Thursday, April 27, 2006

HistoryPodcast 59 - Rwandan Holocaust

The Rwandan Genocide was the slaughter of an estimated 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus, mostly carried out by two extremist Hutu militia groups, the Interahamwe and the Impuzamugambi, during a period of 100 days from April 6th through mid-July 1994.

HP59 - Rwandan Holocaust.mp3 20:19 - 18.7MB

Question and Answers Re-cap:

1. Question: What is the first year Michelle mentions as a stock market crash?
Answer: 1929

2. Question: When did Patton graduate from West Point?
Answer: June, 11, 1909

3. Question: Who introduced todays episode (57) of historypodcast?
Answer: Lauren

4. Question: Where was Antoni Gaudí born?
Answer: Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

5. Question: Name one of the three ethnic divisions of Rwandan's mentioned in this episode?
Answer: Twa, Hutu or Tutsi

Show Transcript

Links:

Source: Gendercide Watch

How the Rwandan Genocide Happened

PBS: The Triumph of Evil

This Months Book:

Left To Tell : Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

Next Months Book:

The Brothers Bulger : How They Terrorized and Corrupted Boston for a Quarter Century

TV Listings:

Sorry no listings this week. :-(

Thursday, April 20, 2006

HistoryPodcast 58 - Antoni Gaudí

Spanish architect who worked mainly in Barcelona, developing a startling new style that paralleled developments in art nouveau. His most celebrated work is the façade of the Expiatory Church of the Holy Family.

HP58 - Antoni Gaudí.mp3 20:20 - 18.7MB

Show Transcript

Question: Where was Antoni Gaudí born?

Answer: Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

Links to Artwork Images

Park Güell

Casa Vicens

Colegio de las Teresianas

Crypt of the Church of Colònia Güell

Casa Calvet

Casa Batlló

Casa Milà

Park Güell

Sagrada Família

TV Listings
All Times Pacific

History Channel

Saturday 22
6-8pm Mega Disasters: San Francisico Earthquake
8-9pm Days That Shook the World: The OK Corral and the St. Valentine Day Massacre

Monday 24
7-8pm Modern Marvels: Nordhausen

History channel International

Sunday 23
9-11pm The Samurai

Monday 24
9-11pm Masada

Tuesday 25
8-9pm History Traveler: Secrets of the Acropolis

Wednesday 26
10-11pm Andrea Doria: Tragedy at Sea

Nataional Geographic Channel

Sunday 23
4pm The Great Quake

Monday 24
4pm Dawn of Atlantis

Tuesday 25
11pm Surviving the San Francisco Earthquake of 1989

Thursday 27
6pm Madness of Henry VIII

Discovery

Sunday 23
9-11pm First Emperor: The Man Who Made China

Discovery Times

Friday 21
8-10pm L.A. 10,000 B.C.

Wednesday 26
9-10pm The Secret World of Geishas
10-11pm Sen Toku - Japan's Super Submarine

Discovery Science

Saturday 22
Ancient Arsenal: Chariots of War

Monday 24
9-10pm What The Ancients Knew: The Greeks
10-11pm Mummies of Taklamakan

Thursday 27
10-11pm Quest for Columbus: In Search of the Santa Maria

Friday, April 14, 2006

HistoryPodcast 57 - Easter

Easter is the most important religious holiday of the Christian liturgical year, observed between late March and late April (early April to early May in Eastern Christianity) to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, which Christians believe occurred after his death by crucifixion in AD 27-33 (see Good Friday). Easter can also refer to the season of the church year, lasting for fifty days, which follows this holiday and ends at Pentecost. Easter Day is also called the Sunday of the Resurrection.

HP 57 - Easter.mp3 19:00 - 7.79MB

Question: Who introduced todays episode of historypodcast?

Answer: Lauren.

Show Script

Links

Why Easter?

Liturgical Resources for Easter

Easter in the Armenian Orthodox Church

Eastern Orthodox views on Easter

Roman Catholic view of Easter

TV Listings
All Times Pacific

History Channel

Friday 14
8-9pm 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America: Massacre at Mystic

Thursday 20
9-10pm Decoding the Past: The Other Nostradamus
10-11pm Declassified: The Tet Offensive

History International Channel

Friday 14
9-10pm The Abominable Snowman
10-11pm Sevret Passages: Underground Gardens

Discovery Times

Tuesday 18
8-9pm Unsolved History: 1906: The Great Quake Cover-Up

Wednesday 19
8-9pm Unsolved History: The Boston Massacre
10-11pm Nuclear Crossroads: Bombing of Bikini Atoll

National Geographic

Sunday 16
5pm The Great Quake

PBS

Monday 17
American Experience: The San Francisco Earthquake

Thursday, April 06, 2006

HistoryPodcast 56 - General George Patton

George Smith Patton, Jr. was a leading U.S. Army general in World War II. In his 36-year Army career, he was an advocate of armored warfare and commanded major units of North Africa, Sicily, and the European Theater of Operations. Many have viewed Patton as a pure and ferocious warrior, known by the nickname "Old Blood and Guts", a name given to him after a reporter misquoted his statement that it takes blood and brains to win a war. But history has left the image of a brilliant military leader whose record was also marred by insubordination and some periods of apparent instability. He once said, "Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way."

HP56 - General George Patton.mp3 12:24 - 11.5MB

Question: When did Patton graduate from West Point?

Answer: June, 11, 1909

Show Transcript

Links

General Patton.com - Used as a source for this podcast.

Patton Society Homepage

Patton Museum Online: Official Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor

Baseball History Podcast

Books

Left To Tell : Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

Patton : A Biography (Great Generals)

Patton on Leadership

The Patton Papers 1940-1945

War As I Knew It

TV Listings
All Times Pacific

History Channel

Friday 7
8-11pm Lincoln

Saturday 8
8-10pm Kennedys: The Curse of Power
10-12am The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy

Monday 10
8-9pm Heaven Beyond the Grave
9-10pm 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America: Einstein's Letter

Thursday 13
10-11pm 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America: Shay's Rebellion: America's First Civil War

History Channel International

Friday 7
10-11pm Secret Passages: Drug Tunnels

Discovery Times

Sunday 9
9-10pm Mysterious Hanging Coffins of China

Tuesday 11
10-11pm History Declassified: Nixon in China

National Geographic Channel

Sunday 10
6-7pm Spartacus: Gladiator War

Tuesday 11
11pm NORAD

Sunday, April 02, 2006

HistoryPodcast 55 - Wall Street

Wall Street is the name of a narrow street in lower Manhattan running east from Broadway downhill to the East River. Considered to be the historical heart of the Financial District, it was the first permanent home of the New York Stock Exchange. The phrase "Wall Street" is also used to refer to American financial markets and financial institutions as a whole. Interestingly, most New York financial firms are no longer headquartered on Wall Street, but elsewhere in lower or midtown Manhattan, Greenwich, Connecticut, or New Jersey. JPMorgan Chase, the last major holdout, sold its headquarters tower at 60 Wall Street to Deutsche Bank in November 2001.

HP55 - Wall Street.mp3 16:42 - 15.4MB

Question: What is the first year Michelle mentions as a stock market crash?

Answer: 1929

Links/Sources:

Stock Market Crash of 1987
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Wikipedia article on Stock Market Crash of 1929
Wikiipedia Article
A to Z Investments: 1929 Crash

Source: Encyclopedia Britannica

Books

Left To Tell : Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst : A True Story of Inside Information and Corruption in the Stock Market

The First Wall Street : Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American Finance

Wall Street : A History

Wall Street: A History : From Its Beginnings to the Fall of Enron

TV Listings
All Times Pacific

History Channel International

Monday 3
6-8pm Magellan's Lost Fleet
8:30-9pm Conquest: Weird Weapons of the Middle Ages

Tuesday 4
History Traveler: Athen's Subway

National Geographic Channel
Wednesday 5
4pm Seconds from Disaster: Freeway Plane Crash

PBS
Monday, April 10
Boy in the Bubble