Rogue History

They Might Be Giants - Episode 8 Brian comes back with tales of ghosts and haunted islands. So we unpack the legends of Lokrum Island. Magellan definitely circumnavigated the globe. But did he encounter giants when he landed on the shores of patagonia? No one knows where reality meets fiction here. We give it our best shot when we weigh in on this Pop-Con.

We fly over the Dyatlov Pass and see yeti's, top secret goverments weapons, and some telekenitic spies. The Dyatlov Pass Incident might be one of the most fun Pop-Cons we have discussed. Alex and Brian take Edgar on a trolley ride through Gotham City to discuss utilitarian and kantian ethics. Really....we just need to know...how are YOU programing your car?

Until The Sun Dies - Episode 006 A journey through the storage and exchange of value takes us from physical gold to digital gold AKA cryptocurrency. This topic covers everything from the Knights Templar to the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto. The exchange of value runs hand in hand with encryption and the protection of information. The best offense is a good defense and the protection and encryption of information has been one of the main tools of warfare since ancient times. The Achilles Heel of encryption and protection of data is being able to read the minds of the people that know the information. This week's PopCon explores the governments efforts to read and control minds... MK ULTRA But the most important question this PopCon is ...how many people do you call by three names?

Apes Smoking Wheat - Episode 005 We dive headfirst into the foundation of modern civilization...the good ol' agricultural revolution. A trip through the reasons early humans decided to farm and the poor animals that succeeded in misery. For as long as we've been farming, we've been smoking. A brief history of modern smoking and an absolute relativity level theory on why we even smoke at all. Keeping with the theme of early humans and smoking the earth we stumble upon the Stoned Ape Theory. We weigh in on early sapiens and if Toad sparked the explosion of consciousness.

We open up the discussion on genetic and body modifications to take a look at its origins and where it can go in the future. We were all more excited than we thought to consider the endless possibilities. What would your modification of choice be? In an effort to sing a song for the forgotten heroes of time, we sit down to bring up our first tracklist of Unsung Heroes. In this episode we sing a song for a pencil-pusher hero, a benevolent medicine man, and the first "software developer". More importantly though...can you patent the sun? A PopCon being discussed all "around" the world... The Flat Earth theory. In this one we run through the science of the flat earth map and explore the philosophy of the believers. With rudimentary math you can do the calculations and figure out that the world is spherical BUT who taught you that math?

Independence Day - Holiday Special In observance of the official holiday for burgers and dogs the Rogues get together to discuss a Founding Uncle and some Declaration of Independence Fun Facts! We then go on a journey through some revolutionary espionage, the seeds of the CIA and a truly unherabled hero and wife. Our Holiday Special PopCon takes us down the Freemason rabbit hole as we discuss just how much of America's founding they built. So take a moment, put down that dog, and learn about what makes that victory burger so damn tasty.

Death, Kill, Boom Episode 003 What is the deadliest war? We don’t mean casualties and body counts , but the impact and absurdity behind some of the world’s bloodiest affairs. Who are the baddest motherfuckas in history? Some of them are lit off the hash, some look like sweet grandmas - regardless of the optics, these are some bad mamajammas. This week’s PopCon is guaranteed to throw you for a loop... a time loop. Follow us as we navigate through the Mandela Effect and see if we can ‘pop’ one of the biggest conspiracies...of the world

Punching Science - Episode 002 Is there a battle brewing against intellect? We sit down to discuss the war on science, and what that means for our collective future. Not to get too hung up on intellect, we decide to look at violent protests, and how we feel about "punching nazis". We then take a quick detour to discuss the liberation of Hispañola. Finally, we wrap it up with a rather contagious PopCon..... H.I.V.. is it a weapon to destroy LGBTQ communities ? Was it a tool to reverse the sexual revolution ? Is it a virus ? Who bung the monkey ? See you next time…

A Timely Empire - Episode 001 In order to set a base line for history we need to understand time and place. First we explore how each of considers time and how we perceive history. This was going pretty well until Yaz decided to turn time on its head. After deciding when we were, we decided to look into where we were. The guys give their take on the The American Empire and where it is in its growth. We wrap it up with PopCon, our take on the world's most popular conspiracies. For our inagurial episode we had to take on the grand-daddy of em ell...... THE ILLUMINATI See you next week.