Hosted by Mr. Booren and Mrs. Dumas · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 44 episodes
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We tell the weird, wonderful, and whimsical stories that make up the world's history, but we do it in our own way. We are HISTORISTS. This is a podcast geared for AP World History, AP U.S. History, and AP European History students, but is accessible for anyone else interested in history. It's the world's history, told our way.
Mr. Booren and Mrs. Dumas hosts Storytime with the Historists, a history show with 44 episodes published.
In this episode Jen leads Matt through the complex tapestry of Latin American history and the military coups that played a significant role in shaping the political landscape for decades. Why should you care about these
This is a bit of a special episode as we have decided to add an episode to our strategy of tension series based on events that have occurred at the start of 2026. The U.S. is engaging in military incursions and diplomati
Last week we started our investigation of the strategy of tension in Italy by exploring the overt ways in which far-right groups and NATO secret military forces tried to overtly undermine the center-left governments in I
This episode is for the European history heads! Matt and Jen continue their exploration of the strategy of tension, this time by analyzing the Italian Years of Lead. This event is a true implementation of the strategy of
In this episode, Matt and Jen delve into the Weather Underground's radicalization and violent actions during the 1970s, explore their motivations, analyze the internal dynamics of the group, and the consequences of their
This week we start a multi-part series on political violence across the 20th century. We are kicking things off here in the U.S. by examining a largely memory holed element of the 1960's counter culture: The Weather Unde
Season 4! We are back, and this week we have a real witches brew going: boredom, religious zealotry, greed, and PTSD all combined to create the chaos that was The Salem Witch Trials. Join us as we conjure one of our most
In this episode, Jen and Matt are joined by Steve Heimler from Heimler's History to dissect the unbelievable story of how greed and cultural misunderstandings led to the Opium Wars and eventually, China’s Century of Humi
In this episode, Jen and Matt revisit China - this time during the Ming Dynasty and the amazing voyages of Zheng He. But first, we FINALLY close out our Mongol series before re-establishing the Middle Kingdom.
In this episode, Matt and Jen go in depth about the different waves of Ska music and why it hasn't always had the best reputation - even though it's such an awesome blend of music. Show notes: https://docs.google.com/doc
In this episode, your hosts Matt and Jen debate whether the positives outweigh the negatives in our (ever increasingly), interconnected world; thanks, globalization? Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eLEHKy
In the finale of our three-part series, Matt and Jen wrap up the disastrous Varennes trip that leads to the execution of King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette after a new radical phase of the revolution begins.
In this episode, Jen and Matt continue to the absolutely ridiculously disastrous story of King Louis XVI's attempt to escape from Varennes, where the royal family is captured by the village idiot!
In this episode, Jen and Matt discuss the disastrous first steps of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as they try to escape from Varennes, and halt the French Revolution.
In this (ZOMBIE!) episode, Jen and Matt trace the origins of Zombies to the Atlantic Slave Trade and enlighten on the impact of zombies on pop culture. Check out the show notes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-
In this episode, Jen and Matt finish the explosive story of the siege of Constantinople. Flamethrowers, hand to hand combat, tunnel rats...it's the early modern version of COD.
In this episode, Matt and Jen take you to Anatolia to tell the incredible story of the Ottoman siege of Constantinople Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s6PlLn31WpFRbx1ihaxBEMSNVAjk88OcptrdLsWf4ms/edit?usp=
In this episode, Jen and Matt discuss the the grizzly ending of one of the first Islamic Empires - The Umayyad Caliphate.
In this episode, Matt and Jen continue their discussion on the assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba, and the probable CIA involvement in the assassination. We finish with discussion of the ethics of fighting
Jen and Matt take listeners on a tragic journey through the assassination of the idealistic leader Patrice Lumumba. Song courtesy of Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/c-i-a-criminals-in-action/1452789645?i=19
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