Explore every episode of the podcast The Duncan & Coe History Show
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| Rabbit Holes | 21 Nov 2024 | 00:38:16 | |
Mike is back from his brush with not-quite-death and Alexis offers him no quarter, immediately speculating on 18th-century treatments he mercifully avoided. The actual episode: Their rabbit hole tales of unwoe, from the lexical versatility of "slut" to a totally logical journey from Michael Caine to Mary Todd Lincoln. | |||
| Things Mike Duncan Isn't Dying Of... | 14 Nov 2024 | 00:04:41 | |
In this amuse-bouche of historical schadenfreude and wild speculation about what's really keeping Mike bedridden in Wisconsin, it falls to Alexis Coe to single-handedly salvage their fledgling podcast the only way she knows how: erudition and utter nonsense. | |||
| Biden's Tar Pit Plunge | 27 Nov 2024 | 00:20:51 | |
Mike asks Alexis about Biden's legacy as she steels herself for the | |||
| Gladiator II | 05 Dec 2024 | 00:40:57 | |
Today's episode is brought to you at one (guess who) host's insistence. | |||
| FDR v. Lindbergh | 12 Dec 2024 | 00:40:26 | |
Author Paul Sparrow helps Mike and Alexis navigate Charles Lindbergh's bumpy descent from American hero to Nazi Germany apologist--and thorn in FDR's side. Buy some books! Alexis Coe, You Never Forget Your First Mike Duncan, Hero of Two Worlds | |||
| Boss Walrus | 05 Dec 2024 | 00:10:07 | |
In this bonus episode, Mike convinces Alexis not to be sad about Chester A. Arthur | |||
| Marc Bloch | 19 Dec 2024 | 00:36:35 | |
From Nazi-fighting historian to Pantheon inductee: Bloch's legacy is anything but a strange defeat. Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HistorianAlexisCoe Patreon: patreon.com/duncanandcoe Books by and about Bloch
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| Squirrel's Troublesome Little Bones | 26 Dec 2024 | 00:20:04 | |
In this bonus episode, Alexis imagines a historic New Year's Eve menu for Mike. Karen Abbott, The Ghosts of Eden Park:The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder that Shocked Jazz-Age America. Candice Millard, Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President Malinda Russell, A Domestic Cook: Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen Jon Mooallen, This Is Chance!
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| Framed by Blood: The Mary Lincoln Story | 15 Jan 2025 | 00:38:27 | |
On the 10th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, his widow faces an unthinkable betrayal. Alexis dismantles the myth of the unhinged Mary "Never Todd" Lincoln and reveals thewidow's relentless battle for justice. | |||
| Black Pioneer, White Frontier | 22 Jan 2025 | 00:37:19 | |
In the 1840s, Black pioneer George Bush (no relation!), his white wife, and their five children quit Missouri, a slave state, for the Pacific Northwest---only to find racial exclusion laws hot on his heels. | |||