Resisting Empire: A History Podcast

Received this lovely question on Tiktok and thought I'd share my answer here. If you want to learn more about Central Asia and Russia, I recommend listening to season two of this podcast. Support this podcast by ⁠joining my Patreon⁠ Join the ⁠Around the World Bookclub⁠ and read books from all over the world, not just the traditional American and English literary canon. ⁠Follow me on Instagram⁠...

When the Anglo-Irish Treaty was ratified, England withdrew all of its forces from Ireland (except for a contingent in Dublin). This included members of the Royal Irish Constabulary. Now the Provisional Government needs to create a new police force from scratch in the midst of a civil war. The government makes necessary compromises, leading to a mutiny within the new police force! Support this podc...

Got this lovely question on TikTok and thought my podcast listeners would find my answer interesting. Support this podcast by ⁠joining my Patreon⁠ Join the ⁠Around the World Bookclub⁠ and read books from all over the world, not just the traditional American and English literary canon. ⁠Follow me on Instagram⁠ ⁠Follow me on Tiktok⁠ ⁠Visit my website

Here are a handful of silly videos I made about the Irish Civil War. You can watch them and other silly videos on my TikTok. At least I make myself laugh, right? Support this podcast by ⁠joining my Patreon⁠ Join the ⁠Around the World Bookclub⁠ and read books from all over the world, not just the traditional American and English literary canon. ⁠Follow me on Instagram⁠ ⁠Follow me on Tiktok⁠ ⁠Visit...

"In many ways, the Zone of Interest plays like a psychological horror film except the residents never realize the land is cursed and they are the monsters." Listen to my review of the newest Jonathan Glazer movie: the Zone of Interest, starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller Support this podcast by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joining my Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Join my newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ and stay up...

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England's first police force was created in Ireland and this episode discusses why England switched to relying on paramilitary units instead of the local police during the Irish War of Independence. Support this podcast by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joining my Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Join my newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ and stay up to date on all my projects ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me on...

Listen to the last episode of 2023! Despite the many challenges facing them, women were not passive observers of the Irish War of Independence or the Irish Civil War. Many women joined Cumann na mBan, a nationalist organization that worked closely with Sinn Fein and the IRA to achieve an independent Ireland. Cumann na mBan would be the first organization to reject the treaty and provide the anti-t...

The study of women in Ireland, whether it be from a social or historical perceptive, is experiencing a renaissance. There are so many amazing historians such as Linda Connolly, Mary McAuliffe, Gemma Clark, Margaret Ward, etc. examining not just the role of famous women like Constance Markievicz or Mary MacSwiney or bad ass Kathleen Clarke and Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, but also the role and experie...

When we think of Irish Protestants, we most likely think of Northern Ireland and the Troubles, however, they were hundreds of thousands of Protestants who lived in the rest of Ireland during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. This episode discusses the troubles they ran into as they tried to adjust living in a new state that was descending into civil war. Support this podcast b...

The Anglo-Irish Treaty may have formalized partition, but there were several factions in Ireland that didn’t want to recognize Northern Ireland as its own state and would do anything they could to undermine its independence. Meanwhile, James Craig and the Unionists did all they could to ensure that Northern Ireland would be “safely” in the hands of a majority Protestant and Unionist government tha...

Liam Lynch: leader of the anti-treaty IRA, the Provisional Government’s best hope at preventing civil war, and a nationalist hero who shone brightest during the Irish War of Independence. Lynch represented both the best of the Irish nationalist’s tendencies and the worst. But who was he and how did he become a key player during the Irish Civil War? Support this podcast by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joining my Patreo...

Publicly, everything is fine. Privately, the anti-treaty IRA want to hold an army convention to declare an army executive and break away from all governmental control while the Provisional Government does everything it can to avoid civil war. Support this podcast by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joining my Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Join my newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ and stay up to date on all my projects ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me on...

The Provisional Government was created to handle the transition from a British colony to a British dominion. However, they face steep challenges, including their angry comrades who consider the treaty to be the gravest of all betrayals. Support this podcast by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joining my Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Join my newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ and stay up to date on all my projects ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me on Insta...

Listen to my recap of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the final spark for the Irish Civil War. Support this podcast by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joining my Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Join my newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ and stay up to date on all my projects ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me on Tiktok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Follow me on Bluesky⁠ ⁠Visit my website

It’s the first episode of season 3! Join me as I recap the Irish War of Independence and set the stage for the Irish Civil War. Support this podcast by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joining my Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Join my newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ and stay up to date on all my projects ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me on Tiktok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Follow me on Bluesky⁠ ⁠Visit my website

It is my 50th episode and the last episode of season 2! Today we will discussing the fall of the Alash Orda and the Jadids and the full Sovietization of Central Asia. Support this podcast by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joining my Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Join my newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ and stay up to date on all my projects ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me on Tiktok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Follow me on Bluesky...

In this episode I discuss how you can support your library during National Library Week and some of the things I learned while researching, writing, and recording season two. As a reminder, I'll be taking a hiatus in May, but will return in June with season three: the Irish Civil War National Library Week For … Continue reading Behind the Scenes: A Retrospective on Season Two The post Behind the S...

It's another behind the scenes episode. Today we'll be talking trans rights, addressing gun violence, and how to select your sources for your history projects. If you enjoyed this episode, please donate to our Patreon For the People: A Leftist Library Project End Gun Violence March for Our Lives Sandy Hook Promise Disabled Activists Matthew … Continue reading Behind the Scenes: Selecting Your Sour...

For a decade the Basmachi frustrated the Soviets, popping up where they were least expected, and preventing them from establishing total control in the region. However, by 1926, the Basmachi were on their last leg. Hiding in northern Afghanistan, they faced a choice of one final assault or fading away into obscurity. Support this podcast by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joining my Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Join my newslette...

It is my podcast's third year anniversary and I'm celebrating by posting my first ever behind the scene's episode. In this episode, I discuss how you can donate to help people in Turkiye and Syria recover from the earthquake, how you can help the trans community, and how I decide what ends up in an … Continue reading Behind the Scenes: Determining an Episode’s Scope The post Behind the Scenes: Det...

Learn how the Soviet desire for a more centralized approach to the economy and government in Central Asia gave the local actors the excuse they needed to implement their own reformist and nationalist policies. Learn how they redefined identities, languages, and borders along the way, and created modern Central Asian nation-states. Support this podcast by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joining my Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Joi...

One of the reform efforts preached by the Jadids and the Bolsheviks was the "liberation" of Central Asian women. The Bolsheviks sent their own women's group, Zhenotdal, to help Central Asian women modernize, starting with an unveiling campaign that did not go according to plan. Support this podcast by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joining my Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Join my newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ and stay...

After Enver Pasha led the Basmachi to their doom, the Bolsheviks turned their attention towards creating reliably Communist governments in Central Asia who were loyal to the USSR. The local actors, like the Jadids, Alash Orda, Young Bukharans, etc, focused on using Bolshevik capital and military might to create a modern, Islamic government. This episode explores how both the indigenous and Bolshev...

Cho'lpon and Abdulla Qodiriy are giants within Uzbek literature. They were also Jadids, Muslim reformers who lived in Central Asia in the 1900s and witness how the Russian Revolution and Civil War affected Turkestan, Bukhara, and Khiva. Support this podcast by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joining my Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Join my newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ and stay up to date on all my projects ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me on I...