The History Nut

The History Nut Podcast

History EN ↓ 31 episodes

Hello and welcome to the History Nut podcast. This podcast was originally intended as a revision aid for students studying A Level History, with a specific focus on the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich. As well as providing detailed explorations of some of the most important chapters in our History, I will also embark on a journey into the lesser known corners of our past. Expect big turning points and the minutiae of everyday life in a podcast series which aims to provide a gateway for all to our shared human past. Speaker-RhysProducer- Sam and TobyMusic-Sam

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The Weimar Republic-Rejection, Destitution and Defeat-Episode 5 04.07.2025 42:39

The image of Hitler that was carved out by Goebbels' propaganda machine encouraged visions of heroic leadership underpinned by historical inevitability. Hitler's early life and the hard years as a down and out in Vienna, however, tell a different story of the man who would become leader of the Third Reich. Speaker-Rhys Producers-Sam and Toby Music-Sam

The Weimar Republic-1923 Year of Crisis-Episode 4 04.07.2025 49:02

1923 was a watershed moment in the early years of the WR. The Republic had shown remarkable resilience in the early years of political upheaval by thwarting two attempted putsches, but it was now to face its gravest crisis to date. As the value of the mark collapsed it threatened to destroy the financial stability and social status of the middle class, who by now were the only guarantors of the Re...

The Weimar Republic-The Enemy Stands On The Right-Episode 3 04.07.2025 27:30

The so-called 'German Revolution' of 1918-19 was not really a revolution at all. The institutions, personnel and ideas of the old conservative order remained. Weimar was, in the words of historian Richard J Evans, 'born with a hole in its heart'. Isolated and lacking support it was swiftly becoming a 'Republic without Republicans'. Its greatest enemies were not without, bu...

The Weimar Republic-Death rather than Slavery-Episode 2 01.07.2025 33:12

Ebert must have felt confident that his pact with Gröner in January 1919, which had successfully crushed the Spartacist Uprising, had afforded him the political space to build the new Republic. Not long after however, in the Palace of Versailles, the victorious delegates were preparing to deliver their peace terms to the German government. The Treaty of Versailles, presented on 28 June 1919, would...

The Weimar Republic-The Road to Democracy-Episode 1 01.07.2025 52:01

Germany’s defeat in November 1918 was a watershed moment. As most citizens reeled from the news of military collapse, others acted swiftly to bring about a radical transformation of German political life. The abdication of the Kaiser had opened the door to change, but the road to democracy was anything about smooth. Speaker-Rhys Producers-Sam and Toby Music-Sam

Welcome to 'The History Nut Podcast' 01.07.2025 3:04

Welcome to 'The History Nut Podcast' Still not too sure what we're all about? Listen to this introduction to the podcast to find out! You'll meet the History Nut team, discover our interests and find yourself completely captivated. So get comfy, turn up the volume and relax. Because in a world that forgets its past, the future tends to repeat it. Welcome to, ‘The History Nut Podcas...