"WhatifAlthist" | World History, Philosophy, Culture
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"WhatifAlthist" | World History, Philosophy, Culture

by Rudyard Lynch

Category
History
Frequency
Updated Weekly
Language
English
WhatifAltHist is a podcast from Rudyard Lynch that looks to try to find the patterns in history and anthropology so as to predict the future and understand the dynamics that result in civilizations rising and falling. It began as an enormously popular alternate history channel with nearly 600K listeners and more than 100M views on YouTube. Rudyard Lynch also hosts the podcast History 102 with Erik Torenberg, which attempts to solidly explain pivotal historical events in depth in under an hour. T...

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Recent Reviews

A very fine podcast!

Agraves1105•5/9/2026

Every corner seems to be covered in each episode full of detail and truth which most lack nowadays.

Turpentine

a1 stake suace•3/28/2026

This shows quality, authenticity and objectivity really fell off after the Turpentine affiliation. Unfollowed and won’t listen anymore.

Mostly assertions with few concrete examples

ggailey777•2/2/2026

Despite the long biography, the ep. Greatest Lie Ever Told was comprised primarily of broad assertions without specific examples that would have helped anchor the discussion. One example that was given, that troublemakers added subsaharan data to 23andMe, based on my own research, turned out to be an unsupported debunked hoax. I guess Elon was wrong about this pod, unless you are into confirmation bias.

Brilliant!

Balcony bob•12/21/2025

Absolutely fascinating takes that make you reconsider everything! One of my favorite podcasts of all time!

Excellent

eastintim•10/18/2025

Wise beyond his years