Revolutions

Season 12 premiered October 20, 2024 – a nonfictional account of The Martian Revolution of 2247. Mike Duncan is taking everything he's learned from 12 seasons of historical revolutions - the repeating arcs, characters, ideas, events, and patterns which all revolutions seem to follow - and created a fictional history of the Martian Revolution of 2247. The series is written from the point of view of a historian working hundreds of years after the Martian Revolution and will be presented in the style and format of previous seasons of Revolutions. It will look, sound, and feel like a Mike Duncan history podcast…but will instead be a fictional narrative of a gripping science-fiction epic. Revolutions is a podcast that covers the great political revolutions that have defined the modern world. Each season is a long-form narrative covering a different defining revolutionary epoch across three hundred years of history. It explores in great detail the people, ideas, and events that challenged and toppled outdated regimes and replaced them with new governments. After more than 350 episodes over ten seasons of narrative nonfiction, the 12th season is a fictional account of the Martian Revolution of 2247. *BREAKING NEWS* In the fall of 2025, the Revolutions podcast will return to its roots by diving into the great revolutions of the 20th century. The new run of episodes begins with the story of Irish Independence, a dramatic upheaval in the wake of WWI that saw Ireland free itself from centuries of English rule. Full of inspiring personalities, tragic events, and thrilling triumphs, Irish Independence is one of the most gripping events in revolutionary history. Future seasons will plunge ahead through the turbulent 20th century, and include the Spanish Civil War, the Cuban Revolution, and the Algerian War of Independence.
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A Revolution in the Revolutions Regime
6 days ago
Fabled history podcaster Mike Duncan returns after a loooong hiatus with a season of Revolutions that is itself a revolution against his own podcast, tossing out the ancien regime of actual history for an interlude of science fiction. Like perhaps all good science fiction, the series holds up a mirror to our own world, as he gets to develop his own synthesis of the core elements of the revolutions in his series. Some of them are incredibly obvious, but the parallels to historical revolutions are rampant enough to make me hope for a postscript where Duncan explicitly states which points influenced each episode. Or maybe that would kill the concept? No, I think I want to see that….
Interesting pivot
Feb 10
I have listened to all of history of Rome and prior seasons of Revolutions. I’m impressed by the pivot to sci-fi faux history which has really had me enraptured. If you ever thought the boardgame terraforming mars would make a great story then you’ll love the most recent season of this podcast.
All things Duncan!
Jan 28
I’ve listened to The History of Rome three times. All of Revolutions twice. And now to Mars! I love all of it. If I’m to criticize anything, it would be an ignorance of physics only too evident in the Mars story - but no worries, Mike. Though I wince at “neutron guns”, I’m all in. Indeed, I admire your willingness to use your usual format in the service of speculative fiction. Pretty freakin’ cool.
Dumb Mars show
Feb 4
This Mars thing is utterly ridiculous. It’s boring, makes no sense, and is a waste of time. You should really go back to actual history where your show was good.
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