A Fork In Time: The Alternate History Podcast

Aug 21, 2020 • E67 • 00:37:56

Send a Message to the TeamIn 732 AD, Christians and Muslims clashed at the Battle of Tours with the northward expansion of the Islamic caliphate halted and a strong Christian presence in Europe retained.Was this really just a minor clash that had little i...

Aug 14, 2020 • E66 • 01:08:28

Send a Message to the TeamIn the summer of 1945, the Allied powers gathered in Potsdam, Germany to come to terms with the disposition of post-war Germany and the remaining war in the Pacific.  How might the peace in the Pacific had been different if the c...

Aug 07, 2020 • E65 • 01:34:17

Send a Message to the TeamOn August 6th, 1945, the United States dropped the first of two atomic bombs that would be used against the Empire of Japan.  The effect was to quickly hasten the Japanese surrender and finally bring an end to The Second War.

Jul 31, 2020 • E64 • 00:54:35

Send a Message to the TeamIn 1936, Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry the controversial Wallis Simpson.

How might the course of the Second World War and the British monarchy be different if Edward had never met Wallis?

Valuable We...

Jul 24, 2020 • E63 • 00:36:46

Send a Message to the TeamThe Battle of the Atlantic was the longest-lasting battle of the Second World War and in many ways, the least-heralded Allied victory.

How would the course of not only war but most of the last century have been different...

Jul 16, 2020 • E62 • 00:46:35

Send a Message to the TeamIn 1746, British forces put down the Jacobite Rebellion with a final victory at the Battle of Culloden ending forever Stuart hopes of being restored to the British crown.

How might the course of not only British history...

Jul 09, 2020 • E61 • 00:49:40

Send a Message to the TeamChris Copolla joins as a guest host once again to explore an alternative timeline where the Mongol sea-borne invasion of Japan is not impacted by the arrival of a typhoon--the kamikaze ("divine wind").

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Jul 03, 2020 • E60 • 00:48:37

Send a Message to the TeamEpisode 0060—Olive Us Together

In July 1775, the American colonies made one last effort to avoid all-out war with Britain in the form of the Olive Branch Petition.

How might history have played out if George III...

Jun 25, 2020 • E59 • 00:47:47

Send a Message to the TeamHistory is often moved by the "winds of change".  Sometimes, those forces are actually the winds of nature.  In this final installment in our 4-part series on the impact of hurricanes in history, we explore the "wh...

Jun 18, 2020 • E58 • 00:51:15

Send a Message to the TeamHistory is often moved by the "winds of change".  Sometimes, those forces are actually the winds of nature.  In Part 3 of our 4 part series on the impact of hurricanes in history, we explore the "what if" of t...