In August 1831, Nat Turner, an enslaved preacher, acted on visions he believed were divine. The uprising he led in Virginia, is often remembered in stark terms: a bloody slave rebellion that hardened the South’s defenses of slavery. But the true story of how his story was told during the past two centuries, is far...

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Five hundred years ago, a radical firebrand emerged to take Martin Luther's Reformation in a far more dangerous direction. While Luther preached spiritual reform, Thomas Müntzer demanded a heaven on earth, fusing scripture with revolution and arming the peasantry against the feudal lords. On Putschcast, we trace this rivalry from the theological schism to the...

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The Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been captured, not while on a state visit abroad, but at his own stronghold in Caracas. While the US President opted for a sudden military operation, regime change was not the ultimate goal. So, was it a putsch from abroad and how did people on the streets respond? After...

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At Putschcast, we can’t cover all the riots, rebellions, and revolutions that occurred over the past 12 months, plus we have only launched this global podcast in the second half of 2025. Accordingly, in a special episode, all four co-hosts gather in the Putschcast interrogation room to share a coup that, they insist, people need...

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In 1980, Türkiye was teetering on the brink of civil war amid relentless political violence and economic decline. To end the chaos, the military, led by General Kenan Evren, seized power in a coup that surprised no one. The move was swiftly endorsed by Washington, preoccupied with Cold War priorities. But was this a necessary...

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Initially predicted to fall during the 2011 Arab Spring, Bashar al-Assad clung to power through a devastating civil war, surviving only after critical military intervention from Russia and Iran. It was in the midst of this conflict that Australian journalist Luke Waters secured a rare one-on-one interview with the President in Damascus. On this episode...

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He was a prince, an outlaw, a prophet. Or was he? He stood before the most powerful ruler on Earth and delivered a single, thunderous demand: “Let my people go!”  Long before Spartacus, Moses led a slave revolt that children still learn about today, and it is a foundational story for the Jewish faith and...

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After the gruesome end of World War II and in a city filled with rubble, a disciple of Stalin built a fortress. He was the goateed architect of German Socialism who made it onto the cover of Time magazine and who didn’t shy away from setting up one of the most rigid police states to...

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From most-wanted terrorist and enemy No. 1, with a US$10 million bounty on his head, to a respected statesman giving a historic speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani, has defied the odds and made a name for himself in only 11 days, after setting out...

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Putschcast is here! Keep your bayonets and guillotines sharpened as we explore current and historic coups and revolutions on a new global podcast.  Each episode will focus on a unique event in history where power changed hands for better or worse, suddenly or through a long decline. We will get to meet powerful dictators, revolutionary...

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