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Revolutions

Mike Duncan

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Season 12 premiered October 20, 2024 – a nonfictional account of The Martian Revolution of 2247.

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Mike Duncan is taking everything he's learned from 12 seasons of historical revolutions - the repeating arcs, characters, ideas, events, and patterns which all revolutions seem to follow - and created a fictional history of the Martian Revolution of 2247. The series is written from the point of view of a historian working hundreds of years after the Martian Revolution and will be presented in the style and format of previous seasons of Revolutions. It will look, sound, and feel like a Mike Duncan history podcast…but will instead be a fictional narrative of a gripping science-fiction epic.

Revolutions is a podcast that covers the great political revolutions that have defined the modern world. Each season is a long-form narrative covering a different defining revolutionary epoch across three hundred years of history. It explores in great detail the people, ideas, and events that challenged and toppled outdated regimes and replaced them with new governments. After more than 350 episodes over ten seasons of narrative nonfiction, the 12th season is a fictional account of the Martian Revolution of 2247.

*BREAKING NEWS* In the fall of 2025, the Revolutions podcast will return to its roots by diving into the great revolutions of the 20th century. The new run of episodes begins with the story of Irish Independence, a dramatic upheaval in the wake of WWI that saw Ireland free itself from centuries of English rule. Full of inspiring personalities, tragic events, and thrilling triumphs, Irish Independence is one of the most gripping events in revolutionary history. Future seasons will plunge ahead through the turbulent 20th century, and include the Spanish Civil War, the Cuban Revolution, and the Algerian War of Independence.

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  1. 3.51- The Coup of Prairial

    · 35 min · S3 E60

    When the War of the Second Coalition got off to a terrible start for the French, the Triumvirate that had been running the Directory since 1797 was overthrown. Hey look I'm on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeduncan

  2. 3.52- There is Your Man

    · 35 min · S3 E61

    And his name is Napoleon Bonaparte. Sponsor Link: lynda.com/revolutions Me on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeduncan

  3. 3.53- The Consulate

    · 27 min · S3 E62

    After coming to power in 1799, First Consul Bonaparte achieved many of the Revolution's dreams and healed many of its open wounds. So he declared himself Emperor in 1804.

  4. 3.54- The Empire

    · 29 min · S3 E63

    Napoleon conquered Europe. Then he got beat and the Bourbons came back. Twitter: @mikeduncan

  5. Special Announcement: Mike Duncan Inks a Book Deal

    · 4:39 · S3 E64

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  6. 3.55- The Retrospective

    · 54 min · S3 E65

    One last look back at the pile of severed heads.

  7. 4.01- Saint-Domingue

    · 36 min · S4 E1

    The French colony of Saint-Domingue was the single most lucrative colony in the New World.

  8. 4.02- The Web of Tension

    · 37 min · S4 E2

    Wherein we find out what everyone thought about everyone else. Direct Link: 4.02- The Web of Tension Sponsor link: http://casper.com/revolutions

  9. 4.03- Free and Equal

    · 37 min · S4 E3

    The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen sure seemed to imply that men were born free and equal in rights. In fact, it explicitly said so.

  10. 4.04- Three Revolts

    · 36 min · S4 E4

    First the whites revolted. Then the free coloreds revolted. Then the slaves REALLY revolted.

  11. 4.05- The Citizens of April 4

    · 37 min · S4 E5

    With slave revolts and civil war erupting in Saint-Domingue, the Legislative Assembly abolished all racial distinctions on April 4, 1792.

  12. 4.06- The Second Commission

    · 37 min · S4 E6

    The Second Commission was supposed to implement the Law of April 4 and defeat the slave uprising. This turned out to be harder than they thought.

  13. 4.07- The Citizens of June 20

    · 35 min · S4 E7

    Le Cap burns. White colonial rule ends. The slaves are freed.

  14. 4.08- The Tricolor Commission

    · 37 min · S4 E8

    In February 1794, the National Convention not only ratified the emergency emancipation of the slaves, they extended it even further.

  15. 4.09- What The Future Will Bring

    · 38 min · S4 E9

    From the summer of 1794 to the summer of 1795, the future of Saint-Domingue hung in the balance.

  16. 4.10- The Third Commission

    · 38 min · S4 E10

    By mid-1796, Toussaint Louverture had no rival on Saint-Domingue. Then Sonthonax came back.

  17. 4.11- To Attempt the Impossible

    · 32 min · S4 E11

    In 1797, Touissant used the conservative victory in the elections of Year V to solidify his own position in Saint-Domingue.

  18. 4.12- Toussaint's Clause

    · 36 min · S4 E12

    Toussaint Louverture began to craft an independent foreign policy for Saint-Domingue in 1798.

  19. 4.13- The War of Knives

    · 38 min · S4 E13

    From 1799-1800 Toussaint Louverture and Andre Rigaud fought a civil war for control of Saint-Domingue.

  20. 4.14- The Constitution of 1801

    · 39 min · S4 E14

    In 1801 Toussaint Louverture annexed Santo Domingo and promulgated a new constitution without permission from France. First Consul Bonaparte was not amused.

  21. 4.15- The Leclerc Expedition

    · 39 min · S4 E15

    With the massive expedition he assembled, Bonaparte reckoned it would take three months to retake Saint-Domingue.

  22. 4.16- Dying Like Flies

    · 36 min · S4 E16

    In the summer of 1802 the worst Yellow Fever epidemic on record hit Saint-Domingue--making it very difficult to re-impose slavery.

  23. 4.17- Independence

    · 38 min · S4 E17

    The new nation of Haiti was born on New Years Day 1804.

  24. 4.17a- The Haitian Declaration of Independence

    · 8:34 · S4 E18

    Done at the headquarters of Gonaives, the first day of January 1804, the first year of independence.

  25. 4.18- Death to the French

    · 37 min · S4 E19

    After declaring independence, Jean-Jacques Dessalines ordered the extermination of the white French.

  26. 4.19- The History of Haiti

    · 1 h 43 min · S4 E20

    1806-Present. Enjoy.

  27. 5.01- The Conquest

    · 44 min · S5 E1

    After Columbus "discovered" America the Spanish built up an empire upon which the sun never set.

  28. 5.02- New Granada

    · 41 min · S5 E2

    After the Bourbons came to power they reformed the Spanish Empire and along the way created the Viceroyalty of New Granada.

  29. 5.03- The Precursors

    · 44 min · S5 E3

    After the Seven Years War the Spanish American Empire was hit with an array of revolts. Also six degrees of Francisco de Miranda.

  30. 5.04- The Prince of Caracas

    · 38 min · S5 E4

    Enter Bolívar.

  31. 5.05- The Leander Expedition

    · 41 min · S5 E5

    1n 1806, two invasions of South America tested the waters of independence. Also, Bolívar swears to liberate his country or die trying.

  32. 5.06- The Abdications of Bayonne

    · 41 min · S5 E6

    In May 1808 Napoleon deposed the Spanish Monarchy.

  33. 5.07- The First Cry For Liberty

    · 33 min · S5 E7

    Further unrest plagued Spanish America in 1809 as the situation deteriorated back in Spain.

  34. 5.08- The Patriotic Society For The Development of Agriculture and Livestock

    · 42 min · S5 E8

    in 1810 Simón Bolívar brought Francisco de Miranda home.

  35. 5.09- God's Divine Wrath

    · 40 min · S5 E9

    Things did not go well for the First Venezuelan Republic.

  36. 5.10- War To The Death

    · 43 min · S5 E10

    Simón Bolívar left Venezuela in 1812. He came back in 1813.

  37. 5.11- The Legions of Hell

    · 40 min · S5 E11

    In 1814 Simón Bolívar met the Legions of Hell. It wasn't pretty.

  38. 5.12- The Desired One

    · 36 min · S5 E12

    The restoration of King Ferdinand VII spelled big trouble for Spanish American Independence.

  39. 5.13- The Letter From Jamaica

    · 45 min · S5 E13

    Enter José de San Martín and Bernardo O'Higgins.

  40. 5.14- El Jefe Supremo

    · 35 min · S5 E14

    With an assist from the Republic of Haiti, Simon Bolivar launched a new expedition to Venezuela in 1816.

  41. 5.15- The Centaur of the Plains

    · 43 min · S5 E15

    In January 1818 Simón Bolívar met José Antonio Páez. The War of Venezuelan Independence would never be the same.

  42. 5.16- Over The Mountains

    · 38 min · S5 E16

    In July 1819 Bolívar led a legendary march into the mountains to liberate New Granada once and for all.

  43. 5.17- The Big Rock On The Side Of The Road

    · 36 min · S5 E17

    In 1820 a mutiny in Cádiz changed the course of Spanish American history. .

  44. 5.17a- Supplemental Gregor MacGregor

    · 39 min · S5 E18

    Do not buy land in Poyais.

  45. 2016 Fundraiser!

    · 10 min · S5 E19

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  46. 5.18- Liberation

    · 41 min · S5 E20

    On June 24, 1821 the Battle of Carabobo secured permanent independence for Venezuela. http://revolutionspodcastfundraiser.com/

  47. 5.19- The Army of the Andes

    · 35 min · S5 E21

    José de San Martín gets zonked on opium and marches through the Andes.

  48. 5.20- The Sea Wolf

    · 38 min · S5 E22

    Lord Thomas Cochrane turned out to be the key to Peru.

  49. Fundraiser Alert: Place Order By Nov 25 to Guarantee Delivery By Dec 23

    · 2:34 · S5 E23

    Title kinda says it all.

  50. 5.21- The Third Sister

    · 29 min · S5 E24

    In 1822, Antonio Jose Sucre and Simon Bolivar liberated Quito and made Gran Colombia whole. Sponsor Link: Harrys Razors

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