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Historical Blindness

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Nathaniel Lloyd

Historical Blindness is a podcast about history’s myths, mysteries, and misconceptions. By examining cases of outrageous hoaxes, pernicious conspiracy theory, mass delusion, baffling mysteries and unreliable historiography, host Nathaniel Lloyd searches for insights into modern religious belief and political culture.

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Special Presentation: The Devil You Know

This week I'm sharing an episode of a new podcast from CBC, called The Devil You Know. In ... more

09 Dec 2025

44 MINS

44:23

09 Dec 2025

#229

Think of the Children - Part Two: Satanic Panic

In the conclusion of my series on the moral panics of the eighties, I look at the developm... more

25 Nov 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:22

25 Nov 2025

#228

Think of the Children - Part One: Stranger Danger

In this episode, I look at the development of the Stranger Danger moral panic as a precurs... more

11 Nov 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:32

11 Nov 2025

#227

Hunting the Highgate Vampire

In this episode, I tell the story of a hysteria in 1970s London, involving claims of ghost... more

21 Oct 2025

51 MINS

51:29

21 Oct 2025

#226

Poltergeist in Rosenheim

In this episode, I tell the story of a haunting in Bavaria that was claimed to be the firs... more

07 Oct 2025

46 MINS

46:51

07 Oct 2025

#225

Standing Army, Sitting President: The Posse Comitatus Act and the Domestic Deployment of the Militar...

In this new episode, I talk about America's long history of resenting domestic policing by... more

23 Sep 2025

42 MINS

42:44

23 Sep 2025

#224

Cracked and Packed: A History of Gerrymandering

After Texas's recent mid-decade partisan redistricting, representing a blatant power grab ... more

09 Sep 2025

41 MINS

41:46

09 Sep 2025

#223

Back Door to War: A History of Undeclared and Unauthorized US Warfare

Last month, when the Trump regime allied with Israel in their Twelve-Day War and bombed Ir... more

26 Aug 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:22

26 Aug 2025

#222

Introducing: CONSPIRACY THEORIES, CULTS, AND CRIMES

From Jonestown to Heaven’s Gate, to the Octopus Murders and the Waco Siege, the world is f... more

18 Aug 2025

08 MINS

08:32

18 Aug 2025

#221

A New Reassessment: Realism on Israel-Palestine

To conclude my series on the Israel-Palestine conflict, I look at Jewish presence in the L... more

12 Aug 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:25

12 Aug 2025

#220

Project Esther and the Weaponization of Anti-Semitism

In this first part of a two-part series on the Israel-Palestine conflict, I start by looki... more

29 Jul 2025

53 MINS

53:09

29 Jul 2025

#219

Town and Gown: Academic Freedom in Crisis

In this episode, I discuss the Trump administration's war on higher education and place it... more

15 Jul 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:52

15 Jul 2025

#218

License to Discriminate: LGBTQ Rights, Religious Exemption, and the Misreading of the Bible

Here at the end of Pride, I want to discuss the long, bigoted history and false scriptural... more

01 Jul 2025

50 MINS

50:32

01 Jul 2025

#217

Scapegoated! A History of American Nativism

As Trump ramps up his immigration raids in California and brings the armed forces to bear ... more

17 Jun 2025

50 MINS

50:33

17 Jun 2025

#216

Inalienable: Alien Enemies, the Great Writ, and Trump's Constitutional Crisis

In this episode, I discuss the history of the controversial wartime power that Trump has i... more

03 Jun 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:29

03 Jun 2025

#215

Gaslighter! Trump's Historical Distortions

In this episode, in response to Trump's order supposedly "Restoring Truth and Sanity to Am... more

20 May 2025

45 MINS

45:13

20 May 2025

#214

Tariff Men: A History of the US in Tariff Controversies

In this episode, I tell the history of the US through the history of controversial tariff ... more

06 May 2025

48 MINS

48:18

06 May 2025

#213

Darkness Came: the Myths of Easter and Good Friday

From claims about the pagan origins of Easter traditions to biblical literalists asserting... more

22 Apr 2025

53 MINS

53:50

22 Apr 2025

#212

The Legend of Joan, Popess of Rome

Throughout the Middle Ages and the Reformation, a story was told of the first female Pope,... more

08 Apr 2025

43 MINS

43:21

08 Apr 2025

#211

Empress Elagabalus

In the face of trans erasure and genocide, this episode affirms the existence of transgend... more

25 Mar 2025

57 MINS

57:32

25 Mar 2025

#210

The Erasure of Aspasia

An examination of Aspasia, a woman of ancient Athens who was universally agreed to have be... more

11 Mar 2025

58 MINS

58:39

11 Mar 2025

#209

The Lincoln Legends - Part Four: Smoke and Fire

In the 4th and final part of my series on the legends surrounding Lincoln and his assassin... more

25 Feb 2025

52 MINS

52:37

25 Feb 2025

#208

The Lincoln Legends - Part Three: Puppet Masters and Masterminds

In the 3rd part of my series on the legends surrounding Lincoln, I further examine conspir... more

11 Feb 2025

54 MINS

54:58

11 Feb 2025

#207

The Lincoln Legends - Part Two: A Conspiracy, Simple or Grand

In the second part of the series, we look at the plot to assassinate Lincoln, and the clai... more

28 Jan 2025

54 MINS

54:34

28 Jan 2025

#206

The Lincoln Legends - Part One: Larger Than Life

In the 2025 season premiere, I kick off a series about the myths and conspiracy theories s... more

14 Jan 2025

46 MINS

46:45

14 Jan 2025

#205

The Roots of the Christmas Tree (Another Very Historically Blind Xmas!)

In this year's annual holiday special, I examine the roots of the Christmas tree custom to... more

23 Dec 2024

48 MINS

48:37

23 Dec 2024

#204

Patreon Release: A Very Shroomy Xmas!

In this holiday special minisode from last year, I tackle the claims of entheogen theorist... more

17 Dec 2024

22 MINS

22:38

17 Dec 2024

#203

Special Presentation: Plodding Through the Presidents - Conspiracy Theories and the Corrupt Bargain ...

In this special presentation, I share an episode of the wonderful podcast Plodding Through... more

03 Dec 2024

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:41