Episodes
Monday Nov 05, 2018
Episode 6, Part 3: The Failure of Humanity (The Bosnian War and Genocide)
Monday Nov 05, 2018
Monday Nov 05, 2018
By the time of the Bosnian War, Yugoslavia was a mortally wounded mass refusing to admit its time had come. Desperate to hold on, JNA forces moved into Bosnia to support the Bosnian-Serb population, many of whom had joined the various paramilitaries in the new country. Meanwhile, Bosniaks and Bosnian-Croats formed a rocky alliance out of self preservations for their respective groups, and their shared hatred of the Serb dominated remains of Yugoslavia. Bosnia became a battleground for the Serbs, Croats, and Bosniaks, causing the citizens to suffer greatly from the constant shelling and sniper fire landing indiscriminately, regardless of who was within sight. Worse yet, it became the location of the worst act of genocide committed in Post-World War II Europe to date, as UN personnel could do nothing but watch helplessly.
Bosnia was a failure of humanity, and the wounds from the horror have yet to heal.
Intro: Searching by Wayve
Outro: Bosnia by The Cranberries
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Episode 6, Part 2: A Checkered Shield (The Croatian War of Independence)
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Monday Oct 08, 2018
A water tower stands tall over the city of Vukovar, still bearing the scars of Croatia's trauma. As Yugoslavia collapses, Croatia stands firm against Serbian aggression, both from Serbia itself and the Serbian-Croats within its borders. Ethnic tension runs at an all time high, and it soon becomes clear to the world this war will not be as quick as Slovenia's Ten-Day War. Both the Croats and Serbs are equally determined to cement their self-preservation, and are equally willing to resort to extreme violence. Aside from the conventional warfare measures, the Croat and Serb forces will resort to the worst methods possible in an effort to achieve their goals in the first examples of ethnic cleansing in Europe since the Second World War. Sadly, the Croatian War of Independence was only a prologue to the horrors we still can't begin to comprehend.
Please note: At almost exactly 1 hour in, the audio messed up, hense why the quality momentarily faulters.
Intro: Sean Murray, Fountain (from Call of Duty: World at War)
Outro: Philanthrope, Things Fall Apart
Monday Sep 17, 2018
Episode 6, Part 1: The Decline of Yugoslavia and the Ten-Day War
Monday Sep 17, 2018
Monday Sep 17, 2018
At the beginning of the 20th Century, the Balkans were a powder keg waiting to go off. A spark from a gunman's bullet in Sarajevo ignited the inferno that was First World War. The embers of the conflict in turn fuelled the Second World War, history's deadliest conflict. By the latter's end, the world was changed, as were the Balkans. Under the facade of a slavic union, unseen embers were beginning to glow again. As the 20th Century came to a close, the Balkans would once again ignite into the last great conflict of those 100 years. The consequences of a dying Yugoslavia would ripple across the world, and the first shots would be fired in the country of Slovenia.
This is the beginning of a conflict which would see evils we hoped were long behind us……ones we failed to prevent, and stop.
Music: Hej, Slaveni (Yugoslavia's national anthem, 1945-1992)
Monday Sep 03, 2018
Monday Sep 03, 2018
In the midst of Lougheed's and Trudeau's dispute over the National Energy Program, resentment of the Easten dominated Federal government seeped deep into residents of Western Canada, some of which would evolve into hate. Call-in radio programs were flooded with support for Lougheed, as well as anger towards the Trudeau government. As one man said, "…I would be happy to fight for our freedom and I literally mean fight with a rifle." He wasn't alone in his desire for freedom, and the Western provinces saw several independence parties spring up during the 1980s. They sought to form an independent republic of Western Canada, in order to break away from what they percieved to be the oppression politicians in the east against the west, and Ottawa sucking away financial gains. However, these parties failed to recognize the overwhelming indesire for Western Canada to actually separate, and these advocates lacked the charisma, leadership, and popularity federalist figures such as Lougheed held. Join us this week as we discuss one of the least successful independence movement Canada experienced, crushed under its overconfidence.
Monday Aug 20, 2018
Episode 4: The Honourable Peter Lougheed
Monday Aug 20, 2018
Monday Aug 20, 2018
Alberta has been under the governance of the Social Credit Party, during which the province experienced a growth in the oil and gas industry. With the discovery of brand new oil and gas deposits in 1947, Alberta went from being one of Canada's poorest provinces, to one of the richest. However, the leadership of Ernest Manning made the party one of the most conservative parties in Alberta at that time. Their Christian populist rhetoric shaped their policy, and in turn shaped Alberta's social characteristics. With the shift towards industrialization and boost in urban population, Social Credit's agrarian roots, along with changes in societal attitudes, were causing its popularity to dwindle. Out of this would rise a middle-aged Calgary lawyer, a man who wished to see a shift in Alberta from absolute conservatism to progressive conservatism. The election on August 30, 1971 would begin the Progressive Conservative Party's long dynasty in Alberta's politics, under the leadership of Alberta's greatest premier: Peter Lougheed.
Introduction: Peter Lougheed, Canada's Energy Wars, property of the CBC, used under Fair Use
Intro Song: 5 Cents Back by Audionautix
Monday Jul 30, 2018
Monday Jul 30, 2018
The Scientific Revolution is famous for figures such as Copernicus, Galileo and Newton, and developments in technology and giving science a methodology. But ever think that there may be more to the Scientific Revolution than just science? Ever wonder how the humanities and the sciences became such separate entities? Have you heard "I think therefore I am" and wonder what that argument even means? Join us on this episode of Pan Historia as Lyndsay and Jonah dive into the Scientific Revolution's impact on modern philosophy.
Into Music: The Philosopher's Song by Monty Python
Monday Jul 16, 2018
Episode 2, Part 2: The First Crusade
Monday Jul 16, 2018
Monday Jul 16, 2018
The mouth of Anatolia is littered with the bodies of the dead. These were the people who believed they would retake the Holy Land out of the promise of glory and absolution. Instead, the Eastern end of the Bosphorus has become their grave. As the summer of 1097 comes to a close, a group of Princes depart their homes, each with thousands of soldiers and knights accompanying them. These are the chosen Princes, the ones believed to be strong enough, noble enough, to represent the Christian world in a divine conquest. Jerusalem, and sanctity await them……
Intro music: Moorland by Kevin Macloud
Monday Jul 02, 2018
Episode 2, Part 1: The Peasants Crusade
Monday Jul 02, 2018
Monday Jul 02, 2018
The Byzantine Empire is dwindling, Pope Urban II's power is threatened, and claims of autrocities committed against Christian pilgrams to Jerusalem have sparked horror and outrage across Western Europe. With the cry of "Deus Vult", The First Crusade is declared. However, a group of Peasants decide they are the heroes God has chosen for this journey. Are they? Join us as we discuss the misadventures that were The Peasants Crusade.
Sunday Jun 03, 2018
Episode 1: The Korean War
Sunday Jun 03, 2018
Sunday Jun 03, 2018
The Second World War has come to a close, the world has found itself divided on a new level. Much of Europe lays in ruins, the last Empires are collapsing, and two new players have entered the fray: the Eagle and the Bear. The two began to scramble for global influence, taking advantage of both the battle wounded states desparate to rebuild, and new states stuggling to take their first steps. For the first half-decade, the eyes of the world were focused on Europe, a continent divided by an Iron Curtain between Western Democracies and Eastern Communist states. On the other side of the globe, however, was a second divide, not between East and West, but North and South. The Korean Pennisula was experience a tension stretching closer to the breaking point, and yet no one was watching. Then, on July 25, 1950, Communist forces of the North invaded the faux-Democratic Dictatorship of the South. Suddenly, the world was watching, and both American and Soviet forces (with their respective allies) decended into the conflict, the first war of the Cold War, tragically nicknamed The Forgotten War.
Tuesday May 15, 2018
Episode 0: Introduction
Tuesday May 15, 2018
Tuesday May 15, 2018
Just a short introduction episode, discussing what the podcast format will be.