In Relevant History, solo podcaster Dan Toler examines the trends and ideas that shape our modern world. The first season is about the idea of nationalism, and how different societies understand their national identities. From France to Ethiopia, from the Delhi Sultanate to the Dutch Republic, we travel through time and space to explore the roots of cultures around the world, and how those national trends have shaped their history.
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Friday May 02, 2025
Friday May 02, 2025
In part three of his series on the unifications of Germany and Italy, Dan talks about the turbulent 1850s and early 60s. In Germany, this is a time of mass industrialization. With the regional economy growing at a record pace, Prussia and Austria engage in saber-rattling diplomacy over the future of the German Confederation.
Meanwhile, the new King of Piedmont-Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel II, aims to do what his father could not: conquer all of Italy. Taking advantage of Austrian weakness – and a burgeoning alliance with France – he and three other men will engineer a revolution that unites the Apennine Peninsula for the first time since the Roman Empire.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter One: The German Question – 00:04:22
Chapter Two: The Erfurt Union – 00:30:15
Chapter Three: The (Austrian) Empire Strikes Back – 00:42:24
Chapter Four: Enter Bismarck – 01:03:59
Chapter Five: Goodbye, Friedrich Wilhelm – 01:32:59
Chapter Six: Repression in Lombardy – 01:41:19
Chapter Seven: Enter Camillo Cavour – 01:51:20
Chapter Eight: Enter Victor Emmanuel – 02:04:32
Chapter Nine: The Crimean War – 02:17:48
Chapter Ten: Engineering a Revolution – 02:39:34
Chapter Eleven: The War for Northern Italy – 03:05:02
Chapter Twelve: The Expedition of the Thousand – 03:34:34
Chapter Thirteen: The Dictator of Sicily – 04:14:24
Chapter Fourteen: The Conquest of Southern Italy – 04:28:49
Chapter Fifteen: The Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy – 04:51:04
Chapter Sixteen: Rome and the Risorgimento – 05:13:43
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Episode transcript (90% accurate): https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTILtf6-xAur_LTmOc_UJ7iH-H3L0l_O_jUjd2CwhN9q3CWJV6zM2UCbss4HP1saanj2jSurstKqKX0/pub/
Music credit: Sergey Cheremisinov - Black Swan
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