369 episodes
The History of the Twentieth Century Mark Painter
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4.5 • 19 Ratings
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A chronicle of the history of the twentieth century, including art, music, popular culture, science, religion, and, of course, politics and war.
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Nazism Unleashed.
When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, it freed the Nazis from having to worry about international opinion. Hitler and his followers could now do as they pleased.
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The Winter War
With the other Great Powers involved in their own wars, Stalin and the USSR are now free to claim the territories Germany granted to their "sphere of influence."
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The Calm Before the Storm
Adolf Hitler wanted to attack in the west immediately after the fall of Poland, but unfavorable weather kept postponing the offensive. Then a copy of the plan fell into Allied hands.
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Winston Is Back!
In the final year before the war began, Winston Churchill's denunciations of Nazi Germany began to seem prescient, but Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain fiercely resisted calls to invite Churchill into the Cabinet until war came. Then Churchill became First Lord of the Admiralty, for the second time in his career.
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Operation Weserübung
Improbably, the nation of Norway finds itself the front line of the Second World War.
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Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat
The Allied debacle in Norway sparked a revolt in the British Parliament against the Chamberlain government's conduct of the war.
Customer Reviews
It accomplished something important
I now hum “There Will Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight” incessantly and aggressively
Marvellous!
The scope is incredible and the 20th century comes to life in this simple, colourful and very well told story. The attention to details helps build a vivid image and becomes lively rather than overwhelming. Even when the author leaves on a tangent you can only follow.
An epic history of the Twentieth Century
Mark Painter’s History of the Twentieth Century is an epic podcast. Not in terms of the production itself (which is old school and simply consists of a narrative interrupted by one piece of music per episode), but in terms of the substance.
What makes the program fantastic is the level of detail offered, the scope of the analyses (which cover everything from cultural to political, scientific and military affairs), and not least the insightful analyses of complex historical issues.
Mark Painter simply does a brilliant job covering as diverse themes as the history of flight, Russian ballet, Belgian exploitation of Congo and the outbreak of the Great War. He does so with wit, thoroughness and humanism.
I have listened to 100 episodes so far and I have made it from 1900 to 1915. I cannot wait for the next 400 or so episodes :)