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The Long History Short Podcast
Hosted by Brian Stahl · EN
Interviews with historians about the background of events happening around the world. Join your host, Brian Stahl.
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US Hostility Toward Cuba: 200 Years and Going Strong
2w ago00:32:10Tap to summarizeTune in for my discussion with Dr. Thomas Zeiler of the University of Colorado, historian of US foreign policy.
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The UK Elections: What Just Happened? Ft. Thomas Maidment
3w ago00:40:50Tap to summarizeJoin for this discussion with Thomas Maidment, PhD candidate at Cambridge University. Follow me on Substack: https://substack.com/@longhistoryshort Here's a breakdown of election results: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/local-elections-2026-results-uk-map-b2973743.html For more from Thomas, check out this interview he did a few years back: https://doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/05/12/thomas-maidment-historian-highlight/ A few years ago, The Rest is History did an episode on Mosley. Check it out here: https://podcasts.apple.com/bg/podcast/oswald-mosley-fascist-leader/id1537788786?i=1000629007957
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England's Next Revolution: This Thursday? ft. Dr. Luke Blaxill
May 300:45:57Tap to summarizeHad a great conversation with Oxford's Luke Blaxill about the upcoming UK elections. For more on the election, read here: https://www.itv.com/news/2026-05-01/are-the-may-elections-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-two-big-parties
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Russia, Ukraine, and Higher Ed's Crisis, ft. Dr. Sumantra Maitra
Apr 2600:23:46Tap to summarizeI had a lot of fun talking with Dr. Maitra. If you liked the way he thought, check out some of his latest: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-final-chapter-of-the-unipolar-moment/https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/jd-vances-hope-for-a-hungarian-europe/https://thecritic.co.uk/american-crusades/
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Hungarian Hell: War, Hyperinflation, Dictatorship
Apr 1900:28:21Tap to summarizeFor anyone who wants to dive deeper into Hungarian history, here are some suggestions: How the Hungarian people endured World War II: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.eternalechoes.org/application/files/2916/1019/0172/the-life-of-the-hungarian-population_en_eternal_echoes.pdf More on Hungary's hyperinflation: https://planetbanknote.com/banknote-blog/hungarys-1946-hyperinflation-the-worst-inflation-in-history-and-the-fall-of-the-peng/?srsltid=AfmBOornFZ7K1PMWORFpwQ2sWRUfG1sX6FjynFhp17aGDb2GxSQUeGoz The Show Trial of László Rajk: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2020/07/27/the-trial-of-laszlo-rajk/ Vivid documents and photos of the 1956 Revolution: https://www.hoover.org/library-archives/histories/1956-hungarian-revolution A profile of Hungary's new PM, Peter Magyar: https://www.ft.com/content/54d999c3-a9f0-40ce-9c66-245c9b20950a?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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Could Hungary's History Decide Its Election, and Its Future? ft. Professor Peter Judson
Apr 1200:35:24Tap to summarizeToday Hungary will determine whether Viktor Orban, Hungary's controversial Prime Minister, will leave office for the first time in 16 years. Tune in to hear how the country's past may decide the election. Further reading: An American expat in Hungary interviewed on life, politics, and more in Hungary: https://www.editorialedomani.it/politica/europa/rod-dreher-interview-orban-loses-election-reason-corruption-hd0ek5td?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email What's at Stake for Ukraine, Russia, and EU: https://tvpworld.com/92395808/will-a-tisza-victory-change-hungarys-policy-toward-ukraine-russia-and-eu?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Short piece on the controversial treaty that carved up Hungary after WWI: https://roadstothegreatwar-ww1.blogspot.com/2021/06/all-about-treaty-of-trianon.html
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When did American Foreign Policy Go Wrong? ft. Professor Michael Desch
Apr 600:27:27Tap to summarizeJoin in for my discussion with Dr. Michael Desch (Notre Dame) about the history of American grand strategy since the 1990's. Reading recommendations: 'Great Power Rivalries: The Case for Realism': https://mondediplo.com/2023/08/02great-powers 'Neoconservatism Rebaptized': https://www.theamericanconservative.com/neoconservatism-rebaptized/ 'An Open Letter to Paul Wolfowitz': https://harpers.org/archive/2013/03/a-letter-to-paul-wolfowitz/
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The Evolution of Holy Week, ft. Professor Eric Johnston
Apr 200:35:23Tap to summarizeTune in for this discussion of the history of Lent, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday, with Professor Eric Johnston of Seton Hall University.
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Israeli Foreign Policy: What It Has Been, What It Could Be
Mar 2900:38:06Tap to summarizeMy discussion with the University of Notre Dame's Dr. Asher Kaufman about Israel, Iran, and the crisis in the Middle East. Further reading: The intellectual origins of Zionism: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/herzls-troubled-dream-origins-zionism
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The South Pars Attack, Israel, America, and Iran, ft. Professor Ian Lustick
Mar 2000:43:42Tap to summarizeListen in on this conversation about the historical context behind the latest news out of Iran, and what it means for the war, the global economy, and the world.
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