History Impossible

Alexander von Sternberg

EN100 episodes

historysocietyculturetrue crime

History Impossible covers some of the less-known, strange, and supposedly impossible events, people, and ideologies throughout history that are all nonetheless true. The settings and time periods range from the Second World War to ancient Japan to medieval Europe, and many more. The show engages with difficult ideas and impossible decisions that were made by human beings like you or me, always to significant effect. It goes out of its way to grant agency to all of its subjects and does its best...

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Episodes (100)

The Fictions of History

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The Blonde Conspiracy feat. Greg Zink (An Impossible Interview VII)

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Stakeholder Nazism (An Impossible Polemic)

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Jan 2, 20231:44:10pending

The Birth of the Lexicon, Part II: The American Lunatic (Infinitesimal Impossibi...

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The Birth of the Lexicon, Part I: The Scottish Polymath (Infinitesimal Impossibi...

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Ken Burns' Water-Carrying Failure

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A Third Reich Bildungsroman

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Oct 25, 20224:56:05pending

Assassinations and Historical Discontents (ft. Kristaps Andrejsons of the Easter...

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Sep 13, 20221:39:23pending

The Fuhrer’s Court Jew Part II: The Fall of Icarus

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Aug 2, 20222:16:26pending

The Fuhrer’s Court Jew Part I: In League With the Devil

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Jul 19, 20222:08:07pending

Ukraine and the Latvian Podfather (An Impossible Interview VI): Kristaps Andrejs...

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Jun 15, 20222:22:43pending

Hitler‘s Bastards

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Apr 25, 20224:33:43pending

Ideological Realignments: Past, Present, and Future (feat. CJ Killmer)

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Mar 5, 20222:52:08pending

An Impossible Interview V: Goran Adamson

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Jan 26, 20221:17:55pending

The Hitler Avatar and His Masochistic Priestess

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Infinitesimal Impossibilities 03: The Warlord‘s Cook

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Sep 28, 20211:31:15pending

The Muslim Nazis V: Taking Hitler By The Hand

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Sep 3, 20213:30:17pending

Escaping Farhud: The Joseph Samuels Story

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The Muslim Nazis IV: Farhud

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The Muslim Nazis III: Nineteen Twenty Nine

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The Muslim Nazis II: The Mufti

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The Muslim Nazis I: Early Adventures with Imperial German Islamophilia

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Jan 23, 20211:32:08pending

An Impossible Announcement: History Impossible in 2021

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An Impossible Interview IV: Aaron Sibarium, The Washington Free Beacon

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Dec 4, 20201:33:10pending

Infinitesimal Impossibilities 02: The Mad Madame of New Orleans

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Pandemic: Rendering a Hue and Cry

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Oct 26, 20206:18:16pending

BONUS! Ripples of Impossible History (on Fire): Confucius

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Infinitesimal Impossibilities 01: The First Submarine

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Sep 25, 20201:09:15pending

A Very British Samurai (Assimilation)

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The Devil Soldier and His Ever Victorious Army (Approbation)

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Jun 12, 20203:20:44pending

An Impossible Interview III: JD Huitt, History Underground

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May 4, 20201:41:02pending

An Impossible Pop Quiz: Blood, Bardos, Bullets, and Buddhism

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Apr 24, 20201:11:24pending

Blood, Bardos, Bullets, and Buddhism (Appropriation)

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Apr 13, 20205:02:03pending

An Impossible Interview II: CJ Killmer

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Feb 3, 20202:18:29pending

The Prisoner on the River Kwai (Forgiveness)

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Dec 20, 20192:58:07pending

The American Executioners (Vengeance)

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Nov 6, 20192:20:24pending

An Impossible Pop Quiz: The Werewolves of the Fourth Reich

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The Werewolves of the Fourth Reich (Trauma)

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Oct 2, 20193:13:24pending

An Impossible Interview I: Daniele Bolelli

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Sep 3, 20191:29:38pending

An Impossible Pop Quiz: The Great Hollywood Coverup

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Aug 15, 20191:06:33pending

The Great Hollywood Coverup Part II: Dames, Drug Dealers, and Dragoonery

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Jul 26, 20192:44:44pending

The Great Hollywood Coverup Part I: Moving Pictures, Moral Crusaders, and Murder

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Jul 1, 20191:59:13pending

An Impossible Pop Quiz: The White Death

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May 16, 201946:36pending

The White Death

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Apr 22, 20192:02:25pending

An Impossible Pop Quiz: The Union Rapists

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Mar 25, 201939:39pending

The Union Rapists

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An Impossible Pop Quiz: The Original Donald Trump

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Feb 28, 201940:44pending

The Original Donald Trump

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Jan 28, 20192:35:22pending

Episode Zero: An Impossible Introduction

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