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Kazak_Hstan posted:Gave a listen to the first few episodes of the British History Podcast, and I gotta say I don't like it. The host sounds like he should be narrating listicle videos on youtube. yeah same I dropped it after a couple episodes because of that
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I've been listening to the history of ancient egypt podcast, it's good and right now at Akhenaten so it's an exciting time. The host has a calm way of speaking which is nice, it can even get a little dull if you listen for too long.
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mike12345 posted:yeah same I dropped it after a couple episodes because of that Those first episodes are rough, but in his defense, this was right after he started podcasting. He gets a lot better/less rambly as things go on. That said, I get why you wouldn't necessarily want to sit through a few dozen episodes waiting for him to get his feet under him.
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Grand Fromage posted:Player FM is what I use. I don't think there's a download queue, if there is one I haven't needed to use it, but when you subscribe you can choose how you want it to download. So for like a history in order podcast you can set it to start with the first episode and download X episodes when you're on wifi, and it'll always keep X number of episodes ready for you.
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What are some good "History of-" podcasts? I'm already listening to History of English and History of China, and could use a few more. Other history/geography podcasts I enjoy include Fall of Civilizations, Our Fake History and Extremities. I've seen people suggest History of Rome and Byzantium so those are already on my to-do list.
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Ibblebibble posted:What are some good "History of-" podcasts? I'm already listening to History of English and History of China, and could use a few more. Other history/geography podcasts I enjoy include Fall of Civilizations, Our Fake History and Extremities. I've seen people suggest History of Rome and Byzantium so those are already on my to-do list. Rome You've got 100 hours right? There is a reason why Mike Duncan is a celebrity in the podcast world
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History of Rome is I think a must listen if you're into this kind of podcast. There has also been a certain amount of joy in watching the multi-year radicalization of Mike Duncan. There was an episode earlier on in the History of Rome where he said something to the effect of "this just goes to show how easy life is when you meet your obligations" in reference to some Roman aristocrat. I smacked of a certain amount of comfortable suburban Republicanism. Then listening to him slowly become more and more sympathetic to the working class and lower strata of society over the course of Revolutions after focusing on the elites at the start of the series. Then today following him on twitter where he seems on the verge of being sympathetic to calls for the guillotine if not quite supportive.
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Apr 3, 2020 06:18
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Yeah, I feel like the Haitian and Southern American revolutions really changed something in him It's been fun to watch
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Apr 3, 2020 06:25
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I did say that Rome and Byzantium are already on my to-do lists  I'll add Revolutions too it seems.
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fwiw I think revolutions is better than Rome, but Rome is Rome
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Apr 3, 2020 06:48
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Kazak_Hstan posted:fwiw I think revolutions is better than Rome, but Rome is Rome Yeah, by Revolutions he had figured out what he was doing, Rome is pretty charming and the back half is filled fun emperors no one knows, like Maximunius Thrax
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Kazak_Hstan posted:History of Rome is I think a must listen if you're into this kind of podcast. Revolutions by his own admission radicalized the hell out of Duncan and it rules.
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Apr 3, 2020 07:26
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How could it not? I get being afraid of "the mob" due to the violence it can cause but once you scratch a bit more, it's 300% justified, considering the horrors they had to deal with
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Apr 3, 2020 08:32
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He specifically points to Haiti as his breaking point, with everything downhill from there. Particular standout points are his clear support of the communards for Paris, his disdain for the liberal in 1848 (and everything else really), and his opening Russia with 10 episodes that are basically one of the best revolutionary theory 101 breakdowns you are going to get.
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Rody One Half posted:He specifically points to Haiti as his breaking point, with everything downhill from there. Particular standout points are his clear support of the communards for Paris, his disdain for the liberal in 1848 (and everything else really), and his opening Russia with 10 episodes that are basically one of the best revolutionary theory 101 breakdowns you are going to get. Did he finish Russia yet? I only listen when they're done as they're great to binge and it's easier to keep track of who is who.
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He has one more episode for 1905 and then he is going on hiatus until October.
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Apr 3, 2020 08:56
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Rody One Half posted:He specifically points to Haiti as his breaking point, with everything downhill from there. Particular standout points are his clear support of the communards for Paris, his disdain for the liberal in 1848 (and everything else really), and his opening Russia with 10 episodes that are basically one of the best revolutionary theory 101 breakdowns you are going to get. Yeah Russian revolution has been extremely good so far. I expect I will re-listen to it whenever he finishes. I’m sad he is going to end Reveolutions when this is over, but this is a great final season. Seems like there are some really good revolutions left he could do, like Cuba, or China, or Vietnam, but it’s probably unreasonable to expect him to put the effort in to cover every single revolution. I really hope whatever his next project is is a podcast.
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Rody One Half posted:He has one more episode for 1905 and then he is going on hiatus until October. Is he going to do the 1917 one? If not I think it makes sense why he isn't doing the 20th century revolutions. They're a different paradigm from the movements of the 19th century of which you could argue the 1905 Russian Revolution is the "last" of them.
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Apr 3, 2020 10:45
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Yeah he’s doing the whole shebang.
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1917 is why he is coming back from hiatus in October
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History of Egypt is very well presented and researched and gives a great appreciation for just how drat long Egypt has been around. History of the Crusades has a rough first season, which is unfortunate as it's wear she covers all the Crusades people have heard of. But even if the mic quality sucks and she mis names the hagia Sophia for a hundred episodes it's still well researched and entertaining, once she hits the crusade against the cathars though is when it really hits it's stride. She slows down massively and introduces you to some real interesting and weird dudes who radically changed the trajectory of southern France.
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Are there any decent Mexican history podcasts in English? I want something longform and dense if possible. Every one-off I hear on the topic seems to only cover the basics of Mesoamerican societies and/or conquistador atrocities.
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Eggplant Ronin posted:Are there any decent Mexican history podcasts in English? I want something longform and dense if possible. Every one-off I hear on the topic seems to only cover the basics of Mesoamerican societies and/or conquistador atrocities. The Revolutions series on the mexican revolution is good. The first few episodes cover mexico's history from independence to the Porfiriato, before getting stuck into the reasons the porfirian regime collapsed and the course of the revolution.
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Apr 3, 2020 14:35
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Eggplant Ronin posted:Are there any decent Mexican history podcasts in English? I want something longform and dense if possible. Every one-off I hear on the topic seems to only cover the basics of Mesoamerican societies and/or conquistador atrocities. There's the Mexican Revolution series of Revolutions, that has a p.deece amount of additional history in it. IIRC he did a bunch of Mexican History coursework at one point so he seems to know what he's talking about?
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Yeah, at one point he just records himself reading an essay he turned in on the fall of the porfiriato.
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Gaius Marius posted:History of Egypt is very well presented and researched and gives a great appreciation for just how drat long Egypt has been around. The Egypt one was on my radar, thanks for the one on the Crusades though. Looks like it ended last Dec, I assume the Baltic Crusades were the last ones anyway?
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I bounced off the show before but I'll give those Revolutions eps a try. I'm just hoping it's more than a White academic detailing how and when my ancestors got hosed.
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Ibblebibble posted:The Egypt one was on my radar, thanks for the one on the Crusades though. Looks like it ended last Dec, I assume the Baltic Crusades were the last ones anyway? She's taking a break and then coming back with a series on the reconguista actually, it's probably also worth noting that for a buck on her patreon, you get access to about forty episodes on the war of the roses, and one on Joan of arc. If your looking for more content it's highly worth it
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Eggplant Ronin posted:Are there any decent Mexican history podcasts in English? I want something longform and dense if possible. Every one-off I hear on the topic seems to only cover the basics of Mesoamerican societies and/or conquistador atrocities. Eggplant Ronin posted:I bounced off the show before but I'll give those Revolutions eps a try. I'm just hoping it's more than a White academic detailing how and when my ancestors got hosed.
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Even during History of Rome, Duncan talked about what the Gracchi wanted to do, did an episode on the lousy class dynamics of the Empire even in the best of times, and cited elite greed in various forms as a major contributor to the collapse of Rome. So it's not like there was ever a point where he was recording from an overstuffed chair in a lounge at Harvard.
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I did kinda lose a lot of interest in the History of Rome after the emperors consolidated their power away from the rest of the public and you only occasionally got to hear what normal people's lives were like because everything is either dynastic politics dealing with the whims of the emperor and the small circle around him or career military officers having their go at making their own dominion. I've been trying to get more into ships or planes lately, and since, well...I can't poke around in a library right now...Are there any good podcasts on aviation or maritime history? I'm not even particularly interested in the military aspects, although I get that a LOT of development happens at once during wars that later gets repurposed for civilian use. I did find the maritime history podcast, but I was hoping for something in an era where we actually know what was going on with the people making the craft instead of ancient history.
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SlothfulCobra posted:I did kinda lose a lot of interest in the History of Rome after the emperors consolidated their power away from the rest of the public and you only occasionally got to hear what normal people's lives were like because everything is either dynastic politics dealing with the whims of the emperor and the small circle around him or career military officers having their go at making their own dominion. Was that the one where he was talking about the Black Sea and the Dardanelles and poo poo from like early bronze age? That was neat as gently caress but I can't say my interest was sufficient to listen to the next episode.  E: Apparently I can spell "Dardanelles" correctly on the first try? 
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Ibblebibble posted:What are some good "History of-" podcasts? I'm already listening to History of English and History of China, and could use a few more. Other history/geography podcasts I enjoy include Fall of Civilizations, Our Fake History and Extremities. I've seen people suggest History of Rome and Byzantium so those are already on my to-do list. History of Rome is effectively the reason that all the other History of - podcasts exist.
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lol speaking of: https://twitter.com/mikeduncan/status/1246158213042536448?s=21 embrace the guillotine mike!
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SlothfulCobra posted:I did kinda lose a lot of interest in the History of Rome after the emperors consolidated their power away from the rest of the public and you only occasionally got to hear what normal people's lives were like because everything is either dynastic politics dealing with the whims of the emperor and the small circle around him or career military officers having their go at making their own dominion. Check out Drachinifel on Youtube. He does naval history mostly centered around WW1/WW2, but also sometimes covers more broader stuff and even recently had an episode where he brought in an aviation expect to breakdown all of the myths about the A6M Zero for two and a half hours. There is a visual component to it but it's usually just stills and the occasional diagram, so you can afford to just listen to it.
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Sydin posted:Check out Drachinifel on Youtube. He does naval history mostly centered around WW1/WW2, but also sometimes covers more broader stuff and even recently had an episode where he brought in an aviation expect to breakdown all of the myths about the A6M Zero for two and a half hours. There is a visual component to it but it's usually just stills and the occasional diagram, so you can afford to just listen to it. His April Fools episode about the HMS Thunderchild was great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQBund8uLmo
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Firstscion posted:His April Fools episode about the HMS Thunderchild was great. This is great!
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Firstscion posted:His April Fools episode about the HMS Thunderchild was great. lol I didn't see this, that's fantastic.
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Terrible Opinions posted:The Fall of Civilizations podcast has an Aztecs episode that is a few hours long but might fall a bit to far into what you're not looking for.
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Got started on the History of English and remembering why I enjoyed the survey of linguistics course I took one semester in undergrad so much. The process of reverse engineering a dead language is fascinating. Nobody has spoken proto-Indo-European for thousands of years, it existed before writing was invented, and yet we have a very good idea of what the language was and how it sounded. And where the people who spoke it came from, based on words they have for things in specific geographic areas! Amazing!
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