Special Presentation: The Constant's "The War on Christmas"

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

In a special presentation, enjoy this Christmas episode from The Constant, a great podcast that examines history's blunders and misapprehensions, which I believe all Historical Blindness listeners will greatly enjoy! Last December, host Mark Chrisler took on Fox News' claims of a War on Christmas with a thorough look at the wars on Christmases past. Subscribe to The Constant at constantpodcast.com or wherever you listen to podcasts. Direct all advertising inquiries for Historical Blindness to [email protected]. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Pledge support for Historical Blindness on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Music during the background of my introduction is "Holiday Wish" is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.3	Hey, history fans. If you enjoy shows like historical blindness, then you'll love Airwave
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0:21.3	That Doesn't Suck, The Explorers Podcast, Redacted History, The Box of Oddities, History of Everything,
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1:29.8	Hi listeners.
1:45.7	While I'm taking a brief hiatus ahead of my own holiday special this year, I wanted to share a Christmas episode of another podcast that I suspect all my listeners will really enjoy if you haven't already discovered it from some of my previous recommendations.
1:50.6	I'm talking about the constant, a history of getting things wrong.
1:58.2	Host Mark Chrysler describes his podcast as being about humanity's long history of mistakes and misapprehensions. This theme has led Chrysler to dig up some of the most
2:03.2	unique and obscure stories in history, from ancient notions like sheep growing on trees,
2:10.6	to modern blunders like the Cold War race for a new kind of water. With ample humor making his scholarly discernment palatable and
2:20.3	accessible, he dives deeply into history, salvaging some lost beauties, like the story of the
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