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Western Civ

A fast-moving history of the western world from the ancient world to the present day. Examine how the emergence of the western world as a global dominant power was not something that should ever have been taken for granted. This podcast traces the development of western civilization starting in the ancient Near East, through Greece and Rome, past the collapse of the Western Roman Empire into the Dark Ages, and then follows European and, ultimately, American history as the western world moved into a

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47:58

Episode 332: The Spanish Juggernaut

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2025/01/24

Spain was truly a world empire by the opening of the Thirty Years War in 1618. While it was not without weaknesses, it was perceived as being the most dominant European power of the early modern period. WebsiteWestern Civ 2.0

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50:12

Lawless Republic: The Rise of Cicero and the Decline...

Western Civ ·

2025/01/21

Today I interview historian Josiah Osgood and we discuss his latest book: Lawless Republic: The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome. In its final decades, the Roman Republic was engulfed by a crime wave. An epidemic of extortions, murders, and acts of insurrection tested the court system’s capacity to maintain order. As case after case filled the docket, an ambitious young lawyer named Cicero seized every opportunity to litigate, forging a reputation as a master debater with a bright future in

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45:32

Intent to Destroy: Russia’s Two-Hundred-Year Quest to...

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2025/01/20

Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. And yet, to Ukrainians, this attack was painfully familiar, the latest episode in a centuries-long Russian campaign to divide and oppress Ukraine. In Intent to Destroy, political scientist Eugene Finkel uncovers these deep roots of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Ukraine is a key borderland between Russia and the West, and, following the rise of Russian nationalism in the nineteenth century, dominating Ukraine became the cornerstone

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45:06

Episode 331: And the Ottomans...

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2025/01/17

The Thirty Years War might not have happened had the Habsburg monarchy been stronger. But a series of internal and external conflicts beginning in the late sixteenth century begin to change that dynamic for the worse. WebsitePatreon Support

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39:00

Episode 330: House Austria

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2025/01/10

One simply cannot understand the Thirty Years War without first digesting the Austrian Habsburgs. Today, we tell that story.WebsiteWestern Civ 2.0 Free Trial

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27:23

Episode 329: The Religions of the Empire

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2025/01/03

Today, I cover the convergence of faiths in the Holy Roman Empire that will, to an extent, drive the conflict of the Thirty Years War: Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Calvinism. WebsitePatreon Support/Western Civ 2.0

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27:42

Episode 328: The Empire

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2024/12/27

As we begin the Thirty Years War, I back up a bit and explore the structure of the Holy Roman Empire.WebsiteWestern Civ 2.0 Free Trial

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57:31

Early Modern Overview Four: Religion, Economics, and...

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2024/12/20

As you can imagine, much changed in European economic life and technology between 1450 and 1650. Here I cover many of the most relevant transformations that would alter European life in the Early Modern Period.WebsiteWestern Civ 2.0

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41:58

Early Modern Overview Three: Politics and Culture

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2024/12/13

In this episode, we discuss major political and cultural changes in Early Modern Europe.WebsiteWestern Civ 2.0

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37:01

Early Modern Europe Part One: 1450

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2024/11/29

We begin our overview of Early Modern Europe with a close look at the year 1450. That is the year when most textbooks begin the era. Today we explore the changes in society, the economy, politics, and technology that make the 1450 essential for understanding how far Europeans had come since the depths of the Middle Ages.WebsiteWestern Civ 2.0

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Episode 327: Ivan the Terrible (Part Four)

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2024/11/22

Ivan's reign ends as it began, with needless death and destruction. Ivan appears powerless to resist Lithuanian advances but is more than capable of murdering his son and heir. WebsiteWestern Civ 2.0 Free Trial

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35:38

Episode 326: Ivan the Terrible (Part Three)

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2024/11/15

Ivan creates a new government and takes his anger out on the citizens of Novgorod. WebsiteWestern Civ 2.0 Free Trial

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28:03

Episode 325: Ivan the Terrible (Part Two)

Western Civ ·

2024/11/08

Ivan goes on campaign against Kazan and the guardrails start coming off. WebsitePatreon Support

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33:07

Episode 324: Ivan the Terrible (Part One)

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2024/11/01

Ivan IV assumes the throne after a twelve-year regency. It does not take him long to earn his nickname. WebsiteWestern Civ 2.0

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23:48

Episode 323: Russian Review

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2024/10/25

Before we jump into Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV), let's catch up on the Rus.WebsitePatreon Support

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37:58

Episode 322: The End of James I

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2024/10/18

Charles and Buckingham go on an adventure to Spain which ends, spoiler alert, horribly. The Thirty Years War erupts in Germany. But James does not live to see it reach a fever pitch. WebsiteWestern Civ 2.0

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Episode 321: Trouble in Germany

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2024/10/11

James I desperately wanted to marry his son, Charles, to the Spanish Princess. However, when his son-in-law, Frederick of the Palatinate, becomes embroiled in what will become the Thirty Years War, that goal seems more and more distant by the minute.WebsitePatreon Support

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52:07

The Bible: A Global History

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2024/10/09

A global history of the world’s best-known and most influential book.For Christians, the Bible is a book inspired by God. Its eternal words are transmitted across the world by fallible human hands. Following Jesus’s departing instruction to go out into the world, the Bible has been a book in motion from its very beginnings, and every community it has encountered has read, heard, and seen the Bible through its own language and culture.In The Bible, Bruce Gordon tells the astounding story of the

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Episode 320: King and Parliament

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2024/10/04

The Stuart dynasty did NOT have a good relationship with the English Parliament. That begins with King James I. WebsitePatreon Support

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39:51

Aesop's Fables: A New Translation

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2024/10/01

Aesop’s fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like “The Tortoise and the Hare,” “The Dog in the Manger,” and “Sour Grapes” have captivated us for generations. The fables delight us and teach timeless truths. Aesop’s tales offer us a world fundamentally simpler to ours—one with clear good and plain evil—but nonetheless one that is marked by political nuance and literary complexity. Newly translated and annotated by renowned scholar Robin Waterfield, this

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