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The Jeremy Ryan Slate Show

Jeremy Ryan Slate

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The Jeremy Ryan Slate Show is a bi-weekly investigation into how power really works—across history, empires, and the modern world.Each episode draws on two core lenses:Hidden forces behind history—royal murders, lost colonies, financial systems, modern elites, NGOs, propaganda, and the quiet mechanisms that shape events long before they reach the headlines.And the Roman pattern—the idea that today’s crises aren’t new. Currency collapse, political division, border chaos, military overreach—Rome f...

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Episodes (122)

The War Rome Almost Lost to Its Own Allies

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What If Aurelian Never Died? The Rome That Never Fell

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Sep 2, 202619:32pending

Marius: The Reform That Accidentally Destroyed Rome

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Aug 31, 202631:33pending

The House of Romanov: 304 Years to a Basement in Yekaterinburg

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Aug 26, 202628:56pending

The Real Reason the Roman Senate Killed One of Its Own in 133 BC

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Aug 24, 202623:15pending

Alexander the Great's Empire Died in Months, One General Made It Last 300 Years

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Aug 19, 202618:42pending

The Real Reason the Roman Republic Actually Died (It Took 100 Years)

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Aug 17, 202633:47pending

Charlemagne's Empire Wasn't Destroyed by Vikings. It Was Divided by Lawyers.

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Aug 12, 202632:16pending

The Real Reason the Roman Republic Lasted 500 Years

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Aug 10, 202636:02pending

The Hautevilles: The Norman Family William the Conqueror Was Jealous Of

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Aug 5, 202656:25pending

Marcus Aurelius Was the Best Emperor Rome Ever Had — And It Wasn't Enough

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Aug 3, 202628:59pending

Henry VIII: The King Who Turned His Father's Ledger Into a Weapon.

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Jul 29, 202650:03pending

Money, Borders, Power: The Pattern That Actually Killed Rome

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Jul 27, 20261:05:09pending

Henry VII: The Tax Accountant Who Reinvented the English Monarchy

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Jul 22, 202628:01pending

The Real Reason the Catholic Church Still Runs on Roman Rules

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Jul 20, 202630:57pending

The Habsburg Jaw: Why the Empire That Ruled the World Couldn't Chew

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Jul 15, 202631:52pending

Britain: What Real Civilizational Collapse Actually Looks Like

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Jul 13, 202632:16pending

Napoleon Didn't Take Power. France Voted To Give It To Him.

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Jul 8, 202626:04pending

Justinian's Reconquest Destroyed More of Rome Than the Barbarians

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Jul 6, 202631:11pending

The Wars of the Roses: How England's Aristocracy Killed Itself in 30 Years

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Jul 1, 20261:08:20pending

The Kingdom That Tried to Be Roman

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Jun 29, 202639:59pending

476 AD Is Wrong. Here's When Rome Actually Fell

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Jun 24, 202634:22pending

Rome Didn't Fall — Here's What Actually Happened

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Jun 22, 202626:03pending

Scottish Clan Tartans Aren't Ancient. They Were Invented in 1842 by Two English...

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Jun 18, 202633:35pending

The Real Fall of Rome

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Jun 15, 202626:03pending

1066: England Wasn't Conquered at Hastings. It Was Conquered in the 20 Years Aft...

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Jun 10, 20261:03:57pending

Slaves Opened the Gates of Rome (Not Barbarians)

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Jun 8, 202616:40pending

Yellow Journalism: The Architecture of Modern Manipulation

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Jun 3, 202621:44pending

Rome Killed the Man Who Was Saving It

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Jun 1, 202622:19pending

The Okhrana: How Tsarist Russia Invented the Surveillance State the KGB Inherite...

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May 27, 202618:55pending

How Rome's Last Emperor Gave Up the Border (Theodosius)

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May 25, 202626:36pending

The Reign of Terror: 18 Months From the King's Execution to Robespierre's

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May 20, 202620:54pending

Adrianople: The Day Rome Actually Fell

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May 18, 202619:36pending

The Pattern: How American Assassinations Reshape Policy

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May 13, 202624:32pending

Julian the Apostate: The Reversal That Couldn't Happen

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May 11, 202626:16pending

The Augustus System: How to Replace a Republic Without Anyone Noticing

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May 6, 202614:07pending

The Constantine System: How to Take Over an Empire Without Destroying It

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May 4, 202613:59pending

They Built a System That Watches Everyone

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Apr 29, 202610:31failed

Coins Don't Lie—Here's What Killed Rome

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Apr 27, 202646:27failed

They Didn't Conquer Nations — They Invoiced Them: The Bank of England's Secret

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Apr 22, 202613:57failed

The Emperor Didn’t Run Rome

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Apr 20, 202627:36failed

Who Really Created the Federal Reserve? The Truth They Don't Teach

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Apr 15, 202613:00failed

Rome's Emergency Powers Never Ended. Ours Haven't Either.

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Apr 13, 202627:57failed

Before the Federal Reserve: How the Dutch Invented the World's First Deep State

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Apr 8, 202629:18failed

Did Diocletian Save Rome… or Break It?

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Apr 6, 20261:00:12failed

East India Company: The World's First Corporate Takeover (And How They Got Away...

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Apr 1, 202628:47completed

The Roman Collapse Nobody Teaches: 50 Years of Total System Failure

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Mar 30, 202622:09failed

The Bank for International Settlements: The Most Powerful Bank You Never Voted F...

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Mar 26, 202638:08failed

50 Years of Collapse: What Happened to Ordinary Romans?

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Mar 24, 202645:48failed

The Vatican Bank: The Most Powerful Financial Institution You've Never Heard Of

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Mar 18, 202636:43failed