The French History Podcast

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What's The French History Podcast about?

A weekly history podcast that will cover France from 3 million years ago to present. Presented by Dr. Gary Girod, with contributions by numerous scholars.

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The French History Podcast episodes:

04.14.2024
Madame Tussaud and the French Revolution by Dr. Gavin Whitehead
Gavin Whitehead talks all about Madame Tussaud, the French Revolution and the oddities that ensue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.14.2024
Introducing the Zero To Travel Podcast
For your next adventure, look no further than the Zero To Travel Podcast.
04.02.2024
History of the Louvre Chapter 10: The Louvre under Siege
WW2 threatens the destruction of the Louvre and its masterpieces Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.19.2024
77 Chapter 13: The Battle of Antioch
The holy war is starved and trapped by an army twice its size. Only a miracle can save the Western armies from dying thousands of miles from their home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.11.2024
Occitania
A special episode about the land and language of southern France Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.06.2024
The Desecration of Saint-Denis by Everything, Everywhere Daily
Everything, Everywhere, Daily talks about the French Revolutionaries' attack on one of France's most historic churches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02.28.2024
Breton Werewolves by Carlos A. González
Scholar Carlos A. González tells the story of a poem about monsters from Brittany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02.16.2024
The Unseen Kingdom, France & Cambodia with Dr. Matthew Jagel
Dr. Matthew Jagel discusses the colonization of Cambodia, it's place in WW2 and the decolonial struggle against France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02.10.2024
77 Chapter 12: The Siege of Antioch
The Iron Men face their greatest challenge yet: an impregnable fortress on the way to Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Turks raise army after army to throw at the First Crusade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01.15.2024
Feed Drop: Philippe Petit Walks Between The Twin Towers by History Daily
History Daily tells us all about the Man on Wire who in 1974 walked between the Twin Towers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12.23.2023
77 Chapter 11: The Eastern Prince and the Bandit Lord
Two Western lords are already trying to make themselves masters of the East; but the Eastern Roman Empire looms over all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12.16.2023
The forgotten star: Kiki de Montparnasse with Dr. Mark Braude
Kiki was 'Queen of Montparnasse,' a superstar of her time. Who was she and why has she been forgotten? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12.10.2023
77 Chapter 10: The Battle of Dorylaeum
The Sword-Lion launches a trap that catches God's warriors off-guard. They will emerge as Iron-Men Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12.02.2023
77 Chapter 9: The Siege of Nicaea
After over a year of preparation and marching the Crusaders finally meet their foe. But the greatest enemy of the holy war may be its own leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11.25.2023
Fake History! with THE Fake History Hunter
The Fake History Hunter talks about things that never happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11.18.2023
77 Chapter 8: The Emperor's Gamble
Seven lords and an emperor vie for control of the holy war before it begins its conquests. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11.11.2023
Terrorism in France with Dr. Chris Millington
A history of terrorism in France from the late 19th century to present. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11.10.2023
Feed Drop: The Fench Revolution Podcast by Grey History: The Three Estates
The first episode of an incredible podcast on the French Revolution Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11.04.2023
How France turned the Forbidden Fruit into an Apple with Dr. Azzan Yadin-Israel
Dr. Azzan Yadin-Israel explains the incredible story of how medieval French artists turned the Biblical Forbidden Fruit into an apple in Western iconography. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10.28.2023
War Angel Valérie André with Charles Morgan Evans
A talk about France's first female helicopter pilot, her many dangerous missions in the First Indochina War and the legacy she created. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10.21.2023
77 Chapter 7: Race to Constantinople
Seven armies trek across Europe to Constantinople, facing the storms, brigands and hostile forces to get there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10.14.2023
The French History Podcast & Fabulously Delicious talk France & Food
A conversation between two Francophiles on the finer things in life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10.07.2023
The Story Of James Hemings with Fabulously Delicious
A collaboration with Fabulously Delicious about how French cuisine came to the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.29.2023
Thomas Jefferson's Paris
A look into Paris as seen through the eyes of Thomas Jefferson during his 5-year stay just before the Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.29.2023
Imagined Realities: The 2010s Refugee Crisis in Fiction by Sara Rani Reddy
Fiction and reality come together in a modern crisis afflicting the Middle East and Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.27.2023
Update on 77 Chapter 7 and other exciting things
A short update on what's been going on with the FHP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.22.2023
French imperialism, Roman ruins & Algeria with Dr. Bonnie Effros
Dr. Bonnie Effros explains how French soldiers & scholars uncovered & destroyed Roman ruins in Algeria as part of their civilizing mission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.18.2023
[Feed Drop] Warriors in their own Words: Richard Coombs: Crawling Through the Sands of Omaha
Warriors in their own Words kindly shares an episode of their podcast following a soldier in the Normandy landings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.16.2023
A brief history of modern Parisian literature from Baudelaire to Bellanger by Dr. Lauren Quigley
Dr. Lauren Quigley talks about modern interpretations of the City of Lights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.08.2023
Rediscovering Georges de Peyrebrune by Marie Martine
Scholar Marie Martine talks about one of the most popular woman authors of the Belle Époque. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.01.2023
From Les Damnés de la Terre to “Par les Damnées de la Terre’’ by Melek Chekili
Melek Chekili talks about the reinterpretation of Frantz Fanon's ideas in the post-Algerian War by one of Algeria's most famous writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
08.28.2023
77 Chapter 6: The Lords of War
We introduce the seven great lords who led the holy war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
08.26.2023
André Malraux, the général De Gaulle, and Kylian Mbappé go to the Panthéon by Pierre Azou
Is it better to be a hero or great? What is the difference? What makes someone a hero or great in France? Pierre talks all about that and how to get into the Panthéon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
08.19.2023
French Melodrama and Chinese Politics by Michelle Chun-Han Hsu
Scholar Michelle Chun-Han Hsu looks at what a Belle Époque play can tell us about France's understanding of China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
08.12.2023
77 Chapter 5: The False Holy War
The pope ordered that only soldiers should fight God's enemies. But a mystic from Amiens leads unnumbered masses to holy war and their doom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
08.04.2023
Marseille, the Mediterranean & the Sun King by Arazoo Ferozan
Arazoo Ferozan discusses how the Sun King remade the port city of the Marseille, France's gateway to the Mediterranean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
07.28.2023
77 Chapter 4: The First Massacres
Pope Urban II's call to kill the enemies of God inspires zealots across France and Germany. Yet, many see an enemy amongst them that needs addressing first. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
07.24.2023
The Not-So-Accurate-History of France by ChatGPT
A humorous episode where we test the limits of AI creativity using French history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
07.14.2023
77 Supplemental 1: Calling the Crusade: Myth, Memory and Legend in the Accounts of Pope Urban II’s Speech at Clermont
An examination of the world-changing speech at the Council of Clermont to discover what Pope Urban II actually said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
07.07.2023
77 Chapter 3: Call to the Faithful
Pope Urban II calls a holy war like no other for motives that are...complex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
07.01.2023
France on Drugs: Opium, Morphine, Cocaine, Hashish, Chloroform & Ether in the 19th Century with Dr. Sara Black
Opium, morphine, ether, chloroform, cocaine and hashish. How did these drugs become popular in 19th century France, who used them & what were their effects? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
06.30.2023
(Feed Drop): Gore: The Brutal History of Bullfighting by Conflicted
An episode by the podcast Conflicted, part of the Evergreen Podcast family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
06.23.2023
77 Chapter 2: Fall of an Empire
The Eastern Roman Empire faces an all new threat that brings it to the brink of ruin. The situation becomes so hopeless that the Emperor begs the West for aid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
06.16.2023
77 The First Crusade, Chapter 1: Holy War
The beginning of an epic saga about an Emperor, a Pope, a sacred city & a holy war that would change the course of history forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
06.10.2023
Secrecy in the late Ancien Régime with Dr. Nicole Bauer
Dr. Bauer talks all about the lettres de cachet, conspiracies and the Bastille prison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
06.03.2023
Industrial Shipbuilding in Normandy with Dr. Mathieu Bidaux
The story of industrial seafaring ships, the men who made them, the World Wars and the decline of their garden city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.27.2023
Nighttime in the 18th century French Caribbean with Adrian van der Velde
An episode covering night time culture in the French Caribbean Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.19.2023
What happened to the French Communist Party?
We explore the spectacular rise and fall of the French Communist Party Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.13.2023
How many wars have France and England fought against each other?
We list every war between France and England (then Britain) and judge each whether it was a win, loss or tie for France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.05.2023
Has France ever had a civil war?
We examine what wars could be considered 'French Civil Wars' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's The French History Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The French History Podcast episodes:

Madame Tussaud and the French Revolution by Dr. Gavin Whitehead

Introducing the Zero To Travel Podcast

History of the Louvre Chapter 10: The Louvre under Siege

77 Chapter 13: The Battle of Antioch

Occitania

The Desecration of Saint-Denis by Everything, Everywhere Daily

Breton Werewolves by Carlos A. González

The Unseen Kingdom, France & Cambodia with Dr. Matthew Jagel

77 Chapter 12: The Siege of Antioch

Feed Drop: Philippe Petit Walks Between The Twin Towers by History Daily

77 Chapter 11: The Eastern Prince and the Bandit Lord

The forgotten star: Kiki de Montparnasse with Dr. Mark Braude

77 Chapter 10: The Battle of Dorylaeum

77 Chapter 9: The Siege of Nicaea

Fake History! with THE Fake History Hunter

77 Chapter 8: The Emperor's Gamble

Terrorism in France with Dr. Chris Millington

Feed Drop: The Fench Revolution Podcast by Grey History: The Three Estates

How France turned the Forbidden Fruit into an Apple with Dr. Azzan Yadin-Israel

War Angel Valérie André with Charles Morgan Evans

77 Chapter 7: Race to Constantinople

The French History Podcast & Fabulously Delicious talk France & Food

The Story Of James Hemings with Fabulously Delicious

Thomas Jefferson's Paris

Imagined Realities: The 2010s Refugee Crisis in Fiction by Sara Rani Reddy

Update on 77 Chapter 7 and other exciting things

French imperialism, Roman ruins & Algeria with Dr. Bonnie Effros

[Feed Drop] Warriors in their own Words: Richard Coombs: Crawling Through the Sands of Omaha

A brief history of modern Parisian literature from Baudelaire to Bellanger by Dr. Lauren Quigley

Rediscovering Georges de Peyrebrune by Marie Martine

From Les Damnés de la Terre to “Par les Damnées de la Terre’’ by Melek Chekili

77 Chapter 6: The Lords of War

André Malraux, the général De Gaulle, and Kylian Mbappé go to the Panthéon by Pierre Azou

French Melodrama and Chinese Politics by Michelle Chun-Han Hsu

77 Chapter 5: The False Holy War

Marseille, the Mediterranean & the Sun King by Arazoo Ferozan

77 Chapter 4: The First Massacres

The Not-So-Accurate-History of France by ChatGPT

77 Supplemental 1: Calling the Crusade: Myth, Memory and Legend in the Accounts of Pope Urban II’s Speech at Clermont

77 Chapter 3: Call to the Faithful

France on Drugs: Opium, Morphine, Cocaine, Hashish, Chloroform & Ether in the 19th Century with Dr. Sara Black

(Feed Drop): Gore: The Brutal History of Bullfighting by Conflicted

77 Chapter 2: Fall of an Empire

77 The First Crusade, Chapter 1: Holy War

Secrecy in the late Ancien Régime with Dr. Nicole Bauer

Industrial Shipbuilding in Normandy with Dr. Mathieu Bidaux

Nighttime in the 18th century French Caribbean with Adrian van der Velde

What happened to the French Communist Party?

How many wars have France and England fought against each other?

Has France ever had a civil war?