Best 2nd Chronicles Podcasts (2025)

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The Golden Age of Japan - The Pillow Book 53:12

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Send us a text Welcome back to The Golden Age of Japan. Last time, we wandered the scented corridors of the imperial court with Murasaki Shikibu and glimpsed the tangled loves and rivalries that defined The Tale of Genji. Tonight, everything shifts. We trade Genji’s moonlit drama for sharp wit and razor-edged observation, stepping into the mind of …

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The Golden Age of Japan - The Tail of Genji 57:30

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Send us a text Tonight, step with me into the glittering, treacherous world of Heian Japan—a palace where secrets drift on scented air, poems are currency, and beauty can make or break a destiny. Within these gilded corridors, ambition hides behind every fluttering sleeve. Here we find the Shining Prince, Genji—a man so irresistible he turns the en…

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Introducing: ROC Solid 1:32

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ROC Solid with Memphis Bleek is the ultimate hip-hop podcast, bringing you raw conversations, untold Roc-A-Fella stories, and exclusive industry insights. Hosted by Memphis Bleek, this show dives deep into the culture, featuring rap legends, producers, and rising stars. From the golden era to the future of hip-hop, Bleek keeps it real, unfiltered, …

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Kxng Crooked & Geechi Gotti Go In On........ 1:06:39

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Kxng Crooked & Geechi Gotti call in and talk a gang of sh*t!!!! Check it out! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts

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Mary Shelley: Mother of Monsters 1:02:35

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Send us a text Picture this—a storm-lashed night by Lake Geneva, thunder rumbling over the water, candles guttering in the gloom. In a circle of restless young poets and radicals sits Mary Shelley, barely out of her teens, haunted by grief but burning with imagination. That night, she will conjure up Frankenstein—a creation that will reshape not ju…

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Gangster Chronicles: From Likwit to Legacy: Xzibit Talks King T, Kingmaker & West Coast Cannabis 1:12:51

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The Black Effect Presents... Gangster Chronicles! In this exclusive episode of The Gangster Chronicles, MC Eiht and Steele sit down with West Coast heavyweight Xzibit for a raw and insightful conversation that traces his journey through hip hop history. X breaks down how he first got put on by King T and Tha Alkaholiks, how the legendary Wake Up Sh…

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The Mitfords Revisited: Saints, Sinners, and Scandal 19:07

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Send us a text Last year, our deep-dive into the wild world of the Mitford sisters ruffled a few aristocratic feathers and sparked a torrent of listener emails. The question that echoed through every message was simple, but loaded: Were they all bad? In this follow-up episode, Keith peels back the layers of myth, gossip, and public outrage to look …

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Kew: The Garden That Changed the World 45:21

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Send us a text Walk with me through a garden. Not just any garden, mind you, this is Kew. A place where palm trees from the Pacific share soil with Himalayan orchids, and where, if you listen closely, every leaf rustles with a story of conquest, trade, survival, and exploitation. In this episode, we uncover the tangled roots of the Royal Botanic Ga…

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Blueprints of G-Funk: Hutch (Cold 187um) of Above the Law Breaks It All Down 1:11:08

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From the smoky studios of Ruthless Records to the birth of G-Funk, Hutch has lived the chapters most rap historians only quote. In this episode, he sits down with MC Eiht and Steele to pull back the curtain on: Origin Stories: How Pomona, CA & South Central Los Angeles kids armed with Parliament records and street tales helped redefine West Coast s…

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Master of Shadows: The Ruthless World of Robert Cecil 47:31

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Send us a text Let’s begin in the shadows. London, 1603. The city is thick with smoke, secrets, and the scent of betrayal. Beneath the grand stone facades of Elizabethan power, a network of spies weaves through taverns, palaces, and plague-ridden streets. In this world, trust is a luxury—and survival depends on knowing what others don’t. At the hea…

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The Godfather of West Coast Gangster Rap 1:25:58

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In this powerful episode of Gangster Chronicles, hip-hop pioneer Toddy Tee takes us back to the birth of West Coast gangster rap. Hear firsthand how Toddy Tee helped shape the sound and culture of Compton’s early hip-hop scene, influencing legends like Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and N.W.A. Toddy Tee shares candid stories about the struggles, breakthroughs,…

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Canadian Beaver Wars: Blood on the Snow 41:27

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Send us a text Imagine standing on the edge of a Canadian forest, the trees black against a bruised sky, the only sound the ripple of water, and a sudden, thunderous splash. It’s a beaver. But this isn’t just the story of a quirky rodent building dams and chewing trees. This is the story of an animal that reshaped a continent, an animal so valuable…

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The Brontë Sisters 27:14

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Send us a text The wind screams across the Yorkshire moors, battering a lonely stone house where three sisters huddle close to the flame of a guttering candle. Outside, the world is bleak and cold, but inside, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë are conjuring storms fiercer than anything the night can offer. They’re not the genteel daughters the worl…

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KK of 2nd 2 None Talk's Compton History, DJ Quik and more 1:03:15

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Tonight, Steele and Eiht had a convo with the homie KK from 2nd 2 None. We discuss the groups come up in Compton , The early bidding war between Profile records and Def Jam, Compton hip hop history and working for 3 decades with Compton legend DJ Quik. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Canada - The 51st State? 52:29

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Send us a text There was a time when Canada teetered on the edge of vanishing, not through war, but through quiet conquest. In this dark chapter of North American history, we'll uncovers the unsettling truth behind America’s long obsession with its northern neighbor. From Revolutionary War invasion plans to 19th-century annexation bills and Cold Wa…

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La Belle Époque 1:03:55

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Send us a text Paris, 1900. The city glows with electric light. Jazz drips from gramophones. The Moulin Rouge spins like a carousel possessed. In the cafés of Montmartre, Picasso sketches with fevered hands. Toulouse-Lautrec drinks, draws, and watches the night unravel. It is an age of opulence and illusion. Gilded carriages and motorcars jostle on…

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“La Familia Ties: The Black Educator Who Built Chicano Rap” 1:20:17

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This week on The Gangster Chronicles, Steele and special guest co/host Tony A sit down with Murry Brumfield — the visionary behind La Familia Records, the first Chicano rap label founded by a Black man. A former teacher turned music mogul, Murry shares how he saw major potential in a genre others overlooked. He opens up about working with legends l…

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Wit as Weapon: Jane Austen’s Disarming Charm 48:04

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Send us a text She never married. She never travelled far. And when she died at just forty-one, only a handful of people knew her name. And yet—Jane Austen changed the literary world forever. And in today’s episode, we’re stepping back into the drawing rooms and hedgerows of Georgian England to explore the remarkable life—and legacy—of one of Brita…

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The Mau Mau - Empire of Blood - Part Two 43:40

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Send us a text In Part One, we uncovered the foundations of a rebellion—the Mau Mau oath, the theft of ancestral land, and the British Empire’s ruthless response. But what came next was even more chilling. This is the part they tried to erase. Thousands of files—detailing torture, rape, and castration—vanished. Some were locked away. Others were bu…

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The Mau Mau - Empire of Blood - Part One 47:46

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Send us a text Kenya, 1952. Beneath the surface of the colonial order, something was stirring—something ancient, defiant, and dangerous to the British Empire. This is the story of the Mau Mau: a secretive and feared movement, bound by a powerful oath of loyalty, land, and blood. An oath whispered in the forests, taken in darkness, and sworn to recl…

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Julio G: LA Radio Icon on Eazy-E, Cypress Hill & the Birth of West Coast Hip Hop 1:36:08

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In this exclusive episode, we sit down with LA radio legend Julio G, the man who helped shape the West Coast sound. From rolling with the late Eazy-E to being the bridge that introduced Cypress Hill to each other, Julio shares raw, unfiltered stories straight from the streets. This is more than music history—it’s a firsthand account from a voice th…

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Bloomsbury’s Broken Light - Virginia Woolf 49:17

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Send us a text Virginia Woolf didn’t just write novels—she cracked open the mind and bled onto the page. Time, memory, madness, sex, death—nothing was too sacred. Nothing was off limits. In the heart of Bloomsbury, she found her tribe—artists, rebels, lovers who believed in truth over convention. They questioned everything: war, empire, gender, eve…

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Is Rodney Hinton Jr. Insane From Grief? 1:01:28

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In this episode Eiht and Steele discuss the case of Rodney Hinton Jr. Who ran over an Ohio Sheriff over with his car because of his son being gunned down during him allegedly fleeing from the police. We also discuss the case of a white woman being rewarded for hurling racial slurs toward an autistic black youth, has Kanye West lost his mind? and mu…

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The Colour That Haunted History 42:55

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Send us a text In the 1660s, Isaac Newton sat alone in the dark—and drove a needle behind his eye. Not out of madness, but to understand light. Centuries earlier, Homer described the sea not as blue, but wine-dark. In the Iliad and the Odyssey, the colour blue is never mentioned. Not once. This absence haunted William Gladstone. Scholar. Statesman.…

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Big Mike on Death Row, Rap-A-Lot & Being A Geto Boy 1:15:55

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On this episode we have a convo with former Rap-A-Lot recording artist Big Mike. We talk about his time with Death Row records, his experience with Suge Knight, Recording with the late Lord 3-2 and joining the Geto Boy's. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts

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Mallory and Irvine - Ghosts on Everest 52:20

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Send us a text High above the world, where the wind screams and the air itself turns hostile, two men vanished into legend. In June 1924, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine ascended into the death zone of Mount Everest—draped not in modern gear, but in wool, hope, and obsession. They were last seen climbing toward the summit, swallowed by mist… and t…

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Are They Stupid? 1:01:04

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Is Shannon Sharp out here strong arming pu**y? Will Big U get a fair trial? ARE THESE MF's STUPID? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts

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John F. Kennedy: The Man Who Dared to Dream 55:59

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Send us a text He had the jawline of a movie star, the charm of a matinee idol, and the pedigree of American royalty. But John Fitzgerald Kennedy was more than just a handsome face — he was a war hero, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and the youngest man ever elected President of the United States. He was the golden boy — but behind the perfect sm…

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Nicholas Flamel: The Immortal Alchemist 40:32

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Send us a text They say he died in the fourteenth century. But his tomb was empty. No body. No bones. Just silence. Nicholas Flamel—a name etched into dusty grimoires and whispered in secret circles. A medieval scribe who, legend claims, unlocked the secrets of the Philosopher’s Stone. Gold from lead. Life from death. Immortality. For over six cent…

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Unshakable Faith in the Face of Opposition ¦ Pastor Carlos Rodriguez ¦ Lessons from Nehemiah 48:50

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RBX Addresses Suge Knight, Gossip and The R.I.C.O Act 1:01:03

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Steele & MC Eiht sit down with the homie RBX who addresses his former CEO Suge Knight's recent comments, Why the content creators who push BS do so because they don't have talent, him and Snoop Dogg's family ties and why the boy's are passing out RICO charges like free cheese in 1986.. Tap N See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Man Who Caught Fat Joe Stealing 1:11:57

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We sit down with royalty recovery specialist Gongu Roach. Gongu has recovered millions of dollars in stolen publishing & royalties for several recording artist, most notably the late Big Pun's estate for his wife and children who were homeless when Fat Joe refused to pay. Press play to hear this crazy sh** See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in…

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Book of Ezra | IChurch | Ps. Carlos Rodriguez 50:40

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Thrones of Blood: Rome’s Darkest Emperors 30:01

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Send us a text How monstrous were Rome’s emperors? Was Caligula truly mad enough to declare war on the sea? Did Nero really watch Rome burn while playing his lyre? And were these men depraved by nature—or crafted that way by the sharpened pen of Suetonius? In his Lives of the Caesars, written in 121 AD, Suetonius offers a series of intimate autopsi…

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A Honest Conversation About Clown's Online w/ Curtiss King 1:24:12

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In this episode the homie Curtiss King tap's in, and the Lynch Mobb's Dazzie Dee co-pilot's this episode as MC Eiht tour's Europe. Did you know that most of these idiot's who snitch on themselves were Rappers? Well we didn't either. We discuss that and a lot more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Lord Lucan File: Blood, Shadows, and Silence 35:42

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Send us a text On a cold November night in 1974, blood was spilled in a Belgravia basement. Sandra Rivett, the nanny, was bludgeoned to death. The intended target, perhaps, was someone else. The killer vanished. So did Lord Lucan. An aristocrat with a gambler’s charm and a predator’s instinct, Lucan stepped into the shadows and was never seen again…

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1 & 2 of Chronicles | IChurch | Ps. Carlos 55:23

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Three Scots in Africa - Slave, Slaver, Abolitionist 47:55

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Send us a text Today’s journey takes us deep into the heart of Africa – a continent rich in culture, but ravaged by the forces of empire, greed… and the struggle for humanity. Sir John Henderson – the nobleman who was a slave. Richard Oswald – Politician and slaver, and Dr. David Livingstone – the missionary, explorer, and abolitionist, whose foots…

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Derrick Grace Talks Staying Strapped 1:04:10

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On this EP we sit down with the homie best selling Author, Entrepreneur Derrick Grace to talk about staying strapped in a mad world and why you need to go cop his family bible to survive all the BS going on. www.derrickgracetwo.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts

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1st and 2nd of Kings | IChurch | Nathaniel Vera 22:45

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Book of 2nd of Samuel | IChurch | Ps. Carlos 44:27

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Tolkien – Part Two: When the World Was Young 1:02:30

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Send us a text Last time, we traced the scars of war across Tolkien’s early life. Now, we enter the shadow of The Lord of the Rings—a tale forged in the mud of the trenches and tempered by death, faith, and memory. Middle-earth is not fantasy—it’s a reckoning. Its wars echo the shell-blasted fields of World War I. Its darkness mirrors the despair T…

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Kool Rock Ski "Buff Wanted to Line it up w/ Doug E. Fresh" 1:10:40

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We had the opportunity to sit down with Kool Rock Ski of the legendary Fat Boys. We spoke on the Fat Boys being hip hop's first mega superstars, headlining the legendary Fresh Fest and making 80k a show in the eighties, Group member Prince Markie D being at odds with management and his other group member, Buffy being a sexual deviant and a whole lo…

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Tolkien – Part One: When the World Was Young 54:07

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Send us a text In the quiet corners of a small English town, in the flickering glow of candlelight, a boy loses himself in the pages of myth and legend—unaware that one day, his own words will shape the greatest fantasy saga ever written. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien… a name that would one day transport millions to the lands of elves, dwarves, and dra…

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Malta - The Greatest Siege in History 47:45

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Send us a text Picture this: A sun-scorched island in the heart of the Mediterranean. A desperate band of knights, vastly outnumbered, stands against the might of an empire. It is the year 1565, and the Ottoman war machine—30,000 strong—has arrived on the shores of Malta, determined to wipe the Knights of St. John off the face of the earth. But wha…

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Book of 1st of Samuel | IChurch | Ps. Carlos 29:04

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Book Of Ruth | IChurch | Sarah Vera-Rodriguez 27:36

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Johua | Warriors of God | IChurch | Ps. Carlos 58:34

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Gangster Chronicles: Jim Jones Winning Because Everybody Loves A Gangster 1:06:31

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The Black Effect Presents... Gangster Chronicles! Tonight MC Eiht and Steele ask if there is an age limit to people to claim the neighborhood. The homie Glasses Malone stops in and ask why there is a bias against black gangsters while the members of the Italian Mafia are celebrated. The homie and oldest living Piru Ayatollah Marv stops in as well t…

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Nostradamus: The Prophet of Shadows 33:50

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Send us a text For centuries, the shadow of Nostradamus has stretched across history like a curse. His cryptic quatrains, etched in riddles and veiled in doom, have been blamed—and believed—for the rise of tyrants, the fall of empires, and disasters still unfolding. Did he truly foresee Napoleon’s bloody ascent? The fires of World War II? The tower…