{"podcast":{"title":"History Impossible","slug":"history-impossible-947020","podcast_index_feed_id":947020,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5634566/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/history-impossible","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a8c668a60b07d3cb3e35a8813764ce86.jpg","author":"Alexander von Sternberg","episode_count":102,"summary":"History Impossible covers some of the less-known, strange, and supposedly impossible events, people, and ideologies throughout history that are all nonetheless true. The settings and time periods range from the Second World War to ancient Japan to medieval Europe, and many more. The show engages with difficult ideas and impossible decisions that were made by human beings like you or me, always to significant effect. It goes out of its way to grant agency to all of its subjects and does its best to present the most nuanced approach one can, all while acknowledging any personal biases that may exist. You will not find a more honest attempt at presenting difficult and controversial historical topics. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-impossible--5634566/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T18:18:35.593766+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-impossible-947020"},"episode":{"title":"Trump 2.0: Making America Progressive Again","slug":"trump-2-0-making-america-progressive-again","published_at":"2025-04-18T21:47:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-impossible-947020/trump-2-0-making-america-progressive-again","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-impossible-947020","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-2-0-making-america-progressive-again--65628921","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/https://pdcn.co/e/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/65628921/trump_2_0_making_america_progressive_again.mp3","summary":"The question of who President Donald Trump resembled in history is one that has become almost a cliche, mostly thanks to its ideological Rorschach quality, especially during his first term and in the years leading up to his second. This has become far less of a debate, thanks largely to the man himself actually citing his influences. This was what I decided to tackle in an essay I wrote for my friend David Josef Volodsko in his publication, The Radicalist . A couple of weeks later, I am happy to bring to all of you the audio adaptation of that essay, with a couple of important expansions you won’t receive anywhere else. This is the first installment of a small cluster of episodes I plan to put out for all of you that deal with the theme of imperialism, which will also hopefully include an interview or two about the subject as well.Thank you again for reading, listening, and for having incredible patience as I work on the next installment of “The Muslim Nazis” series. … History Impossible has been made possible by the following generous supporters on Patreon, Substack, and PayPal. Please consider donating today to help keep me free and this show alive: David Adamcik David Alsbach Rajan Athul Robert Babeon Michael Beach Benjamin Greg Bosai Johannes Breitsameter Carol ABC Charles C Curtis Christiansen Clayton Connell Cliffydeuce CR B.Cyr daddygorgon Danny Lynda Davis Paul DeCoster Regina Dick-Endrizzi Neil Dickens Nathan Diehl Bob Downing Dramicas Martin E. Gavin Edwards Howie Feltersnatch Pierre Ghazarian Jayson Griesmeyer Nathan Grote Benjamin Hamilton Peter Hauck Henry Eric Hodges Carey Hurst Mike Jarulic Joe6245 Lionel Joseph Thomas Justesen Mike Kalnins Bryn Kaufman Leah Kodner Benjamin Lee Constance Loucks Maddy Mounty of Madness Jose Martinez Mike Mayleben Judy McC…","meta_description":"The question of who President Donald Trump resembled in history is one that has become almost a cliche, mostly thanks to its ideological Rorschach quality…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3463,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/history-impossible-947020/episodes/trump-2-0-making-america-progressive-again/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-impossible-947020/trump-2-0-making-america-progressive-again.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}