Revolutions
Revolutions is a podcast by Mike Duncan that covers the great political revolutions that have defined the modern world. Each season is a long-form narrative covering a different revolutionary epoch across three hundred years of history. The 12th season is a fictional account of the Martian Revolution of 2247, presented in the style of a historian working centuries later. The series explores the people, ideas, and events that challenged and toppled regimes, blending historical patterns with science fiction.
Episodes
Live Event in NYC Thursday May 14
Come! Tickets: https://dissentmagazine.org/blog/event-may-14-decline-and-fall-know-your-enemy-and-revolutions/ American Friction Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShzWu5cK8SM13
Frauncis Tavern July 5, Patreon Q&A July 14
Frauncis Tavern tickets CLICK HERE Patreon: Patreon.com/revolution Merch: Cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.29-Liberty, Equality, Humanity
The End. Patreon: patreon.com/mikeduncan Get All Your Martian Revolution Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.28-Bloody Sunset
You all knew this was coming Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions
11.27-The Revolutionary Underground
Come and get us. Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions
11.26-The Invasion of Mars
In January 2252 Omnicorp returned to Mars. And they were not messing around. Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions
11.25-The Disaster
It was quite a disaster
11.24-The Trial of the Earthworms
No True Martian Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.23-The Trial of the Earthlings
Earth or Death Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan NYC Live Reading Eventbrite Link
11.22-Leopold's Leviathan
It's not as ominous as it sounds. Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.21-The Republic of Mars
Mars was about to become a thing of the people. If they can even be considered people. Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.20-The Battle of Phobos
Enter Booth Gonzalez Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.19-The Independence Days
Or is it the Independence Weeks? Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.18-The Gemini Vids
It's a faaaaaaaaaake Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.17-Opposites Repel
Operations: Parallel. Objectives: Perpendicular Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan Sponsor: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code REVOLUTIONS at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/revolutions
11.16-Mars Autonomous
Mars was finally for the Martians. Basically. Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.15-The Agreement of 2248
Isn't it great when everyone is in agreement? Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.14-The Mutual Blockade
When both kids take their balls and go home. Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.13-The Next Three Days
It was a week where decades happen. Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.12-The Mutiny of the Spaceshippers
After the Three Days of Red, the Martians made some new friends. Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.11-The Three Days of Red
Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan Sponser: betterhelp.com/revolutions
11.10-Red Justice Red Freedom
Who is dependent on whom? Pateon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.9- Too Little Too Late
When you have to make a change, it's important to wait too long... Pateon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.8- Bloody Sunrise
If people rise up, they must be put down... Pateon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.7- The Annulment of Contracts
Why make things better when you can make things worse? Pateon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.6- The Day of Batteries
Sometimes you just gotta throw something Pateon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.5- The New Protocols
After becoming CEO of Omnicorps, Timothy Werner rolled out the New Protocols. It did not go well.
11.4- The Election of 2244
Mars wanted a voice. Then they learned no one was listening.
11.3- The Martian Way
It's springtime for the Martian people Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch Store: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan
11.2- In With the Old
What do you want to do? Live forever?
11.1- The Colonization of Mars
Sometimes you have to look to heaven for salvation.
11.0- Welcome to the Martian Revolution
A revolution on Mars??? A revolution on Mars!
Final Episode- Adieu Mes Amis
If you wanna drop a tip on your way out the door, Click Here To Donate. See you on the other side my friends.
Appendix 12- Coming Full Circle One Last Time
The revolution has revolved.
Appendix 11- Meet the New Boss
Not necessarily the same as the old boss...
Appendix 10- The Revolution Devours Its Children
Somebody is getting eaten. Just depends who.
Appendix 9- The Second Wave
Surfs up, it's a radical wave.
Appendix 8- Wars Both Foreign and Domestic
Nothing lets slip the dogs of war like a Revolution.
Appendix 7- The Entropy of Victory
The enemy of my enemy was my friend. Upcoming live events! Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur Oct. 27 Washington DC @ Lisner Auditorium Oct. 29 Newark NJ @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Appendix 6- Victory And Defeat
Every victory implies a defeat. Every defeat implies a victory. Upcoming live events! Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur Oct. 27 Washington DC @ Lisner Auditorium Oct. 29 Newark NJ @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Appendix 5- The Triggers
[insert obligatory joke about being triggered] Upcoming live events! Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur Oct. 27 Washington DC @ Lisner Auditorium Oct. 29 Newark NJ @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Appendix 4- Shocks To The System
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way... For tickets to the October dates: Oct. 3 Austin TX @ Paramount Theater Oct. 4 San Francisco @ Palace of Fine Arts Oct. 5 Seattle @ Town Hall Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur Oct. 27 Washington DC @ Lisner Auditorium Oct. 29 Newark NJ @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Appendix 3- From Equilibrium to Disequilibrium
Probably wouldn't be a revolution if everything just kept on being cool and stable. For tickets to the October dates: Oct. 3 Austin TX @ Paramount Theater Oct. 4 San Francisco @ Palace of Fine Arts Oct. 5 Seattle @ Town Hall Oct. 25 Chicago @ Vic Theater Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur Oct. 27 Washington DC @ Lisner Auditorium Oct. 29 Newark NJ @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Appendix 2- The Ancien Regime
For tickets to the October dates: Oct. 3 Austin TX @ Paramount Theater Oct. 4 San Francisco @ Palace of Fine Arts Oct. 5 Seattle @ Town Hall Oct. 25 Chicago @ Vic Theater Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur Oct. 27 Washington DC @ Lisner Auditorium Oct. 29 Newark NJ @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Appendix 1- Coming Full Circle
The word revolution means coming full circle, so it seems like the best way to begin the end. Tour dates and links: Sept. 6 Madison -- Mystery to Me Sept. 7 Chicago -- Seminary Co-Op Sept. 8 Portland -- Powell's Books Sept. 9 Seattle -- Elliott Bay Book Company Sept. 12 Boulder -- Boulder Book Store Sept. 13 Denver -- Tattered Cover (Aspen Grove) Sept. 14 Dallas -- Interrobang Books Sept. 15
Hero of Two Worlds Bonus Excerpt
Please enjoy this chapter about Lafayette's tour of America on the eve of my own tour of America. Tour dates and links: Sept. 6 Madison -- Mystery to Me Sept. 7 Chicago -- Seminary Co-Op Sept. 8 Portland -- Powell's Books Sept. 9 Seattle -- Elliott Bay Book Company Sept. 12 Boulder -- Boulder Book Store Sept. 13 Denver -- Tattered Cover (Aspen Grove) Sept. 14 Dallas -- Interrobang Books Sept.
Hero of Two Worlds Pilot Script
Please enjoy this one-man table read of the pilot script I've been writing for a proposed TV series based on Hero of Two Worlds. ---- For all the details on the paperback tour in September click here: bit.ly/mikeduncantour For tickets to the October dates: Oct. 3 Austin TX @ Paramount Theater Oct. 4 San Francisco @ Palace of Fine Arts Oct. 5 Seattle @ Town Hall Oct. 25 Chicago @ Vic Theater Oct. 2
October Events! Tickets on Sale!
Oct. 3 Austin TX @ Paramount Theater Oct. 4 San Francisco @ Palace of Fine Arts Oct. 5 Seattle @ Town Hall --- Oct. 25 Chicago @ Vic Theater Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur Oct. 27 Washington DC @ Lisner Auditorium Oct. 29 Newark NJ @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Speaking Tour! Live and in person!
For all the details on the paperback tour click here: bit.ly/mikeduncantour More info on the October speaking performances as soon as we have firm dates/times/tickets.
10.103- The Final Chapter
See you on the other side.
10.102- Dizzy WIth Success
So dizzy. So much success.
10.101- The United Oppositon
To be in power, or not to be in power, that is the question...
10.100- History Never Ends
After one hundred episodes, you might agree!
10.99- The Testament
It's a faaaaaaaaaaaaaaake.
10.98- The Union of Soviet Socialst Republics
Forward in the USSR
10.97- The Trial of the SRs
There's no business like show business.
10.96- Starving To Death
You know we're covering an upbeat period of history when the title of the episode is "Starving To Death"
10.95- Russian Empire Soviet Empire
Tbh, it's bit like one of those "circle five differences in these two pictures that otherwise seem identical" games.
10.94- The New Policies
When the old policies aren't working...try new policies!
10.93- The Kronstadt Rebellion
Poetically, or ominously, coinciding with the 50th Anniversary of the Paris Commune...
10.92- Long Live the Bolsheviks Death to the Communists
[Insert Spider-Man meme here]
10.91- The Battle of Warsaw
So close yet so far away.
10.90- The Polish Soviet War
Why stop fighting when you can keep fighting?
10.89- The Collapse of the Whites
Spoiler Alert in the title.
10.88- The Moscow Directive
To Moscow!
10.87- Anarchy in Ukraine
Nestor Makhno thy time has come. Sponsors DrinkTrade.com/revolutions Ritual.com/revolutions
10.86- The Communist Soviets
All power to the Soviets!* *The Communist Party --------------------- APRIL 30, 2022: Live Performance at Coletivo in Milwaukee.
10.85- The German Revolution
There *was* a revolution in Germany. But it wasn't like the revolution in Russia. Sponsors: Harrys.com/revolutions BetterHelp.com/revolutions
10.84- The End of the World
The end of WWI was a pretty big deal all things considered. Sponsors: Audible.com/revolutions DrinkTrade.com/revolutions GreenChef.com/revolutions130
10.83- Terror Is Necessary
But is it though? sponsor: ritual.com/REVOLUTIONS
10.82- The House of Special Purpose
Time to tie up some loose ends.
10.81- The Revolt of the Left SRs
Hey it was worth a shot. Well, actually, probably not. Register for digital book talk with me and Jonathan Katz on his new book: Gangsters of Capitalism Jan 18 w/ Politics and Prose.
10.80- The Revolt of the Czechoslovak Legion
Time to play the wild card.
10.79- Reds and Whites
Time to head into the final lap...
10.78- Neither War Nor Peace
What's better than war and peace? Neither war nor peace!
10.77- Brest Litovsk
Dance dance revolution.
10.76- Liberty or Victory
Can anyone guess which one Lenin and the Bolsheviks will choose?
10.75- The People's Commissars
The Bolsheviks caught the car. Now they had to figure out what to do with it.
10.74- The Great October Socialist Revolution
We made it.
10.73- Zeno's Revolution
Wherein we keep moving toward the October Revolution by progressing halfway to halfway to halfway to halfway... Link: Event w/ Dr. Faith Hillis for her book Utopia's Discontents.
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