Explore every episode of the podcast Revolutions
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| Live Event in NYC Thursday May 14 | 28 Apr 2026 | 00:01:01 | |
Come! Tickets: https://dissentmagazine.org/blog/event-may-14-decline-and-fall-know-your-enemy-and-revolutions/ American Friction Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShzWu5cK8SM13 | |||
| Frauncis Tavern July 5, Patreon Q&A July 14 | 30 Jun 2025 | 00:01:10 | |
Frauncis Tavern tickets CLICK HERE Patreon: Patreon.com/revolution Merch: Cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan | |||
| 11.21-The Republic of Mars | 07 Apr 2025 | 00:27:58 | |
Mars was about to become a thing of the people. If they can even be considered people. Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan | |||
| 10.54- War or Revolution | 24 May 2021 | 00:31:07 | |
War will cause another revolution? No! War will prevent another revolution. Sponsor: keeps.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.53- The Balkans | 17 May 2021 | 00:29:36 | |
Confused by how events Balkans could spark a world war? Good news, you're not alone. All the Great Powers of Europe are right there with you. Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.52- What You Already Know About The Origins of WWI | 10 May 2021 | 00:28:53 | |
You already know a lot actually! sponsor: harrys.com/revolutions | |||
| Supplemental: The Streets of Paris | 19 Apr 2021 | 00:24:55 | |
Au revoir Paris. | |||
| 10.51- Our Friend | 12 Apr 2021 | 00:16:45 | |
A rapist protected by powerful friends? Who has ever heard of such a thing? Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.50- The Holy Man | 05 Apr 2021 | 00:14:47 | |
Why be an illiterate Siberian peasant when you can be a sought after curiosity in St. Petersburg. sponsor: awaytravel.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.49- The Tsarevich | 29 Mar 2021 | 00:15:07 | |
Wherein the gods hate me, but they hated Alexei Romanov even more... Sponsor: HelloFresh/Revolutions12 | |||
| 10.48- The Death of Reform | 22 Mar 2021 | 00:28:42 | |
Stolypin's reforms died. Then Stolypin died. | |||
| 10.47- The Duma of Lords and Lackeys | 15 Mar 2021 | 00:34:03 | |
After re-writing election laws to ensure a Duma he could work with, Prime Minister Stolypin finally had a Duma he could work with. Sponsor: harrys.com/revolution. | |||
| 10.46- The Permanent Revolution | 08 Mar 2021 | 00:32:05 | |
Why have two revolutions when you can have one big long revolution? sponsor: audible.com/revolutions | |||
| 11.20-The Battle of Phobos | 31 Mar 2025 | 00:30:24 | |
| 10.45- The Disunity Congresses | 28 Feb 2021 | 00:34:45 | |
Unity Congress more like DISunity Congress, amirite? sponsor: audible.com/revolutions. | |||
| 10.44- Bolshevik Bank Heist | 21 Feb 2021 | 00:37:18 | |
Who expropriates the expropriators? sponsor: harrys.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.43- The Coup of 1907 | 24 Jan 2021 | 00:34:44 | |
Wherein we ask the ask the eternal question: Was it really a coup? Sponsor: HelloFresh | |||
| 10.42- The Stolypin Reforms | 18 Jan 2021 | 00:34:53 | |
To celebrate his new reform program, Prime Minster Stolypin handed out commemorative neckties. Sponsor: harrys.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.41- The Duma of National Anger | 11 Jan 2021 | 00:34:39 | |
They didn't get dubbed "The Duma of National Anger" because they were quiescent and complacent. Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.40- Relaunch and Recap | 03 Jan 2021 | 00:33:22 | |
Last time on the Revolutions Podcast...
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| What Happened | 25 Dec 2020 | 00:07:24 | |
Wherein I explain what the heck happened to me. | |||
| 10.39- The End of Part I | 05 Apr 2020 | 00:36:40 | |
Maybe if Nicholas hadn't been so set on rejecting the verdict of 1905, there wouldn't be a Part II to look forward to. | |||
| 10.38- The Days of Freedom | 29 Mar 2020 | 00:37:18 | |
The Days of Freedom could be numbered in days. | |||
| 10.37- The General Strike | 22 Mar 2020 | 00:32:48 | |
That time everyone stayed home from work. Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions. | |||
| 11.19-The Independence Days | 24 Mar 2025 | 00:32:02 | |
Or is it the Independence Weeks? Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan | |||
| 10.36- The Bulygin Constitution | 15 Mar 2020 | 00:31:10 | |
When you think you're out in the front of the pack, but really you're being lapped. Sponsor: Harrys.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.35- Sinking Ships | 09 Mar 2020 | 00:31:32 | |
When you pray for a miracle and all God sends is a metaphor. | |||
| 10.34- The Wave of Protest | 02 Mar 2020 | 00:32:16 | |
Bloody Sunday triggered the largest popular protests the Russian Empire had ever seen. sponsor: away.com/revolutions20 | |||
| 10.33- Bloody Sunday | 24 Feb 2020 | 00:44:09 | |
When people are crying out for help, maybe don't murder them in the streets. Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.32- The Union of Liberation | 17 Feb 2020 | 00:30:48 | |
The Russian Revolution of 1905 actually began in 1904. Sponsor: harrys.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.31- A Big Mistake | 10 Feb 2020 | 00:30:00 | |
What happens when you think victory will be easy, defeat will be catastrophic...and then you start to lose? | |||
| 10.30- The SRs | 03 Feb 2020 | 00:31:06 | |
When you can't decide whether to cultivate the revolutionary potential of the peasants or assassinate government officials, the SRs say: why not both? | |||
| 10.29- Bolsheviks and Mensheviks | 27 Jan 2020 | 00:28:54 | |
When you have a majority, flaunt it. | |||
| 10.28- The Spark | 20 Jan 2020 | 00:28:55 | |
To build a fire one first needs a spark. | |||
| Revolutions Podcast Update- The End Is Nigh? | 19 Jan 2020 | 00:05:29 | |
Is the end nigh? Not really. But it will be soon! | |||
| 11.18-The Gemini Vids | 16 Mar 2025 | 00:27:43 | |
| 10.27- Coming Together Drifting Apart | 23 Dec 2019 | 00:31:35 | |
As factional disputes arose, radical Russians attempt to forge larger alliances. sponsor: casper.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.26- The Far East | 16 Dec 2019 | 00:28:43 | |
In the 1890s Russia expanded its influence in the far east, which put them on a collision course with Japan. Sponsor: Harrys.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.25- Senseless Dreams | 09 Dec 2019 | 00:32:11 | |
Someone was having senseless dreams alright.
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| 10.24- The Union of Struggle for The Emancipation of the Working Class | 02 Dec 2019 | 00:27:25 | |
Relationship Status: Lenin, Plekhanov, and Martov are all on the same side. This won't always be the case. Sponsor: casper.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.23- On Agitation | 25 Nov 2019 | 00:28:25 | |
Why propagandize when you can agitate? Sponsor: harrys.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.22- Vladimir and Nadya | 18 Nov 2019 | 00:29:51 | |
The great Marxist meet cute. Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.21- The Socialist Revolutionaries | 10 Nov 2019 | 00:30:34 | |
Narodism didn't die after 1881. It just went into hibernation. sponsor: awaytravel.com/revolutions20 | |||
| 10.20- The Liberal Tradition (Such As It Is) | 04 Nov 2019 | 00:27:52 | |
If it's not radical and it's not reactionary, it must be liberal. sponsor: harrys.com/revolutions. | |||
| 10.19- Nicky and Alix | 21 Oct 2019 | 00:28:34 | |
When Nicky met Alix... Link to the Pax Britannica Interview Link to the Eastern Border Interview Sponsor: audible.com/revolutuions | |||
| 10.18- The Witte System | 14 Oct 2019 | 00:24:07 | |
If your nascent bourgeoisie isn't big enough or rich enough to industrialize your Empire, just call Sergei Witte. He'll know what to do.
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| 11.17-Opposites Repel | 10 Mar 2025 | 00:29:36 | |
Operations: Parallel. Objectives: Perpendicular Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan Sponsor: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code REVOLUTIONS at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.17- The Emancipation of Labor Group | 07 Oct 2019 | 00:33:07 | |
Everyone know Marxism isn't applicable to Russia. What my theory presupposes is...what if it did? sponsor: harrys.com/revolutions | |||
| 10.16- The Russian Colony | 30 Sep 2019 | 00:30:03 | |
Time to start mixing the baking soda and vinegar. | |||
| 10.15- The Tsar Must Die | 23 Sep 2019 | 00:29:39 | |
Kids today have no respect. Sponsor: casper.com/revolutions | |||