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Feb. 21, 2025

Making Modern Counterinsurgency with Dr. Terrence Peterson

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 ...

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Feb. 7, 2025

Rival Empresses: Eugénie and Elisabeth with Nancy Goldstone

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.

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Jan. 24, 2025

Slavery & Freedom in the French Indian Ocean World with Dr. Sue Peabo…

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...

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Jan. 10, 2025

83: Destroying an Empire, Uniting a Kingdom

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.

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Dec. 5, 2024

82: Grappling with a Lion

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

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Nov. 13, 2024

81: The King's Crusade

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

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Oct. 19, 2024

80: Philip Augustus

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...

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Sept. 21, 2024

French-Canadians in America with Denis Ledoux

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.

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Sept. 7, 2024

79: Louis VII "The Young"

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?

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Aug. 25, 2024

The Green Fairy and France with Dr. Nina Studer

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

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Aug. 10, 2024

The People's Revolution of 1789 with Dr. Micah Alpaugh

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

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July 20, 2024

The Lost Gauguin with Dr. Stephanie Brown

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

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July 12, 2024

The French in Modern Haiti with David Ritter

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

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July 6, 2024

Viking attacks on Noirmoutier with C.J. Adrien

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.

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June 28, 2024

78: Louis VI “The Fat”

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

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June 22, 2024

Beur & Banlieue Cinema by Kévin Drif

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

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June 15, 2024

Mass Surveillance in France & Britain: The Age of the Individual

Terrorists, anarchists and Irishmen! Government surveillance transitions from the masses to subversive individuals.

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June 8, 2024

Mass Surveillance in France & Britain: The Age of the Masses

The history of mass surveillance in France and Britain from the French Revolution until the 1880s.

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May 31, 2024

Mass Surveillance in France & Britain: The Aristocratic Age

Part 1 of 3 looking at the history of government surveillance in France and Britain from the Norman Conquest to World War I

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May 25, 2024

77 The First Crusade Complete

An epic 9-hour long history of the First Crusade

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May 25, 2024

77 Epilogue: How the First Crusade Changed the World

A retrospective on an event that changed human history.

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May 17, 2024

77 Chapter 15: Remaking the Holy Land

The Holy War conquers the Holy Land. Caught between an empire and a caliphate, the lords forge their own path.

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May 11, 2024

77 Chapter 14: The Holiest of Holies

The holy war finally reaches its destination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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May 3, 2024

Napoleon's Library with Louis Sarkozy

Louis Sarkozy discusses Napoleon's little-known obsession with literature.

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