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History · Mike Duncan

Revolutions

by Mike Duncan

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 It explores in great detail the people, ideas, and events that challenged and toppled outdated regimes and replaced them with new governments.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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#1
all-time peak
13
days in the top 3 since Nov 2024

Latest episodes

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Live Event in NYC Thursday May 14

Come! Tickets: https://dissentmagazine.org/blog/event-may-14-decline-and-fall-know-your-enemy-and-revolutions/ American Friction Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Apr 28
1 min

Frauncis Tavern July 5, Patreon Q&A July 14

Frauncis Tavern tickets CLICK HERE Patreon: Patreon.com/revolution Merch: Cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan

Jun 30 2025
1 min

11.29-Liberty, Equality, Humanity

The End.  Patreon: patreon.com/mikeduncan Get All Your Martian Revolution Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan

Jun 13 2025
59 min

11.28-Bloody Sunset

You all knew this was coming Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions  

Jun 3 2025
56 min

11.27-The Revolutionary Underground

Come and get us. Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions  

May 26 2025
30 min

11.26-The Invasion of Mars

In January 2252 Omnicorp returned to Mars. And they were not messing around.  Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions    

May 20 2025
29 min

11.25-The Disaster

It was quite a disaster

May 12 2025
28 min

11.24-The Trial of the Earthworms

No True Martian Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions   Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan

May 5 2025
28 min

11.23-The Trial of the Earthlings

Earth or Death Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions   Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan NYC Live Reading Eventbrite Link

Apr 21 2025
33 min

11.22-Leopold's Leviathan

It's not as ominous as it sounds.  Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions   Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan

Apr 14 2025
29 min

11.21-The Republic of Mars

Mars was about to become a thing of the people. If they can even be considered people. Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions   Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan

Apr 7 2025
27 min

11.20-The Battle of Phobos

Enter Booth Gonzalez  Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions   Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan

Mar 31 2025
30 min

11.19-The Independence Days

Or is it the Independence Weeks? Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions   Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan

Mar 24 2025
32 min

11.18-The Gemini Vids

It's a faaaaaaaaaake  Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions   Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan

Mar 16 2025
27 min

11.17-Opposites Repel

Operations: Parallel. Objectives: Perpendicular Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions   Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan Sponsor: Take your personal data back with Inc

Mar 10 2025
29 min

11.16-Mars Autonomous

Mars was finally for the Martians. Basically.  Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions   Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan

Feb 24 2025
28 min

11.15-The Agreement of 2248

Isn't it great when everyone is in agreement? Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions   Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan

Feb 17 2025
30 min

11.14-The Mutual Blockade

When both kids take their balls and go home. Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions   Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan

Feb 10 2025
30 min

11.13-The Next Three Days

It was a week where decades happen. Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan  

Feb 3 2025
32 min

11.12-The Mutiny of the Spaceshippers

After the Three Days of Red, the Martians made some new friends. Patreon: patreon.com/revolutions Merch: cottonbureau.com/mikeduncan

Jan 27 2025
28 min

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Where Revolutions ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 6, 2026).

#23 ▲ 5 History US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Revolutions was my introduction to Mike Duncan and after binging my way up to the later seasons I eagerly await each new episode. I will confess the Bolivarian Revolutions were a slog, but boy was it worth it to come out the other side into the Mexican Revolution. (I see why it was what inspired the project!). Working through chronologically, patterns emerge and your fictional Martian revolution is the perfect, playful way to discuss those patterns without leaving behind your delightful narrative style. I understood your decision to call it quits at 10, but am absolutely thrilled that you reconsidered and that we will have the opportunity to join you for an exploration of more recent revolutionary history.

Ike the Marshal · Jan 2025

There’s a reason why Mike’s History of Rome and Revolutions podcasts are correctly recognized as groundbreaking in the now-enormous field of history podcasting. I will be consuming anything and everything that Mike puts out, because frankly he don’t miss. Constantly recognizing new things Mr. Duncan has convinced me of, like the Great Idiot theory of history, in my daily life

themediocrebrit · Dec 2024

Very engaging, great content, and occasionally some wry humor that warrants an apology for being delivered in such a dry fashion that the wild comment is taken as fact. Brilliant!

El Duggo · Nov 2024

The world building is spectacular, the common revolutionary threads are all right there. Not many can effectively cross the history/fiction divide but Duncan is batting 1.000

Glenn-the old one · Nov 2024

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