Mark Schauss: Russian Rulers Podcast Blogsite

Ivan Grozny, was the first ruler of Russia to call himself Tsar. The research into this complex man for my podcast is coming along having just received a book entitled Ivan the Terrible by Robert Payne and Nikita Romanoff (a grand nephew of Nicholas II). Originally published in 1975, it looks like an excellent piece [...]

Don’t ask me how, but I now have an iPhone app for my Russian Rulers Podcast.  Just go to the iTunes store, look under apps and search for Russian Rulers Podcast and there it is. It is only $1.99 and I get a percentage which helps defray the costs of all the books I’ve been [...]

A fascinating man, St. Sergius, born Bartholomew, was to change the size and shape of Russia for centuries to come. The spiritual leader of the Russian Orthodox people, he inspired men to go into the forests of Russia and to build small churches and monasteries far from the horrors that beset the Russian people. With [...]

Just added another podcast to my list of top notch podcasts on history and that is Historyzine. I’ve been listening to it for a while and have learned an awful lot about the War of Spanish Succession. Jim Mowatt does a great job of it with an almost carefree style. Very enjoyable.

Down a little on the right side of this blogsite is a list of some of the better history podcasts out there. As I find more, I’ll update them. Would like to thank Bob Packett of the History According to Bob for mentioning my Russian Rulers podcast on his show. Quite an honor and it [...]

To my loyal readers, I am going to shift things on this blog site away from discussions on health and research to my off-hours passion, history. If you want to keep up with my thoughts on health, the environment, toxicity and scientific research, go to my other blog site, Toxic World Book. I will not [...]

The Effects of Petrochemical and Related Toxins on Human Health Just last weekend, I gave a presentation at a conference put on by the Klinghardt Academy of Neurobiology on petrochemical toxicity and its effect on human health. Here is the Powerpoint of my talk. Please use whatever you want out of the presentation, please make [...]