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Recent Episodes

July 25, 2025

Merchants of Love with Dr. Andrea Mansker

Con artists or merchants of love? Dr. Andrea Mansker talks about professional matchmakers in 19th century Paris.
July 18, 2025

Napoleon's American Prisoners with Anne Morddel

Anne Morddel talks about the American sailors captured on the high seas by French ships during the Napoleonic Wars and what happened to them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
July 12, 2025

87: The Eternal Prince Louis

Louis VIII ruled for a short 3 years but before that he was the most fiercesome prince in Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
June 21, 2025

Revolutionary Amusement by Ane Cornelia Pade

Ane Cornelia Pade tells us all about an amusement park in Paris that opened just before the French Revolution.
June 15, 2025

Slaves in Paris with Dr. Miranda Spieler

Dr. Miranda Spieler discusses the condition of 6 enslaved people in Paris. Was France the land of the free? How different was it from the colonies? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
June 6, 2025

Simone Weil in Wartime London by Elias Forneris

Famous French mystic Simone Weil's tragic final years and ideas are explored by scholar Elias Forneris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices