The Haitian Revolution | Part I | Slavery, Sugar, and the World That Broke | Ancient to Recent | Episode 36
In this episode of Ancient to Recent, we begin one of the most radical and world-changing revolutions in history: the Haitian Revolution.At the end of the eighteenth century, the French colony of Sain...
7 Feb 40min
The Shah and the Iranian Revolution | Part 3 | Revolution, Coup and the Flight of the Shah | Ancient to Recent | Episode 35
In this episode of Ancient to Recent, we follow Iran through the decisive year of 1979, the moment when a crisis becomes a collapse, and a monarchy that once looked unshakeable disintegrates in a matt...
1 Feb 1h
The Shah and the Iranian Revolution | Part 2 | Carter, Khomeini and the CIA| Ancient to Recent | Episode 34
In this episode of Ancient to Recent, we follow Iran at the height of its apparent power in the mid-1970s, a country awash in oil money, armed to the teeth, and ruled by a monarch who believed history...
24 Jan 1h 1min
The Shah and the Iranian Revolution | Oil, Power, and the Illusion of Modernity | Ancient to Recent | Episode 33
In this episode of Ancient to Recent, we step into the glittering world of 1960s and 70s Tehran, where nightclubs, foreign visitors, and booming oil revenues gave the impression of a nation racing con...
17 Jan 42min
Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire | Part II | War with China & the Birth of Mongol Warfare | Ancient to Recent | Episode 32
In this history podcast episode of Ancient to Recent, we follow Genghis Khan as his newly united Mongol nation collides with the great settled empires to the south, beginning a cycle of conquest that ...
11 Jan 39min
Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire | The Early Life of Temüjin | Ancient to Recent | Episode 31
In this history podcast episode of Ancient to Recent, we explore the early life of Genghis Khan, the rise of Temüjin, and the origins of the Mongol Empire on the Eurasian Steppe.Born into violence, be...
3 Jan 49min
Maximilian of Mexico: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire | Part 5 | The Siege of Querétaro, Betrayal and Execution | Ancient to Recent | Episode 30
By early 1867, the Second Mexican Empire was fighting for its life. French troops had gone, Republican armies were closing in from every direction, and Maximilian’s authority barely extended beyond a ...
27 Dec 202552min
Maximilian of Mexico: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire | Part 4 | Napoleon’s Betrayal, Juarez’s Advance and the Fateful Decision | Ancient to Recent | Episode 29
By late 1865, the Second Mexican Empire was beginning to unravel. French support, once the foundation of Maximilian’s throne, was wavering, Republican resistance was intensifying, and pressure from a ...
20 Dec 202546min
