Douglas Boin, Author of Alaric the Goth – An Outsider’s History of the Fall of Rome, Discusses the Uncanny Parallels Between Trump’s America and 410 AD Rome,

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🗓️ 6 September 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Hatred of immigrants, religious intolerance, systemic racism. Asshole emperor. Sound familiar? Al and Douglas Boin tells the story of Alaric, the Goth who led the sacking of Rome. Also, Al establishes once and for all that the Romans killed Christ, not the Jews! Plus, Sen.Tammy Duckworth discusses Trump's particular aversion to amputees

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0:14.3	boy falsely accused of stealing a backpack and held it Recker's island for three years
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0:29.0	Hey, buddy.
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0:39.0	You gotta listen to this one because finally, finally, you're gonna learn something from
0:44.5	listening to the podcast, and it's about time.
0:47.3	My guest is historian Douglas Boyne, and his big area of expertise is Ancient Rome.
0:53.7	He's written this wonderful book, Alleric the Goth, an outsider's history of the fall of
0:59.2	Rome, and this Alleric the Goth led the sack of Rome in 410 AD.
1:05.2	He's the guy who brought down the Holy Roman Empire, barbarians at the gate, Alleric led
1:12.4	them.
1:13.4	The whole reason I interviewed him was that there are just tremendous parallels between Rome
1:19.8	in 410 AD and the United States in 2020 AD, including that the Emperor at the time had
1:27.8	ridiculous hair.
1:29.8	So before we get to Alleric the Goth, let's talk about Donald Trump for a second.
1:36.1	Holy mackerel, just when you think you couldn't possibly learn something worse.
1:41.6	Then you already know about Donald Trump as a human being.
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