Episodes

The first episode of an incredible podcast on the French Revolution

Dr. Azzan Yadin-Israel explains the incredible story of how medieval French artists turned the Biblical Forbidden Fruit into an apple in Western iconography.

A talk about France's first female helicopter pilot, her many dangerous missions in the First Indochina War and the legacy she created.

Seven armies trek across Europe to Constantinople, facing the storms, brigands and hostile forces to get there.

A conversation between two Francophiles on the finer things in life.

A collaboration with Fabulously Delicious about how French cuisine came to the United States.

A look into Paris as seen through the eyes of Thomas Jefferson during his 5-year stay just before the Revolution.

Fiction and reality come together in a modern crisis afflicting the Middle East and Europe.

A short update on what's been going on with the FHP.

Dr. Bonnie Effros explains how French soldiers & scholars uncovered & destroyed Roman ruins in Algeria as part of their civilizing mission.

Warriors in their own Words kindly shares an episode of their podcast following a soldier in the Normandy landings.

Dr. Lauren Quigley talks about modern interpretations of the City of Lights.

Scholar Marie Martine talks about one of the most popular woman authors of the Belle Époque.

Melek Chekili talks about the reinterpretation of Frantz Fanon's ideas in the post-Algerian War by one of Algeria's most famous writers.

We introduce the seven great lords who led the holy war.

"The General." "The Great Asparagus." "A man with the most oversized personality." Charles de Gaulle was President of France from 1959-69, and his near-mythological status had been building up for decades before then. His deb...

Is it better to be a hero or great? What is the difference? What makes someone a hero or great in France? Pierre talks all about that and how to get into the Panthéon

Scholar Michelle Chun-Han Hsu looks at what a Belle Époque play can tell us about France's understanding of China.

The pope ordered that only soldiers should fight God's enemies. But a mystic from Amiens leads unnumbered masses to holy war and their doom.

Arazoo Ferozan discusses how the Sun King remade the port city of the Marseille, France's gateway to the Mediterranean.

Pope Urban II's call to kill the enemies of God inspires zealots across France and Germany. Yet, many see an enemy amongst them that needs addressing first.

A humorous episode where we test the limits of AI creativity using French history.

An examination of the world-changing speech at the Council of Clermont to discover what Pope Urban II actually said.

Pope Urban II calls a holy war like no other for motives that are...complex.