"The high-water mark of America’s influence over the world has come and gone. All empires are transitory, right? If you rise, you’re inevitably going to stagnate and fall," says American political history author and podcaster @mikeduncan.bsky.social. Interview: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Was the fall of Rome this stupid? I spoke to Revolutions and History of Rome host @mikeduncan.bsky.social about the decline of empires, and the unraveling of America. Full interview at @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Fantastic chat between @mattsitman.bsky.social and @mikeduncan.bsky.social about the decline of Rome and the right's perverted efforts to map it on to today's big debates. Matt unearths some oldies but goodies. Highly illuminating all the way: know-your-enemy-1682b684.simplecast.com/episodes/how...

Truly this is one of the greatest jokes I have ever given myself and it's amazing it's still coming up 10+ years late. A gift from me to me

these are The Cal Raleigh Years

Heads up people

Marketing Dept gets to add "creator of one of Time's Hundred Greatest Podcasts of All Time" to my bio now and forever so that's pretty nifty time.com/collections/...

this is … honestly not the worst way to teach history

This is obviously abhorrent, as everything about all of this is abhorrent, but this did pop out to me because for the record it's *also* abhorrent to treat regular prisoners this way

Revolutions podcast host @mikeduncan.bsky.social gets into how stupidity leads to revolutions.

As a millennial dad, I have never felt more seen by a podcast episode than this conversation hosted by @weeklyshowpod Jon Stewart with Tony Gilroy (creator of Andor) and @mikeduncan.bsky.social, the great history podcaster whose work I’ve devoured for over a decade podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

New protocols. cc: @mikeduncan.bsky.social

It's true

Jon, @mikeduncan.bsky.social and Tony Gilroy discuss how easy it has been to convince Americans to accept our government’s worst impulses.

Jon welcomes Andor creator Tony Gilroy and Revolutions podcast host @mikeduncan.bsky.social to discuss how today’s moment reflects themes from the show and revolutions throughout history. An all-new episode of The Weekly Show is out now.

Just finished @mikeduncan.bsky.social's Martian Revolution and it is staggeringly good. Highly recommended for any fan of sci-fi, history or both Really hope we get more down the line

Me on Siecle to chatting with David about the July Revolution. Super fun! Enjoy!

Polignac such a fav

My friends! I will be in NYC at the Frauncis Tavern on July 5 at 2pm to talk about Lafayette. Come! Bring your friends! It'll be fun I promise it always is. www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/events-calen...

Just finished @mikeduncan.bsky.social History of the Martian Revolution. 29 half-hour audio episodes of a fictional retrospective on the future history of Earth and Mars, full of fascinating characters, flawed decisions, important morals. Incredible work, overall.

If you're around Madison, I curated a table of books at Leopold's. Come buy some cool books!

To me the Girondins will always be the ones who beat the drums of war which to me is when it all started going sideways. History remembers them as martyred moderates but they have a lot to answer for

There is an eviwioned trilogy of all the guys who were labeled at some point "The Hero of Two Worlds" Hero of Two Worlds (Lafayette) 2 Hero 2 Worlds (Kosciuszko) H3ro of Two Worlds (Garibaldi)

Just finished listening to this. Some of the best science fiction I have had the honor of experiencing, and some of the best usage of the podcast format. Totally brilliant!

Mike Duncan is my podcast GOAT. 'Revolutions' is an incredible work of clear vision; and takes painstaking attention and care to the actual people who lived through incredible violence and upheaval.

Mike Duncan you beautiful bastard you've done it again. It's just awe-inspiring how gracefully this series stuck it's landing. I hope this inspire more people to start writing Fictional Non-Fiction because it's such an amazing genre that not many authors have explored.

My friends! I will be in NYC at the Frauncis Tavern on July 5 at 2pm to talk about Lafayette. Come! Bring your friends! It'll be fun I promise it always is. www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/events-calen...

Did a hang with Theo Von about Roman History. Spreading the good word www.youtube.com/watch?v=RObb...

Honestly kind of in awe of this whole project. A genuine triumph of execution. Never feels like a bit. Compelling science fiction done in the style of his own history podcast. Unbelievable.

Checking in at the protests

What a strange delight this has been. Having told the story of a number of real revolutions in ultra-longform podcast format for ten seasons, Mike Duncan synthesizes the elements and style into a new, fictional revolution. It’s tremendously good, and worth your time if you like sci-fi and history.

And at last, the Martian Revolution is complete! A fantastic piece of original science fiction delivered in historic content format! Loved it from the colonization of Mars, to the Days of Red, to the Last Uprising! Well worth listening to!

@mikeduncan.bsky.social thank you for this amazing story. And especially such diverse and incredible women doing things other than falling in love and having babies. This is a beautiful tribute to incredible women throughout time. I’m gonna miss the new episodes and cherish its existence.

The history of the Martian revolution by @mikeduncan.bsky.social has been stunningly good. I was sceptical at first that it would work but decades of history podcasting in fact made it feel utterly authentic.

Didn’t expect the final episode of a series on an imagined Martian revolution to be moving. Well done, @mikeduncan.bsky.social.

Cannot recommend Mike Duncan's Martian Revolution enough. One of the best pieces of sci-fi in any medium of the last few years

Best piece of science fiction I've come across in a long time. Outstanding!

Folks. Check your feeds. It's done

Actually tomorrow. With a little luck

Hello friends! Just an FYI I'm still working on the finale. It's big and it's good but it's not done yet. I think it'll probably drop on Tuesday. Endings are tricky, wanna get it right.

This is actually insane and finally seals it for me. Im ready to say without qualification or apology that Little Big League is the greatest baseball movie of all time

re: Lowery. I fear that lots of people will worry about the loss of future work by him since he has done some damn good work. But I encourage anyone with this thought to imagine all the damn good work that has been lost already/will be lost because of what his behavior has caused for those women.

Hello friends. Latest episode of the Martian Revolution is up. Which means...we have Mars Rev Merch! cottonbureau.com/people/mike-...

I will defend the ending of BSG 😇. It's all baked in from the beginning it wasn't some out of nowhere swerve sorry to the haters

I love them both and there are reference/homages to both in the Martian Revoltuion, but imo Peak BSG is the best science TV of the 21st century

Writing complete histories of fictional sci-fi events is basically the most fun a person can have.

Public Service Announcement: Ep 11.26 of the Martian Revolution will post on Monday. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter

Apropos of nothing Lancelot Schmidt is about to come back

Hell yeah we love to see it

It's just so cool