Episode 117: Draft Diverted

On August 12, 1941, the US House of Representatives by a single vote retained the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 preserving the recently instituted peacetime draft a mere months before the United States formally entered World War II with Speaker Sam Rayburn being a key factor in using a keen knowledge of House parliamentary rules and quick gavel to secure the vote.

How would US involvement in World War II have been different if the Act had not been retained?

Regular show contributor Chris Coppola joins to explore the topic.

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Episode 116: No Boy's Club

For most of recorded history, thrones have been inherited by the oldest MALE child through the principle of "male primogeniture."

How would history be different generally if eldest female children had not been passed over in favor of their male siblings?

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Episode 115: Preview x2

Today's episode provides two previews--both are firsts. LINK TO EPISODE

One is the first episode of the "Late Bronze Age Collapse" series that is exclusively for our Patrons on Patreon. To become a patron and hear the rest of the series and access other Patron perks, you can visit our Patreon page here.

The second is the "inaugural episode" for The Room Where It Happened and provides more details on the show's format and introduces Room #1 and the associated topic. (By the way, the first full episode, Room #1, can be found here.)