Revolutions

Season 12 premiered October 20, 2024 – a nonfictional account of The Martian Revolution of 2247. Mike Duncan is taking everything he's learned from 12 seasons of historical revolutions - the repeating arcs, characters, ideas, events, and patterns which all revolutions seem to follow - and created a fictional history of the Martian Revolution of 2247. The series is written from the point of view of a historian working hundreds of years after the Martian Revolution and will be presented in the style and format of previous seasons of Revolutions. It will look, sound, and feel like a Mike Duncan history podcast…but will instead be a fictional narrative of a gripping science-fiction epic. Revolutions is a podcast that covers the great political revolutions that have defined the modern world. Each season is a long-form narrative covering a different defining revolutionary epoch across three hundred years of history. It explores in great detail the people, ideas, and events that challenged and toppled outdated regimes and replaced them with new governments. After more than 350 episodes over ten seasons of narrative nonfiction, the 12th season is a fictional account of the Martian Revolution of 2247. *BREAKING NEWS* In the fall of 2025, the Revolutions podcast will return to its roots by diving into the great revolutions of the 20th century. The new run of episodes begins with the story of Irish Independence, a dramatic upheaval in the wake of WWI that saw Ireland free itself from centuries of English rule. Full of inspiring personalities, tragic events, and thrilling triumphs, Irish Independence is one of the most gripping events in revolutionary history. Future seasons will plunge ahead through the turbulent 20th century, and include the Spanish Civil War, the Cuban Revolution, and the Algerian War of Independence.

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1.12- In The Name of God Go

Episode Date: December 9, 2013

In 1653 Oliver Cromwell dissolved the Rump Parliament and then Barebone's Parliament dissolved itself. The Commonwealth was not getting off to a great...

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1.10- Regicide

Episode Date: November 18, 2013

After Pride's Purge, Charles I was executed by the Rump Parliament on January 30, 1649. Then Cromwell invaded Ireland. 

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1.9- The Man of Blood

Episode Date: November 11, 2013

As the New Model Army debated the merits of constitutional democracy, King Charles was scheming to put himself back on the throne.   

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1.8- Checkmate

Episode Date: November 4, 2013

After the Battle of Naseby ended the King's chances for military victory, he became the frustrating center of post-war negotiations. 

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1.7- The New Model Army

Episode Date: October 28, 2013

After years of muddling along, Parliament created a more professional army. They finally defeated King Charles at Nasbay in June 1645.  

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1.2- Personal Rule

Episode Date: September 23, 2013

In the 1630s, King Charles ruled without Parliament. His financial policies and religious innovations annoyed many of his subjects.