While the podcast is undeniably great, its current presentation falls short of holding the audience in excitement. Here are some of my suggestions to enhance the experience of your Podcast. 1. Lengthen, It feels like skimming over a topic, with niche details that an average person in terms of history knowledge might struggle to grasp. Make it longer and dare to go in-depth. 2. Prep work, to enhance information extraction and viewer excitement, prepare and follow a timeline. It's currently too interview-focused; shift toward a more podcast-oriented format. For example, in the Vikings video, start with the foundation of Viking culture, delve into the origins of Viking raiding, explore socio-economic factors, and incorporate specific battles into the narrative. Check out the History Machine podcast for a reference. 3. Erik's Preparation, Erik should aim for an intermediate understanding of all topics before recording. While not implying he lacks clarity or education, this would allow Erik to present surface-level arguments, setting the stage for Rudyard to provide deeper insights and contrasts. Hope these suggestions help!

@DakillamanTheonenonly

3 ай бұрын

I agree with your later statement. However I do not agree with lengthening the videos as there are other places to go for deeper knowledge of topics. I do wish however that they would add more references other than mostly books or authors. Maybe other videos from others or possibly online sourses to dive deeper. For your number 2, I disagree and I actually very much prefer the dynamic of the learner and the teacher. It makes me feel as I'm learning with a teacher. I value the interview style that sets them apart from other content. I belive its more impressive because they communicate like how I would with my own friends, family, or peers. It's not robotic and it's based off the knowledge and memory of Rudyard (mostly) and not a peice of paper or note. With Erik's part in these videos, I really appreciate that he fist got into doing this out of passion, true curiosity from his part and I deeply admire that. Yes I agree he could come a little more prepared, maybe even throw his own opinion and have Rudyard debunk or agree with his thoughts. However I enjoy his personality and his questioning is for the most part very well. I like that he asks Rudyard to explain somthing that was said in more detail. Even more than once. I agree with 3, just not 1 or 2. Good comment:)

@jalcobo

Ай бұрын

I would also love to listen to a longer, more detailed show. I love this stuff.

To any discerning listener, the fact that Mel Gibson voiced John Smith in “Pocahontas” made it obvious that he was a complete badass.

That octopus mug is legit dude

Just subscribed, my brother is obsessed with history and he pointed out some channels to watch, he’s tryin to get me into it and I gotta say I luv ur content, makes it easy to understand for someone like me who knows almost nothing 🤣 😊

This is probably the closest you'll ever get to doing that Australian Civilisation Explained video, isn't it? That's all good, the only thing you really have to know is that Australia is sorta like what America could have been had it kept the Articles of Confederation, given the near-Nationhood-like legislative powers of our States. Another big difference between the Colonial America of the 15 and 1600's and the Colonial Australia of the 17 and 1800's is that in between then you had the Enlightenment, which whilst not really making society any less superstitious, it just changed how that superstitiousness would play out, in that you didn't have witch-burnings in Australia, but what you did have the famous Panopticon prisons, famously seen in Tasmania, with Sarah Island and Port Arthur with hours upon hours worth of back-breaking manual labour early on which was then replaced by solitary confinement, particularly by the 1840's.

@drewkaton6785

3 ай бұрын

Ngl I just don’t think there is much demand for an Australian civilization video. Plus it’s not really different from other former British colonies

@vexed5567

3 ай бұрын

I still demand this video. We totally deserve it

@Peak_Aussieman

3 ай бұрын

There's more then enough stuff to make a dedicated video on. But let it not be said that Australians are a curious bunch. Because, you know, we tend not to be. @@vexed5567

@danielwatcherofthelord1823

3 ай бұрын

I would definitely like to see that! I'm a huge history buff and know quite a bit but I have to say Australia's history has alluded me. Even just browsing through history videos you may never see one on Australian history. Rudyard would be perfect to do all the work and research for us!

@Peak_Aussieman

3 ай бұрын

@@danielwatcherofthelord1823 I was working on my own video, but life's been pretty crazy now and I don't have as much time as I used to dedicate to to researching stuff I'm much more interested in.

I'd love a video on the Hellenistic period. People don't realize Egypt was run by Greeks or even Cleopatra was Greek. I think there are great parallels to the modern period, in terms of the Sassanid empire having parallels to Russia, Macedonian to the UK, Greece to Europe, and Alexandria to America (and in many ways, China to Rome). People jump right to America is Rome, because America founded itself partly off Rome, but Alexandria was the Greek colony that went to rule the "world"/Mediterranean (as a naval super power and agricultural mega producer), and Rome in many ways tried to take the best aspects of this culture, in the same way China copies certainly aspects of America.

I am from MA and now live in NH, one of the biggest things here is it's not looked at as good to be flashy with your money, richest people drive pretty normal boring looking cars and build a big house way back where no one can see it but often times don't even do that they live in a very old restored home from 1780 and they put that date on the front of the house so you know just how classy they are. The opposite is like Dallas TX or Las Vegas where anyone with money drive a g wagon and bigs a big house where everyone can see it and dresses in a way everyone can tell they have money to waste.

@tlarson5422

3 ай бұрын

Haha I get pretty flashy with my flannel up here in Minnesota.

@bm1588

3 ай бұрын

@@tlarson5422ooh you betcha! Yah!

@WideAwakeHuman

3 ай бұрын

Confirmed - from Texas and Dallas is as you say. I prefer the Land Cruiser, it’s still a $100k truck but no one knows what it is and doesn’t scream “I’m rich” like a G-Wagen plus it’s the best vehicle I’ve ever owned and will probably drive one from now on

@yomanleavemealone9815

3 ай бұрын

Agreed, lived in Mass all my life. People won't show their wealth upfront, but in conversation will talk about going to their "Cape house" for the summer. It's a less upfront snobbery, but still snobbery.

Came here looking for a pod on colonial America cuz like u said, it’s 180 years completely overlooked. Think I left with a new favorite pod.

"...I think we'll have a civil war in the next year" "Hahhahahah"

I've looked everywhere online for Leland dewitt Baldwin's "The story of the Americas" There is obviously no physical copies but I looked up pdfs and still found nothing. When I researched Leland's other books I found the actual pdfs that I could read. My birthday is coming up and wanted to get wether online or physical. The latter is impossible but I may be able to find something online like a pdf. If anyone knows any way I could find this I would love that as I want to create a history channel at the age of 14. I'd be willing to pay a good price for those that have it.

I love the dynamic of these videos, as one is asking questions picking apart the brain of the other. It's like I'm in class, but In the most interesting way possible. Please keep making more. You two are awesome!

I know this is almost completely unrelated but as a huge fan of 17th-18th century military uniforms, having such a video narrated by one of my favourite KZreadrs is certanly something to be glad about today. Cheers!

This guy knows more about history than anyone in the American government.

@josephbeccalori4970

3 ай бұрын

Almost, Rand Paul ,Mike lee, Ted Cruz know it, as well as a few others.

@denverthekid

3 ай бұрын

@@josephbeccalori4970 they probably know as much not not a lot more

@josephbeccalori4970

3 ай бұрын

@@denverthekid yea

These videos are awesome, thank you.

From British Empire colony to 21st century Hyperpower nation on Earth 🌎🌍.

@yux.tn.3641

3 ай бұрын

go and start your space colony😅

@WideAwakeHuman

3 ай бұрын

Evil hyperpower as well as declining - as an American

@hamzamohamed2010

28 күн бұрын

@@WideAwakeHuman”evil” my ass, in decline yes, but it won’t go away

You need to lift

@ChronicTheHempHog-mf3nh

3 ай бұрын

THE WEST HAS FALLEN BILLIONS MUST LIFT

@rexmann1984

Ай бұрын

Yeah he needs a Carnivore diet and weights. He's too young to look that bad.

@AncientYouth64

Ай бұрын

​@@rexmann1984carnivore is for morons.

I don't know why more people don't list to these videos. The main channel gets hundreds of thousands of views, but these only get just above 10 thousand. These are arguably better, though.

good chat. you’d have an interesting chat with yarvin, who has interesting takes on why england was so passive regarding america’s rebellion, and the whigs role in all of it

I like these history 102 videos even better than the ones of Rudyard's more popular channel. These are obviously more focused on history whereas the others are focused on current topics as they may relate to history. The interview style makes it easier to follow, although I do agree with another commenter that the interviewer's questions are a bit too generic. Otherwise, this was perfect. I used to read books to educate myself (my high school education failed to do so). Now, as a mom of two kids, I find this to be an easier mode of learning and more effective too. Love it.

This is so damn good. Thanks.

If you have the time one day could you cover the three kingdoms period ? Not asking for the next topic but maybe a few videos down the line. I work in a college history department, im not a professor, and it does cover the colonial period including the English civil war and its diaspora. The more focused upper division classes cover the colonial period in more depth too. The French actually tried to colonize Florida with some Religous minority group. The spainish killed them. Matanzas inlet Florida. A reason the British didn’t worry about the colonies rebelling was cuz of the military threats posed by the other European colonial powers and the native powers to a lesser degree. So after the French Indian war the colonists weren’t as immediately threatened and the revolution then proceeded after. Also I enjoy these history videos a lot. I’m just curious what happened to common ground?

Brilliant job, Rudyard.

We need an episode just on pre Colombian America.

Good video. And nice to see the host rediscovering the wheel. Just one thing. I thought Rudyard was 22. Wow! Didn't know studying history was like living through several wars.

I listened to the podcast version, then decided to watch the video for the maps. Great talk 👍. Suggestion: If you are going to do the facecam stuff, please improve yourset up. Even if you don't invest in expensive equipment, you could work on camera angels and some basic lighting. It was hard to watch at times.

Most English/British colonies were strongly influenced by either the English CIvil War of the 1640s or the Glorious Revolution in 1689. Because the union with Scotland in 1707 was less than two decades after the Glorious Revolution, there is actually a meaningful contrast between English colonies and British colonies. The Thirteen Colonies were English except Georgia. In contrast, Canada and Australia were British colonies except Newfoundland.

I wish this host would do his homework and view his boy's videos!

A similar video about the other British colonies, particularly the Anglo ones, would be very interesting also. Who settled Canada's provinces, Australias states, and South Africa, and why didnthey go there?

"If you look at Quebec in Canada, not much has happened there" 😂😂

@ZontarDow

3 ай бұрын

Which sounds funny until you realize that's just due to the burning of the Canadian parliament in Montreal destroying most historic documents is why that's the case.

@neolithictransitrevolution427

3 ай бұрын

@@ZontarDow ya I think it's a bit missing in Context, also, I recognize you from RM transit, howdy

@drewkaton6785

3 ай бұрын

@@ZontarDowsuree ok

@WideAwakeHuman

3 ай бұрын

@@ZontarDowwell except not much has happened there compared to the US

@ZontarDow

3 ай бұрын

@@WideAwakeHuman a province of 8 million doesn't have as much happen as a country of 330 million? My God!

I'd love to see an "Explaining Australian culture" video

The English Civil Wars was transatlantic Atlantic civil wars there battles around modern day Boston Massachusetts USA.

As a native New Yorker I'd argue that NY state is still mostly forests that get overlooked by The City, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley of which is still pretty forested.

anglo-new englanders. See, the thing about new england, the irish came in such numbers that they completely changed the culture in Boston. Azorians in Rhode Island had a similar effect, plus all the other immigrant groups from Europe.15:13

Who makes the maps? I love them.

Glad to see my ancestors represented in this map though they are small in number. The Louisiana Acadians

that mug rocks!!

Really good video

there was most likely no spanish mole in jamestown - id take a closer look at the fluctuating salinity levels of the james river over a yearly period to point to the “poisoning”

What happened to Common Ground, if I may ask?

20:10 >Guy with a time machine: >Gets off in Jamestown, finds the governor and founding ranks of society >Apologize beforehand for shouting. --- >FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT DO IT. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE STARTING. FIND ANOTHER SOURCE OF LABOR FROM EUROPE, BUT I CANNOT EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH. >NO SLAVES, NONE. NOT ONE. >[proceeds to then show them a picture of 2024 Haiti and Detroit to drive him the point before time traveling back to his own timeline]

@GenericAnon14

22 күн бұрын

Cool it with the antisemitic remarks ok...

@notsocrates9529

22 күн бұрын

@@GenericAnon14 _noticing intensifies_

The Puritans would be horrified with the New England of today which is Irish and Catholic, the two things they despise the most.

Whatifalthist should do a video on "what if the royalists won the English Civil war"

Hey could you redpill us on the War of the Babenberg Succession?

A great episode, and another list of books to add to the pile. I look forward to the American Revolution video. One of my favorite nuggets discovered about the period, was in the book "True History of the American Revolution " by George Sydney Fischer. There was a lord in Parliment, a Tory called Dean Tucker, who advocated for complete independence for the colonies. His reasons were that subduing them would be prohibitively expensive, and that as independent countries, should they remain so, they would be more likely to freely trade with Britain. But he foresaw them falling into "sectional wars and confusion ", as NE already saw the South as morally deficient being slave owners. To quote Fischer "In short, independence would be a cheap and excellent punishment for them." I find the idea of Parliment, and the Crown, taking the slap across the face of the Tea Party, deciding to pick up all their stuff and leave, fascinating. The colonists are left to the joys of their own company, and the American Patriots are the sharp delinieation of American Identity from British Identity vis a vis a war. Something Sam Adams and other radicals clearly wanted.

The first British colony is actually in the 1500s Roanoke

@josephbeccalori4970

3 ай бұрын

We don't talk about them ..... they went into the spirit world.

One day, they will cover why Article the First didn't make it into the bill of rights, and what would happen if our nation adopted it.

That mug tho 🐙

Im really hoping this video makes some attachment to the Angevin Empire and the Englishmen who settled Northern France. Unfortunately I wont find out for a few hours, Go to bed Rudy

Why did you change your channels's name?

@josephbeccalori4970

3 ай бұрын

My guess is old podcast got replaced by this one.

The Spanish Empire never declined because it never rose. They had a lot of land in colonies and money, but they always relied on the low countries and England for technology and eventually ran out of money. And the Deep South wasn't 80% black. Only South Carolina and Mississippi were ever a majority black. Read Rodney Stark.

yo is my man a hustle university graduate

I really imagined althistory as a frail guy

@999Claymore

3 ай бұрын

lol same. I pictured him a clean shaven skinny pale guy

I think it should be mentioned how little in the way of taxes the American were being asked to pay, particularly compared to the taxes someone in Britian paid, something like 26 shillings a year compared to 1 per person in New England, even though as Rudyard said, Nee England was richer per person. Edit: Also, it should be mentioned the taxes were only beong created because some idoit named George Washingmachine (or something) started the French Indian war (the 7 year war, WW0) and put a massive debt on the British crown over some land in Upstate NY the british hardly carred about. I was wonder how much refusal to allow Americans in parliament came from the view of them as undesirables and unproductives, the very culty attitude of many colonies in comparison to Anglican England, and the black population.

@bevbevan6189

3 ай бұрын

They knew that once they agreed to be taxed it would grow and grow and grow until they were enslaved.

@neolithictransitrevolution427

3 ай бұрын

​@@bevbevan6189 luckily they paid 4D chess, became independent, and paid more in taxes to more controlling government. And I say that of course as a Canadian who's ancestors were of course enslaved because they didn't rebel.

If you want to know what will be going on in 200 years, just ask Roddenberry. But more seriously, there is the obvious dependency factor in terms of these "non desirables" not rebeling. They were small, self sufficient villages of substance agriculture, large tobacco plantations selling to Europe, or trade hubs like New York selling to Europe. Weapons, ships, tools, spices, tea, education all dependend Britian for a hundred years. Its like a mars colony, the idea Elon Musk could rebel is nonsense, the amount of resupply needed regularly would account for most of the economy. Add in the stigma of these people being 'unproductives' and there is no threat at all.

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Bro needs to lift thou.

I will always love you, sire, every since your suicide on Livestream

Whatifalthist needs to check his thyroid if he hasnt already.

You disappoint me. The first people who were enslaved in American was the indentured (serfs/peasants) or the unindentures (prisoners of political as well as religious wars). And both were considered chattel property. But to marginalize the African, he must be identified as the 1st SLAVE. smmfh

Rudyard PLEASE start working out and eating better I cant take it anymore. What do you think a physiology like that does to your mind and your opinions? Nothing good surely.

@eminentbishop1325

3 ай бұрын

Gross

@boozecruiser

3 ай бұрын

Nothing wrong with a healthy lifestyle but the last part of that sentence descended into weird physiognomy shit. It's like the latest trend for right wingers that they'll circle back to forgetting entirely within a few years

@neolithictransitrevolution427

3 ай бұрын

​@@boozecruiserIdk healthy mind healthy body is a pretty consistent opinion through History.

@user-fd8fe9hk9q

3 ай бұрын

Modern physiognomy is centuries old and to some degree built into the human psyche. Even thousands of years ago the Greeks lived by the ideal of Kalokagathia. Everyone judges a person based on their looks instantly and lookism is a human universal. Babies react more positively to symmetrical faces then significantly asymmetrical ones. So do dogs. Physiognomy is not going away any time soon. Also, a person's physicality shapes their psychology. For example, a man who is 3 feet tall and a man who is 6 foot 3 will have a very different experience in the world socially and physically. They will develop very different ideas and sentiments towards life. Guess which one is more likely to be right wing? Your mind and body are not split. The function of your mind is dependent on the body and visa versa. Therefore, to strive for physical excellence is to strive to mental excellence. Therefore, to lack physical excellence is to lack mental excellence. Your attempt to conceive of the two as unrelated says more about your relationship to your own physical existence than does it "debunk" anything I said. Lastly, beauty is good and ugliness is bad. @@boozecruiser

They also did have slavery in the New England colonies it was just called indentured servitude. It was mostly Scottish people. Your cockiness Is ridiculous

Could not watch. Cannot stand Whatifalthist.

United States of America ≠ America

America was not the first "training wheels" of the British empire. Northern Ireland and Ireland, were. America was the "finishing training wheels", so to speak. If you don't understand the earlier attempt at population replacement of Northern Ireland, and the intentional starvation and removat/ early dehumanization of the Irish by British, that such policies were direct forebears, direct precedent links to British policies against Native Americans, soon after, so you simply cannot understand American history properly, without clueing in these linked events. Quite simply, the treatment of all Ireland would have been far worse, certainly extending to the whole island not just Northern Ireland section had not the far bigger prize of North America ramped up British imperial interest as being vastly more worthwhile. In a sense the potential of North America was so vast, figuratively the British crown aborted and kicked aside the partially completed Irish project. What they learned from Ireland was that population replacement, can sometimes work. These processes did not come out of nothing, but were early experiments at solving problems of empire creation, first clumsily, later more systematically.