Prick The Balloon
We can’t navigate safely to the future unless we understand what lies behind us. That’s why the move by cowardly politicians to limit the history we’re taught is so inexcusable. Sanitized hero worship does not move us forward. Enter Mike Vance’s podcast, the irreverent Prick the Balloon. It features Mike, a widely published historian, deflating popular myths and telling history that’s true, complete, impertinent, well-researched and fun. It’s a look at our real past, wherever that might lead us. Learning lasts a lifetime, and it might as well be enjoyable.
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Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
American labor unions have a long history of successes and failures, some of them downright murderous. Study that history, though, and one thing becomes clear - without a strong labor movement, there is no American middle class. This episode provides proof of the struggle.
Host Mike Vance Writer is the published author of 10 books with more on the way. He has written, produced and directed eight feature length history documentaries and over 150 short history films, and he sometimes teaches continuing studies in history at one of the country's highest rated private universities. He also headlined comedy clubs across North America for 16 years, so we'll keep things interesting.
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
For the guy who's been staring back at us from the $20 bill for almost a century, the 7th president doesn't have much to recommend him in the way of ethics. Learn all about Andrew Jackson, and have some fun along the way.
Host Mike Vance Writer is the published author of 10 books with more on the way. He has written, produced and directed eight feature length history documentaries and over 150 short history films, and he sometimes teaches continuing studies in history at one of the country's highest rated private universities. He also headlined comedy clubs across North America for 16 years, so we'll keep things interesting.
Prick the Balloon
History belongs to all of us. In order to keep the idiots outside the gates, it helps to know our collective stories. But there's no reason we can't have some fun while we're learning. What could be better than than getting the whole unvarnished story from a guy who became a professional historian after 16 years of being a professional comedian?