
Revolutions
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 It explores in great detail the people, ideas, and events that challenged and toppled outdated regimes and replaced them with new governments.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.
Latest episodes

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Nov 9, 2021 • 42min
10.74- The Great October Socialist Revolution
We made it.

Nov 2, 2021 • 32min
10.73- Zeno's Revolution
Wherein we keep moving toward the October Revolution by progressing halfway to halfway to halfway to halfway... Link: Event w/ Dr. Faith Hillis for her book Utopia's Discontents.

Oct 18, 2021 • 29min
10.72- The Decision
Comrade Lenin says don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Link to details on the talk/signing in Pasadena!

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Oct 10, 2021 • 29min
10.71- The Democratic Conference
Links to tour details... Minneapolis Oct 11: Magers and Quinn Naperville Oct 12: Anderson's Bookshop Madison/Verona Oct 13: Kismet Books Milwaukee Oct 14: Boswells Book Company Pasadena Oct 27: Vromans Bookstore

Oct 6, 2021 • 2min
NEXT WEEK! AN UPPER MIDWEST SIGNING TOUR! COME!
Links to details... Main page (scroll down): Minneapolis: Magers and Quinn Chicago: Anderson's Bookshop Madison: Kismet Books Milwaukee: Boswells Book Company

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Oct 4, 2021 • 32min
10.70- The Kornilov Affair
Not a political plot. A sitcom plot.

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Sep 27, 2021 • 31min
10.69- The July Days
When you come at the king, best not miss.

Sep 6, 2021 • 31min
10.68- The June Offensive
Don't put all your eggs in one basket, folks.

Sep 1, 2021 • 30min
10.67- The April Crisis
April 1917 reminds us sometimes foreign affairs DO matter in domestic politics. --- The H2W related podcast appearances I mentioned: Based on a True Story with Dan LeFebvre. Great chat about Lafayette in film and TV. KPFA's Letters and Politics with Mitch Jeserich. This one is a video! Tides of History with Patrick Wyman. More of me and Patrick being me and Patrick. So good, informative, and fun. My History Can Beat Up Your Politics One of the O.G. podcasts. Since 2006!

Aug 23, 2021 • 29min
10.66 Finland Station
Wherein the Bolsheviks call for an Uber. The New Yorker Article by Adam Gopnick The New Republic Article by David Klion (Hi David!) CBS This Morning Segment Look ma I'm on the tee-vee.
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