Episodes

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

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

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

Philippe II's reign comes to an end. He leaves behind a France that is stronger than it has ever been.

Renowned expo expert Charles Pappas talks about the World Expos that made France what it is today.

A look at Philippe II Augustus remarkable rule of the Kingdom of France.

Dr. Tamara Chaplin discusses the modern history of lesbians in France. Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide. Don’t Just Travel, Explore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Philippe II wins one of the most important battles in European history.

Dr. Terrence Peterson talks about how the Algerian War led to modern counterinsurgency. Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide . Don’t Just Travel, Explore. Learn more about your ad ...

Nancy Goldstone talks all about two rival empresses and how they reshaped Europe. Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide . Don’t Just Travel, Explore.

Dr. Sue Peabody tells the incredible story of a man who spent decades fighting for his freedom in France's Indian Ocean World. Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide . Don’t Just Tra...

Philippe II goes to war with England's King John, uniting France and destroying the Angevin Empire. Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide . Don’t Just Travel, Explore.

Philippe II wars with Richard the Lionheart for control of France. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.

Philippe II and Richard the Lionheart go on Crusade, though they might spend more time fighting each other than the enemies of God.

Philippe Auguste ascends to the throne of France. Half of his kingdom was in the hands of the Angevins. From humble beginnings, Philippe becomes the greatest of all the Capetian monarchs. The French History Podcast is sponsor...

Denis Ledoux talks all about the trasnformation of French settlers of Canada from French to French-Canadians, then French-Americans with anecdotes from his own life as a Frenchie.

A prince groomed for the church ends up on the throne. Louis VII will war across France and lead the Second Crusade, but is he up to the challenge?

Dr. Nina Studer talks about the absinthe craze and peril in France from the 1830s to its ban in 1915.

Dr. Micah Alpaugh talks about how all of France and its colonies participated in the French Revolution.

Dr. Stephanie Brown talks about a missing painting connected to the great Paul Gauguin and how it was found.

Documentarian David Ritter talks about the ethnic French population in modern Haiti.

Scholar and popular author C.J. Adrien talks about a little-known island off the coast of West France & how it remade the Viking world.

Louis VI defies a king, an emperor and his barbaric vassals to assert his right to rule.

A look at 20th century cinema by Arab immigrants to France.