Episodes

  • Episode 532: Italy

    Episode 532: Italy
    Apr 17 2026
    Over a period of thirty years, Italy goes from a fragmentation of independent, kind of, states and kingdoms and into a unified, kind of, nation.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode 531: Canons to the Right of Them!

    Episode 531: Canons to the Right of Them!
    Apr 10 2026
    The Crimean War really does sound the advance warning of the death knell for the Concert of Europe. If only anyone knew that...

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    39 mins
  • Episode 530: Russia Awakens

    Episode 530: Russia Awakens
    Apr 3 2026
    Here I quickly cover Russian history from Peter the Great, through Catherine the Great, and then down to the beginning of the Crimean War.

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    39 mins
  • Episode 529: We Hold These Truths

    Episode 529: We Hold These Truths
    Mar 27 2026
    After Gettysburg and Vicksburg, the Confederacy slowly fades. Despite Lee's efforts, Grant grinds his army down through murderous battles such as the Wilderness and Cold Harbor. Ultimately, the resouces of the Union are simply too much. But even as America ultimately wins its civil war, its greatest president falls to an assassin's bullet.

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    39 mins
  • Episode 528: Gettysburg

    Episode 528: Gettysburg
    Mar 24 2026
    In three days in Pennsylvania in 1863, the American Civil War turns forever.

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    20 mins
  • Episode 527: The War Goes North

    Episode 527: The War Goes North
    Mar 20 2026
    The Battle of Antietam drives President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. But Robert Lee wins two dramatic victories in this aftermath at the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.

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    33 mins
  • Episode 526: The Seven Days Battles

    Episode 526: The Seven Days Battles
    Mar 18 2026
    Two ironclads face off to change the shape of naval warfare while Robert E. Lee emerges from the Seven Days Battles as the lead Confederate commander.

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    24 mins
  • Episode 525: Shiloh

    Episode 525: Shiloh
    Mar 16 2026
    The Battle of Shiloh starts as an apparent Confederate victory, but the loss of General Johnston and the resulting chaos dooms the South. Meanwhile, in New Orleans, the Anaconda Plan takes hold.

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    18 mins