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  • Episode 517: Greek Independence and the Revolutions of 1830

    Episode 517: Greek Independence and the Revolutions of 1830
    2026/02/08
    The Congress of Vienna was supposed to freeze the map of Europe in time. It did not take long for it to thaw.

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    14 分
  • Episode 516: The Industrial Revolution

    Episode 516: The Industrial Revolution
    2026/02/06
    Before we move on to more political history, I want to broadly discuss some of the changes sweeping Great Britain and then ultimately the rest of Europe driven by the Industrial Revolution. Today we focus in on "Cottonopolis" - otherwise known as Manchester.

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    29 分
  • Episode 515: The Liberator

    Episode 515: The Liberator
    2026/02/03
    Simon Bolívar drives the Spanish out of South and Central America. His vision for what came afterwards, however, did not last.

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    28 分
  • Episode 514: The Mexican War of Independence

    Episode 514: The Mexican War of Independence
    2026/01/30
    The Cry of Dolores sparks the Mexican Independence Movement ending in victory over Spain in 1821.

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    34 分
  • Episode 513: Slavery's Long Shadow

    Episode 513: Slavery's Long Shadow
    2026/01/23
    There is no issue that dominated American politics like chattel slavery between the American War of Independence and the American Civil War. Today we go back to Bacon's Rebellion to try and explain why and then work our way all the way through the administration of John Quincy Adams.

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    44 分
  • Worlds of Islam: A Global History

    Worlds of Islam: A Global History
    2026/01/20
    Today I sit down with author and historian James McDougall and talk about his most recent book: Worlds of Islam: A Global History.

    From its birth in seventh-century Arabia, Islam has been a faith on the move. Over the span of a thousand years, armies, missionaries, and merchants carried it to the edges of Europe, the coasts of Southeast Asia, and the remote interior of China. By the nineteenth century, Islam encompassed a world of great diversity, from Muslim-ruled empires to new nations where Muslims lived out their faith among many others. As empires fell and new superpowers rose, Muslims proved to be as adaptable and dynamic as modernity itself.

    In Worlds of Islam, historian James McDougall explores Islam’s origins and transformations as Muslims adapted to changing times and conditions, from Late Antiquity to the digital age. In the twentieth century, while monarchs in the Gulf asserted dynastic privilege and fundamentalists in Egypt and Pakistan preached social morality, revolutionaries from Algeria to Indonesia fought for national self-determination, and activists in North America and Europe campaigned for civil liberties and social justice.

    Sweeping and authoritative, Worlds of Islam narrates the epic story of how Muslims emerged as a community, built empires, traversed the globe, came to number in the billions, and became modern.

    Buy The Book HERE.

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    51 分
  • Episode 512: The Congress of Vienna

    Episode 512: The Congress of Vienna
    2026/01/18
    The Congress of Vienna sought to put Europe back together after the Napoleonic Wars. It was not an easy task. But, by and large, the delegates were successful and peace prevailed for 99 years until the outbreak of World War One.

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    21 分
  • Episode 511: The Hundred Days

    Episode 511: The Hundred Days
    2026/01/17
    Napoleon returns from exile for one last chance at empire. His defeat at Waterloo, however, seals his fate.

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    21 分