Episodes

  • How Phillip's Messy Personal Life Changed the World Forever

    How Phillip's Messy Personal Life Changed the World Forever
    Apr 23 2026

    We discuss the infamous love triangle between King Phillip II and his two lovers, both named Pausanias. How a heated rivalry became deadly and how this led to the rise of Alexander the Great.


    Watch the video on TikTok, YouTube, Spotify, or Facebook

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show More Show Less
    3 mins
  • How the US Tried to Re-Educate Nazi POW's in WW2 (Video)

    How the US Tried to Re-Educate Nazi POW's in WW2 (Video)
    Apr 21 2026
    Here's the quick story about how the US attempted to re-educate nearly 400,000 Nazi POW's they held on the US mainland. We focus on Camp White, one of the more prominent of these re-education campaigns, located in Southern Oregon.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show More Show Less
    4 mins
  • (Bonus Content) The Podcast will be on Video / Rambling about Phoenix Buttons + Frontier Historians

    (Bonus Content) The Podcast will be on Video / Rambling about Phoenix Buttons + Frontier Historians
    Apr 17 2026
    On this short but sweet edition of Gotta Start Somewhere, I announce that I will be making video content in addition to the Podcast. The videos will be available on Spotify or Youtube. I then ramble off the top of my head about things I found interesting and tried out a new lavalier microphone I bought for use in the field. I will return to my nice podcast microphone for Ancient Oregon 3.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show More Show Less
    8 mins
  • Ancient Oregon Ep. 2: Seeds of War

    Ancient Oregon Ep. 2: Seeds of War
    Mar 27 2026

    In this episode, we pick up where we left off after Peter Skene Ogden visited the Rogue Valley in 1827 and cover the events leading up to the discovery of Gold in the valley and the subsequent flood of miners to Jacksonville in 1852.


    Music Credit: Miss Francis Johnson (One of the last Taklemans to have seen Ti'lamikh in action and who worked with Edward Sapir to preserve the Takelman Language)


    Special Thanks and References for this podcast:

    Various Sources found on the website of historian Thomas Doty - DotyCoyote.com

    History of Oregon: HH Bancroft

    Various works by Nathan Douthit

    Various letters and articles sourced through the Southern Oregon Historical Society


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Ancient Oregon Ep. 1: Indigenous Roots & The Takelma Tribe

    Ancient Oregon Ep. 1: Indigenous Roots & The Takelma Tribe
    Jan 14 2026

    On this episode, we dive into the ancient Indian history of Oregon, the Takelma tribe, their culture, and the ancient village once known as Ti'lomikh (Dilomi).


    I didn't say it on the podcast, but the intro music for this episode comes directly from Miss Frances Johnson (Quis-Quas-hum), the same Takelman who worked with Edward Sapir and John Peabody Harrington to create many of the sources used to make this podcast. Here is a link to the audio.


    PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show More Show Less
    37 mins
  • 07. Reading the Tao Te Ching

    07. Reading the Tao Te Ching
    May 19 2024
    Today we read a 2,000+ year old text that's full of mind-opening one-liners and one of the foundational texts of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching. This helps to show us how the greatest truths are contradictory. How you can't have the good without the bad, and how sometimes less is more. Besides the intro, I created this similar to an audiobook that can play in the background as you try to relax, and trust that this episode will be a relaxing one.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show More Show Less
    54 mins
  • 06. From Myth to Reality: Money

    06. From Myth to Reality: Money
    May 5 2024

    Subscribe to the YouTube page here!


    Join me on the first episode of a multipart series as we dive into the forces and institutions that made modern society possible. On this episode, we'll discuss how money was invented in multiple societies across the globe. How money is built on trust and helps to create relationships between people and entities that would not typically intermingle. We'll also talk about how money can cloud the way we look at the world.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show More Show Less
    17 mins
  • 05. The Tsavo Man-Eaters

    05. The Tsavo Man-Eaters
    Apr 24 2024
    On this episode of Gotta Start Somewhere, we talk about Tsavo Maneaters. A pair of lions terrorized construction workers as they built a train bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya in 1898. While no exact number can be pinpointed, we’ll talk about how modern scientists used isotopic signatures to confirm that these lions ate upwards of 70 people within a few short months.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show More Show Less
    18 mins