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| Revolutionary Amusement by Ane Cornelia Pade | 22 Jun 2025 | 00:18:36 | |
Ane Cornelia Pade tells us all about an amusement park in Paris that opened just before the French Revolution.
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| Slaves in Paris with Dr. Miranda Spieler | 15 Jun 2025 | 00:41:25 | |
Dr. Miranda Spieler discusses the condition of 6 enslaved people in Paris. Was France the land of the free? How different was it from the colonies?
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| Simone Weil in Wartime London by Elias Forneris | 07 Jun 2025 | 00:33:10 | |
Famous French mystic Simone Weil's tragic final years and ideas are explored by scholar Elias Forneris.
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| 86: Calm Amidst the Storm | 30 May 2025 | 00:15:28 | |
Philippe II's reign comes to an end. He leaves behind a France that is stronger than it has ever been.
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| World Expos in France with Charles Pappas | 24 May 2025 | 00:39:41 | |
Renowned expo expert Charles Pappas talks about the World Expos that made France what it is today.
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| 85: King Philippe II's Reign | 27 Apr 2025 | 00:45:00 | |
A look at Philippe II Augustus remarkable rule of the Kingdom of France.
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| Lesbianism in France with Dr. Tamara Chaplin | 21 Mar 2025 | 01:38:54 | |
Dr. Tamara Chaplin discusses the modern history of lesbians in France. Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide. Don’t Just Travel, Explore.
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| 84: The Battle of Bouvines | 07 Mar 2025 | 00:52:12 | |
Philippe II wins one of the most important battles in European history. Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide. Don’t Just Travel, Explore.
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| Making Modern Counterinsurgency with Dr. Terrence Peterson | 21 Feb 2025 | 00:40:23 | |
Dr. Terrence Peterson talks about how the Algerian War led to modern counterinsurgency. Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide. Don’t Just Travel, Explore.
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| Rival Empresses: Eugénie and Elisabeth with Nancy Goldstone | 07 Feb 2025 | 00:38:35 | |
Nancy Goldstone talks all about two rival empresses and how they reshaped Europe.
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| Slavery & Freedom in the French Indian Ocean World with Dr. Sue Peabody | 24 Jan 2025 | 00:33:21 | |
Dr. Sue Peabody tells the incredible story of a man who spent decades fighting for his freedom in France's Indian Ocean World. Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide. Don’t Just Travel, Explore.
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| 83: Destroying an Empire, Uniting a Kingdom | 10 Jan 2025 | 00:47:21 | |
Philippe II goes to war with England's King John, uniting France and destroying the Angevin Empire. Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide. Don’t Just Travel, Explore.
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| 82: Grappling with a Lion | 05 Dec 2024 | 00:32:30 | |
Philippe II wars with Richard the Lionheart for control of France. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.
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| 81: The King's Crusade | 13 Nov 2024 | 00:26:30 | |
Philippe II and Richard the Lionheart go on Crusade, though they might spend more time fighting each other than the enemies of God.
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| 80: Philip Augustus | 19 Oct 2024 | 00:39:18 | |
Philippe Auguste ascends to the throne of France. Half of his kingdom was in the hands of the Angevins. From humble beginnings, Philippe becomes the greatest of all the Capetian monarchs. The French History Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp
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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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| The Green Fairy and France with Dr. Nina Studer | 25 Aug 2024 | 00:43:09 | |
Dr. Nina Studer talks about the absinthe craze and peril in France from the 1830s to its ban in 1915.
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| The People's Revolution of 1789 with Dr. Micah Alpaugh | 10 Aug 2024 | 00:24:44 | |
Dr. Micah Alpaugh talks about how all of France and its colonies participated in the French Revolution.
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| The Lost Gauguin with Dr. Stephanie Brown | 20 Jul 2024 | 00:53:33 | |
Dr. Stephanie Brown talks about a missing painting by the great Paul Gauguin and how it was found.
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| The French in Modern Haiti with David Ritter | 12 Jul 2024 | 00:21:02 | |
Documentarian David Ritter talks about the ethnic French population in modern Haiti.
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| Viking attacks on Noirmoutier with C.J. Adrien | 06 Jul 2024 | 00:36:21 | |
Scholar and popular author C.J. Adrien talks about a little-known island off the coast of West France & how it remade the Viking world.
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| 78: Louis VI “The Fat” | 28 Jun 2024 | 00:45:31 | |
Louis VI defies a king, and emperor and his barbaric vassals to assert his right to rule.
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| Beur & Banlieue Cinema by Kévin Drif | 22 Jun 2024 | 00:21:37 | |
A look at 20th century cinema by Arab immigrants to France.
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| Mass Surveillance in France & Britain: The Age of the Individual | 15 Jun 2024 | 00:52:01 | |
Terrorists, anarchists and Irishmen! Government surveillance transitions from the masses to subversive individuals.
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 77 Chapter 14: The Holiest of Holies | 11 May 2024 | 00:30:50 | |
The holy war finally reaches its destination.
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| Napoleon's Library with Louis Sarkozy | 03 May 2024 | 01:00:56 | |
Louis Sarkozy discusses Napoleon's little-known obsession with literature.
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| Madame Tussaud and the French Revolution by Dr. Gavin Whitehead | 14 Apr 2024 | 00:59:51 | |
Gavin Whitehead talks all about Madame Tussaud, the French Revolution and the oddities that ensue.
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| History of the Louvre Chapter 10: The Louvre under Siege | 02 Apr 2024 | 01:00:14 | |
WW2 threatens the destruction of the Louvre and its masterpieces
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| 77 Chapter 13: The Battle of Antioch | 19 Mar 2024 | 00:32:50 | |
The holy war is starved and trapped by an army twice its size. Only a miracle can save the Western armies from dying thousands of miles from their home.
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| Occitania | 11 Mar 2024 | 00:18:41 | |
A special episode about the land and language of southern France
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| The Desecration of Saint-Denis by Everything, Everywhere Daily | 06 Mar 2024 | 00:13:39 | |
Everything, Everywhere, Daily talks about the French Revolutionaries' attack on one of France's most historic churches.
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| Breton Werewolves by Carlos A. González | 28 Feb 2024 | 00:19:51 | |
Scholar Carlos A. González tells the story of a poem about monsters from Brittany.
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| The Unseen Kingdom, France & Cambodia with Dr. Matthew Jagel | 16 Feb 2024 | 00:40:58 | |
Dr. Matthew Jagel discusses the colonization of Cambodia, it's place in WW2 and the decolonial struggle against France.
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| 77 Chapter 12: The Siege of Antioch | 10 Feb 2024 | 00:47:29 | |
The Iron Men face their greatest challenge yet: an impregnable fortress on the way to Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Turks raise army after army to throw at the First Crusade.
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| Feed Drop: Philippe Petit Walks Between The Twin Towers by History Daily | 15 Jan 2024 | 00:23:04 | |
History Daily tells us all about the Man on Wire who in 1974 walked between the Twin Towers.
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| 77 Chapter 11: The Eastern Prince and the Bandit Lord | 23 Dec 2023 | 00:21:59 | |
Two Western lords are already trying to make themselves masters of the East; but the Eastern Roman Empire looms over all.
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| The forgotten star: Kiki de Montparnasse with Dr. Mark Braude | 16 Dec 2023 | 00:39:55 | |
Kiki was 'Queen of Montparnasse,' a superstar of her time. Who was she and why has she been forgotten?
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| 77 Chapter 10: The Battle of Dorylaeum | 10 Dec 2023 | 00:20:10 | |
The Sword-Lion launches a trap that catches God's warriors off-guard. They will emerge as Iron-Men
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| 77 Chapter 9: The Siege of Nicaea | 02 Dec 2023 | 00:22:51 | |
After over a year of preparation and marching the Crusaders finally meet their foe. But the greatest enemy of the holy war may be its own leaders.
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| Fake History! with THE Fake History Hunter | 25 Nov 2023 | 00:59:00 | |
The Fake History Hunter talks about things that never happened.
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| 77 Chapter 8: The Emperor's Gamble | 18 Nov 2023 | 00:30:48 | |
Seven lords and an emperor vie for control of the holy war before it begins its conquests.
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| Terrorism in France with Dr. Chris Millington | 11 Nov 2023 | 00:46:26 | |
A history of terrorism in France from the late 19th century to present.
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| Feed Drop: The Fench Revolution Podcast by Grey History: The Three Estates | 10 Nov 2023 | 00:42:35 | |
The first episode of an incredible podcast on the French Revolution
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| How France turned the Forbidden Fruit into an Apple with Dr. Azzan Yadin-Israel | 04 Nov 2023 | 00:56:08 | |
Dr. Azzan Yadin-Israel explains the incredible story of how medieval French artists turned the Biblical Forbidden Fruit into an apple in Western iconography.
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