Preliminary Episode: Welcome

Welcome to Gaps in the Past, much more to follow.

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Introduction

Firstly, let me say welcome to Gaps in the Past, the blog/podcast, which seeks to dive into times in our collective history that were to an extent brushed over, though maybe I just wasn't paying attention in school. I'm no historian, by any measure, but what I am is easily intrigued by a variety of weird subjects. My current audience of my girl friend, parents, sister, and friends aren't exactly keen to hear about my typically buzzed ramblings about my current fascination. Not everyone at my thanksgiving dinner table wants to hear about the absolute mess Europe was in after World War II after three glasses of wine, though I have found that after five glasses or more my audience is typically more willing, or less able to interject.

Hopefully, the internet will provide me a more willing audience, though I will probably force my parents to listen to my (hopefully) articulate ramblings from audio rather than the horses mouth. I would hope a semi-prepared podcast would be more organized, and at least presented in a slightly more sober state of mind.

I would like to make a shout out to Dan Carlin of Hardcore history; the man who has truly laid the foundation for history podcasts. I can only hope to shed a light in comparison to you works, please keep up the podcasting


Planned Podcasts:

• What a Mess We Made: The Shambles of Europe after World War 2
• Day 0: Stop fighting
• 1946-49: Everyone good yet?
• 1950 and beyond: Do y'all need some boot straps?
• 1/64 - The Six Sisters and the Shift of Oil Power from the West to the East
• Oh Mother What Happened to You?: The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Immediate Aftermath
• God Save the Empire: The End of Colonial Britain 
• A Divine Division: Spanish and Portuguese Inheritance and Eventual Loss of Latin America
• Y Tu Gringo?: The American-Mexican War and What Could Have Been
• Whiskey in the morning to sobriety at dinner time, and how we ended back up at Miller Time (Trademarked)
• David vs Goliath:  Why starting fights you can't possibly win could cost you a capitol
• Oh my gosh nation states, so hot right now: Europe in the 19th Century
• A House Divided can standish: Pre-Civil War America and the fight everyone saw coming.
• A Tale of Two Empires
• Blood Soaked Friendship: The Story of Two Anglo-Sphere Best Friends 
• A Touch Too Close: NATO and Russian relations after 1990
• Finish the Finish: A frozen tail of Finland