The History Guy

What is a counterfactual? In it's most basic sense, it is a "what if".

Today we discuss the ghoulish tale of John Scott Harrison, the only man to be both the son and the father of US Presidents. Less than 24 hours after his burial, John Scott’s body was stolen by esurrectionists. The consequences of the body snatching would cause significant changes for American medic...

On today’s episode, we consider one of history’s greatest mistakes: The 4 pests campaign of the Great Leap Forward of Communist China, and specifically at the killing of billions of sparrows, which contributed to a one of the largest and most devastating famines in human history.

What is a counterfactual? At it’s most basic, it is a ‘what if’. It’s a way of understand...