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Western Civ

A fast-moving history of the western world from the ancient world to the present day. Examine how the emergence of the western world as a global dominant power was not something that should ever have been taken for granted. This podcast traces the development of western civilization starting in the ancient Near East, through Greece and Rome, past the collapse of the Western Roman Empire into the Dark Ages, and then follows European and, ultimately, American history as the western world moved into a dominant world position.

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Episode 501: Napoleon's Northern Italian Campaign

Dec 12, 2025·—

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The French Revolution begins to end with the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

Episode 500: A Whiff of Grapeshot

Dec 9, 2025·—

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It is about time to introduce the man who will change it all: Napoleon Bonaparte. Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

Episode 499: The Rise of Louverture

Dec 8, 2025·—

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Toussaint Louverture changes the situation in Haiti from a rebellion to a full-on revolution. Support Western Civ

Episode 498: The Terror

Dec 5, 2025·—

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Maximilien Robespierre leads France into the maw of violence and blood. His death ends this period of the French Revolution. Western Civ 2.0 Support

Episode 497: The Terror Begins

Nov 29, 2025·—

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France sleepwalks into one of the vicious periods of the French Revolution as the countryside erupts in revolt. Western Civ Podcast 2.0 Support

Episode 496: The Trial of Louis XVI

Nov 28, 2025·—

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The trial of Louis XVI ends with the last Bourbon monarch being led to the guillotine. The reaction of the rest of Europe is not good. Hence, the War of the First Coalition. Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

Episode 495: The Fall of the King

Nov 27, 2025·—

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Europe finally reacts to the French Revolution, and a startling discovery sets in motion events which will condemn Louis XVI to death. Western Civ 2.0

Episode 494: Saint-Dominque

Nov 24, 2025·—

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Saint-Dominque, soon to be Haiti, erupts in its own revolution. Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

Episode 493: The Flight of the Royals

Nov 21, 2025·—

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Louis XVI makes a break for it. France passes a new Constitution into law. And the storm clouds continue to grow around the French Revolution. Western Civ 2.0

Episode 492: Bread and the Church

Nov 14, 2025·—

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Riots in Paris provoke unrest, while in the countryside French peasants recoil at attacks upon the Catholic Church. Western Civ Podcast 2.0

Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic

Nov 11, 2025·—

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Buy The Book In his own day, the ancient philosopher Diogenes the Cynic had a reputation for eccentricity, heckling his fellow philosophers in the marketplace, living in a clay pot, and relieving himself in public...

Episode 491: The Women's March

Nov 7, 2025·—

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Bread shortages force the Revolution's hand. Western Civ Podcast 2.0

Episode 490: The Fall of the Bastille

Oct 31, 2025·—

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The French Revolution gets serious as the people of Paris rise up and storm the Bastille. Western Civ Podcast 2.0

War and Power: Who Wins Wars—and Why

Oct 28, 2025·—

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In this bonus interview, I sit down with Phillips Payson O'Brien and we discuss his latest book: War and Power: Who Wins Wars—and Why. For nearly two centuries, international relations have been premised on the idea of...

Episode 489: The Estates-General

Oct 26, 2025·—

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An oath on a tennis court, of all things, sparks the French Revolution. Western Civ Podcast 2.0

Episode 488: The Flood

Oct 24, 2025·—

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Efforts to reform France under Louis XV and Louis XVI fail, plunging the kingdom into the flood of revolution. Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

Bloody Crowns: A New History of the Hundred Years War

Oct 21, 2025·—

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Today I sit down with historian Michael Livingston and talk about one of my favorite subjects: the Hundred Years War. Henry V at Agincourt. Edward III at Crécy. The Black Prince at Poitiers. Joan of Arc at Orléans. The...

Episode 487: The Old Regime

Oct 17, 2025·—

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Also known as the Ancien Regimé, the system of France going into the revolution was maddeningly complex and, seemingly, designed to fail. Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

Episode 486: The Young Republic

Oct 10, 2025·—

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The Americans won their independence, but what would they do with it? Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

The Romans: A 2,000 Year History

Oct 7, 2025·—

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Today I sit down with historian Edward J. Watts and talk about his latest book: The Romans. When we think of “ancient Romans” today, many picture the toga-clad figures of Cicero and Caesar, presiding over a republic...

The History of the Peloponnesian War

Oct 6, 2025·—

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Thucydides called his work a “possession for all time,” and his History of the Peloponnesian War has been essential reading for generals and politicians for centuries. Robin Waterfield’s translation of Thucydides’s...

Episode 485: The American Revolution Part Three

Oct 3, 2025·—

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Washington's victory at Yorktown effectively ends the war and costs Great Britain her colonies. Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

Episode 484: The American Revolution Part Two

Oct 1, 2025·—

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The Battle of Saratoga turns the tide while Washington builds resilience in Valley Forge. Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

Episode 483: The American Revolution Part One

Sep 26, 2025·—

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The American colonists vote for independence and Washington crosses the Delaware. Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

1942: When World War II Engulfed the Globe

Sep 23, 2025·—

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By the end of the Second World War, more than seventy million people across the globe had been killed, most of them civilians. Cities from Warsaw to Tokyo lay in ruins, and fully half of the world’s two billion people...