

Revolutions
Mike Duncan
Season 12 premiered October 20, 2024 – a nonfictional account of The Martian Revolution of 2247.
Mike Duncan is taking everything he's learned from 12 seasons of historical revolutions - the repeating arcs, characters, ideas, events, and patterns which all revolutions seem to follow - and created a fictional history of the Martian Revolution of 2247. The series is written from the point of view of a historian working hundreds of years after the Martian Revolution and will be presented in the style and format of previous seasons of Revolutions. It will look, sound, and feel like a Mike Duncan history podcast…but will instead be a fictional narrative of a gripping science-fiction epic.
Revolutions is a podcast that covers the great political revolutions that have defined the modern world. Each season is a long-form narrative covering a different defining revolutionary epoch across three hundred years of history. It explores in great detail the people, ideas, and events that challenged and toppled outdated regimes and replaced them with new governments. After more than 350 episodes over ten seasons of narrative nonfiction, the 12th season is a fictional account of the Martian Revolution of 2247.
*BREAKING NEWS*
In the fall of 2025, the Revolutions podcast will return to its roots by diving into the great revolutions of the 20th century. The new run of episodes begins with the story of Irish Independence, a dramatic upheaval in the wake of WWI that saw Ireland free itself from centuries of English rule. Full of inspiring personalities, tragic events, and thrilling triumphs, Irish Independence is one of the most gripping events in revolutionary history. Future seasons will plunge ahead through the turbulent 20th century, and include the Spanish Civil War, the Cuban Revolution, and the Algerian War of Independence.
Mike Duncan is taking everything he's learned from 12 seasons of historical revolutions - the repeating arcs, characters, ideas, events, and patterns which all revolutions seem to follow - and created a fictional history of the Martian Revolution of 2247. The series is written from the point of view of a historian working hundreds of years after the Martian Revolution and will be presented in the style and format of previous seasons of Revolutions. It will look, sound, and feel like a Mike Duncan history podcast…but will instead be a fictional narrative of a gripping science-fiction epic.
Revolutions is a podcast that covers the great political revolutions that have defined the modern world. Each season is a long-form narrative covering a different defining revolutionary epoch across three hundred years of history. It explores in great detail the people, ideas, and events that challenged and toppled outdated regimes and replaced them with new governments. After more than 350 episodes over ten seasons of narrative nonfiction, the 12th season is a fictional account of the Martian Revolution of 2247.
*BREAKING NEWS*
In the fall of 2025, the Revolutions podcast will return to its roots by diving into the great revolutions of the 20th century. The new run of episodes begins with the story of Irish Independence, a dramatic upheaval in the wake of WWI that saw Ireland free itself from centuries of English rule. Full of inspiring personalities, tragic events, and thrilling triumphs, Irish Independence is one of the most gripping events in revolutionary history. Future seasons will plunge ahead through the turbulent 20th century, and include the Spanish Civil War, the Cuban Revolution, and the Algerian War of Independence.
Episodes
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Sep 5, 2016 • 45min
5.13- The Letter From Jamaica
Enter José de San Martín and Bernardo O'Higgins.

Aug 29, 2016 • 36min
5.12- The Desired One
The restoration of King Ferdinand VII spelled big trouble for Spanish American Independence.

Aug 22, 2016 • 40min
5.11- The Legions of Hell
This podcast explores Simón Bolívar's transformation from exile to hero as he leads a patriotic army to liberate Venezuela. It discusses the political division and opposition he faces, the role of non-white cowboys in the conflict, the rise of Jose Tomás Beauvas and his army, the formation of the Legions of Hell, and the tactics used in war.

Aug 15, 2016 • 43min
5.10- War To The Death
Simón Bolívar left Venezuela in 1812. He came back in 1813.

Aug 7, 2016 • 40min
5.09- God's Divine Wrath
Things did not go well for the First Venezuelan Republic.

Jul 25, 2016 • 42min
5.08- The Patriotic Society For The Development of Agriculture and Livestock
in 1810 Simón Bolívar brought Francisco de Miranda home.

Jul 18, 2016 • 33min
5.07- The First Cry For Liberty
Further unrest plagued Spanish America in 1809 as the situation deteriorated back in Spain.

Jul 11, 2016 • 41min
5.06- The Abdications of Bayonne
In May 1808 Napoleon deposed the Spanish Monarchy.

Jul 3, 2016 • 41min
5.05- The Leander Expedition
1n 1806, two invasions of South America tested the waters of independence. Also, Bolívar swears to liberate his country or die trying.

Jun 26, 2016 • 38min
5.04- The Prince of Caracas
Enter Bolívar.


