Episodes

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.

Opium, morphine, ether, chloroform, cocaine and hashish. How did these drugs become popular in 19th century France, who used them & what were their effects?

An episode by the podcast Conflicted, part of the Evergreen Podcast family.

The Eastern Roman Empire faces an all new threat that brings it to the brink of ruin. The situation becomes so hopeless that the Emperor begs the West for aid.

The beginning of an epic saga about an Emperor, a Pope, a sacred city & a holy war that would change the course of history forever.

Dr. Bauer talks all about the lettres de cachet, conspiracies and the Bastille prison.

The story of industrial seafaring ships, the people who made them, the World Wars and the decline of their garden city.

An episode covering night time culture in the French Caribbean.

We explore the spectacular rise and fall of the French Communist Party.

We list every war between France and England (then Britain) and judge each whether it was a win, loss or tie for France.

We examine what wars could be considered 'French Civil Wars'

Find out where 'Louis' came from and why there were so many kings who bore that name.

Why did the Second Republic only last four years and was it doomed to fail?

An excerpt from our epic series on the Louvre!

Best-selling author Leanda de Lisle talks about the princess from France who was also queen of England during its Civil War.

An episode covering the history of all the capitals of France; it wasn't just Paris!

We examine possible end dates for one of the most important revolutions in human history.

France has existed for over a millenia; how many governments has it had in that time?