A Fork In Time: The Alternate History Podcast

Oct 31, 2019 • E25 • 00:24:21

Send a Message to the TeamOne hundred years ago, America’s confidence in baseball was shaken by the Black Sox Scandal.What would have happened if the “fixing” of games has not been known until later and baseball had taken a different course as a result?Li...

Oct 24, 2019 • E24 • 00:36:59

Send a Message to the TeamIn late 1939, a German plot to bomb and sabotage Hoover Dam was discovered and prevented.  What might have been different if the plot had succeeded and America had entered World War II two years earlier in response to this differ...

Oct 17, 2019 • E23 • 00:25:56

Send a Message to the TeamIn 1701, The Act of Settlement is passed by Parliament to cement the succession of the English and Irish crowns to Protestants only while also establishing a key foundation of the constitutional monarchy in what would become Grea...

Oct 10, 2019 • E22 • 00:37:52

Send a Message to the TeamIn the early 1970s, Xerox ruled the office copier world and had the vision to establish the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) as an innovation catalyst for new technologies that would enable it to expand its place as a technology...

Oct 03, 2019 • E21 • 00:55:39

Send a Message to the TeamOn November 25th, 1120, the vessel known as “The White Ship” sank of the Normandy coast taking the life of William Adelin, the only legitimate son and heir of England Henry I.  This event led to a period in English history known...

Sep 26, 2019 • E20 • 00:30:03

Send a Message to the TeamIn 1439, Johannes Gutenberg became the first European to use movable type in printing.  What if this innovation and had not come and the “Gutenberg Bible” had not been or had been delayed?Host: Alexis ShellyPlease help us by comp...

Sep 19, 2019 • E19 • 00:37:27

Send a Message to the TeamOn January 24, 1848, James Marshall finds gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California.  Over the next two years, the new United States territory of California undergoes a massive transition from sparsely-settled wilderness to thr...

Sep 11, 2019 • E18 • 01:03:25

Send a Message to the TeamSeptember 11, 2001 was a tragic day in history.  Could it have been even more impactful if United Flight 93 is not delayed by 42 fateful minutes?Host: Don ShellyCo-Host: Alexis Shelly
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Sep 05, 2019 • E17 • 00:33:18

Send a Message to the TeamThe Library of Alexandria was one of the most famous storehouses of knowledge in antiquity.  What if the valuable materials it contained had been preserved and not lost to history?Host: Don Shelly

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Aug 29, 2019 • E16 • 00:23:26

Send a Message to the TeamUntil she was eclipsed recently by Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria was England’s longest-reigning monarch.  How might things have been different if had met an early demise due to an assassin’s bullet?Host: Alexis ShellyTheme Music:...