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Revolutions

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A weekly podcasting exploring great political revolutions. Now: The Russian Revolution Next: ???

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Episodes

Final Episode- Adieu Mes Amis

December 25, 2022 21:43 - 39 minutes - 53.6 MB

If you wanna drop a tip on your way out the door, Click Here To Donate. See you on the other side my friends.

Appendix 12- Coming Full Circle One Last Time

December 19, 2022 04:07 - 38 minutes - 52.2 MB

The revolution has revolved.  

Appendix 11- Meet the New Boss

December 12, 2022 02:10 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MB

Not necessarily the same as the old boss...

Appendix 10- The Revolution Devours Its Children

December 05, 2022 02:19 - 31 minutes - 58.5 MB

Somebody is getting eaten. Just depends who.

Appendix 9- The Second Wave

November 22, 2022 23:50 - 28 minutes - 52.7 MB

Surfs up, it's a radical wave.

Appendix 8- Wars Both Foreign and Domestic

November 12, 2022 01:54 - 25 minutes - 47.2 MB

Nothing lets slip the dogs of war like a Revolution.

Appendix 7- The Entropy of Victory

October 26, 2022 00:46 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MB

The enemy of my enemy was my friend. Upcoming live events! Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur Oct. 27 Washington DC @ Lisner Auditorium Oct. 29 Newark NJ @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Appendix 6- Victory And Defeat

October 19, 2022 23:20 - 27 minutes - 38 MB

Every victory implies a defeat. Every defeat implies a victory. Upcoming live events! Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur Oct. 27 Washington DC @ Lisner Auditorium Oct. 29 Newark NJ @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Appendix 5- The Triggers

October 12, 2022 03:49 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MB

[insert obligatory joke about being triggered] Upcoming live events! Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur Oct. 27 Washington DC @ Lisner Auditorium Oct. 29 Newark NJ @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Appendix 4- Shocks To The System

October 03, 2022 19:19 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MB

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 Oct. 27 Washington DC @ Lisner Auditorium Oct. 29 Newark NJ @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Appendix 3- From Equilibrium to Disequilibrium

September 19, 2022 21:51 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MB

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 Oct. 27 Washington DC @ Lisner Auditorium Oct. 29 Newark NJ @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Appendix 2- The Ancien Regime

September 13, 2022 23:09 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MB

  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 Oct. 27 Washington DC @ Lisner Auditorium Oct. 29 Newark NJ @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Appendix 1- Coming Full Circle

September 05, 2022 23:44 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MB

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 Orle...

Hero of Two Worlds Bonus Excerpt

September 02, 2022 20:46 - 53 minutes - 74 MB

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 ...

Hero of Two Worlds Pilot Script

July 28, 2022 00:21 - 54 minutes - 74.9 MB

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 Oct. 27 Washington DC @ Lisner Auditorium Oct. 29 New...

October Events! Tickets on Sale!

July 21, 2022 22:53 - 3 minutes - 4.53 MB

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 Oct. 27 Washington DC @ Lisner Auditorium Oct. 29 Newark NJ @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Speaking Tour! Live and in person!

July 04, 2022 04:28 - 3 minutes - 4.84 MB

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.

10.103- The Final Chapter

July 04, 2022 04:12 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MB

See you on the other side.

10.102- Dizzy WIth Success

June 27, 2022 03:07 - 57 minutes - 79.5 MB

So dizzy. So much success.

10.101- The United Oppositon

June 18, 2022 22:02 - 45 minutes - 62.6 MB

To be in power, or not to be in power, that is the question...

10.100- History Never Ends

June 10, 2022 03:36 - 42 minutes - 58 MB

After one hundred episodes, you might agree!

10.99- The Testament

June 01, 2022 22:01 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MB

It's a faaaaaaaaaaaaaaake.  

10.98- The Union of Soviet Socialst Republics

May 24, 2022 21:39 - 33 minutes - 45.6 MB

Forward in the USSR

10.97- The Trial of the SRs

May 17, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes - 52.2 MB

There's no business like show business.

10.96- Starving To Death

May 11, 2022 21:02 - 32 minutes - 45 MB

You know we're covering an upbeat period of history when the title of the episode is "Starving To Death"

10.95- Russian Empire Soviet Empire

April 25, 2022 23:19 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MB

Tbh, it's bit like one of those "circle five differences in these two pictures that otherwise seem identical" games.

10.94- The New Policies

April 18, 2022 20:34 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MB

When the old policies aren't working...try new policies!

10.93- The Kronstadt Rebellion

April 11, 2022 23:08 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MB

Poetically, or ominously, coinciding with the 50th Anniversary of the Paris Commune...

10.92- Long Live the Bolsheviks Death to the Communists

April 04, 2022 22:03 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MB

[Insert Spider-Man meme here]

10.91- The Battle of Warsaw

March 28, 2022 17:28 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MB

So close yet so far away.

10.90- The Polish Soviet War

March 15, 2022 16:45 - 36 minutes - 49.5 MB

Why stop fighting when you can keep fighting?  

10.89- The Collapse of the Whites

March 07, 2022 20:06 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MB

Spoiler Alert in the title.

10.88- The Moscow Directive

February 28, 2022 21:33 - 33 minutes - 45.5 MB

To Moscow!  

10.87- Anarchy in Ukraine

February 21, 2022 22:53 - 33 minutes - 45.6 MB

Nestor Makhno thy time has come. Sponsors DrinkTrade.com/revolutions Ritual.com/revolutions

10.86- The Communist Soviets

February 14, 2022 23:14 - 33 minutes - 46.5 MB

All power to the Soviets!* *The Communist Party --------------------- APRIL 30, 2022: Live Performance at Coletivo in Milwaukee.

10.85- The German Revolution

February 08, 2022 00:55 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MB

There *was* a revolution in Germany. But it wasn't like the revolution in Russia. Sponsors: Harrys.com/revolutions BetterHelp.com/revolutions

10.84- The End of the World

January 31, 2022 23:00 - 35 minutes - 48.3 MB

The end of WWI was a pretty big deal all things considered. Sponsors: Audible.com/revolutions DrinkTrade.com/revolutions GreenChef.com/revolutions130

10.83- Terror Is Necessary

January 24, 2022 23:46 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MB

But is it though? sponsor: ritual.com/REVOLUTIONS

10.82- The House of Special Purpose

January 17, 2022 20:58 - 34 minutes - 47.8 MB

Time to tie up some loose ends.  

10.81- The Revolt of the Left SRs

January 10, 2022 20:43 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MB

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.    

10.80- The Revolt of the Czechoslovak Legion

December 20, 2021 19:31 - 35 minutes - 49 MB

Time to play the wild card.

10.79- Reds and Whites

December 13, 2021 22:00 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MB

Time to head into the final lap...

10.78- Neither War Nor Peace

December 06, 2021 18:06 - 35 minutes - 48.2 MB

What's better than war and peace? Neither war nor peace!

10.77- Brest Litovsk

November 29, 2021 22:16 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MB

Dance dance revolution.  

10.76- Liberty or Victory

November 23, 2021 22:24 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MB

Can anyone guess which one Lenin and the Bolsheviks will choose? 

10.75- The People's Commissars

November 15, 2021 17:22 - 35 minutes - 48.2 MB

The Bolsheviks caught the car. Now they had to figure out what to do with it.

10.74- The Great October Socialist Revolution

November 09, 2021 00:12 - 42 minutes - 58.4 MB

We made it.

10.73- Zeno's Revolution

November 02, 2021 16:51 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MB

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.

Episode 10.73 Episoded Delayed Until Next Week

October 24, 2021 18:10 - 54 seconds - 1.23 MB

[Insert Frowny Face Emojis Here] But I will still be in Pasadena Oct 27! Link to All The Details.

10.72- The Decision

October 18, 2021 18:54 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MB

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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Friedrich Engels
1 Episode
Karl Marx
1 Episode

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