Putschcast

He was a prince, an outlaw, a prophet. Or was he? He stood before the most powerful ruler on Earth and delivered a single, thunderous demand: "Let my people go!"  Long before Spartacus, Moses led a slave revolt that children still learn about today, and it is a foundational story for the Jewish faith and the State of Israel. Was Moses more than a biblical hero? Was he, in fact, one of th...

After the gruesome end of World War II and in a city filled with rubble, a disciple of Stalin built a fortress. He was the goateed architect of German Socialism who made it onto the cover of Time magazine and who didn’t shy away from setting up one of the most rigid police states to cement his power. His name? Walter Ulbricht. Now almost forgotten, Ulbricht rose to power and faced an uprising only...

From most-wanted terrorist and enemy No. 1, with a US$10 million bounty on his head, to a respected statesman giving a historic speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani, has defied the odds and made a name for himself in only 11 days, after setting out from his mini state in Idlib to bring down the dreaded Assad regime, follow...

Putschcast is here! Keep your bayonets and guillotines sharpened as we explore current and historic coups and revolutions on a new global podcast.  Each episode will focus on a unique event in history where power changed hands for better or worse, suddenly or through a long decline. We will get to meet powerful dictators, revolutionary protagonists, and unsung heroes who shaped history across the...