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June 27, 2020

Intelligent Speech 2020 Presentation

Intentional Wandering: How to find Hidden History Hello everyone, this is Gary Girod from the French History Podcast. The theme of this year’s

June 19, 2020

France in Occupied Berlin with Iain MacGregor

Gary: Hello, everyone. Quick reminder, June 27 at 145. I will be presenting a talk at the Intelligence Speech Conference 2020, which is all

Germany, modern

June 12, 2020

37 – The Medieval Transformation Part 2: The Birth and Spread of Monasteries

Episode 37: The Medieval Transformation Part 2: The Birth and Spread of Monasteries During the first four centuries of Christianity’s history, believers were frequently

Christianity, medieval

June 5, 2020

Louise Michel & the Radical Women of the 19th Century with Dr. Steve Shone

Louise Michel & the Radical Women of the 19th Century with Dr. Steve Shone Gary: Today’s episode is an interview I conducted with Dr.

modern, women

May 29, 2020

36 – The Medieval Transformation Part 1: Cults, Miracles and Saints

Hello everyone. Quick reminder my debut novel The Maiden Voyage of New York City is out through Amazon and Barnes and Noble. If you

Catholicism, Merovingian

May 19, 2020

35 – The Last Saints of Gaul

Episode 35: The Last Saints of Gaul A few quick announcements before we get started. First, I did a 90-minute-long episode with History’s

ancient, Catholicism, Gaul

May 1, 2020

34 – Gaul No More

The Western Roman Empire falls. Gaul is no more, & three kingdoms vie to replace it. Antiquity ends & Clovis turns the land into

medieval, Merovingian

April 12, 2020

33 – The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains

The Scourge of God descends upon Gaul. Aetius must rally what remains of Western Rome and unite with his nemesis Theodoric of the Visigoths.

ancient, Rome

March 27, 2020

32 – Barbaria

Gaul is a battleground & Rome is on the retreat. The Visigoths, Burgundians and Franks vie for supremacy while Gauls are trapped in between

ancient, Rome

March 17, 2020

31 – The Long War: Rome and Francia

The Huns march westward, pushing uncountable numbers of Germans towards Rome. The Romanized Franks have to defend Gaul while the empire crumbles. But the

ancient, Rome

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