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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · 2h

When I go into detail moving through these things day-by-day week-by-week rather than just skipping from one Big Event to the next, I'm hoping the listeners take away that even a revolution is a slow moving process with lots of downtime and accumulation of small events

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · 2h

All brought to you by the same group that in a previous episode staged a riot inside the national capital to disrupt and prevent the legal transfer of power to their political rivals after losing an election

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 13h

I know it’s easy to get inured to this stuff but imagine a podcast ep where @mikeduncan.bsky.social is telling you about this happening in some other country at the same time that a crisis in parliament has shut down the national budget.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 14h

Presidents have federalized a state's own Guard to use over its objection, most famously desegregation. And sometimes regular military has been used. But taking one state's soldiers and putting them in another state? This is a completely unprecedented breakdown of what the Union fundamentally is.

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · 19h

Hello friends! @alexiscoe.bsky.social and I are doing a live feed on her substack tonight. Come hang! open.substack.com/live-stream/...

LIVE SOON: Live with Alexis Coe

Starting Oct 7 at 8:00 PM EDT

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · 2d

I was for some reason supremely zen yday. Built a dresser while watching the game. We lost. OK. Tonight finally got to me and I spent the last two innings pacing nonstop

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · 6d

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Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 7d

Ya’ll late. @mikeduncan.bsky.social already let this slip. #TheChildrenOfSaturn

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

Prospect of life on Saturn’s moons rises after discovery of organic substances

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Alexis Coe @alexiscoe.bsky.social · 7d

Substack is messing with us, but we will triumph!

Let's eff em up next Tuesday--same time, same day, same disappointing place!

open.substack.com/pub/alexisco...

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · 7d

Live hit in about 45 min. Come hang. Live!

Alexis Coe @alexiscoe.bsky.social · 8d

Tonight! Join me & @mikeduncan.bsky.social at 8pm. alexiscoe.substack.com/p/tonight-sm...

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · 8d

Listen to us gush about the Mariners. It's so fun

Nathan Bishop @nathanhb.bsky.social · 8d

The 2025 Mariners are making history all over the place. As such, the man @mikeduncan.bsky.social returned to the show to talk about what it means to him, the AL MVP race, and how he's approaching this playoff run. open.substack.com/pub/thelight...

The Blight Bat Ep. 8: Shimmering Through Time with Mike Duncan

The Mariners Won the American League West, and all that that entails

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · 11d

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Alexis Coe @alexiscoe.bsky.social · 11d

Join me + @mikeduncan.bsky.social on Tuesday, 8pm EST for what a respectable institution might blandly call a "wide-ranging conversation."

open.substack.com/live-stream/...

And if you like that, you'll love this alexiscoe.substack.com

LIVE SOON: Alexis Coe + Mike Duncan

Starting Sep 30 at 8:00 PM EDT

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · 12d

This was back in Aug 9

Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · Aug 9

these are The Cal Raleigh Years

Nathan Bishop @nathanhb.bsky.social · Aug 9

Many thanks to Cal Raleigh for making @mikeduncan.bsky.social and I's effusive praise on the podcast yesterday quite topical. Mike rules and this episode was extremely fun!

open.spotify.com/episode/1BVt...

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

thelightbat.substack.com/p/the-blight...

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 16d

"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...

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Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 16d

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...

Are We Witnessing the Fall of the American Empire?

'Revolutions' and 'History of Rome' host Mike Duncan discusses the decline of the American empire, comparing it to Rome and other revolutions.

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · Aug 21

I'm only half kidding when I say my last remaining ambition is to get us on an episode of Nailed It. We made this exploding Nerds Cake the other day just for the hell of it

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · Aug 21

Well as it happens me and my daughter do a lot of baking together so yeah it's prob gonna smell like cupcakes or cookies. But if you're in my house that means you'll get a cupcake or a cookie!

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Aug 17

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...

How Republics End (w/ Mike Duncan) [Unlocked] | Know Your Enemy

Mike Duncan (host of the "Revolutions" podcast) joins to discuss the conservative obsession with the fall of Rome — and the real lessons of Roman history.

know-your-enemy-1682b684.simplecast.com

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · Aug 13

For the uninitiated I was asked in the 250th Episode Q&A what, in my opinion, was the most accurate movie about the Romans and I said "Rome vs. Rome" starring John Drew Barrymore

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

mzrad.bsky.social @mzrad.bsky.social · Aug 12

Haha, pulled up _Rome versus Rome_ on the YouTube and the comments contained a not insignificant number of people blaming you for directing them there. Really appreciate your podcasts: thanks!

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · Aug 9

these are The Cal Raleigh Years

Nathan Bishop @nathanhb.bsky.social · Aug 9

Many thanks to Cal Raleigh for making @mikeduncan.bsky.social and I's effusive praise on the podcast yesterday quite topical. Mike rules and this episode was extremely fun!

open.spotify.com/episode/1BVt...

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

thelightbat.substack.com/p/the-blight...

The Blight Bat Ep. 7: You Gotta Like These Guys (w/ Mike Duncan)

The Blight Bat · Episode

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · Jul 30

Heads up people

William Hughes @plumberduck.bsky.social · Jul 26

When my turn in the A.V. Club Staff Pick rotation came up this time, I really couldn't think of anything I'd stump harder for than @mikeduncan.bsky.social's Martian Revolution season of Revolutions - partly because I was skeptical, and would have appreciated someone else giving me the heads-up.

The A.V. Club @avclub.com · Jul 26

Get your ears ready for recommendations laced with romance and historical fiction. www.avclub.com/staff-picks-...

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · Jul 26

Hell yeah send pics

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · Jul 24

I was opening old baseball card packs last year and decided to see what 40yo gum tasted like from a 1986 Topps back and boy was it...awful. Do not recommend. Not even as a bit

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · Jul 24

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/...

The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time

From pop culture and history to sports and more, these are the best podcasts ever made.

time.com

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · Jul 20

Then I got better but the skin on the bottom of both my feet basically rotted off over the next two weeks. When it was all over I said to the doctor "so now that I've had it I can't get it again right?" and he goes "no."

The depths of my hatred of HFM is bottomless

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · Jul 20

Stupidest MFing sickness I've ever had. 3yo kid got the least of it but me and her had ~36hrs of being as sick as we've ever been in our lives. We were at 30min shifts before switching off cause that's all either of us could handle.

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LuUuUuUuke Knox 👻 @lukeknox.me · May 15

this is … honestly not the worst way to teach history

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