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Bestselling authors and historians Mike Duncan and Alexis Coe are far-flung buddies who slice through centuries with the sharpness of a guillotine. In this wide-ranging series, Duncan, best-known for The History of Rome and Revolutions, and Coe, a presidential historian and senior fellow leave no stone unturned, no sacred cow un-tipped.
From The Duncan & Coe History Show at 2024-12-19 04:30:00
Marc Bloch (DC_Bloch.mp3?dest-id=4782257)
From Nazi-fighting historian to Pantheon inductee: Bloch's legacy is anything but a strange defeat.
Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HistorianAlexisCoe
Patreon: patreon.com/duncanandcoe
Books by and about Bloch
- Carl Fink, Marc Bloch: A Life in History
- Marc Bloch, The Historian's Craft
- Marc Bloch, The Strange Defeat
- Marc Bloch, Feudal Society
From The Duncan & Coe History Show at 2024-12-12 01:27:00
FDR v. Lindbergh (DC_FDRvLindbergh.mp3?dest-id=4782257)
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Paul Sparrow, Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR's War of Words with Charles Lindbergh--And the Battle to Save Democracy
Alexis Coe, You Never Forget Your First
Mike Duncan, Hero of Two Worlds
From The Duncan & Coe History Show at 2024-12-05 15:22:00
Boss Walrus (DC_Bonus_Arthur.mp3?dest-id=4782257)
In this bonus episode, Mike convinces Alexis not to be sad about Chester A. Arthur
From The Duncan & Coe History Show at 2024-12-05 01:15:00
Gladiator II (DC_Gladiator_Final.mp3?dest-id=4782257)
Today's episode is brought to you at one (guess who) host's insistence.
From The Duncan & Coe History Show at 2024-11-27 19:38:00
Biden's Tar Pit Plunge (DC_Biden_Legacy.mp3?dest-id=4782257)
Mike asks Alexis about Biden's legacy as she steels herself for the
presidential ranking survey.
From The Duncan & Coe History Show at 2024-11-21 01:31:00
Rabbit Holes (DC_HistoricalVoyages.mp3?dest-id=4782257)
Mike is back from his brush with not-quite-death and Alexis offers him no quarter, immediately speculating on 18th-century treatments he mercifully avoided. The actual episode: Their rabbit hole tales of unwoe, from the lexical versatility of "slut" to a totally logical journey from Michael Caine to Mary Todd Lincoln.
From The Duncan & Coe History Show at 2024-11-14 03:19:00
Things Mike Duncan Isn't Dying Of... (Things_Mike_Duncan_Isnt_Dying_Of.mp3?dest-id=4782257)
In this amuse-bouche of historical schadenfreude and wild speculation about what's really keeping Mike bedridden in Wisconsin, it falls to Alexis Coe to single-handedly salvage their fledgling podcast the only way she knows how: erudition and utter nonsense.
From The Duncan & Coe History Show at 2024-11-07 03:48:00
Life On Mars (DC_Ep2_Master.mp3?dest-id=4782257)
Alexis grills Mike about his podcast polygamy. While launching their show, Duncan secretly rekindled Revolutions. Alexis, feigning indifference, demands to know all about his double life—but she’s not jealous.
From The Duncan & Coe History Show at 2024-11-07 03:38:00
Alexis' Full Contact History (DC_Ep1_Master.mp3?dest-id=4782257)
In this episode, Mike unpacks Alexis's latest acts of historical disruption: a NYT review that pulled no punches and “How Should A President Be?” her 13-city tour for New America.