Tue, 24 May 2022
Forward in the USSR
Direct download: 10.98-_The_Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics_Master.mp3
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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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
Mon, 8 November 2021
We made it.
Direct download: 10.74-_The_Great_October_Socialist_Revolution_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:12pm CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 CDT |
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 |
Sun, 10 November 2019
Narodism didn't die after 1881. It just went into hibernation. sponsor: awaytravel.com/revolutions20
Direct download: 1021-_The_Socialist_Revolutionaries_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:56pm CDT |
Mon, 4 November 2019
If it's not radical and it's not reactionary, it must be liberal. sponsor: harrys.com/revolutions.
Direct download: 10.20-_The_Liberal_Tradtion_Such_As_It_Is_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:19am CDT |
Mon, 21 October 2019
When Nicky met Alix... Link to the Pax Britannica Interview Link to the Eastern Border Interview Sponsor: audible.com/revolutuions |
Mon, 14 October 2019
If your nascent bourgeoisie isn't big enough or rich enough to industrialize your Empire, just call Sergei Witte. He'll know what to do.
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Mon, 7 October 2019
Everyone know Marxism isn't applicable to Russia. What my theory presupposes is...what if it did? sponsor: harrys.com/revolutions
Direct download: 10.17-_The_Emancipation_of_Labor_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:44am CDT |
Mon, 30 September 2019
Time to start mixing the baking soda and vinegar. |
Mon, 23 September 2019
Kids today have no respect. Sponsor: casper.com/revolutions |
Mon, 16 September 2019
After the disaster of the Crimean War, it was time for an era of Great Reform. Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions |
Sun, 8 September 2019
Really missed a chance to call this episode "The Three Pillars of Russian Absolutism. Come hang out with us at soundeducation.fm
Direct download: 10.13-_Orthodoxy_Autocracy_Nationality_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:30pm CDT |
Sun, 25 August 2019
In December 1825, the Decembrists became the Decembrists. Sponsor: casper.com |
Sun, 18 August 2019
This week, it's nothing less than The Divine Savior vs. The Antichrist |
Sun, 4 August 2019
Peter the Great and Catherine the Great made the Russian Empire great. |
Sun, 28 July 2019
Two Romes have fallen. The third stands. And there will be no fourth. No one shall replace your Christian Tsardom! |
Sun, 7 July 2019
In 1872, the First International fractured into rival camps led by Marx and Bakunin. |
Wed, 3 July 2019
An earlier version of this episode had terrible metronome clicking. The file has been replaced, but if you're podcast app won't download the corrected version use this one instead.
Category:general
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Sun, 30 June 2019
Wherein we revisit the Paris Commune.
Direct download: 10.7-_The_Paris_Commune_Revisited_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:30pm CDT |
Sun, 23 June 2019
All Mikhail Bakunin wanted was a world without bosses. Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions
Direct download: 10.6-_True_Liberty_True_Equality_and_True_Fraternity_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:30pm CDT |
Sun, 16 June 2019
Mikhail Bakunin circumnavigated the globe and came back convinced that coercive authority was the pits. Direct Link: 10.5- The Adventures of Mikhail Bakunin Sponsor: casper.com/revolutions
Direct download: 10.5-_The_Adventures_of_Mikhail_Bakunin_Master.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:30pm CDT |
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