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Mike Duncan's Revolutions - Introduction (Full playlist)
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What's it about? Just revolutions, history of? Would be nice to provide a little blurb here.
There are 10 chapters iirc, each except one covering a single revolution in ever-growing detail. The chapter on 1848 covers multiple.
It starts out with the English Revolution in less than 20 episodes and ends with the Russian Revolution exceeding 100.
It's brilliant. Gotta relisten again. I can also recommend The History of Rome by him.
Thanks!
Why? I can read an academic history book about any of these revolutions. Why is this better?
Why is it brilliant? His narrative style captured my attention in a way that left me wanting more. It's also solid in terms of sourcing and correctness.
As for the merits/demerits of podcasts vs literature, it's just different media for different use cases. He also wrote a book on Lafayette and his transcripts are available if reading is more your jam.