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
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