Apocalypse Now & Then: Show Segments
The following are individual show segments from the BackStory episode “Apocalypse Now & Then: A History of End-Times,” broadcast in December 2012. You can listen to the entire episode here.
Run for the Hills
Bunker builder, Brian Camden, talks about who is afraid of the end of the world and what they’re doing to prepare.
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Bury My Heart
Peter and historian Jeffrey Ostler tell the story of the Ghost Dance movement and the tragedy that ended it.
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Paradise Lost
Producer Jess Engebretson explains why a hundred thousand Americans were ready to believe that Christ would return to earth in 1843. The guys respond.
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Back to the Fundamentals
Historian Matthew Avery Sutton talks about apocalyptic thinking in early Christian fundamentalism.
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Whatever You Do, Don’t Push the Red Button
The History Guys discuss the idea of a “doomsday button” and how it has appeared in films.
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Apocalyptic Folly
Sometimes accidents happen … like when you accidentally predict the end of the world. Brian talks to writer John Gribbin about his first book, The Jupiter Effect.
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Who’s to Doomsay?
The Guys riff on who throughout history has had the authority to predict doomsday.
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