Tue, 22 November 2022
Surfs up, it's a radical wave. |
Fri, 11 November 2022
Nothing lets slip the dogs of war like a Revolution. |
Tue, 25 October 2022
The enemy of my enemy was my friend. Upcoming live events! Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur
Direct download: Appendix_7-_The_Entropy_of_Victory_Master_-_102522_7.29_PM.mp3
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Wed, 19 October 2022
Every victory implies a defeat. Every defeat implies a victory. Upcoming live events! Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur
Direct download: Appendix_6-_Victory_And_Defeat_Master_-_101922_5.54_PM.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:20pm CST |
Tue, 11 October 2022
[insert obligatory joke about being triggered] Upcoming live events! Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur |
Mon, 3 October 2022
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way... For tickets to the October dates: Oct. 3 Austin TX @ Paramount Theater Oct. 4 San Francisco @ Palace of Fine Arts Oct. 5 Seattle @ Town Hall Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur
Direct download: Appendix_4-_Shocks_To_The_System_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:19pm CST |
Mon, 19 September 2022
Probably wouldn't be a revolution if everything just kept on being cool and stable. For tickets to the October dates: Oct. 3 Austin TX @ Paramount Theater Oct. 4 San Francisco @ Palace of Fine Arts Oct. 5 Seattle @ Town Hall Oct. 25 Chicago @ Vic Theater Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur
Direct download: Appendix_3-_From_Equilibrium_to_Disequalibrium_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:51pm CST |
Tue, 13 September 2022
For tickets to the October dates: Oct. 3 Austin TX @ Paramount Theater Oct. 4 San Francisco @ Palace of Fine Arts Oct. 5 Seattle @ Town Hall Oct. 25 Chicago @ Vic Theater Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur |
Mon, 5 September 2022
The word revolution means coming full circle, so it seems like the best way to begin the end. Tour dates and links: Sept. 6 Madison -- Mystery to Me Sept. 7 Chicago -- Seminary Co-Op Sept. 8 Portland -- Powell's Books Sept. 9 Seattle -- Elliott Bay Book Company Sept. 12 Boulder -- Boulder Book Store Sept. 13 Denver -- Tattered Cover (Aspen Grove) Sept. 14 Dallas -- Interrobang Books Sept. 15 Austin -- Bookpeople Sept. 16 Houston -- Brazos Books Sept. 19 New Orleans -- Garden District Book Shop Sept. 20 Atlanta -- Carter Center w/ A Capella Books Sept. 21 Chapel Hill -- Flyleaf Books Sept. 22 Raleigh -- Quail Ridge Books
Direct download: Appendix_1-_Coming_Full_Circle_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:44pm CST |
Fri, 2 September 2022
Please enjoy this chapter about Lafayette's tour of America on the eve of my own tour of America. Tour dates and links: Sept. 6 Madison -- Mystery to Me Sept. 7 Chicago -- Seminary Co-Op Sept. 8 Portland -- Powell's Books Sept. 9 Seattle -- Elliott Bay Book Company Sept. 12 Boulder -- Boulder Book Store Sept. 13 Denver -- Tattered Cover (Aspen Grove) Sept. 14 Dallas -- Interrobang Books Sept. 15 Austin -- Bookpeople Sept. 16 Houston -- Brazos Books Sept. 19 New Orleans -- Garden District Book Shop Sept. 20 Atlanta -- Carter Center w/ A Capella Books Sept. 21 Chapel Hill -- Flyleaf Books Sept. 22 Raleigh -- Quail Ridge Books |
Wed, 27 July 2022
Please enjoy this one-man table read of the pilot script I've been writing for a proposed TV series based on Hero of Two Worlds. ---- For all the details on the paperback tour in September click here: bit.ly/mikeduncantour For tickets to the October dates: Oct. 3 Austin TX @ Paramount Theater Oct. 4 San Francisco @ Palace of Fine Arts Oct. 5 Seattle @ Town Hall Oct. 25 Chicago @ Vic Theater Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur |
Thu, 21 July 2022
Oct. 3 Austin TX @ Paramount Theater Oct. 4 San Francisco @ Palace of Fine Arts Oct. 5 Seattle @ Town Hall --- Oct. 25 Chicago @ Vic Theater Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur |
Sun, 3 July 2022
For all the details on the paperback tour click here: bit.ly/mikeduncantour More info on the October speaking performances as soon as we have firm dates/times/tickets.
Direct download: Tour_Announcment_June_2022_-_7322_4.05_PM.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:28pm CST |
Sun, 3 July 2022
See you on the other side. |
Sun, 26 June 2022
So dizzy. So much success. |
Sat, 18 June 2022
To be in power, or not to be in power, that is the question...
Direct download: 10.101-_The_Unitred_Opposition_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:02pm CST |
Thu, 9 June 2022
After one hundred episodes, you might agree!
Direct download: 10.100-_History_Never_Ends_Master_-_6922_10.25_PM.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:36pm CST |
Wed, 1 June 2022
It's a faaaaaaaaaaaaaaake.
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Tue, 24 May 2022
Forward in the USSR
Direct download: 10.98-_The_Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:39pm CST |
Tue, 17 May 2022
There's no business like show business. |
Wed, 11 May 2022
You know we're covering an upbeat period of history when the title of the episode is "Starving To Death" |
Mon, 25 April 2022
Tbh, it's bit like one of those "circle five differences in these two pictures that otherwise seem identical" games.
Direct download: 10.95-_Russian_Empire_Soviet_Empire_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:19pm CST |
Mon, 18 April 2022
When the old policies aren't working...try new policies! |
Mon, 11 April 2022
Poetically, or ominously, coinciding with the 50th Anniversary of the Paris Commune...
Direct download: 10.93-_The_Kronstadt_Rebellion_Master_-_41122_5.56_PM.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:08pm CST |
Mon, 4 April 2022
[Insert Spider-Man meme here]
Direct download: 10.92-Long_Live_the_Bolsheviks_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:03pm CST |
Mon, 28 March 2022
So close yet so far away. |
Tue, 15 March 2022
Why stop fighting when you can keep fighting?
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Mon, 7 March 2022
Spoiler Alert in the title.
Direct download: 10.89-_The_Collapse_of_the_Whites_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:06pm CST |
Mon, 28 February 2022
To Moscow!
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Mon, 21 February 2022
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Mon, 14 February 2022
All power to the Soviets!* *The Communist Party --------------------- APRIL 30, 2022: Live Performance at Coletivo in Milwaukee.
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Mon, 7 February 2022
There *was* a revolution in Germany. But it wasn't like the revolution in Russia. Sponsors: |
Mon, 31 January 2022
The end of WWI was a pretty big deal all things considered. Sponsors:
Direct download: 10.84-_The_End_of_the_Old_World_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:00pm CST |
Mon, 24 January 2022
But is it though? sponsor: ritual.com/REVOLUTIONS |
Mon, 17 January 2022
Time to tie up some loose ends.
Direct download: 10.82-_The_House_of_Special_Purpose_Master_-_11722_2.30_PM.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:58pm CST |
Mon, 10 January 2022
Hey it was worth a shot. Well, actually, probably not. Register for digital book talk with me and Jonathan Katz on his new book: Gangsters of Capitalism Jan 18 w/ Politics and Prose.
Direct download: 10.81-_The_Revolt_of_the_Left_SRs_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:43pm CST |
Mon, 20 December 2021
Time to play the wild card.
Direct download: 10.80-_The_Revolt_of_thre_Czechoslovak_Legion_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:31pm CST |
Mon, 13 December 2021
Time to head into the final lap... |
Mon, 6 December 2021
What's better than war and peace? Neither war nor peace! |
Mon, 29 November 2021
Dance dance revolution.
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Tue, 23 November 2021
Can anyone guess which one Lenin and the Bolsheviks will choose? |
Mon, 15 November 2021
The Bolsheviks caught the car. Now they had to figure out what to do with it.
Direct download: 10.75-_The_Peoples_Commissars_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:22am CST |
Mon, 8 November 2021
We made it.
Direct download: 10.74-_The_Great_October_Socialist_Revolution_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:12pm CST |
Tue, 2 November 2021
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. |
Mon, 18 October 2021
Comrade Lenin says don't look a gift horse in the mouth. |
Sun, 10 October 2021
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
Direct download: 10.71-_The_Democratic_Conference_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:08pm CST |
Wed, 6 October 2021
Links to details... Main page (scroll down): Minneapolis: Magers and Quinn Chicago: Anderson's Bookshop Madison: Kismet Books Milwaukee: Boswells Book Company |
Mon, 4 October 2021
Not a political plot. A sitcom plot.
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Mon, 27 September 2021
When you come at the king, best not miss.
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Mon, 6 September 2021
Don't put all your eggs in one basket, folks.
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Tue, 31 August 2021
April 1917 reminds us sometimes foreign affairs DO matter in domestic politics. --- The H2W related podcast appearances I mentioned:
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Sun, 22 August 2021
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. |
Sun, 15 August 2021
The February Revolution succeeded! Everything is great now! Get tix for Hero of Two Worlds Events! Aug 20 Politics and Prose with Jamelle Bouie Aug 23 Midtown Scholar with Ben Rhodes |
Mon, 9 August 2021
The Duma is about to get a new roommate: The Petrograd Soviet Sign up fast for Hero of Two Worlds Events! Aug 20 Politics and Prose with Jamelle Bouie Aug 23 Midtown Scholar with Ben Rhodes
Direct download: 10.64-_The_Origin_of_Dual_Power_MASTER.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:54pm CST |
Sun, 1 August 2021
Good riddance to Dear Nicky. Sign up fast for Hero of Two Worlds Events! Aug 20 Politics and Prose with Jamelle Bouie Aug 23 Midtown Scholar with Ben Rhodes |
Sun, 25 July 2021
The February Revolution began on International Women's Day Meanwhile...Lafayette Events! Aug 20 Politics and Prose with Jamelle Bouie Aug 23 Midtown Scholar with Ben Rhodes
Direct download: 10.62-_International_Womens_Day_MASTER.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:53pm CST |
Sun, 18 July 2021
Really should have called this episode The Verge. Come hang out with Patrick Wyman and Me on July 22 to celbrate the launch of his book The Verge! Pre-Order Hero of Two Worlds! |
Sun, 11 July 2021
Why get off the road to ruin when you can just stay on it? Pre-order Hero of Two Worlds!
Direct download: 10.60-_The_Abyss_That_Lies_Ahead_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:40pm CST |
Sun, 4 July 2021
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Sun, 27 June 2021
Inflation and scarcity are not exactly solid foundations to base the stability of a regime. Link: The Hero of Two Worlds bookshop map Tell us where you pre-ordered the book!
Direct download: 10.58-_Inflation_and_Scarcity_MASTER.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:26pm CST |
Mon, 14 June 2021
Ok, maybe it wasn't a great war, but it *was* a great offensive. Link: Bookstore Map (scroll down) Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions
Direct download: 10.57-_Great_War_Great_Offensive_MASTER.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:10am CST |
Fri, 11 June 2021
Lafayette comes to America! Enjoy! A link to pre-order the book! A link to the map to tell us where you pre-ordered the book! Scroll down it's at the bottom. Thanks! |
Sun, 6 June 2021
When it started, everyone thought it was gonna be a regular war. But it turned out to be a *great* war. Sponsor: Harrys.com/revolutions
Direct download: 10.56-_Great_War_Great_Retreat_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:28pm CST |
Mon, 31 May 2021
Wherein we finally talk about the Second International just so we can watch it die. Sponsor: Pre-Order Hero of Two Worlds!
Direct download: 10.55-_Whatever_Happened_To_The_International_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:03am CST |
Mon, 24 May 2021
War will cause another revolution? No! War will prevent another revolution. Sponsor: keeps.com/revolutions |
Sun, 16 May 2021
Confused by how events Balkans could spark a world war? Good news, you're not alone. All the Great Powers of Europe are right there with you. Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions |
Mon, 10 May 2021
You already know a lot actually! sponsor: harrys.com/revolutions |
Sun, 18 April 2021
Au revoir Paris. |
Mon, 12 April 2021
A rapist protected by powerful friends? Who has ever heard of such a thing? Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions |
Sun, 4 April 2021
Why be an illiterate Siberian peasant when you can be a sought after curiosity in St. Petersburg. sponsor: awaytravel.com/revolutions |
Mon, 29 March 2021
Wherein the gods hate me, but they hated Alexei Romanov even more... Sponsor: HelloFresh/Revolutions12 |
Mon, 22 March 2021
Stolypin's reforms died. Then Stolypin died. |
Mon, 15 March 2021
After re-writing election laws to ensure a Duma he could work with, Prime Minister Stolypin finally had a Duma he could work with. Sponsor: harrys.com/revolution.
Direct download: 10.47-_The_Duma_of_Lords_and_Lackeys_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:25am CST |
Mon, 8 March 2021
Why have two revolutions when you can have one big long revolution? sponsor: audible.com/revolutions |
Sun, 28 February 2021
Unity Congress more like DISunity Congress, amirite? sponsor: audible.com/revolutions.
Direct download: 10.45-_The_Disunity_Congresses_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:11pm CST |
Sun, 21 February 2021
Who expropriates the expropriators? sponsor: harrys.com/revolutions |
Sun, 24 January 2021
Wherein we ask the ask the eternal question: Was it really a coup? Sponsor: HelloFresh |
Mon, 18 January 2021
To celebrate his new reform program, Prime Minster Stolypin handed out commemorative neckties. Sponsor: harrys.com/revolutions |
Mon, 11 January 2021
They didn't get dubbed "The Duma of National Anger" because they were quiescent and complacent. Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions
Direct download: 10.41-_The_Duma_of_National_Anger_MASTER.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:31am CST |
Sun, 3 January 2021
Last time on the Revolutions Podcast...
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Fri, 25 December 2020
Wherein I explain what the heck happened to me. |
Sun, 5 April 2020
Maybe if Nicholas hadn't been so set on rejecting the verdict of 1905, there wouldn't be a Part II to look forward to. |
Sun, 29 March 2020
The Days of Freedom could be numbered in days. |
Sun, 22 March 2020
That time everyone stayed home from work. Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions. |
Sun, 15 March 2020
When you think you're out in the front of the pack, but really you're being lapped. Sponsor: Harrys.com/revolutions
Direct download: 10.36-_The_Bulygin_Constitution_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:23pm CST |
Sun, 8 March 2020
When you pray for a miracle and all God sends is a metaphor. |
Mon, 2 March 2020
Bloody Sunday triggered the largest popular protests the Russian Empire had ever seen. sponsor: away.com/revolutions20 |
Sun, 23 February 2020
When people are crying out for help, maybe don't murder them in the streets. Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions |
Mon, 17 February 2020
The Russian Revolution of 1905 actually began in 1904. Sponsor: harrys.com/revolutions |
Mon, 10 February 2020
What happens when you think victory will be easy, defeat will be catastrophic...and then you start to lose? |
Mon, 3 February 2020
When you can't decide whether to cultivate the revolutionary potential of the peasants or assassinate government officials, the SRs say: why not both? |
Sun, 26 January 2020
When you have a majority, flaunt it.
Direct download: 10.29-_Bolsheviks_and_Mensheviks_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:30pm CST |
Mon, 20 January 2020
To build a fire one first needs a spark. |
Sun, 19 January 2020
Is the end nigh? Not really. But it will be soon!
Direct download: Revlutions_Podcast_Update-_The_End_Is_Nigh.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:13am CST |
Mon, 23 December 2019
As factional disputes arose, radical Russians attempt to forge larger alliances. sponsor: casper.com/revolutions
Direct download: 10.27-_Coming_Together_Drifting_Apart_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:59am CST |
Mon, 16 December 2019
In the 1890s Russia expanded its influence in the far east, which put them on a collision course with Japan. Sponsor: Harrys.com/revolutions |
Mon, 9 December 2019
Someone was having senseless dreams alright.
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Mon, 2 December 2019
Relationship Status: Lenin, Plekhanov, and Martov are all on the same side. This won't always be the case. Sponsor: casper.com/revolutions |
Mon, 25 November 2019
Why propagandize when you can agitate? Sponsor: harrys.com/revolutions |
Mon, 18 November 2019
The great Marxist meet cute. Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions |
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