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AskHistorians Podcast Episode 206 – The Moscow Metro with /u/mikitacurve

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The 1970s seem to have seen a lot of songs and albums making meta-commentary about music and the rock lifestyle, such as Don McLean's 'American Pie', The Eagles' 'Hotel California', or Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here'. Was there something about the '70s that made this so?

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I have often come across suggestions that Foucault was, despite his influence, a 'bad' historian. How so? What did he do (or even not do) that is/was objectionable?

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What were relations like between the Golden Horde and the Teutonic Order?

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The Qing generally sought to project themselves as the legitimate rulers of Tibet using traditional tropes and customs, but where did the Tibetans see themselves within the Qing empire?

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How has Custer been remembered?

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What is the history of China’s relationship with Iran? How recently have the two regions/states in them been in active engagement?

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Was there a significant opposition on religious grounds to the British invasion of Ethiopia/Abyssinia in 1868, given that the Ethiopians were also Christian?

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In the film 'Alexander Nevsky' (1938), characters refer to the Livonian Order generically as 'Germans', but how German was the Livonian Order in reality?

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Did the Guardian actually call Oswald Mosley "Genuinely eager to champion the unemployed and other underdogs... dynamic and handsome, popular... gifted and a natural leader"?

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AskHistorians Podcast Episode 206 – The Moscow Metro with /u/mikitacurve	30
The 1970s seem to have seen a lot of songs and albums making meta-commentary about music and the rock lifestyle, such as Don McLean's 'American Pie', The Eagles' 'Hotel California', or Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here'. Was there something about the '70s that made this so?	30
I have often come across suggestions that Foucault was, despite his influence, a 'bad' historian. How so? What did he do (or even not do) that is/was objectionable?	30
What were relations like between the Golden Horde and the Teutonic Order?	29
The Qing generally sought to project themselves as the legitimate rulers of Tibet using traditional tropes and customs, but where did the Tibetans see themselves within the Qing empire?	29
How has Custer been remembered?	29
What is the history of China’s relationship with Iran? How recently have the two regions/states in them been in active engagement?	29
Was there a significant opposition on religious grounds to the British invasion of Ethiopia/Abyssinia in 1868, given that the Ethiopians were also Christian?	29
In the film 'Alexander Nevsky' (1938), characters refer to the Livonian Order generically as 'Germans', but how German was the Livonian Order in reality?	28
Did the Guardian actually call Oswald Mosley "Genuinely eager to champion the unemployed and other underdogs... dynamic and handsome, popular... gifted and a natural leader"?	28