History FrogCast

Season 5 Episode 6: Newton's Laws Displaced God

In this episode, student historians Marin Newman and Cuatro Welder tackle the myth that Isaac Newton's laws of motion and theory of gravity were seen as a direct challenge to widespread seventeenth-century belief in a universe created and ordered by God.
 
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Season 5 Episode 5: Descartes Separated the Mind from the Body

In this episode, student historians Charles Worrell, Aidan Shackelford, and Isaac Mulat tackle the myth that the seventeenth-century French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes invented the idea of mind-body dualism.
 
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Season 5 Episode 4: The Church Tortured Galileo

In this episode, student historians Ranger Fair and Nico Mosquera tackle the myth that the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei was tortured by the Catholic Church for his scientific beliefs. 
 
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Season 5 Episode 3: Copernicus Demoted Humanity

In this episode, Viktor Lord Harrington, Samuel Saenz, and Lauren Flores tackle the myth that the sixteenth-century Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus dealt a psychic blow to all of humankind when he published a book insisting that humans aren't the center of the universe after all.
 
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Season 5 Episode 2: The Church Banned Human Dissection

In this episode, Cooper Moog, Remington Strickland, and Wyatt Franz tackle the myth that the medieval church prohibited human dissection, supposedly setting back the progress of modern medicine by centuries.
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Season 5 Episode 1: Columbus Discovered the Earth Is Round

In this episode, Whitney Kay, Merit Wagstaff, and Abby Pruns tackle the myth that when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, he and his crew—and everyone else in Europe at the time—believed the earth was flat.
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Season 5 Teaser

In Season 5 of the Forecast, we travel back in time more than four centuries to early modern Europe, where ideas and practices fundamental to modern science were just emerging. Popular histories of the Scientific Revolution often frame this period as one of conflict between science and religion, as reason finally triumphed over superstition. This season, student historians get to the heart of those myths, uncovering a more complex history of the relationship between knowledge, discovery, and belief.
This podcast is a product of academic coursework, created by students for educational purposes. The opinions and views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent the official stance or views of Texas Christian University.
 

Season 4 Episode 3 - Pentomic Problems

The third episode follows Col. Verheul to Germany with the 24th Infantry Division before his return to the United States and subsequent work advising the Arkansas Army National Guard with the 39th Infantry Division. This episode focuses upon the Army's nuclear weapons strategy and reorganization during the Cold War, and what it meant for US deterrence efforts. The episode concludes by highlighting the service of National Guardsmen during the Vietnam War.
 
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Season 4 Episode 2 - Atomic Age Assignments

The second episode focuses upon Col. Verheul's time in Peru, Korea, and Japan, his stint at Michigan State University as a Professor of Military Science, and his work with nuclear weapons development at Fort Monroe Virginia. This episode evaluates Cold War US foreign policy in Latin America, the impact of ROTC programs during the Korean War, the role of military intelligence in East Asia, and the development of the Davy Crockett recoilless rifle. In this episode, you will see the US begin to exert not only soft power, but nuclear power abroad!
 
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Season 4 Episode 1 - Deeds Not Words

Episode one examines Col. Verheul's experience during World War II at The Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia and with the 92nd "Buffalo" Infantry Division. Notably, as a white officer in this Division, Verheul found himself on the frontlines of a significant struggle which helped change the very nature of the US military.
 
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