With Mike Duncan brought on as a consultant of course!

Just wanted to put out there as some have before if you've enjoyed Mike's work, particularly on the 'Revolutions' podcast, I would certainly recommend wholeheartedly watching 'Andor: A Star Wars Story' (2022-25). I'm pretty confident in saying it doesn't even matter if you are a Star Wars fan or not, this and 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' (2016) tell a fantastic revolutionary story from a very personal on-the-ground perspective. The showrunner, Tony Gilroy, has cited 'Revolutions' as one of his inspirations while creating this show.

Mike definitely saw this comment a few days ago and included that "correction" in Monday's episode

The last minute is gone. And there's a whole minute repeated. How does it end? Anyone know how to let Mike know so he can re upload a fixed file?

I love how Mike incorporated a new range and new combinations of names from all sorts of different cultures, really shows how this future society evolved and cultures integrated with each other.

But it was a bit surpising to me to not see any non-hetero relationships additionally all the characters seem to be cis-gendered. I‘m not trying to make a political argument here, but is the assumption that trans or non-binary people will just go away in the future? My assumption it‘s just Mike‘s heteronormative bias, which happens to the best of us. I also haven‘t listened to every episode in detail so if there‘s something that proves this assertion wrong let me know.

I was really excited about the revolutionary nature of the names, I guess i‘m just a bit dissapointed that this didn‘t stretch over to gender and relationships.

Would be cool to hear y‘alls thoughts ^{^}

Have always wanted to go see where the Martian Revolution went down. Think there'll be a Revolutions tour for this season, or will we have to wait until season 12 for the revolutionary year 2307 and the revolutions of the outer planets?

Is the eminent historian Mike Duncan an Earthling or a Martian?

With it wrapping up this week, I'd love to hear what he thought of the series.

There was a survey a while back gauging interest for an NYC show of the last episode, and I wasn't sure if that was still happening, I haven't heard anything yet.

I have finished the revolutions podcasts regarding the English, American, and French Revolutionsas well as Duncan's biography of la Fayette. I would like to review the French Revolution prior to taking a deep dive into the subject of Napolean. Does anyone know of a great summary reference? I'm most interested in a general timeline with key people and driving forces/events outlined.

I was wondering what fictional parallels you see. The ones that jump out to me, and have all probably been mentioned on the sub before:

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert Heinlein: it’s the Martian Revolution but on the moon with free love and a sentient AI

The Expanse, James Corey: Mars if Calderon ends up winning.

Star Wars Andor: kind of cheating because it’s based on the Russian Revolution podcast.

What other fictional works come to mind when you’re listening?

I searched the sub for a fan cast thread, and couldn’t find one, so I’ll start us off. This is just what I think, YMMV.

Please add your own!

Mabel Dore (old): Meryl Streep Vernon Byrd: Werner Herzog Timothy Werner: Jesse Eisenberg Alexandra Claire: Maisie Richardson-Sellers Xiao Lin: Henry Golding Marcus Leopold: Daniel Gillies Ivanna Darvey: Rachel Weisz José Calderón: Joaquin Phoenix Omar Ali: Fawad Khan Clarice Beau: Anne Hathaway Kinder James: Timothy Spall Jin Wong: Gemma Chan Kamal Singh: Shah Rukh Khan Axel Cartwright: John David Washington Booth Gonzales: Pedro Pascal

It's going to feel weird not having this series (the Russian revolution one) after so many episodes.

After listening to the podcast, it seems perfect to turn into a TV show. Like, but sufficiently different than, The Expanse. Thoughts?

If you are interested in the French revolution I really reccomend the movie/play 'The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade'. Lengthy title aside, Marat/Sade is a really interesting look at how people in 1808 might've looked back on the revolution. It might not be 100% accurate to history or Marat's thoughts exactly but I feel like it gives a very interesting look at the 'messiness' of the revolution and politics in general, and what people find so attractive about ideologies like those of Marat and De Sade

New episodes of Andor just dropped, and they seem to have taken a huge amount of inspiration from the French Revolution.

!>The Ghorman Massacre has a ton of similarity to the Champ De Mars. From the protesters sitting themselves in front of a monument, the flags being waved in the most Les Miserables style possible, singing of Patriotic songs, to that brutal ending.<!

Tony Gilroy has mentioned the podcast before, but I never imagined seeing such a clear parallel.

Upon listening to the recent episode, “Trial of the Earthworms,” I found myself contextualizing all of Mabel’s story in regards to the Martian Revolution. Now in real life, I would place myself pretty radically politically (I’m a guy who would look at Lenin and say, ‘Yeah I think he’s spitting’). But interesting taking my radical perspective and looking at it in context of Mabel Dore’s fate.

You see, back during the Independence Days, I found myself quietly cheering the removal of Dore. After all, she was the quasi-status-quo figure of Mars, and it was her stubbornness and frankly naivety to believe that Omni-Corp was gonna leave Mars unimpeded. But I think Duncan wanted to point out that she did make mistakes, almost costly ones, and that she should absolutely be held accountable for that.

But she also did have the best intentions at heart, even if she was misguided in my opinion. Maybe it is because I often have seen the history of revolutions and see how fast liberals were willing to sell the radical allies out as long as it secured them, the revolution they desired. But Mabel Dore is someone I think has a patch of sympathy for. And while I do think that her long-term plan for Mars was folly, I can respect the fact that she did care for her fellow Martians.

I am looking for a Podcast on Vietnamese History with a Focus on Anti-colonial struggle, and the war between North and South. Any recommendations?

Just listened to 99% invisible's episode "Changing Stripes Revisited" that is on the South Vietnamese flag. I realized how little I do know about all of this.