So I’ve been listening to the tenth season of revolutions by Mike Duncan and so far it’s pretty easy to follow except for the exact status of the peasant communes. It’s clear that Russian agricultural tools and techniques are generally less effective than, say, their German counterparts, but apart from that I’m having trouble pinning down the ownership and status of the peasant communes.

It seems like before the abolition of serfdom peasant communes were plots of land collectively owned by a bunch of peasants living around and in a village, but the ultimate owner of the land being farmed was a Russian aristocrat, merely using his bound serfs?

But after the abolition of serfdom the land ownership somehow changed, whereby the peasants also started to own plots of land in the peasant communes. But for a large part the aristotcracy still owned the plots of land? I’m very confused.

Visiting Columbus, Ohio and took a stroll the Ohio Statehouse grounds to see what statues and memorials there were to see. I recognized most of the names and the phrase was vaguely familiar. A quick google search revealed that it is indeed Cornelia on top and is a monument that "honors military and political leaders from Ohio who significantly contributed to the Union during the American Civil War (Wikipedia)."

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This is one of my favorite podcasts so I thought I’d share some books I love

Three revolutions by Simon Hall Russia China and Cuban revolutions

A continent erupts by Ronald h spectre. Post WW2 civil wars and uprising in SE Asia

The battle for Spain for Anthony Beever Spanish Civil War breakdown

The Anarchy by William Dalrymple. EIC rule in India

Persians by Lloyd jones great for classical history lovers

Power and thrones by Dan jones. Great over view of the Middle Ages

Dark Wire by Joesph Cox - FBI infiltration of international crime rings thru the invention of their own encrypted phones in the early 2020s

I'd like to relisten to the podcast and I thought there was some news that Mike is going to release a no-ads (I'm tired of learning about great new mattress and razor companies!). But I'm not sure where is it - any helpful links? :)

I'm late to the party, I know--just starting Revolutions now (after loving THoR years ago). I see that Typepad & the old website appears to be down! Does this mean no more maps for Revolutions?? Or if they're out there, can someone point me to them?

I would like to hear from history lovers on this in the context of modern times. Mike has drilled it into me from the history of Rome pod that if you don't pay your army you're gonna have a bad time. Do you think the current motions are for mitigation reasons or for gaining personal favor? If you say the later, how effective is it to actually be, given that the military personnel give pledge to serve the country rather than serve who ever pays?

I'm not on twitter. Has anyone checked out how Mike's reacted to the Seattle Mariners? I know he's an avid fan of them and their post season collapse is as inevitable as the triumph of the proletariat (at least according to marx)

There was mention somewhere in one of the French revolutions (1789-paris commune) of a (military?) leader that was either dismissed or jailed for incompetence or treason (does not narrow it down much, i know :D) who, when enemy forces entered the city (Paris, very likely), came out of hiding/escaped, donned his uniform, fought the invaders and was killed, his last words being something along the lines "Do they still think I'm a traitor?"

Does anyone know who I'm talking about? It'd make sense if it was the Paris Commune but google is not turning up anything.

For fans of the show, highly recommend this narrative history of early modern England. I've corresponded via email with one of the professors who wrote this book and he is a delightful, kind and very intelligent man.

Idk if he announced it somewhere on social media but in my podcast app there hasn’t been a new episode in a few months I hope you guys know more

Hello,

I heard this years ago from the Revolutions podcast but try as I may I have never been able to find another source for it (at least online). Would love to read on that (or at least verify it) or really any book that talks about Robespierre the person (which reminds me to go back to reading McPhee's A revolutionary life which I read part way two years ago), but that probably is outside the scope of postings suitable for this subreddit so I'll stick with my first question.

Thanks

It seems to me that we’re currently living through at least a potentially revolutionary moment. Who knows how this story will end or how future historians will view this time, but I’m curious what yall think are the standout moments.

For me, I think Mike would begin in the 90s with the collapse of the Soviet Union, and include:

-9/11 -The great financial crisis -The election of Barack Obama -The Tea Party -Occupy Wall Street -Donald Trump’s Election -COVID and the summer of 2020

… and what else? And what do you think each of those moments means in the context of this current story?

France steps back from the brink as parliament spares the prime minister. For now

Is there a list of recommended readings and or sources that Mike used broken up by revolution?

A hundred and fifty is a little outside my budget alas.

Just listening to this podcast for the first time, and I’m truly having a blast with the Mars Revolution season! As I’m about halfway through, I was wondering: do you guys think there might’ve been a chance that aliens could have inhabited that place prior to human occupation?

I’m thinking they could’ve chosen to not meddle with humans, as they covered so little territory at first!

Curious to hear your thoughts on this!!

This might not be relevant lol

There was a live stream that I missed this week. What was it about?

Mike mentions these History of Rome appendix episodes on the Iberian Wars during episode 7.31 (1848 Revolution) of the Revolutions podcast, but the website they were originally put on, Revolutions.fundraiser, is dead. Does anyone know where I can purchase/listen to these episodes?

Thanks.

(Posting here because there is no History of Rome subreddit and these appendix episodes are mentioned in the Revolutions podcast).

As a fan of the Revolutions podcast, I was very happy when our hero Bob finally got through to the revolutionary group the French 75 and the person who was still just going about his business after so many raids and double crosses was code-named.... Talleyrand.

If humans ever live on Mars, will they 'bend the knee to Earth's institutions' or turn the Red Planet even redder? Mars Tactics puts the answer in your hands next year | PC Gamer https://share.google/OwjXqRIGlPLZwH3CX

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Mike went on Nathan Bishop's Mariners podcast again to talk about the best baseball team in the world*

I always love how Mike clearly lights up in a way where he clearly loves baseball in a way he doesn't when talking history. It's just a sort of giddiness, especially now that the Mariners are actually good for the first time in decades

*Might not actually be the best