Revolutions

By Mike Duncan

Education History

What's Revolutions about?

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

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10.102- Dizzy WIth Success

06.27.2022

So dizzy. So much success.

Revolutions episodes:

06.27.2022 10.102- Dizzy WIth Success So dizzy. So much success.
06.18.2022 10.101- The United Oppositon To be in power, or not to be in power, that is the question...
06.10.2022 10.100- History Never Ends After one hundred episodes, you might agree!
06.01.2022 10.99- The Testament It's a faaaaaaaaaaaaaaake.
05.24.2022 10.98- The Union of Soviet Socialst Republics Forward in the USSR
05.17.2022 10.97- The Trial of the SRs There's no business like show business.
05.11.2022 10.96- Starving To Death You know we're covering an upbeat period of history when the title of the episode is "Starving To Death"
04.25.2022 10.95- Russian Empire Soviet Empire Tbh, it's bit like one of those "circle five differences in these two pictures that otherwise seem identical" games.
04.18.2022 10.94- The New Policies When the old policies aren't working...try new policies!
04.11.2022 10.93- The Kronstadt Rebellion Poetically, or ominously, coinciding with the 50th Anniversary of the Paris Commune...
04.04.2022 10.92- Long Live the Bolsheviks Death to the Communists [Insert Spider-Man meme here]
03.28.2022 10.91- The Battle of Warsaw So close yet so far away.
03.15.2022 10.90- The Polish Soviet War Why stop fighting when you can keep fighting?
03.07.2022 10.89- The Collapse of the Whites Spoiler Alert in the title.
02.28.2022 10.88- The Moscow Directive To Moscow!
02.21.2022 10.87- Anarchy in Ukraine Nestor Makhno thy time has come. Sponsors DrinkTrade.com/revolutions Ritual.com/revolutions
02.14.2022 10.86- The Communist Soviets All power to the Soviets!* *The Communist Party --------------------- APRIL 30, 2022: Live Performance at Coletivo in Milwaukee.
02.08.2022 10.85- The German Revolution There was a revolution in Germany. But it wasn't like the revolution in Russia. Sponsors: Harrys.com/revolutions BetterHelp.com/revolutions
01.31.2022 10.84- The End of the World The end of WWI was a pretty big deal all things considered. Sponsors: Audible.com/revolutions DrinkTrade.com/revolutions GreenChef.com/revolutions130
01.24.2022 10.83- Terror Is Necessary But is it though? sponsor: ritual.com/REVOLUTIONS
01.17.2022 10.82- The House of Special Purpose Time to tie up some loose ends.
01.10.2022 10.81- The Revolt of the Left SRs 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.
12.20.2021 10.80- The Revolt of the Czechoslovak Legion Time to play the wild card.
12.13.2021 10.79- Reds and Whites Time to head into the final lap...
12.06.2021 10.78- Neither War Nor Peace What's better than war and peace? Neither war nor peace!
11.29.2021 10.77- Brest Litovsk Dance dance revolution.
11.23.2021 10.76- Liberty or Victory Can anyone guess which one Lenin and the Bolsheviks will choose?
11.15.2021 10.75- The People's Commissars The Bolsheviks caught the car. Now they had to figure out what to do with it.
11.09.2021 10.74- The Great October Socialist Revolution We made it.
11.02.2021 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.
10.18.2021 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!
10.10.2021 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
10.06.2021 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
10.04.2021 10.70- The Kornilov Affair Not a political plot. A sitcom plot.
09.27.2021 10.69- The July Days When you come at the king, best not miss.
09.06.2021 10.68- The June Offensive Don't put all your eggs in one basket, folks.
09.01.2021 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 ...
08.23.2021 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.
08.16.2021 10.65- The Dawn of a New Day 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 Aug 24 The Strand with Alexis Coe Aug 31 ...
08.09.2021 10.64- The Origin of Dual Power 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 Aug 24 The Strand ...
08.02.2021 10.63- Abdication 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 Aug 24 The Strand with Alexis Coe Aug 31 Harvard Bookstore ...
07.26.2021 10.62- International Women's Day 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 Aug 24 The Strand with Alexis Coe Aug 31 Harvard Bookstore with Patrick Wyman.
07.19.2021 10.61- The Precipice 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!
07.12.2021 10.60- The Abyss That Lies Ahead Why get off the road to ruin when you can just stay on it? Pre-order Hero of Two Worlds!
07.04.2021 10.59- Stupidity or Treason? You make the call. Pre-order Hero of Two Worlds! Sponsor: harrys.com/revolutions
06.28.2021 10.58- Inflation and Scarcity 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!
06.14.2021 10.57 Great War Great Offensive Ok, maybe it wasn't a great war, but it was a great offensive. Link: Bookstore Map (scroll down) Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions
06.11.2021 SNEAK PREVIEW: Hero of Two Worlds Chapter Four 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!
06.06.2021 10.56- Great War Great Retreat 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
05.31.2021 10.55- Whatever Happened To The International? Wherein we finally talk about the Second International just so we can watch it die. Sponsor: Pre-Order Hero of Two Worlds!

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Revolutions episodes:

10.102- Dizzy WIth Success

10.101- The United Oppositon

10.100- History Never Ends

10.99- The Testament

10.98- The Union of Soviet Socialst Republics

10.97- The Trial of the SRs

10.96- Starving To Death

10.95- Russian Empire Soviet Empire

10.94- The New Policies

10.93- The Kronstadt Rebellion

10.92- Long Live the Bolsheviks Death to the Communists

10.91- The Battle of Warsaw

10.90- The Polish Soviet War

10.89- The Collapse of the Whites

10.88- The Moscow Directive

10.87- Anarchy in Ukraine

10.86- The Communist Soviets

10.85- The German Revolution

10.84- The End of the World

10.83- Terror Is Necessary

10.82- The House of Special Purpose

10.81- The Revolt of the Left SRs

10.80- The Revolt of the Czechoslovak Legion

10.79- Reds and Whites

10.78- Neither War Nor Peace

10.77- Brest Litovsk

10.76- Liberty or Victory

10.75- The People's Commissars

10.74- The Great October Socialist Revolution

10.73- Zeno's Revolution

10.72- The Decision

10.71- The Democratic Conference

NEXT WEEK! AN UPPER MIDWEST SIGNING TOUR! COME!

10.70- The Kornilov Affair

10.69- The July Days

10.68- The June Offensive

10.67- The April Crisis

10.66 Finland Station

10.65- The Dawn of a New Day

10.64- The Origin of Dual Power

10.63- Abdication

10.62- International Women's Day

10.61- The Precipice

10.60- The Abyss That Lies Ahead

10.59- Stupidity or Treason?

10.58- Inflation and Scarcity

10.57 Great War Great Offensive

SNEAK PREVIEW: Hero of Two Worlds Chapter Four

10.56- Great War Great Retreat

10.55- Whatever Happened To The International?

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