Beyond the musical: Hamilton's complex second act (w/Peter Kastor)
The second half of Hamilton the Musical, which covers the post-Revolutionary period that just happens to be that of this podcast, is a bit more confusing than the first: "can we get back to politics, ...
10 Jan 59min
Episode 51: Q3-1804 - Pirates and emperors
1804. July… August… September… Three months in which Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr take their political differences to the duelling ground… Tripoli’s pirates are bombarded by the United States… An...
28 Dec 20251h 33min
Battlefield despatches: Piedmont, Q2-1796
In April 1796, a 26-year-old Napoleon Bonaparte transformed a demoralized, ragged French army into a lightning-fast strike force that knocked the Kingdom of Sardinia out of the war in just over two we...
17 Dec 20251h 18min
The Empire’s last act: Ritual, rivalry, and the end of old Germany (w/ Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger)
A conversation with Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, Professor Emerita of Early Modern History at the University of Munster and Rector of the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin. Germany is becoming inc...
6 Dec 20251h
The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Mapping the great unknown
A conversation about a legendary moment in United States history between James Quint, Director of the Old Cowtown Museum in Wichita, Kansas, and Peter Kastor, Professor of History and American Culture...
26 Nov 20251h 17min
Episode 50: Q2-1804 - The imperial dignity
1804. April... May... June... three months in which the British are facing an uphill struggle in building another coalition against the French... The Revolution takes its final step as Napoleon Bonapa...
15 Nov 20251h 35min
ADAM ZAMOYSKI on the Napoleonic soap opera
"It was like a soap opera," Adam says of the Congress of Vienna near the end of this interview episode. That just about sums up his unique perspective on the whole Napoleonic period, as reflected thro...
8 Nov 20251h 2min
Power plays in the Caucasus: Georgia, Russia and imperial expansion (w/ Giorgi Tchkadua)
Giorgi Tchkadua of Ilia State University in Georgia, PhD candidate under our own Alexander Mikaberidze, helps unpack the multiplicity of riddles which makes up the fascinatingly complex power dynamics...
25 Okt 20251h 13min
