The Austro-Hungarian Empire lasted hundreds of years but could not survive WWI. We look at its makeup, its economy, its socialist movement, at Franz Josef and the glamorous empress Sissi, and wonder w

Its just me on this emergency broadcast in the spirit of do a coup, get a pod. Angry opponents of the Lulas newly elected government in Brazil (with some security forces help) stormed government b

Of all the mysteries of the World Wars, Germanys is perhaps the most mysterious. We discuss this country with the fastest growing industrial power, the largest and most powerful socialist movement, a

The 1905 Russian Revolution was, though no one knew it at the time, the rehearsal for the 1917 Russian Revolution. Dave takes us from Bloody Sunday to the calculations and miscalculations of the Tsar;

The earth-shaking event where an Asian power defeated a European power in a war, leading to a revolution in Russia and a major shakeup in world affairs. We talk about the role education played in Japa

Perus president Pedro Castillo has been overthrown in a coup and is in Peruvian jail while the former Vice President Dina Boluarte has taken over, vowing NOT to hold an election any time soon. People

First one of a mini-series about the 1905 Russian Revolution, we talk about the economic, political, and social conditions of Russia on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War. Foreign investment, infrastru

Stan Cox is back with his November dispatch about the US midterm elections, in which the feared Red Wave didnt materialize but Stan wastes no time in warning us that 2024 is also going to be scary.

There is no better entree into pre-WWI France than the sordid Dreyfus Affair. The whole story in all its gory detail including its implications for the France-Russia alliance and the echoes of 1871 ca

Waqas is back to talk about the Nov 3 attempt on Imran Khans life; the assassination in Kenya of journalist Arshad Sharif; Similarities and differences between the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and