Transcript.
Transcript provided by listener Joseph M.
One of the resources I am using for the episode on dreadnoughts, is this 1975 SPI wargame, which includes individual counters, individually rated, for every dreadnought battleship ever produced. Here are the Brazilian and Argentine dreadnoughts from the game:
I write the scripts for The History of the Twentieth Century podcast months ahead of time. This week, I’m working on an episode about dreadnoughts and the naval arms races of the early 20th century. Best known is the Anglo-German arms race, but the Americans and the Japanese were also eyeing each other uneasily. And then there was the surprising South American naval arms race between Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. Tentative title is “Dreadnought!” With a “!”
I’ve also been doing some reading on the Ottoman Empire. The podcast needs a backgrounder on the Ottomans.
As promised, this Sunday’s episode will be about the early days of the unexpected Roosevelt administration. The title will be “Such a Bully Pulpit.” I plan to put some Scott Joplin into the episode, and am working on getting that to sound right.
The course of American history changes when the staid, conservative William McKinley is shot and killed by an anarchist assassin, and the improbable Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.
Transcript.
Transcript provided by listener Josh.
Playlist:
Fanfare
Opening Theme
“There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight”
Composed in 1896 by Theodore August Metz. Public domain.
Symphony No. 3 in E♭ Major (“Eroica”)
Composed in 1804 by Ludwig van Beethoven. Public domain.
Performed by Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Public domain. Source.
Closing Theme
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Western reinforcements pour into China and the tide turns in their favor. But can they reach their embassies in Beijing in time?
Transcript.
Transcript provided by listener Josh.
Playlist:
Fanfare
Opening Theme
“There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight”
Composed in 1896 by Theodore August Metz. Public domain.
“Liuyang River”
Traditional. Public domain.
Recording by David290 licensed under a Creative Commons license. Details.
Closing Theme
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The outrage of the common Chinese peasants against foreign powers and their missionaries boils over into a violent anti-Western uprising.
Transcript.
Transcript provided by listener Josh.
Playlist:
Fanfare
Opening Theme
“Spring Blossoms on a Moonlit River”
Traditional. Public domain.
“Jasmine Flower”
Traditional. Public domain.
Closing Theme
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A schism emerges in Protestantism, between those who would adapt their understanding of Scripture to a modern understanding of the world, and those who will have none of it.
Transcript.
(Thanks to listener Tom B. for providing the transcript.)
Playlist:
Fanfare
“All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”
Composed in 1793 by Oliver Holden. Public domain.
“Blessed Assurance”
Composed in 1873 by Frances J. Crosby. Public domain.
“It Is Well with My Soul”
Composed in 1876 by Philip Bliss. Public domain.
Except when otherwise indicated, the contents of this podcast are
© and ℗ 2015 by Mark Painter, all rights reserved. Some sound effects used by arrangement with Pond 5.
The British marshal the resources of their Empire in an all-out war to defeat the Boer states once and for all.
Transcript.
(Thanks to listener Tom B. for providing the transcript.)
Playlist:
Fanfare
Opening Theme
Enigma Variations, Opus 36
Composed in 1899 by Sir Edward Elgar. Public domain.
Performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra. Public domain. Source.
Closing Theme
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The Second Anglo-Boer War erupts, following the British ultimatum and the Boer counter-ultimatum. In the opening weeks of the war, the Boers have everything their own way, and the British are stymied.
Transcript.
(Thanks to listener Joseph M. for providing the transcript.)
Playlist:
Fanfare
Opening Theme
Closing Theme
Except when otherwise indicated, the contents of this podcast are
© and ℗ 2015 by Mark Painter, all rights reserved. Some sound effects used by arrangement with Pond 5.
A look at the Britain and her Empire at the end of the nineteenth century, with a special emphasis on Ireland and South Africa because, [spoiler alert] things are going to happen in both of those countries.
Transcript.
(Thanks to listener Joseph M. for providing the transcript.)
Playlist:
Fanfare
Opening Theme
“Rule, Britannia!”
Composed in 1740 by Thomas Arne. Public domain.
“Eternal Father, Strong to Save”
Composed in 1860 by William Whiting. Public domain.
Performed by the United States Navy Band. Public domain. Source.
Except when otherwise indicated, the contents of this podcast are
© and ℗ 2015 by Mark Painter, all rights reserved. Some sound effects used by arrangement with Pond 5.
