Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episode 20: Reagan vs. Kennedy
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 20 (Season 2, Episode 10): Click to Play! After all the political infighting, the 1972 Presi...
Episode 19: Come to Jesus
21 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the 1972 primary season heats up, California Governor Ronald Reagan has his sights set on the Whi...
Episode 18: The Atlanta Doctor
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lawrence McEnery, an emergency room doctor from Atlanta and passionate advocate for the ferociously ...
Episode 17: Summit
24 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the aftermath of the nuclear war scare, President George Romney decides his highest calling--and ...
Episode 16: War Scare
10 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Soviet leader Alexander Shelepin backs a bold move by Warsaw Pact forces to take over East Berlin as...
Bonus Episode: Mid-Season 2 Recap and Explainer
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, we'll do a brief recap of Episodes 11 through 15 (the first half of Season 2)...
Episode 15: China Bleeds Red
26 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We turn for the first time to events in the People's Republic of China. Mao Zedong, the aging revolu...
Episode 14: The New Purges
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode shines a light on what's happening behind the Iron Curtain from the years 1964 to 1970,...
Episode 13: Age of Aquarius
29 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The culture and fabric of American life is changing rapidly in the late 1960s. A rock band called Re...
Episode 12: Blood in the Sand
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1969, as Arab states decline in prestige--and start to run out of water--a conflict brews between...
Episode 11: Minority President
01 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The new U.S. President George Romney, elected by a razor-thin margin in 1968, takes office in early ...
Bonus Episode: Post-Season 1 Recap and Explainer
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, I'll recap the story from Episodes 6 through 10, and also say a few words on ...
Episode 10: 1968
20 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With Vietnam over but many conditions worsening in America, the Presidential election season of 1968...
Episode 9: Sunset in Saigon
06 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Coming to the end of his term, President John F. Kennedy finally moves to bring an end to American i...
Episode 8: Doctors Scandal
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Though carefully hidden for years with the willing complicity of the press, the seriousness of Presi...
Episode 7: Two Summers
09 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Outbreaks of racial violence in the summer of 1965 force a further evolution of the civil rights mov...
Episode 6: Decision on Vietnam
25 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
President John F. Kennedy, re-elected with a narrower margin of victory than he expected in 1964, ha...
Bonus Episode: Mid-Season 1 Recap and Explainer
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, we provide a brief recap of the story from Episodes 1 through 5, as well as s...
Episode 5: Stilettos in Moscow
11 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the focus shifts to Moscow and a look at changes in the Communist world. Nikita Khr...
Episode 4: The 1964 Election
28 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Kennedy's re-election campaign gets going in earnest, three main challengers on the Republican si...
Episode 3: A Distant Corner of Asia
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the 1964 election season begins to heat up, the Kennedy administration's "limited" involvement in...
Episode 2: Civil Rights Stalemate
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In December 1963, the proposed legislation that John F. Kennedy thinks will be his crowning achievem...
Episode 1: Near Miss in Dallas
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this, the inaugural episode of Age of Confusion, our voyage into the alternate timeline of histor...
Age of Confusion Trailer
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Age of Confusion! This is the Age of Confusion podcast, an alternate history show t...