The French History Podcast

Episódios

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  Sacred Betrayal: The Catholic Church & French Jewry in WW2 with Dr. Aliza Luft 15.08.2026 50min

  Dr. Aliza Luft discusses how high-ranking leaders in the French Catholic Church abandoned Jews during their hour of need during World War 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  94: La Ville Rose 09.08.2026 50min

  We're talking all about one of France's greatest cities: Toulouse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Maginot Line Reevaluated with Dr. Kevin Passmore 31.07.2026 49min

  Was the Maginot Line a colossal failure or an unappreciated work of genius? Dr. Kevin Passmore breaks down its history and its role in France's strange defeat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  93: The Republic of Toulouse 24.07.2026 29min

  Toulouse dominates Occitania but who will control Toulouse? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Naming the Guillotine with Drs. Paolo Aversa & Paul Gouvard 17.07.2026 1h 36min

  Why is France's head-chopping machine named after someone who didn't invent or use it? Find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Make America French Again with Dr. Scott Carpenter 10.07.2026 39min

  Dr. Scott Carpenter talks about the historic Franco-American connections & why we should Make America French Again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  92: Countesses and Queens 07.07.2026 26min

  We cover a number of great ladies of medieval Occitania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Jewish Women & the Memory of the Holocaust with Dr. Ashley Valanzola 26.06.2026 44min

  Dr. Ashley Valanzola discusses how seven women's experiences in the Holocaust and its commemoration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Civilizing Germany? The French Occupation of Germany with Dr. Drew Flanagan 21.06.2026 48min

  Did France 'civilize' Germany after WW2? Many French leaders certainly tried and Dr. Drew Flanagan talks all about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  91: Occitan Society 20.06.2026 39min

  All about life in sunny Occitania before the Albigensian Crusade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Working together: Spain & France in the American Revolutionary War with James Giesler 13.06.2026 22min

  Author James Giesler talks about Francisco de Saavedra, the man who coordinated Spain and France's joint war efforts in the American Revolutionary War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  From Public Execution to Penal Modernity by Wyatt Wiggins 13.06.2026 28min

  The end of our series on violent punishment in early modern France and its empire by Wyatt Wiggins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Empire’s Edge- Exporting Pain to Colonial Spaces by Wyatt Wiggins 09.06.2026 31min

  Wyatt Wiggins explores punishment and power in the French Empire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  How Punishment Changes (And Stays The Same) by Wyatt Wiggins 29.05.2026 26min

  The power of the state in the time of Revolution and Empire by Wyatt Wiggins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  90: Occitania’s Heartland 27.05.2026 54min

  Occitania: the land of courtly love, sun and poetry, before its ruin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  France on the High Seas with Dr.s Christopher Hodson & Brett Rushforth 19.05.2026 1h 27min

  Dr.s Christopher Hodson & Brett Rushforth discuss their magnum opus which took them 15 years to write: the history of French conquerors, explorers, adventurers & pirates on the high seas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Women Talking: Advice Columnists in 20th century France with Dr. Sarah Fishman 09.05.2026 47min

  Dr. Sarah Fishman discusses two popular women columnists who reshaped French society in the 1950s-onward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Assassinating a King in Marseille, 1934 with Dr. Chris Millington 02.05.2026 43min

  Dr. Chris Millington talks all about how Eastern European terrorists asssassinated the King of Yugoslavia in 1934 Marseille. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Burning Flesh in the French Empire by Wyatt Wiggins 24.04.2026 24min

  Wyatt Wiggins talks about how French imperial agents branded human beings as a demonstration of power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Becoming a Terrorist with Dr. Jeff Horn 18.04.2026 1h 8min

  Dr. Jeff Horn talks about how a young idealist spread The Terror in Revolutionary France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices