Episodes

Fourteen bizarre and incredible facts about French history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scholar Marie Robin investigates military brothels in the French empire.

Explorer Jacques Cartier's voyages into the unknown mapped parts of the New World, but were also rooted in European geopolitics. Scholar Elvira Viktória Tamus explains Cartier's place in exploration, war and power.

When there's nothing left to eat, the French begin eating each other: a special episode on cannibalism by Amanda Coate.

Popular author and scholar C.J. Adrien talks about the origins of the chivalric code.

A story about the tumultuous marriage of two royal figures by scholar Lance Pederson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A quickie on the plan going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Authors Petie Kladstrup & Evelyne Resnick discuss how important Eugénie de Montijo's life and legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Con artists or merchants of love? Dr. Andrea Mansker talks about professional matchmakers in 19th century Paris.

Anne Morddel talks about the American sailors captured on the high seas by French ships during the Napoleonic Wars and what happened to them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Louis VIII ruled for a short 3 years but before that he was the most fiercesome prince in Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ane Cornelia Pade tells us all about an amusement park in Paris that opened just before the French Revolution.

Dr. Miranda Spieler discusses the condition of 6 enslaved people in Paris. Was France the land of the free? How different was it from the colonies?

Famous French mystic Simone Weil's tragic final years and ideas are explored by scholar Elias Forneris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Philippe II's reign comes to an end. He leaves behind a France that is stronger than it has ever been.

Renowned expo expert Charles Pappas talks about the World Expos that made France what it is today.

A look at Philippe II Augustus remarkable rule of the Kingdom of France.

Dr. Tamara Chaplin discusses the modern history of lesbians in France. Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide. Don’t Just Travel, Explore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Philippe II wins one of the most important battles in European history.

Dr. Terrence Peterson talks about how the Algerian War led to modern counterinsurgency. Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide . Don’t Just Travel, Explore. Learn more about your ad ...

Nancy Goldstone talks all about two rival empresses and how they reshaped Europe. Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide . Don’t Just Travel, Explore.

Dr. Sue Peabody tells the incredible story of a man who spent decades fighting for his freedom in France's Indian Ocean World. Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide . Don’t Just Tra...

Philippe II goes to war with England's King John, uniting France and destroying the Angevin Empire. Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide . Don’t Just Travel, Explore.

Philippe II wars with Richard the Lionheart for control of France. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.