: “for the first seven months of the war Japan was overwhelmingly dominant. In the blink of […]

  • The World at War – Part X – Downfall of the Reich

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Oct 5th 2025 2:13am EDT

    In the final year of WWII, the overwhelming weight of the Allied assault on the Third Reich brought into full focus the severity of Germany’s situation. From the east, the Red Army went from recapturing Soviet territory to advancing into Axis countries. From the west, the successful American and British landings at Normandy help prompt […]

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  • The World at War – Part X – Downfall of the Reich (Myth20c – Ep304)

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Oct 5th 2025 1:39am EDT

    In the final year of WWII, the overwhelming weight of the Allied assault on the Third Reich brought into full focus the severity of Germany’s situation. From the east, the Red Army went from recapturing Soviet territory to advancing into Axis countries. From the west, the successful American and British landings at Normandy help prompt […]

  • The World at War – Part IX – The Nightmare Forest

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Sep 22nd 2025 1:48am EDT

    In 1944, the western and eastern fronts began collapsing on the German Reich, following the capitulation of its ally Italy in 1943 and the successful landing of Allied forces in France in June, 1944. In terms of production, the Allies already outstripped Germany 4 to 1, and with the Wehrmacht allocating upwards of 80% of […]

  • The World at War – Part IX – The Nightmare Forest (Myth20c – Ep303)

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Sep 22nd 2025 12:52am EDT

    In 1944, the western and eastern fronts began collapsing on the German Reich, following the capitulation of its ally Italy in 1943 and the successful landing of Allied forces in France in June, 1944. In terms of production, the Allies already outstripped Germany 4 to 1, and with the Wehrmacht allocating upwards of 80% of […]

  • The World at War – Part VIII – Operation Overlord

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Sep 7th 2025 3:29am EDT

    In the minds of many Americans – arguably owing to the canonization of D-Day by Hollywood movies – the battle to take Europe from the Germans began in earnest on June 6th, 1944, when American, British, and Canadian troops successfully established a beachhead on French soil for the first time after the Reich’s takeover of […]

  • The World at War – Part VIII – Operation Overlord (Myth20c – Ep302)

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Sep 7th 2025 1:35am EDT

    In the minds of many Americans – arguably owing to the canonization of D-Day by Hollywood movies – the battle to take Europe from the Germans began in earnest on June 6th, 1944, when American, British, and Canadian troops successfully established a beachhead on French soil for the first time after the Reich’s takeover of […]

  • The World at War – Part VII – Germany Under Siege

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Aug 23rd 2025 5:04am EDT

    Throughout history, man has fought and died on the battlefield of war. Civilian non-combatants, if affected, were subject to siege, depredations and pillage – but rarely faced the same level of slaughter as their front line compatriots. In World War II, however, the degree to which the civilian population became the targets themselves reached an […]

  • The World at War – Part VII – Germany Under Siege (Myth20c – Ep301)

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Aug 23rd 2025 4:46am EDT

    Throughout history, man has fought and died on the battlefield of war. Civilian non-combatants, if affected, were subject to siege, depredations and pillage – but rarely faced the same level of slaughter as their front line compatriots. In World War II, however, the degree to which the civilian population became the targets themselves reached an […]

  • Episode 300 – Perpetual Color Revolution – After Dark

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Aug 12th 2025 8:10pm EDT

    In 480BC at the Battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas led a valiant defense of Sparta with a contingent of 300 men against the overwhelmingly numerically superior Persian army, tens of thousands of whom the Spartans and Greek allies killed in the 3 day struggle. While the ultimate outcome of Thermopylae was a tactical defeat and […]

  • Episode 300 – Perpetual Color Revolution – After Dark (Myth20c – Ep300)

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Aug 12th 2025 7:01pm EDT

    In 480BC at the Battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas led a valiant defense of Sparta with a contingent of 300 men against the overwhelmingly numerically superior Persian army, tens of thousands of whom the Spartans and Greek allies killed in the 3 day struggle. While the ultimate outcome of Thermopylae was a tactical defeat and […]