Western Civ
By Adam Walsh
A fast-moving history of the western world from the ancient world to the present day. Examine how the emergence of the western world as a global dominant power was not something that should ever have been taken for granted. This podcast traces the development of western civilization starting in the ancient Near East, through Greece and Rome, past the collapse of the Western Roman Empire into the Dark Ages, and then follows European and, ultimately, American history as the western world moved into a dominant world position.
Recent Episodes
Episode 522: The Sun Never Sets
● Released 13 hours ago
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6 March 2026
Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity
● Released 4 days ago
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3 March 2026
Episode 521: The Irish Potato Famine
● Released 1 week ago
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27 February 2026
Episode 520: The Revolutions of 1848
● Released 2 weeks ago
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22 February 2026
Episode 519: Do You Hear The People Sing?
● Released 2 weeks ago
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20 February 2026
Episode 518: The Age of Jackson
● Released 3 weeks ago
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13 February 2026
Episode 517: Greek Independence and the Revolutions of 1830
● Released 4 weeks ago
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8 February 2026
Episode 516: The Industrial Revolution
● Released 4 weeks ago
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6 February 2026
Episode 515: The Liberator
● Released 1 month ago
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3 February 2026
Episode 514: The Mexican War of Independence
● Released 1 month ago
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30 January 2026
Episode 513: Slavery's Long Shadow
● Released 1 month ago
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23 January 2026
Worlds of Islam: A Global History
● Released 2 months ago
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20 January 2026
Episode 512: The Congress of Vienna
● Released 2 months ago
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18 January 2026
Episode 511: The Hundred Days
● Released 2 months ago
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17 January 2026
Episode 510: The March to Moscow
● Released 2 months ago
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16 January 2026
Episode 509: The War of 1812
● Released 2 months ago
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14 January 2026
Episode 508: The Jefferson Administration
● Released 2 months ago
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11 January 2026
Episode 507: France Ascendant
● Released 2 months ago
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9 January 2026
Episode 506: Austerlitz
● Released 2 months ago
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5 January 2026
Episode 505: Consul for Life
● Released 2 months ago
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1 January 2026
Episode 504: The Revolution of 1800
● Released 2 months ago
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25 December 2025
Episode 503: The End of the Revolution
● Released 2 months ago
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24 December 2025
A Brief History of Financial Bubbles
● Released 3 months ago
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21 December 2025
Episode 502: To Egypt
● Released 3 months ago
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19 December 2025
Episode 501: Napoleon's Northern Italian Campaign
● Released 3 months ago
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12 December 2025
Episode 500: A Whiff of Grapeshot
● Released 3 months ago
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9 December 2025
Episode 499: The Rise of Louverture
● Released 3 months ago
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8 December 2025
Episode 498: The Terror
● Released 3 months ago
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5 December 2025
Episode 497: The Terror Begins
● Released 3 months ago
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29 November 2025
Episode 496: The Trial of Louis XVI
● Released 3 months ago
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28 November 2025