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 It explores in great detail the people, ideas, and events that challenged and toppled outdated regimes and replaced them with new governments.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.
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Apr 5, 2015 • 34min
3.33- The Geography of Terror
In the fall of 1793, the French Republic started to gain traction against its enemies. Setting up the stage for the Reign of Terror. sponsor: lynda.com/revolutions
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Mar 29, 2015 • 31min
3.32- The Committee of Public Safety
In the summer of 1793 a re-organized Committee of Public Safety began to consolidate power.
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Mar 23, 2015 • 33min
3.31- The Man of Blood Part Deux
In the summer of 1793 the Revolutionaries in Paris were besieged from all sides.
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Mar 16, 2015 • 1h 13min
3.30- The 250th Episode
Question Time! sponsor link: lynda.com/revolutions
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Mar 8, 2015 • 31min
3.29- The Purge of the Girondins
On May 31-June 2, 1793 Paris once again rose in armed insurrection against the national government.
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Mar 1, 2015 • 29min
3.28- Provincial Revolt
In the spring of 1793 revolts against Paris started erupting all over France. Sponsor: lynda.com/revolutions
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Feb 16, 2015 • 34min
3.27- Advance and Retreat
After the Battle of Valmy the French armies advanced on all fronts.
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Feb 8, 2015 • 36min
3.26- The Trial of Louis XVI
King Louis XVI was put on trial by the National Convention and executed Jan 21, 1793.
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Feb 1, 2015 • 19min
3.25- The National Convention
The National Convention voted unanimously to abolish the monarchy on Sept 21, 1792. Then they proceeded to go at each others throats. Sponsor: lynda.com/revolutions
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Jan 26, 2015 • 35min
3.24- The September Massacres
With the Allied armies approaching Paris, the sans-culottes broke into all the prisoners and slaughtered the inmates.
