La Fayette, We Are Here!
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La Fayette, We Are Here!
French history podcast, by a Frenchman. Learn all about France's history: Charlemagne, The Hundred Years’ War, Jeanne d’Arc, New France, Louis XIV, the Révolution, Napoléon and much more! Artwork by Lucia Ceta.
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Volney’s Vision: The Ruins of Empires in Our Time. With Thomas C. Williams
Thomas C. Williams is an American author and historian living in France since 1989. A former U.S. Embassy staffer, he is a leading expert on Volney an...
The 1830 Revolution. Barricades in Paris!
In July 1830, Paris erupted. For three days, workers, students, and veterans rose against royal ordinances that trampled the Charter of 1814. Barricad...
Antoine Lavoisier - A Savant at the Scaffold
If you weren't sleeping through your chemistry classes in high school, you probably heard the phrase "Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything...
The French Résistance - Refusing Defeat & Occupation
The story of the Résistance is the story of ordinary men and women rising to the occasion. Risking everything to fight oppression, to defend their hom...
Bonus - The Raft of the Medusa Part II - From Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs
This is part II of our episode swap on The Raft of the Medusa from the great podcast Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs by Rich Napolitano. Enjoy this bonus epis...
Gaby & Robert Casadesus - With Thérèse Casadesus Rawson
In this very special episode, we interview Thérèse Casadesus Rawson, daughter of the renowned French pianists Robert and Gaby Casadesus. The occasion...
Bonus - The Raft of the Medusa Part I - From Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs
We have something special for today, an episode swap! Coming straight from the great podcast Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs by Rich Napolitano, I give you th...
Marie-Antoinette & Louis XVII - The Cursed Family. With Charles MacKay
Charles MacKay, PhD, former university history professor at Morehead State University and West Virginia University joins us to discuss Queen Marie-Ant...
The Five French Republics - From Revolution to Evolution
We will traverse the peaks and valleys of five republics, each reflecting France’s evolving spirit and struggles. From revolutionary fervour to imperi...
La Fayette's USA Tour of 1824 - The Hero Returns. With Elizabeth Reese.
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of La Fayette's grand tour of the USA in 1824, we have a special episode featuring guest Elizabeth Reese. Elizabe...
Jules Verne - France's Great Adventure
Music: Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs, composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully, arranged and performed by Jérôme Arfouche.
Artwork: Jules Ver...
The French Wars of Religion - Faith in Destruction
On one side, the Catholic majority, unwavering in their devotion to Rome. On the other, the Huguenots, French Protestants inspired by the teachings of...
Napoléon : the Man and his Books, with Louis Sarkozy
When we talk about Napoléon, we often talk about battles or politics, but we don't talk nearly enough about the man. Some dismiss him as a proto-Hitle...
Camille Saint-Saëns and France's Music
We often see history as a succession of dates, events, wars and political machinations. But we should not forget that history is also forged by cultur...
The First World War. The French Experience
For France, the Great War is a serious and deep wound that she partially inflicted on herself. It is painful and has never fully healed. It is somethi...
Nathanael Greene and La Fayette, Partners in Freedom. With Salina B. Baker.
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The Dreyfus Affair. France's Shame
Liberté, égalité, fraternité. This is the French Republic’s motto. Liberty and equality are also in the first article of the "Declaration of the Right...
The Seven Years' War. The Great French Disaster
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Richelieu and Louis XIII, France’s Dynamic Duo?
King Louis XIII and the Cardinal de Richelieu. These two men are quite important and deserve to be better known. The Cardinal is probably the most kno...
Nouvelle-France, the French in North America
The Nouvelle France (New France) is the French colonization of North America. And by this I mean North America, not just Canada. Over a couple of cent...
François I, King of the Renaissance
We delve into the life and reign of King François I (Francis the First), who ruled France from 1515 to 1547. Despite facing significant challenges and...
De Gaulle, JFK and the New World Order with Sean J. McLaughlin
In this special episode, I am joined by Sean J. McLaughlin, historian specialized on the relationship between Charles de Gaulle and John Fitzgerald Ke...
French Indochina, from Imperial Jewel to Hell on Earth
"The pearl of the Empire", that's how the French described their colony of Indochina, comprised of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. They took over control...
Napoleonic Discussion with Very Special Guests
In this very special episode, I am joined by a coalition of Napoleonic experts to discuss this fascinating period of history and its legacy. We cover...
Charles de Gaulle, Tales of Grandeur
Charles de Gaulle, the famous general who led the French Resistance during the Second World war before becoming President and the father of the curren...
The Fall of France of 1940, German Victory or French Defeat?
The Fall of France of 1940, the famous military campaign that saw France being conquered by the German army in a few weeks. This subject is one of the...
Napoléon Part II - From Paris to Saint Helena
December 2nd 1804, Napoléon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of the French. Over the next decade, he will keep reforming and modernizing France, but he wi...
Napoléon Part I - From Corsica to Paris
Napoléon Bonaparte doesn't really need an introduction. He's the most famous Frenchman ever. He's had more books written about him than any other pers...
The French Revolution, a Worldwide Tremor
The French Revolution shook the world from 1789 to 1799 and completely transformed modern European societies. By ricochet, it transformed the whole wo...
Aliénor d’Aquitaine, Queen of France and of England
Of the millions of people who are born every year during the Middle Ages, an extremely small number are what we call “blue bloods”, members of the nob...
The Hundred Years’ War, Death by all Means - Part Two
This part-two of a two-part episode on the Hundred Years' War. I encourage you to listen to the previous episode if you haven't already done so.
The Hundred Years’ War, Death by all Means - Part One
The Hundred Years' War or la guerre de Cent Ans in French. That enormous conflict, or series of conflicts actually, ravaged France from 1337 to 1453.<...
Vikings and Franks, with Christophe Adrien
Vikings in France. Here's an often ignored topic for historical discussion. In this special episode, we try to remedy to that situation. I say "we" be...
Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Roman Emperor
Charlemagne is one of the most important figures of the Middle Ages. He ruled from 768 to 814 as king of the Franks, and became Roman Emperor in 800....
Voltaire in Prussia, with Alec Avdakov
In this special episode, we travel outside of France, to Prussia, guided by Alec Avdakov from the podcast "The Life and Times of Frederick the Great"....
The French Enlightenment: Les Lumières
We live in an enlightened world. We owe a lot to the men and women of the XVIIIth century and what they gave us. During this period, all over Europe,...
Louis XIV, The Sun King
Probably the most famous French monarch, Louis XIV left a deep mark on France and Europe. Over his 72-year reign, from 1643 to 1715, he accomplished...
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870, rehearsal for the World Wars
The Franco-Prussian war of 1870 is an important but often neglected conflict. Most people don't even know about it. In America, even history fans go...
An Overview of All French History
For our second episode, we are taking a grand Tour de France. This is a complete overview of France's 20 centuries long history. It is not exhaustive,...
The Marquis de La Fayette, American Hero
On our first episode, we get to meet the man himself, La Fayette. His importance, his actions in America during the War of Independence, as well as in...