We’re starting our journey through the History Files archives here, with “Fall of Empires”, from April 2015. We did news segments in the early days of this show, before we realized that it would make more sense to keep things timeless for future listening. Feel free to skip ahead…or enjoy the time capsule! For this episode, Gordon is joined by commentator Dylan Honnold. Considering what’s going on in the world right now in May 2024, this is probably as good a place as any to start. We hope you enjoy it.
From the original show notes: “The average duration of empires the world over seems to be about 250 years. In this episode of the History Files Gordon and Dylan look at the classic symptoms of decline, which are often confused with causes, and reflect on ‘The Fate of Empires’ by Sir John Glubb.”
Note: You’ll want to disregard any references to the CSICON network. Breki Tomasson, the genius behind it, has since moved on to other endeavors and CSICON is no more.
As of this posting I’m trying to figure out how to publish the podcast to places like Spotify and Apple Podcasts. I think I have it all set up at those two places, but YouTube Podcasts is sending a “code” to my spotify email, and I have no idea where to find any email sent to me at xxxx@spotify.com. Stay tuned…
Fall of Empires