Episode 496: The Trial of Louis XVI
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
28 Nov 202523min
Episode 495: The Fall of the King
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
27 Nov 202519min
Episode 494: Saint-Dominque
Saint-Dominque, soon to be Haiti, erupts in its own revolution.Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial
24 Nov 202522min
Episode 493: The Flight of the Royals
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
21 Nov 202539min
Episode 492: Bread and the Church
Riots in Paris provoke unrest, while in the countryside French peasants recoil at attacks upon the Catholic Church.Western Civ Podcast 2.0
14 Nov 202528min
Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic
Buy The BookIn 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 himse...
11 Nov 202537min
Episode 491: The Women's March
Bread shortages force the Revolution's hand.Western Civ Podcast 2.0
7 Nov 202522min
Episode 490: The Fall of the Bastille
The French Revolution gets serious as the people of Paris rise up and storm the Bastille. Western Civ Podcast 2.0
31 Okt 202521min
