There is something that you really need in terms of historical perspective. Offensive does not even begin to capture it. Sparky Abraham is the finance editor, a position he attained by way of nepotism. Yes. Yeah. Dismiss. Mike Duncan expertly weaves the story of some of history's greatest events into a fun easy listen. Here's something I am very excited about: the Revolutions Podcast. Theres a very famous thing where the debt load that Louis XIV left upon his death was greater than the debt load that was facing Louis XVI in 1786, when they said, Sir, the monarchy is broke. Every season of the podcast, Mike focuses on one revolution. Why do you want parliament involved? As a historical researcher he's come a long way over the course of Revolutions, never mind History of Rome. That sort of vein. Its all of the piece. Michael Green invited me to discuss my book, The Money Revolution, with him on Episode One of a new book club he is launching on Substack. He should try to overthrow a government for the experience, and then just give it back when he's done. I guess that is not true, some historians think they are doing a political project. Well, thats the funny thing about being in the middle of a historical eventyou have no idea how its going to turn out. Thats something that youve really done a good job of avoiding, and I really appreciate that. I did a lot of reading when I was 16, 17, 18 years old about the Russian Revolution. But Mike's superpower is his storytelling skill. ago. Here is an episode index for his fabulous The History of Rome Podcast. I will say, however, that when the MAGA people find me, they are profoundly disappointed. I mean its really difficult to justify the Senate. And I do agree that there are probably people out there that just listened to that last answer that I gave about trying to present something resembling an objective chronology of information and just rolling their eyes and saying, Well, this guy is absolutely full of shit because nobody can actually do that. And I actually agree with that. Then Im going to be talking about it from the perspective of the Bolsheviks, and the Mensheviks, and Im going to be talking about it from the perspective of Nicholas and the czars. 9,475 ratings. Haitian Revolution 5. And if you empathize enough with the various actors, then, as you have noticed, I have fans from many different political backgrounds who can listen to the show and not be turned off about it, or think that Im just advancing one particular point of view. After the hungry 40s, there were a variety of debt crises in all of these little German kingdoms. Then, the nationalities are going to come into it, like what Polish nationalists think about all this. $18.99. Duncan also wrote the New Yo. He started with The History of Rome (the topic of his interview with Dan on Addendum). Add to Wish List. Like Charles X or Louis Philippe I or Napoleon III could have rolled out cannon after cannon, after cannon of grapeshot. What are they trying to get out of this particular moment? Thomas Umstattd: [00:07:37] All right. I also got really into the Russian Revolution, and it was one of the first time periods that I really honed in on and fell in love with. You guys dont work in TV, right? Our very best yet, with writing about AI, the joys of doing your own repairs, the evils of corporate language, and more. That a revolution is a very discrete, quick, violent event. These are just facts. 9.01. You want to shine in society, amaze your friends with how knowledgeable you are about #AI? Were super excited about this guest because Sparky and I are huge geeks, and weve been fans of this guy for a long time. Or do we try to go rigid and maintain what we have, and build the equivalent of sea walls around everything? Were very much in favor of that. Theres a silly debate going on right now about whether the professional managerial class has revolutionary class consciousness. A weekly podcasting exploring great political revolutions. So, always keeping that in the forefront of my mind does help keep things grounded, I think, in a really healthy way. Mike Duncan, the creator of Revolutions - a political history podcast - had the following thought-provoking answers to my questions. And if you look at the United States, I do think that there is a growing acceptance of pluralistic democracy being a good thing that people approve of. We came out of World War II, we had the Civil Rights Movement, and this is the end of all of that. So, when I came out of school, what turned out being the thing that I most wanted to keep going with was the history part of it. So, to your point, I think when we look around at what is happening these days, it is impossible to ever plant your flag on something and say, Oh, well that was the end of that, or This is the beginning of that. I think that we, in our own timesI speak even as a historian who has some experience with looking for places to plant flags and dividesay, Oh, this is when it started, and this is when it ended, and this epoch divides from this epoch. Even in the modern world, we have no ability to figure that stuff out. . Mike Duncan is one of the most popular history podcasters in the world and author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Storm Before the Storm. One of the reasons that were so cranky about academic history is that it tends to be very siloed. I wanted to get re-grounded on what actually happened, what these people were actually talking about. I know the French Revolution. Maybe a couple of years to get from one end of that to the other.. SOME THINGS ARE UP TO US AND SOME ARE NOT | Robin Waterfield. Yeah, you really do a great job of avoiding the great man of history thing. Well just do that. I havent ever written this up, but I do have something resembling a manifesto for a new society in my head, that I think would be really important. After not finding any Roman history podcasts in 2007, Duncan began The History of Rome, a narrative podcast chronicling events from the founding of . The other thing that we could do is if we loosened up a little bit and said, Ok, things are going to change. Alright. And then there has always been a place for popularizers. I do want to, as much as possible, empathize with whoever it is that Im talking about so I can try to understand their perspective on the world. The somewhat insular world of TV animation was thrust into the spotlight in quite the negative way earlier this year when Rick and Morty co-creator was fired from the Adult Swim series (and other projects) over a domestic violence complaint filed by an ex-girlfriend in 2020. Thanks, Mike, for joining us. I think there is some hope among the younger generation. Lets Blow Up the Camp of the Saints, by Mike Duncan. The thing I do get accused of, though, sometimes on Twitter, is that people think that I doomsay because either I enjoy it on a psychological level, or I think it plays well to an audience. And during these mundane, often terrible parts of our dayslike when youre doing chores, and commuting, or exercise, nobody likes doing any of these thingswe can turn those periods of time into learning opportunities. By Mike Duncan. Mike Duncan More ways to shop: Find an Apple Store or other retailer near you. I hoped that it did not, because I think that its not so much great men do great things that change the world, so much as these are human beings who are close to the levers of power, and the decisions that they make do in fact have a rather large impact on the societies within which they live. He launched The History of Rome podcast in 2017 after he did not find any Roman history podcasts. Erika Cruz. Mike Duncan. But then inevitably theres going to be nine wise old ones who have the final, final, final say. Mike Duncan hosts "The History of Rome" and "Revolutions" podcast series, and is the author of "The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic." October 31, 2018 at 6: . One of the things getting back to what I think my purpose here is, what my role is as a popularizer of history, is if you take the French Revolution, people say, Oh, yeah. Another aspect of this is the period of time in which these events are happening is relatively short in terms of human history. And if you talk to geologists or you talk to physicists, its like no time at all, its a little sliver of a fingernail. PLEASE NOTE: Because the cost of paper and printing has increased with inflation, we have recently had to put subscription prices up by $10, which will be reflected in renewals. You can tell Mike is passionate about the subject and makes its exciting. We know this. To have an idea of the kinds of events and personalities and trends that have happened before us. So again, I think that its not a matter of ever believing that you can step away from yourself or step away from history to create something thats objective, but you can bounce around enough. A wildly successful podcaster and New York Times-bestselling author, hes tackled topics ranging across space and time. Perfect. Im not, for the record. Right. 2. His story of the Russian revolution has stopped at 1905, and the events between 1905 and 1917 will only be covered after the book is complete. He recommends everyone to watch Season 10 of the Revolutions, streaming on Apple Podcasts. It starts from the English Revolution, and has gotten as far as the Russian Revolutionbut we did the French one on the way, Haitian, Mexican, the whole thing. This is a thing that I do actually believe. Instead, he loomed large on the world stage for decades after the war, and history podcaster Duncan does a fine job of filling out his subject's life. We really appreciate you joining us, though, and going to these dark places with us. New Revolutions Tour coming in June 2014! 9.05. Is there a particular way that you deal with that? We have got to be water. . Its also a perfect square, kind of, yeah. Because we want to save people from the estates. Dismiss. 9.04. Education History. I dont think that things have changed so much that we will not continue to get the same kind of recurrent challenges from below to various existing regimes. There are other history podcasts, I knowlike the History of Byzantium, which started up after you stopped The History of Rome, and its a really fun podcast too. What I will say to these peopleespecially when it comes to current events and modern financing of modern statesthat is well, not just above my paygrade, but somewhere on another planet. On Thursday, the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk takes on Twitter to highly recommend Mike Duncan's podcast called Revolutions. A new biography of the giant of both European and American history. And if you are the kind of person whos sitting there saying, Gosh, I dont know a lot about history, I can go, Find these podcasts.. Although, they have got compounds in New Zealand. On July 14, 1789 a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille. Yeah. And I think thats my jobto facilitate the transfer of information from often-dry sources, like those JSTOR articles, which I read because I enjoy them. BookPage "Mike Duncan's excellent, well-researched book portrays Lafayette's extraordinary life as a fascinating, transatlantic drama with three great revolutions and transitional interludes that carry the reader through seven explosive decades of historical change.