The Siècle History Podcast
The Siècle is a history podcast covering France's overlooked century between Napoleon and World War I. Visit thesiecle.com for annotated scripts, pictures, maps, sources and more.
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Episode 48: Citizen-King
26 min
2
Fact Check 3: Polignac's Visions
38 min
3
Episode 47: The July Settlement
50 min
4
Episode 46: Revolutions
64 min
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Episode 45: The July Revolution
78 min
6
Episode 44: Bourbons on the Rocks
52 min
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Fact Check 2: The Lying Chef
28 min
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Episode 43: The Politicians
31 min
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Episode 42: Marmont
50 min
10
Supplemental 21: The French History Games
94 min
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Episode 41: The People
32 min
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Episode 40: The Journalists
19 min
13
Supplemental 20: What's a franc?
19 min
14
Supplemental 19: Fifth Birthday Special
53 min
15
Episode 39: The Four Ordinances
49 min
16
Episode 38: The 221
55 min
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Episode 37: Algiers
35 min
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Episode 36: Wreck of the Medusa
58 min
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Supplemental 18: Bonds, French Bonds
32 min
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Episode 35: L'Économie
43 min
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Episode 34: Polignac
On Aug. 8, 1829, a new French ministry was appointed featuring Charles X's friend Jules de Polignac. This made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. Visit thesiecle.com/episode34 for a full transcript of this episode...
57 min
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Supplemental 17: Béranger
During the Bourbon Restoration, one man's songs were everywhere. He wrote about politics and about love, for the rich and for the poor, and persevered despite the best efforts of the government to shut him up. Meet the Bob Dylan of the Restoration:...
36 min
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Episode 33: Martignac
41 min
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Supplemental 16: Restoration Elections
22 min
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Episode 32: The Congregation
27 min