
Hanging with History
The first season focuses on the origins of the Industrial Revolution or the Great Enrichment, we go deep into history to gain enough background knowledge to actually understand the various theories of the origins of the Great Enrichment. Eventually we learn that we also need to know how the miracle was consolidated, as the many other close approaches to the Industrial Revolution failed.A kwirky style, but intellectually ambitious with the goal of understanding history well enough to understand the miracle that happened that one time. It's gonna be a long series.
Podcasting since 2020 • 180 episodes
Hanging with History
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1808 Talleyrand, Goethe and the Congress of Erfurt
Talleyrand represents a strand of the ancient regime, the old nobility that thrives and leads, right through the monstrosity and glory of Empire and the Reaction that follows. Goethe is the literary Talleyrand, the carefully controlled sp...
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Season 1
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Episode 180
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34:36

1808 Wellington, Dupont and Napoleon over the Chasm
We cover Napoleon's sneaky invasion of Spain, its preamble and Napoleon's motivations. This is followed by a look at Wellington's invasion of Portugal and the battles of Rolica and Vimeiro, which lead to the French surrender of Port...
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Season 1
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Episode 179
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47:46

1807 Napoleon's Glory Years, Part 3
This covers the 1807 Campaign in Poland and the eventual Treaty of Tilsit. This is the true apex of Napoleon's glory and possibly the happiest time of his life.Also covers Junot's 1807 Campaign in Portugal. This is notable fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 178
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36:48

1806 Napoleon's Glory Years Part 2
After Austerlitz Napoleon keeps the Grand Armee together in Central Germany.This allows him to rip up the map of Germany and redraw it to suit himself. But this attitude towards Germany leads to a number of steps including dangling...
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Season 1
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Episode 177
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47:25

1805 - 1807 Napoleon's Glory Years, Part 1
1805, Ulm and Austerlitz and the events that lead up to the War of the 3rd Coalition. These are events that reveal genius in action.This means the Pichegru and Moreau plot. The subsequent murder, or sorry, completely legal ex...
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Season 1
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Episode 176
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41:04
