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| French-Canadians in America with Denis Ledoux | 21 Sep 2024 | 00:56:43 | |
Denis Ledoux talks all about the trasnformation of French settlers of Canada from French to French-Canadians, then French-Americans with anecdotes from his own life as a Frenchie.
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| 79: Louis VII "The Young" | 07 Sep 2024 | 01:23:13 | |
A prince groomed for the church ends up on the throne. Louis VII will war across France and lead the Second Crusade, but is he up to the challenge?
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| Mass Surveillance in France & Britain: The Age of the Masses | 08 Jun 2024 | 00:56:52 | |
The history of mass surveillance in France and Britain from the French Revolution until the 1880s.
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| 72: The Viking Conquest of Normandy | 11 Jun 2022 | 02:31:23 | |
The Vikings descend upon West Francia, first as raiders, then as conquerors.
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| Algerian-French Culture in post-Algerian War France with Dr. Richard Derderian | 14 May 2022 | 01:02:29 | |
Dr. Richard Derderian talks about how Algerians in France maintained and developed their culture during decades of remarkable, violent change.
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| The Innocent Women Criminal Exiles of Louisiana with Dr. Joan DeJean | 07 May 2022 | 00:47:10 | |
Dr. Joan DeJean talks about how climate crisis, the first economic bubble and meltdown and corrupt police forced innocent women into exile in colonial Louisiana and how they overcame incredible odds to survive and even thrive.
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| Women Secret Agents in WW2 with Dr. Kate Vigurs | 29 Apr 2022 | 00:47:12 | |
Dr. Kate Vigurs talks about the women secret agents operating in France, their heroism, sacrifice & service in the fight against Nazi Occupation.
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| 71: The Peace of God | 22 Apr 2022 | 00:21:10 | |
With the country in chaos, faithful ban together to bring peace to France.
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| Europeanization and the Algerian Question with Dr. Megan Brown | 15 Apr 2022 | 00:40:15 | |
Dr. Megan Brown discusses how post-independence Algeria remained a part of a pan-European project, as it existed in a legal limbo following its independence.
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| 70: The Millennial Apocalypse | 08 Apr 2022 | 00:22:22 | |
The Year 1,000 approaches. Signs in the heavens signal doom. French people prepare for the end of the world.
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| Massacre at Clichy! with Dr. Chris Millington | 01 Apr 2022 | 00:51:52 | |
A riot breaks out between left-wing & right-wing agitators and half a dozen are killed by police. What happened? Whose fault was it? Dr. Chris Millington talks about the heated political culture of 1930s France.
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| Sophie de Grouchy: The most interesting French Revolutionary you’ve never heard of by Dr. Kathleen McCrudden Illert | 25 Mar 2022 | 00:41:08 | |
Dr. Kathleen McCrudden Illert talks about one of the most fascinating revolutionaries you've probably never heard of and her impact on France.
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| 69: Robert II | 18 Mar 2022 | 00:19:26 | |
Robert II ascends to the throne. The second Capetian, he must rule a kingdom even as many of his vassals consider him an illegitimate ruler.
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| Mass Surveillance in France & Britain: The Aristocratic Age | 31 May 2024 | 01:04:51 | |
Part 1 of 3 looking at the history of government surveillance in France and Britain from the Norman Conquest to World War I
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| Haitians in French Colonial Africa by Matt Robertshaw | 11 Mar 2022 | 00:37:50 | |
Dr. Matt Robertshaw explains how Haitians travelled through the French Empire and their impact on Africa.
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| 68: Hugh Capet | 05 Mar 2022 | 00:20:43 | |
Hugh Capet inaugurates a new dynasty whose house and offshoots will rule France for 800 years.
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| Marianne is Watching: The Modern French Surveillance State with Dr. Deborah Bauer | 25 Feb 2022 | 01:34:22 | |
Dr. Deborah Bauer talks about the emergence of surveillance agencies in France and the contradictions they represented in a liberal democracy.
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| 67: Jihad in Provence | 03 Feb 2022 | 00:49:50 | |
Islamic forces from Iberia conquer a fortress in Provence. Taking advantage of political weakness in France, they establish a state along the coast.
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| Ranking the Merovingian Kings with Ben from Thugs and Miracles Podcast | 08 Jan 2022 | 01:04:44 | |
Benjamin Bernier of Thugs and Miracles joins the podcasts to rank the Merovingian kings, often called France's first dynasty.
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| The Festival of the Supreme Being (1793) by Maximilien Robespierre, as Read by Mickey Mouse | 01 Jan 2022 | 00:09:49 | |
Mickey Mouse, er Robespierre, reads a speech on reason and the Supreme Being.
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| The Louvre Audiobook and the Monuments of France | 27 Dec 2021 | 00:18:42 | |
An excerpt from an audiobook on France's greatest monument, exclusively for patrons!
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| 66 – War for the Throne Part 2 | 24 Dec 2021 | 00:41:23 | |
Part 2 of War for the Throne sees the Carolingian House fail and a new dynasty take its place.
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| The Origins of the French Language by Olivier Robichaud | 17 Dec 2021 | 00:34:15 | |
Olivier Robichaud talks about the origins of the French language; how Latin was it? How Gallic? How Frankish?
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| 65: War for the Throne Part I | 10 Dec 2021 | 00:45:28 | |
The Carolingian House enters a crisis that threatens its existence in West Francia.
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| 77 The First Crusade Complete | 25 May 2024 | 09:19:03 | |
An epic 9-hour long history of the First Crusade
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| 64: The Great Heathen Army | 13 Nov 2021 | 00:34:19 | |
A massive army of Odin-worshippers sail down the Seine and threaten Paris. With the Carolingians gone the Franks will have to fend for themselves.
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| 63: Humor in Gaul and Francia | 06 Nov 2021 | 00:22:06 | |
What made Gauls and Franks laugh? Hear some very very old jokes that made our ancestors' sides split.
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| Miss Dior with Justine Picardie | 02 Nov 2021 | 01:07:14 | |
Many people know about Christian Dior, but have you heard about Catherine? Resistance hero, learn all about Miss Dior.
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| 62: Childbirth | 29 Oct 2021 | 00:37:23 | |
An episode on the wonder and woes of childbirth in the medieval period.
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| 61: Carolingian Women: The Other Half of the Empire | 23 Oct 2021 | 00:37:42 | |
An episode all about Carolingian women, their lives and impact upon Francia.
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| Hero of Two World Worlds with Mike Duncan | 02 Oct 2021 | 00:53:50 | |
The legendary Mike Duncan talks about his book Hero of Two Worlds and the incredible life of Lafayette.
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| 60 – Life in the Carolingian Empire | 09 Sep 2021 | 00:33:34 | |
What was life like in medieval Francia? Learn all about it for the rich, poor, powerful and powerless.
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| 59 – Charlemagne Junior | 27 Aug 2021 | 00:57:29 | |
Charles the Bald inherits a kingdom in collapse. Yet, his indefatigueable spirit proves legendary.
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| Lament on the Division of the Empire by Florus of Lyon | 14 Aug 2021 | 00:14:22 | |
A poem on the inter-Frankish violence by Louis the Pious' sons that tore apart Charlemagne's empire.
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| Silent Village with Robert Pike | 07 Aug 2021 | 01:04:09 | |
A conversation with Robert Pike about Oradour-sur-Glane, which experienced a Nazi massacre in 1944.
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| 77 Epilogue: How the First Crusade Changed the World | 25 May 2024 | 00:28:58 | |
A retrospective on an event that changed human history.
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| 58 – The Empire in Pieces | 31 Jul 2021 | 00:30:39 | |
Louis the Pious' sons each fight for what is theirs, tearing apart the Frankish world.
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| Carolingian Poetry | 23 Jul 2021 | 00:28:46 | |
A dramatic reading of medieval poems.
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| French Mistresses with Dr.s Christine and Tracy Adams | 16 Jul 2021 | 00:52:49 | |
Dr.s Christine and Tracy Adams. Christine Adams talk about the history of one of France's most important political positions: the royal mistress.
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| 57: The First Louis | 10 Jul 2021 | 00:21:33 | |
How will Louis the Pious rule the great empire left by his legendary father Charlemagne?
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| Glory and Defeat: The Franco-Prussian War with Jesse Alexander and Cathérine Pfauth | 08 Jul 2021 | 00:41:57 | |
A conversation on the Franco-Prussian War and an exciting project to bring it life!
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| The Poetry of Venantius Fortunatus | 03 Jul 2021 | 00:11:22 | |
A dramatic readings of poems by the greatest poet of Merovingian Francia.
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| 56: Charlemagne’s Legacy | 25 Jun 2021 | 00:20:05 | |
What influence did Charlemagne have on Francia, Europe & the world?
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| Notre-Dame in Adaptation: Louise Bertin’s La Esmeralda by Emma Kavanagh | 18 Jun 2021 | 00:19:36 | |
Dr. Emma Kavanagh discusses a disaster of a play, and the incredible woman behind it.
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| 55: Mapping the Heavens | 11 Jun 2021 | 00:23:25 | |
In the last episode on the Carolingian Renaissance I talked about how the Franks expanded their knowledge on nearly every major subject. One area I didn’t manage to get to is astronomy. At the time, calendars and general knowledge of the heavens were fairly crude. In fact, there are no surviving Merovingian works dealing with […]
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| Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte by Matthew McDonald | 04 Jun 2021 | 00:31:35 | |
Dr. Matthew McDonald tells the story of how one of Napoleon's generals became King of Sweden.
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| 77 Chapter 15: Remaking the Holy Land | 17 May 2024 | 00:29:09 | |
The Holy War conquers the Holy Land. Caught between an empire and a caliphate, the lords forge their own path.
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| 54: The Carolingian Renaissance | 28 May 2021 | 01:29:30 | |
A classic episode about one of the greatest periods of learning, construction & art in European history.
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| The Political Philosophy of Terror as read by Mickey Mouse | 11 Apr 2021 | 00:17:51 | |
“The Political Philosophy of Terror” a speech by Paris Deputy of the National Convention Maximilien Robespierre, delivered to the Convention 5 February 1794. Read, by Mickey Mouse.
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| Political Crisis in Racine’s “Phèdre” by Ainan Liu | 09 Apr 2021 | 00:23:52 | |
Ainan Liu details an important and historic play by the great Jean Racine.
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