Season 12 premiered October 20, 2024 – a nonfictional account of The Martian Revolution of 2247.
Mike Duncan is taking everything he's learned from 12 seasons of historical revolutions - the repeating arcs, characters, ideas, events, and patterns which all revolutions seem to follow - and created a fictional history of the Martian Revolution of 2247. The series is written from the point of view of a historian working hundreds of years after the Martian Revolution and will be presented in the style and format of previous seasons of Revolutions. It will look, sound, and feel like a Mike Duncan history podcast…but will instead be a fictional narrative of a gripping science-fiction epic.
Revolutions is a podcast that covers the great political revolutions that have defined the modern world. Each season is a long-form narrative covering a different defining revolutionary epoch across three hundred years of history. It explores in great detail the people, ideas, and events that challenged and toppled outdated regimes and replaced them with new governments. After more than 350 episodes over ten seasons of narrative nonfiction, the 12th season is a fictional account of the Martian Revolution of 2247.
*BREAKING NEWS*
In the fall of 2025, the Revolutions podcast will return to its roots by diving into the great revolutions of the 20th century. The new run of episodes begins with the story of Irish Independence, a dramatic upheaval in the wake of WWI that saw Ireland free itself from centuries of English rule. Full of inspiring personalities, tragic events, and thrilling triumphs, Irish Independence is one of the most gripping events in revolutionary history. Future seasons will plunge ahead through the turbulent 20th century, and include the Spanish Civil War, the Cuban Revolution, and the Algerian War of Independence.
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The Provisional Government of France wanted a political revolution NOT a social revolution. Direct Link: Give a Gift Get A Gift: www.hachettebookgroup.com/stormbeforethestorm Tour! 12/4/17 LOS ANGELES, CA Barnes & Noble -- The Grove , 7:00 PM Reading + Signing 12/5/17 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Book Passage , 6:00 PM Reading + Signing 12/6/17 PORTLAND, OR Powell's Books , 7:30 PM Back where it all began 12/7/17 SEATTLE, WA Elliott Bay Book Company , 7:00 PM Reading + Signing...
In March 1848, both Milan and Venice revolted against Austrian rule. Order the Storm Before The Storm: http://thestormbeforethestorm.com West Coast Tour: http://thestormbeforethestorm.com/tour
The Storm Before the Storm is finally here! http://thestormbeforethestorm.com/ Find me on tour: http://thestormbeforethestorm.com/tour/ 10/24/17 BOSTON, MA Harvard Book Store , 7:00 PM Book launch! 10/25/17 NEW YORK, NY Book Culture , 7:00 PM In Conversation with Jared Yates Sexton 10/26/17 BROOKLYN, NY Powerhouse Arena , 7:00 PM Reading + Signing 10/27/17 PHILADELPHIA, PA Barnes & Noble -- Rittenhouse Square , 7:00 PM Reading + Signing 10/28/17 WASHINGTON DC, DC Politics & Prose , 1:00 ...
There is a spectre haunting Europe.... 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 , 1:00 PM Oh nothing, just living out a childhood fantasy...
In 1848 there would be no replacing one Bourbon with another. 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 , 1:00 PM Oh nothing, just living out a childhood fantasy...
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 fanta...
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...
Do you want a constitution? Well, too bad. Pre-Order The Storm Before the Storm! Amazon Powells Barnes & Noble Indiebound Books-a-Million Indigo...
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...
1000 years of Hungarian history in 38 minutes. Pre-Order The Storm Before the Storm! Amazon Powells Barnes & Noble Indiebound Books-a-Million Indigo...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This episode explores the June Rebellion of 1832, highlighted by Victor Hugo in Les Miserables. Set two years after the July Revolution of 1830, it details the growing discontent among radical republicans with the conservative July Monarchy. Triggered by the deaths resulting from a cholera epidemic, particularly popular General Lamarck's funeral, republican groups attempted a planned insurrection in Paris. The episode recounts the events of the uprising, its rapid failure due to lack of popular and institutional support, and its violent suppression.
Delve into the mysterious origins, secret structure, and core aims of the Carbonari, an Italian revolutionary society. Learn how they emerged from charcoal burners to become a force for Italian nationalism and constitutional government. The episode details their failed 1820 revolution in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, sparked by events in Spain, which saw brief success before being suppressed by Austrian intervention, yet kept the dream of Italian unity alive.
This episode explores the career of Austrian Foreign Minister Klemens von Metternich, the great architect of the conservative order in Europe after Napoleon's fall. It details his early life, rise to power, and his efforts at the Congress of Vienna to suppress revolution and maintain a balance of power among the great European states. The episode also covers the challenges Metternich's system faced from liberalism and nationalism in the post-Napoleonic era.
This episode details the 1830 Belgian Revolution, exploring the historical context of the southern provinces (modern-day Belgium) under the rule of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It covers King William I's favoritism towards the Dutch North, which fueled significant discontent among the diverse populations in the South, particularly French-speaking Catholics. The narrative follows the spontaneous eruption of revolt ignited by the 'Night of the Opera,' the subsequent fighting in Brussels, the declaration of independence, and the crucial diplomatic negotiations in London involving major European powers. The episode also recounts King William's attempt to reclaim the territory by force in the Ten Days Campaign, the decisive French intervention, and the final recognition of Belgian independence and guaranteed neutrality by the 1839 Treaty of London.
This episode explores how the rest of France and Europe reacted to the July Revolution of 1830 in Paris. It details the spread of the Four Ordinances and subsequent news of the revolution across different French cities like Rouen, Lyon, Metz, Bordeaux, Nantes, and Nîmes. The episode analyzes why, despite some regional differences and minor violence, the transition to the July Monarchy was largely accepted as a fait accompli across the country and eventually by the major European powers.
As King Charles X's regime crumbles following the July Ordinances, this episode details the frantic efforts to find a resolution in Paris and Saint-Cloud. While the King makes delayed concessions, liberals and Orleanists maneuver to prevent a republic and install Louis-Philippe. The episode follows failed negotiations, strategic propaganda, Orléans' initial reluctance, and the critical moments involving Lafayette that solidify the shift to the July Monarchy.
This episode delves into the backstory of Louis-Philippe, the Duc d'Orléans, leading up to the Revolution of 1830. It covers his unusual experimental education, his experiences during the early French Revolution, his long period of exile across Europe and America, and his eventual return to France during the Bourbon Restoration. The episode explores his complex relationship with the Bourbon kings, Louis XVIII and Charles X, his family life, and his political positioning that made him a potential alternative monarch.
As the July Revolution entered its second day, Parisians stayed up all night building thousands of barricades across the city, effectively trapping royalist forces. Marshal Marmont's strategic blunders, including sending troops out in poorly supported columns, led to their encirclement and defeat in street-by-street fighting. Meanwhile, liberal opposition leaders attempted to negotiate with the King's representatives, but the King's refusal to concede led to a political stalemate, pushing the liberals towards seeking regime change in favor of the Duc d'Orléans. The third day saw the complete collapse of royal authority in Paris with the storming of the Tuileries Palace.
