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The French History Podcast

History EN ↓ 282 episodes

A weekly history podcast that will cover France from 3 million years ago to present. Presented by Dr. Gary Girod, with contributions by numerous scholars.

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French-Canadians in America with Denis Ledoux 21.09.2024 56:43

Denis Ledoux talks all about the trasnformation of French settlers of Canada from French to French-Canadians, then French-Americans with anecdotes from his own life as a Frenchie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

79: Louis VII "The Young" 07.09.2024 1:23:13

A prince groomed for the church ends up on the throne. Louis VII will war across France and lead the Second Crusade, but is he up to the challenge? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Green Fairy and France with Dr. Nina Studer 25.08.2024 43:09

Dr. Nina Studer talks about the absinthe craze and peril in France from the 1830s to its ban in 1915. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The People's Revolution of 1789 with Dr. Micah Alpaugh 10.08.2024 24:44

Dr. Micah Alpaugh talks about how all of France and its colonies participated in the French Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Lost Gauguin with Dr. Stephanie Brown 20.07.2024 53:33

Dr. Stephanie Brown talks about a missing painting by the great Paul Gauguin and how it was found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The French in Modern Haiti with David Ritter 12.07.2024 21:02

Documentarian David Ritter talks about the ethnic French population in modern Haiti. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Viking attacks on Noirmoutier with C.J. Adrien 06.07.2024 36:21

Scholar and popular author C.J. Adrien talks about a little-known island off the coast of West France & how it remade the Viking world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

78: Louis VI “The Fat” 28.06.2024 45:31

Louis VI defies a king, and emperor and his barbaric vassals to assert his right to rule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beur & Banlieue Cinema by Kévin Drif 22.06.2024 21:37

A look at 20th century cinema by Arab immigrants to France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mass Surveillance in France & Britain: The Age of the Individual 15.06.2024 52:01

Terrorists, anarchists and Irishmen! Government surveillance transitions from the masses to subversive individuals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mass Surveillance in France & Britain: The Age of the Masses 08.06.2024 56:52

The history of mass surveillance in France and Britain from the French Revolution until the 1880s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mass Surveillance in France & Britain: The Aristocratic Age 31.05.2024 1:04:51

Part 1 of 3 looking at the history of government surveillance in France and Britain from the Norman Conquest to World War I Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

77 The First Crusade Complete 25.05.2024 9:19:03

An epic 9-hour long history of the First Crusade Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

77 Epilogue: How the First Crusade Changed the World 25.05.2024 28:58

A retrospective on an event that changed human history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

77 Chapter 15: Remaking the Holy Land 17.05.2024 29:09

The Holy War conquers the Holy Land. Caught between an empire and a caliphate, the lords forge their own path. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

77 Chapter 14: The Holiest of Holies 11.05.2024 30:50

The holy war finally reaches its destination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Napoleon's Library with Louis Sarkozy 03.05.2024 1:00:56

Louis Sarkozy discusses Napoleon's little-known obsession with literature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Madame Tussaud and the French Revolution by Dr. Gavin Whitehead 14.04.2024 59:51

Gavin Whitehead talks all about Madame Tussaud, the French Revolution and the oddities that ensue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

History of the Louvre Chapter 10: The Louvre under Siege 02.04.2024 1:00:14

WW2 threatens the destruction of the Louvre and its masterpieces Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

77 Chapter 13: The Battle of Antioch 19.03.2024 32:50

The holy war is starved and trapped by an army twice its size. Only a miracle can save the Western armies from dying thousands of miles from their home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Occitania 11.03.2024 18:41

A special episode about the land and language of southern France Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Desecration of Saint-Denis by Everything, Everywhere Daily 06.03.2024 13:39

Everything, Everywhere, Daily talks about the French Revolutionaries' attack on one of France's most historic churches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Breton Werewolves by Carlos A. González 28.02.2024 19:51

Scholar Carlos A. González tells the story of a poem about monsters from Brittany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Unseen Kingdom, France & Cambodia with Dr. Matthew Jagel 16.02.2024 40:58

Dr. Matthew Jagel discusses the colonization of Cambodia, it's place in WW2 and the decolonial struggle against France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

77 Chapter 12: The Siege of Antioch 10.02.2024 47:29

The Iron Men face their greatest challenge yet: an impregnable fortress on the way to Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Turks raise army after army to throw at the First Crusade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices