49. The Paris Commune: France Wages War On Its Own Capital (Ep 4)
How many people were slaughtered in the street-to-street battle for Paris known as the ‘bloody week’? Why did the German Chancellor help the French government start a civil war? Who were the ‘Petroleuses’, the mythical wild-eyed working class women accused of setting the city on fire?
David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell relive the brutal final days of the Paris Commune.
Social Producer: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden
Producer: Alice Horrell
Head of History: Dom Johnson
Exec Producer: Tony Pastor
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48. The Paris Commune: Can The City Of Lights Govern Itself? (Ep 3)
How many of the radical reforms that the Paris Commune implemented in their 72 day existence influence French laws to this day? Why did the communards tear down a statue of Napoleon III and outlaw morning croissants? How did an attempt to take the Archbishop of Paris hostage backfire badly on the radicals?
Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga explore what this short-lived radical government of Paris managed to achieve.
Social Producer: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden
Producer: Alice Horrell
Head of History: Dom Johnson
Exec Producer: Tony Pastor
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47. The Paris Commune: The City That Ate Its Zoo (Ep 2)
How did pet dogs, street rats, and the zoo’s elephants make their way onto the menu of Parisian fine dining restaurants? Why did Paris feel so slighted by the national government when they surrendered to the Germans? How did defiant Parisian children and housewives defy the national guard and spark a revolution that would lead to the Paris Commune?
David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell relive the Siege of Paris and the fight for Parisian independence.
Social Producer: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden
Producer: Alice Horrell
Head of History: Dom Johnson
Exec Producer: Tony Pastor
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46. The Paris Commune: France’s Bloodiest Revolution (Ep 1)
What was the Paris Commune of 1871? How was the first German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, trying to radically reshape the map of Europe? How did the resulting Franco-Prussian war set the scene in Paris for one of the most radical political experiments of the nineteenth century?
Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga as they look at the days leading up to The Paris Commune, the working class revolution that shook the world.
Social Producer: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden
Producer: Alice Horrell
Head of History: Dom Johnson
Exec Producer: Tony Pastor
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45. The Gunpowder Plot: Why Do We Remember The Fifth Of November? (Ep 4)
How did the remaining conspirators manage to blow themselves up? Why is the defeat of the Gunpowder Plot still celebrated 400 years later? What are the parallels between this plot and the 7/7 bombings?
Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they relive how the gunpowder plotters met their grisly end.
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Social Producer: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden
Producer: Alice Horrell
Head of History: Dom Johnson
Exec Producer: Tony Pastor
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Forgotten stories from history and how they shaped the way we live today.
Hear about the ordinary people from history and the extraordinary impact they’ve had on the present. Hosted by historians David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell, Journey Through Time will show how everyday actions have the most remarkable unintended consequences that ripple through time.
From the first woman to run for President to the unknown story of how the world came to the brink of nuclear war in 1983, this podcast is for everyone, not just history lovers.
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