Silver Shorts: Geographicus - WTF is That? (The Bastille)
Jun 05, 2025•9 min
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Episode description
Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “In revolutions there are only two sorts of men: those who cause them and those who profit by them.”
Join Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps as he chronicles the first shots of the French Revolution and the story of the man who seized the opportunity to benefit from the destruction of one of Paris’s most infamous structures.
Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com
Featuring Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello
Music by Luke Allen and El Buru
Sound by Silver Sound
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