The Hungry Historian

Send us a Text Message."My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Go home and get a nice quiet sleep." - British Prine Minister, Neville Chamberlain, 1938.This upcoming September 1st will mark the 85th anniversary

Send us a Text Message."And Ty Cobb wanted to play. But none of us could stand the son of a bitch when we were alive so we told him to stick it, hahahahahaha!!!" - Ray Liotta, as Shoeless Joe Jackson in "Field of Dreams"Ty Cobb was one of the greatest baseball players of all time and king of the so-called Deadball Era. He played in the major leagues from 1905 to 1928, and was the f

Send us a Text Message."C is for Cobb,Who grew spikes and not corn,And made all the basemen Wish they hadn't been born." - Ogden Nash, "Lineup For Yesterday"Ty Cobb was one of the greatest baseball players of all time and king of the so-called Deadball Era. He played in the major leagues from 1905 to 1928, and was the first player ever voted into the Hall of Fame. His lifetime batt

Send us a Text Message."I have tried to live my life so that my family would love me and my friends respect me. The others can do whatever the hell they please.” – John WayneJohn Wayne was an American actor tuned pop culture icon during Hollywood's Golden Age. His name is synonymous with Westerns and war movies. His career spanned from the silent era through until the “new”

Send us a Text Message."Never apologize, mister, it’s a sign of weakness." - John Wayne John Wayne was an American actor tuned pop culture icon during Hollywood's Golden Age. His name is synonymous with Westerns and war movies. His career spanned from the silent era through until the “new” Hollywood. Wayne starred in over 179 film and television productions, 146 of which were

Send us a Text Message."Korea is where the cold war found it's hot edges." - General Matthew RidgewayIn his previous episode, the Hungry Historian was able to guide you through the last years of the Korean War. In it, you learned of the stalemate, the armistice, and the terrible human cost of the war.This time around, the Hungry Historian tries to answer a question that has been on

Send us a Text Message."Old soldiers don't die. They just fade away..." - General Douglas MacArthur After starting off with a great deal of action early on, the Korean War would quickly wind down into a stalemate, but that doesn't mean that there wasn't any mire excitement left in the conflict. Join the Hungry Historian as he takes you through those tension filled years of the stal

Send us a Text Message.“We’ve been looking for the enemy for some time now. We’ve finally found him. We’re surrounded. That simplifies things.” – Lewis “Chesty” Puller Welcome back to Part IV of the Hungry Historian's (somewhat) in-depth series on the Korean War. When we last spoke, war had officially broken out across the 38th peninsula, and the UN was trying to ra

Send us a Text Message."If we let Korea down, the Soviet[s] will keep right on going and swallow up one [place] after another.” - President Harry TrumanThrough the first two episodes of this series, the Hungry Historian has set the scene for the moments and events that led to war in Korea being a possibility. This episode deals with the breakout of the war itself.June 25th, 1950,

Send us a Text Message."Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy. " - Mao ZedongWelcome back for part two of the Hungry Historian's look at the Korean War. In the first episode, Chef Money briefly discussed the modern history of the Korean peninsula up until the end of the Second World War. In this episode, the Chef returns to walk you through th