In February 1848 the National Guard had finally had enough of the July Monarchy Book Tour! 10/24/17 BOSTON, MA Harvard Book Store , 7:00 PM Book launch! 10/25/17 NEW YORK, NY Book Culture , Time TBD In Conversation w/ Jared Yates Sexton 10/26/17 BROOKLYN, NY Powerhouse Arena , 7:00 PM Reading + Signing 10/27/17 PHILADELPHIA, PA Barnes & Noble Rittenhouse Square , Time TBD Reading + Signing 10/28/17 WASHINGTON DC, DC Politics & Prose , 2:00 PM Oh nothing, just living out a childhood fantasy...
Oct 02, 2017•38 min•Season 7Ep. 13
In 1847 and 1848 opposition leaders spent good money to eat bad food while listening to bad speeches. Pre-Order The Storm Before the Storm! Amazon Powells Barnes & Noble Indiebound Books-a-Million Indigo...
Sep 25, 2017•38 min•Season 7Ep. 12
The Revolutions of 1848 began in Italy Pre-Order The Storm Before the Storm! Amazon Powells Barnes & Noble Indiebound Books-a-Million Indigo...
Sep 18, 2017•38 min•Season 7Ep. 11
Do you want a constitution? Well, too bad. Pre-Order The Storm Before the Storm! Amazon Powells Barnes & Noble Indiebound Books-a-Million Indigo...
Sep 04, 2017•45 min•Season 7Ep. 10
The mid-1840s were a rotten time. Tides of History Interview History Fangirl Interview Pre-Order The Storm Before the Storm! Amazon Powells Barnes & Noble Indiebound Books-a-Million Indigo...
Aug 27, 2017•31 min•Season 7Ep. 9
1000 years of Hungarian history in 38 minutes. Pre-Order The Storm Before the Storm! Amazon Powells Barnes & Noble Indiebound Books-a-Million Indigo...
Aug 23, 2017•38 min•Season 7Ep. 8
In the years after the Napoleonic conquest, the dream of Italian liberation and unification took root. Pre-Order The Storm Before the Storm! Amazon Powells Barnes & Noble Indiebound Books-a-Million...
Aug 13, 2017•36 min•Season 7Ep. 7
It may not be Holy or Roman anymore, but it was still an Empire... Pre-Order The Storm Before the Storm! Amazon Powells Barnes & Noble Indibound Books-a-Million...
Aug 07, 2017•41 min•Season 7Ep. 5
The long road to Germany has begun.
Jul 31, 2017•31 min•Season 7Ep. 4
Audio excerpt from The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic by Mike Duncan. Forthcoming Oct. 24, 2017. Pre-order a copy today! Amazon Powells Barnes & Noble Indibound Books-a-Million Or visit us at: revolutionspodcast.com thehistoryofrome.com...
Jul 27, 2017•56 min•Season 7Ep. 3
The foundations of the July Monarchy were thin and shallow. Pre-Order The Storm Before the Storm! Amazon Powells Barnes & Noble Indibound Books-a-Million...
Jul 24, 2017•39 min•Season 7Ep. 2
In January 1848 Europe was sleeping on a volcano. Pre-Order The Storm Before the Storm! Amazon Powells Barnes & Noble Indibound Books-a-Million...
Jul 17, 2017•38 min•Season 7Ep. 1
In June 1832 a bunch of radical republicans spontaneously broke out in song.
May 29, 2017•32 min•Season 6Ep. 12
In 1820 the Good Cousins staged a revolution in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
May 22, 2017•40 min•Season 6Ep. 11
After the fall of Napoleon, Austrian Foreign Minister Metternich attempted to orchestrate a new conservative order in Europe. Sponsor: Bombfell.com/revolutions.
May 15, 2017•33 min•Season 6Ep. 10
In 1830, the Belgians said we don't want to be a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands anymore.
May 08, 2017•34 min•Season 6Ep. 9
What the heck did the rest of France think about the July Revolution? Sponsor Link: Audible.com/revolutions
Apr 30, 2017•32 min•Season 6Ep. 8
King Charles X should have never signed the Four Ordinances. You know. In hindsight.
Apr 24, 2017•47 min•Season 6Ep. 7
Time to get this piece on the board.
Apr 17, 2017•22 min•Season 6Ep. 6
On Wed July 28, 1830 the people of Paris proved that piles of rubble were the key to urban revolution.
Apr 10, 2017•37 min•Season 6Ep. 5
On Monday July 26, 1830 the Four Ordinances were published. On Tuesday July 27 the July Revolution began.
Apr 02, 2017•38 min•Season 6Ep. 4
In early 1830 King Charles X tried to beat back the liberal opposition. Instead they came back stronger than ever.
Mar 26, 2017•39 min•Season 6Ep. 3
After ascending to the throne in 1824 Charles X wanted to impose his ultra-royalism on France, but his annoying subjects kept resisting.
Mar 20, 2017•33 min•Season 6Ep. 2
After the fall of Napoleon, the Bourbon monarchy was restored.
Mar 13, 2017•44 min•Season 6Ep. 1
In 1830, both Simon Bolivar and Gran Colombia died.
Feb 13, 2017•43 min•Season 5Ep. 30
On Sept 25, 1828 Simón Bolívar went out the window.
Feb 05, 2017•33 min•Season 5Ep. 29
At the end of 1826 Simon Bolivar returned to Colombia to deal with the revolt of Jose Antonio Paez.
Jan 30, 2017•31 min•Season 5Ep. 28
In 1825 Upper Peru became the independent nation of Bolivia.
Jan 23, 2017•37 min•Season 5Ep. 27
Wherein Gen. Sucre wins a very Bolivarian battle.
Jan 16, 2017•36 min•Season 5Ep. 26
Simòn Bolívar and Jose de San Martin met for the first and only time in July 1822
Dec 12, 2016•31 min•Season 5Ep. 25