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History Impossible

Alexander von Sternberg

Booking Overview

A long-form history podcast focused on obscure, controversial, and difficult events, people, and ideologies, typically featuring independent historians, authors, journalists, analysts, and fellow specialist podcasters as external guests. PR agencies could credibly pitch subject-matter experts with published historical or political research, relevant books or newsletters, and nuanced expertise on war, ideology, nationalism, antisemitism, or political culture; booking difficulty is medium because guests are generally accessible specialists rather than major mainstream figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 106

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

historyimpossible@gmail.com

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Host

Alexander von Sternberg - Writer, commentator, and creator of History Impossible, focused on overlooked and controversial episodes, ideas, and figures in history.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Published historians, authors, journalists, political or cultural analysts, and specialist podcasters with demonstrated expertise in a historical subject, ideology, conflict, or political tradition.
Required Achievements:  
Published books, Specialist journalism or essays, Established newsletters or podcasts, Professional or academic work on relevant historical and political subjects

Recent Guest Discussions

Richard Lim - George Washington, Presidential Power, The Founding Fathers, Deism, Constitutional Foundations, And Political Polarization.

Kristaps Andrejsons - Russian Political Culture, Religion, The War In Ukraine, Possible State Collapse, Nuclear Proliferation, Media Coverage, Sponsorship, And Artificial Intelligence.

Kile Jones - The Intellectual History Of Antizionism, Antisemitism, Marxism, Liberalism, And The Evolution Of Anti-israel Political Positions.

David Josef Volodzko - American Identity, Immigration, Ethnic Enclaves, Assimilation, Patriotism, Free Speech, Freedom Of Association, And Competing Values.

Recent Topics

History, Political History, World War Ii, Ideologies, Antisemitism

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
History Impossible
:

The Firebombing of Tokyo: Our Imperative Atrocity

September 22, 2026

We often hear about how the Second World War was more morally nuanced and complex than we have been led to believe. This is, to a certain extent, very true. The Axis powers meted out a level of genocidal destruction and suffering upon tens of millions of people across the world, decimating generations in places as far flung as Poland and the Philippines, and Croatia and China. To call their actions existential by their very nature is to arguably undersell the threat they posed. The Allies rea...

Power, Presidents, and Refusing the Crown (w/ Richard Lim)

September 07, 2026

In this newest episode of History Impossible we’re joined a second time by Richard Lim, host of the This American President podcast, who last appeared on this program a couple years ago to discuss the insane, contentious election of 1876. He is also the author of a new book, Refusing a Crown: How George Washington Changed the World, which releases on October 13, 2026, and covers the most significant aspect of America’s first president: his restraint from seizing power that almost certainly wo...

Orthodox ISIS: The Russian Religious Experience (w/ Kristaps Andrejsons of The Eastern Border)

August 18, 2026

“Because remember: Russia is a religious experience.” Those are the oft-repeated and well-said words by the host of The Eastern Border podcast, my good friend Kristaps Andrejsons. They are well-said because there are very few alternatives for explaining Russian actions, rhetoric, and political culture over the past near half-decade in its World War I-style conflict with Ukraine. The Russian religious experience, made emblematic by Kristaps’ and my favorite shared punching bag Aleksandr Dugin,...

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