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Back to SearchWorld War Civ 11: The Morocco Crisis of 1905
France’s incremental takeover of Morocco based on their colonization of Algeria; Germany declares that it will protect Morocco’s sovereignty, which i…
3 years, 9 months ago
World War Civ 10: The Last Years of Austria-Hungary
The Austro-Hungarian Empire lasted hundreds of years but could not survive WWI. We look at its makeup, its economy, its socialist movement, at Franz …
3 years, 9 months ago
AER 118: Emergency broadcast on the Attempted Coup in Brazil!
It’s just me on this emergency broadcast in the spirit of “do a coup, get a pod”. Angry opponents of the Lula’s newly elected government in Brazil (w…
3 years, 9 months ago
WWCiv 9: Imperial Resentment, Industrial Power, Inevitable Socialism: Germany before WW1
Of all the mysteries of the World Wars, Germany’s is perhaps the most mysterious. We discuss this country with the fastest growing industrial power, …
3 years, 10 months ago
World War Civ 8: The 1905 Russian Revolution
The 1905 Russian Revolution was, though no one knew it at the time, the rehearsal for the 1917 Russian Revolution. Dave takes us from Bloody Sunday t…
3 years, 10 months ago
World War Civ 7: The Russo-Japanese War 1905
The earth-shaking event where an Asian power defeated a European power in a war, leading to a revolution in Russia and a major shakeup in world affai…
3 years, 10 months ago
AER 117: Peru’s President Pedro Castillo overthrown in a coup
Peru’s president Pedro Castillo has been overthrown in a coup and is in Peruvian jail while the former Vice President Dina Boluarte has taken over, v…
3 years, 11 months ago
World War Civ 6: Russia in 1900
First one of a mini-series about the 1905 Russian Revolution, we talk about the economic, political, and social conditions of Russia on the eve of th…
3 years, 11 months ago
In Real Time with Stan Cox 8: No Red Wave, Plenty of Red Flags
Stan Cox is back with his November dispatch about the US midterm elections, in which the feared Red Wave didn’t materialize — but Stan wastes no time…
3 years, 11 months ago
World War Civ 5: The Dreyfus Affair
There is no better entree into pre-WWI France than the sordid Dreyfus Affair. The whole story in all its gory detail including its implications for t…
3 years, 11 months ago