De Roemeense Koning - Veertien Achttien

De laatste aflevering van Veertien Achttien krijgt als titel mee Carol I en er moest mij bij verteld worden dat dit de koning van Roemenie is. De man is van Duitse komaf en in WO I gaat zijn voorkeur uit naar een alliantie met de Centralen. Maar de Roemeense main stream kijkt meer naar de geallieerden.

Roemenie is nog nauwelijks een serieuze staat in die dagen en Carol is een monarch die er bijgesleept is om het nieuwe land in de negentiende eeuw soevereiniteit te verlenen. En al met al levert deze achtergrond vooral een uitstapje naar de voorgeschiedenis van Duitsland op. Tacken stipt de eenwording van Duitsland aan en de oorlogen met Frankrijk en Oostenrijk die Bismarck nodig had om van de Duitse staten een land te maken onder de Pruisische koning als keizer.

Wat dit te maken heeft met WO I is vooral dat met de totstandkoming van Duitsland het machtsevenwicht op het Europese vasteland verschuift van Frankrijk naar deze nieuwe Duitse eenheid, dat groter is, een grotere bevolking heeft en sneller geindustrialiseerd raakt dan de rest van de wereld. Roemenie is een achterhoedegevecht in het grote verhaal en zo blijft het ook.

Meer Veertien Achttien:
Herbert Hoover,
Otto Weddigen,
Helmut Von Moltke,
Joseph Gallieni,
Alexander von Kluck.

Upcoming on Anne is a Man

I haven't done this in a long time: projecting what is to be expected on this blog in the coming days. But here goes. The following podcasts will be reviewed soon.

MMW 4 (UCSD)
The Making of the Modern World series proceeds beyond the early Middle Ages with Professor Matthew Herbst on the helm. We will be talking about history between 1200 and 1750. Be aware, this is UCSD, soon the feed will be taken off line again. If you intend to try, download while you can.

Big Ideas (TV Ontario)
In the past weeks the podcast feed has been filled with a couple of good lectures. Notably: Mark Kingwell on intellectualism and Benjamin Barber on the cultural effect of market economy.

Philosophy Bites
A whole list of issues are in my backlog for reviewing. Socrates, Kant and two issues on Nietzsche.

Philosophy 7 (Berkeley)
When taking on Nietzsche, I'll undoubtedly mention Hubert Dreyfus's lectures on existentialism.

Philosophy 6 (Berkeley)
And while we are at Hubert Dreyfus, we'll be touching upon his Heidegger quest as well.

Almost certainly we will have some reviews of the regulars: Veertien Achttien, In Our Time, UChannel and possibly Shrink Rap Radio

This load will keep you going into next week, so while we are looking ahead, I'll also mention that on 15 October we will have the international, web-wide Blog Action Day. This year the day is about poverty and I will rerun some six podcast reviews concerning poverty.

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Da Vinci Code - history podcast review

Thanks to DIY Scholar, I found The Teaching Company a great source for educational audio. They have a huge repository of lectures you can enjoy in stream. In addition, a handful of these lectures are podcast. DIY Scholar already reported about the lecture about the extinction of the Dinosaurs (Are we next?). I would like to high light a double feature the company put in the feed.

Professor Bart D. Ehrman begins his lectures by saying Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code is a fantastic page-turner and he repeats that a couple of more times. His lectures' object is, however, to evaluate the historic assumption upon which the novel is based. The inevitable conclusion is that the novel is mere fiction and its assumptions are unlikely (if not falsified) based on the available sources or merely unfounded at best. The first set of assumption evolve around the Nicene Creed and Emperor Constantine's influence in the course of Church History. Brown's claim Constantine directed the change and this involved a removal of the feminine from the faith appears false rather than unlikely. The second foot on which the novel stands, the possibility Jesus may have had offspring with Mary Magdalene is also torn down by Ehrman.

I was less impressed by the second refutation though. Ehrman's example of the Essenes, a celibate Jewish sect of the time, goes to show that Jesus might also have been celibate, but it cannot serve as a refutation of Brown's assumption that he wasn't. Hence, Jesus might have had relationships with women and might have had children and if so, why not with Mary Magdalene? A historian couldn't venture into that line of thinking without sources, but since the sources do not seem to exclude it, it is an excellent challenge for fiction to explore the supposition.

Personally I was hardly charmed by Brown's novel. A novel of similar subject and atmosphere, but much more to my liking was Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum.

More DIY Scholar:
The blog you all should follow,
History 7b about Goldwater,
Philip Harland's podcast,
German Politics,
Samson, the conflicted hero.

Anne is a Man - 192 podcasts reviewed

UPDATE: we now have 300 podcasts reviewed. (click this link for the latest list)

It is the first of the month again and so I post in alphabetical order all podcasts I reviewed, linked to the last post:

1. 12 Byzantine Rulers
2. 7th Son
   
3. Africa (Stanford Travel)
4. Africa Past and Present
5. All Things Medieval
6. American Environmental and Cultural History (Berkeley ESPM 160AC)
7. American History before 1870
8. Ancient and Medieval Podcast
9. Ancient History - Alternative Theories
   
10. Ancient Philosophy (Berkeley)
    

11. Are we alone?
12. Backstory
    
13. Behind the Black Mask
    
14. BBC History Magazine
15. Big Ideas (TVO)
16. Bike Radar
17. Binge Thinking History
18. Bioethics podcast
19. the Biography Show (TPN)
20. Biota Podcast
21. Birth of the Modern (Arizona State University)
22. Bommel Hoorspel
23. British History 101
24. Car Talk
25. CATS 2 Culture and Technology Studies (UCSD)
26. Celtic Myth Podshow
27. CFR Podcast
28. Chronicles Radio Dispatches
29. Church History
30. Dan Carlin's Common Sense
31. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 
32. David Kalivas' World History
33. Distillations
34. East Asian Thought (UCSD)
    
35. Economics 100B (Berkeley)
    
36. the Economist
37. Engines of our Ingenuity
38. English 117S (Berkeley)
39. Entitled opinions
    
40. Everything Lincoln
41. Existentialism in Literature and Film (Phil 7 - Berkeley)
42. Exploring Environmental History
43. F1Cast
44. Fact or Fiction
    
45. Forgotten Classics
    
46. Fresh Air (NPR)
47. From our own Correspondent (BBC)
48. Geography 110C (Berkeley) Economic Geography of the Industrial World
    
49. Geography 130 (Berkeley)
50. Geography of Europe (Arizona State University)
    
51. Geography of World Cultures (Stanford)
52. German Cultural History
    
53. Geschiedewistjedatjes
    
54. Global Geopolitics (Stanford)
55. Hank's History Hour
56. Hannibal (Stanford)
57. Haring Podcast
58. Harvard Business IdeaCast
    
59. Historical Jesus (Stanford)
60. Historicast
    
61. History 106B (Berkeley)
62. History 167B (Berkeley)
63. History 181B (Berkeley)
64. History 2311 (Temple College)
65. History 2312 (Temple College)
66. History 4A (Berkeley)
67. History 5 (Anderson - Berkeley)
68. History 5 (Hesse- Berkeley)
    
69. History 5 (Laqueur - Berkeley)
70. History 7B (Berkeley)
71. History according to Bob
72. History Compass Blog
    
73. History Network
74. History of Holland (Librivox)
75. History of Rome
76. History of the International System (Stanford)
77. History Podcast
78. Historypod
79. Historyzine 
80. ICT Update
81. In Our Time (BBC)
82. In the Media (WNYC)
83. Inspired Minds (Deutsche Welle)
84. Interview Vrijdag (VPRO)
85. Introduction to German Politics (Oxford)
86. Introduction to Language (Arizona State University)
87. Iran Podcast
    
88. Irving Poetry podcast
89. ITV
90. Jung Podcast
91. KMTT
92. KQED Forum
93. Language (UCSD)
94. Letters and Science (Berkeley)
    
95. LSE Podcast
96. Marathon Interview (VPRO)
97. Matt's Today In History
98. Medieval & Renaissance Studies Events (Virginia Tech)
99. Medieval Podcast
100. Midwest Writer
101. Military History Podcast 
102. Missing Link
103. MMW 3, the medieval heritage (Chamberlain - UCSD)
104. MMW 3, the medieval heritage (Herbst - UCSD)
105. MMW6 (UCSD)
     
106. Muscular Judaism
107. My Three Shrinks
108. Namaste Stories
     
109. Napoleon 1O1 (TPN)
110. National Archives Podcast
111. Naxos Classical Music Spotlight Podcast
     
112. New World Orders
     
113. Night's Knights
     
114. Nonviolence (Berkeley PACS 164A)
115. Nonviolence today (Berkeley PACS 164B)
116. NRC FM
117. Only in America
118. Open Source
119. Out of the past
     
120. OVT (VPRO)
121. Oxford Biographies
     
122. Oy Mendele!
123. Parnell's History Podcast
124. Peopletalk's Podcast
125. Physics for future Presidents (Berkeley)
126. Philosophy 103
127. Philosophy 7 (Berkeley)
128. Philosophy Bites
129. the Philosophy Podcast
130. Philosopy 6 (Berkeley) Man, God, and Society in Western Literature
     
131. Podcast history of cooking
     
132. Podcasts on Medieval Texts (Virginia Tech)
133. Podwatch
134. Political Science 179 (Berkeley)
     
135. Politics and Warfare (UCSD)
     
136. Pope Podcast 
137. Practice of Art (Berkeley) Foundations of American Cyber-Culture
     
138. Prosperity show
139. Radiolab (WNYC)
140. Rav Dovid's
141. Real Talk
     
142. Red Panda
     
143. Redborne History
144. Religion and Law in the US (UCSD HIUS 155A)
145. Religion and Law in the US (UCSD HIUS 155B)
146. Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean
147. Replaceable You (Stanford)
     
148. Rhetoric 10 (Berkeley)
149. Rpgmp3
150. Schlaflos in München
     
151. Science Fiction and Politics
     
152. Science Friday (NPR)
153. Sex History Podcast
154. Shrink Rap Radio 
155. Šimek 's Nachts (RVU)
156. the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
157. Social Innovation Conversations
158. Sonic Society
159. Speaking of Faith (APM)
160. Stanford U History
161. Stem Cells: Policy and Ethics (Stanford)
162. Sterke Geschiedenis
     
163. Straight talk about stem cells (Stanford)
     
164. Sunday Sundown
165. Talking Robots
166. TdF London
167. Teaching American History
168. TED Talks 
169. That Podcast Show
170. The Bitterest Pill
     
171. Theories of Law and Society (Berkeley)
     
172. the Things We Forgot To Remember
173. Time Out for Truth
     
174. Times Talks
175. Tudorcast
176. UCLA Israel Studies
177. University Channel Podcast (aka UChannel Podcast)
178. Veertien Achttien
     
179. Volkskrant Podcasts
180. We the People Stories
181. Welcome to Mars
     
182. What is Judaism?
183. Wise Counsel
184. the Word Nerds 
185. the Writing Show
186. Wynyfryd's meditation room
187. the Your History Podcast
188. Your Purpose Centered Life
189. zencast
190. zoem
191. האוניברסיטה המשודרת

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New podcast reviews at Anne is a Man

September was a month I dedicated to picking up as many academic podcasts from the new year as I could. Apart from those, there were also other types of new podcasts I reviewed for the first time. A side-effect of this month's new reviews, I will have to start a new category list: Economics. There are some known podcasts that may fit into the category, but two new ones this month have made creating it a necessity as they would not go anywhere else:

Economics 100B (Berkeley) Economic Analysis--Macro (review , site , feed )
Now is a particularly interesting time to study macro-economics. Not only in the light of the upcoming elections, where the suggested economic policies can be measured with what you learn on the podcast. Also because of the stormy developments in the global economy and national economies.

Harvard Business IdeaCast (review , site , feed )
Innovative business ideas laid out in short podcasts.

In the category of History Podcasts:
History 5 (Hesse - Berkeley) (review , site , feed )
European history from the Renaissance till today with the personal, somewhat thematic, touch of Professor Carla Hesse.

East Asian Thought (UCSD) (review , site, feed )
Excellent Professor Magagna does it again. Your access road to understanding East-Asian philosophy and culture.

MMW6 (UCSD) (review , site, feed)
Modern history told with a political science touch.

In the category of Science Podcasts:
Letters and Science (Berkeley) (review , site , feed )
Physics for future presidents, or: technology without the math.

In the category of Philosophy and Thought Podcasts:
Ancient Philosophy (Berkeley) (review , site , feed  )
Introduction into classical thinkers such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle.

Philosopy 6 (Berkeley) Man, God, and Society in Western Literature (review, site , feed )
Hubert Dreyfus's search with Heidegger.

In the category of Geography Podcasts:
Geography 110C (Berkeley) Economic Geography of the Industrial World (review, site , feed )
Thought-provoking course about our world today and the toughest issues it faces.

Geography of Europe (ASU) (review , site, feed )
Low level introductory course into Europe.

In the category of Arts and Culture Podcasts:
Practice of Art (Berkeley) Foundations of American Cyber-Culture (review, site , feed )
An exploration of cyber-culture

The Bitterest Pill (review, site , feed )
The stylized lamentations of a failed comedian and actor who is condemned to lead the live of a stay-at-home dad.

In the category of News & Politics Podcasts:
Political Science 179 (Berkeley) (review , site , feed )
Provocative introduction into politics.

In the category of Psychology Podcasts:
Real Talk (review , site , feed )
The podcast for the eavesdropper. Listen in to adolescent talk.

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Hildebrandslied - German Cultural History podcast review

The German Cultural History podcast remains a feast of tangents, or so it seems. It is nearly impossible to make out a structure for these talks, but yet, they remain fascinating at the same time.

Host Tom has returned with yet more thoughts on the German language and spends the major part of his latest episode on discussing the Hildebrandslied. This is an old Germanic tale of a father and son who engage in battle as champions for their armies. The Lied is sung in the Old High German and that is why it is so important for the podcast. It is of course one of the few sources in Old High German.

As usual, for me, there is a lot of recognition with the teachings of German Literature in High School. Only, it is so much more leisurely to get it on podcast.

Picture: Page 1 of the Hildebrandslied (public Domain)
Landes- und Murhardsche Bibliothek, Kassel, Germany, 2° Ms. theol.54, Bl. 1r (Wikimedia Commons)

Previously about GCH podcast:
Old High German,
Sound Shifts and Umlauts,
Why Iceland,
German Cultural History - Podcast Review.