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Episode 495: The Fall of the King
Season 1 Episode 495
Europe finally reacts to the French Revolution, and a startling discovery sets in motion events which will condemn Louis XVI to death.
Western Civ 2.0
8 months ago
Episode 494: Saint-Dominque
Season 1 Episode 494
Saint-Dominque, soon to be Haiti, erupts in its own revolution.
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8 months, 1 week ago
Episode 493: The Flight of the Royals
Season 1 Episode 493
Louis XVI makes a break for it. France passes a new Constitution into law. And the storm clouds continue to grow around the French Revolution.
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8 months, 1 week ago
Episode 492: Bread and the Church
Season 1 Episode 492
Riots in Paris provoke unrest, while in the countryside French peasants recoil at attacks upon the Catholic Church.
Western Civ Podcast 2.0
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic
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In his own day, the ancient philosopher Diogenes the Cynic had a reputation for eccentricity, heckling his fellow philosophers in the mar…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 491: The Women's March
Season 1 Episode 491
Bread shortages force the Revolution's hand.
Western Civ Podcast 2.0
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 490: The Fall of the Bastille
Season 1 Episode 490
The French Revolution gets serious as the people of Paris rise up and storm the Bastille.
Western Civ Podcast 2.0
9 months ago
War and Power: Who Wins Wars—and Why
Season 1
In this bonus interview, I sit down with Phillips Payson O'Brien and we discuss his latest book: War and Power: Who Wins Wars—and Why.
For nearly two…
9 months ago
Episode 489: The Estates-General
Season 1 Episode 489
An oath on a tennis court, of all things, sparks the French Revolution.
Western Civ Podcast 2.0
9 months ago
Episode 488: The Flood
Season 1 Episode 488
Efforts to reform France under Louis XV and Louis XVI fail, plunging the kingdom into the flood of revolution.
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9 months, 1 week ago