How to Take Over the World

My diagnosis and prognosis

What this means for How to Take Over the World

A few thoughts on death

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On this episode we discuss lessons learned from Miyamoto Musashi, his life as a traveling Samurai, his work as an artist, and his famous work "The Book of Five Rings."

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In part 3, we explore how Hitler went from taking over Europe to losing everything.

00:00 Introduction

06:51 Reichstag Fire

09:44 Working Toward the Führer

14:40 Night of the Long Knives

22:18 Rearmament

23:26 Rhineland Reoccupation

31:37 Berlin Olympics

42:03 Anschluss

44:51 Sudetenland

48:15 Czechoslovakia

53:45 Pact With Stalin

01:01:11 Phony War

01:03:17 Norway to Fall of France

01:06:16 Dunkirk and Aftermath

01:11:59 Battle of Britain Blitz

01:14:31 Barbarossa

01:20:08 Wolfsschanze And Early Confidence

01:21:08 Genocidal War

01:25:53 Winter Pushback

01:31:43 War With America Declared

01:34:31 Operation Blue

01:36:51 Stalingrad Catastrophe

01:39:31 Kursk And Lost Initiative

01:42:16 Allies Coordinate Axis Fractures

01:46:27 Unconditional Surrender Debate

01:49:19 D Day And July Plot

01:53:33 Bunker Collapse And Suicide

01:56:13 Conclusion

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Sources:⁠

Hitler: A Biography by Ian Kershaw⁠⁠

Hitler: Beyond Evil and Tyranny by RHS Stolfi

⁠⁠Hitler: A Global Biography by Brendan Simms

⁠⁠In His Own Words: The Essential Speeches of Adolf Hitler by CJ Miller⁠

⁠Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler (New Ford Translation)⁠

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In this premium-only episode, we take a deeper look into the mind and philosophy of Adolf Hitler. Drawing from Mein Kampf (Parts I and II) and his unfinished second book, we examine how he saw the world and how that worldview shaped his actions.

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In part 2, we look at how Hitler went from building a movement to taking total power in Germany.

00:00 - How Tyrants Take Power

01:30 - Beer Hall Putsch Begins

08:00 - Hitler Sways the Crowd

12:50 - The Coup Collapses

23:30 - The Trial of the Century

38:30 - Writing Mein Kampf

44:00 - Lebensraum Vision

51:20 - The Great Reunification

58:00 - Bamberg Power Play

01:03:17 - 25 Point Program

01:08:04 - Anti-Clericalism

01:21:14 - Building For the Future

01:29:24 - Weimar System Primer

01:33:49 - Hitler Runs For President

01:36:22 - Refusing Vice Chancellor

01:43:34 - Hitler Strategy Doing Nothing

01:59:00 - Enabling Act Ends Democracy

02:05:48 - Reichstag Fire Crackdown

02:11:22 Four Lessons Wrap Up

Sources:⁠

Hitler: A Biography by Ian Kershaw⁠⁠

Hitler: Beyond Evil and Tyranny by RHS Stolfi

⁠⁠Hitler: A Global Biography by Brendan Simms

⁠⁠In His Own Words: The Essential Speeches of Adolf Hitler by CJ Miller⁠

⁠Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler (New Ford Translation)⁠

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