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Real Time History Podcast

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The Real Time History Podcast (formerly The Great War podcast) is hosted by Jesse and Flo from Real Time History. We are an independent production company known for The Great War channel on YouTube, the documentary series 16 Days in Berlin and Rhineland 45 and more. On the podcast Jesse and Flo interview historians from around the world on their topics and current publications to bring you the newest in historic research.
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TGW026 - Matthew Novosad on Allied Submarines in World War 1

Real Time History PodcastSep 15, 2020

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RTH006 - Mackenzie New Walker and Catherine Moore About the West Virginia Mine Wars
Aug 30, 202143:17
RTH005 - Dr Karine Varley About the Franco-Prussian War In French Memory
Aug 16, 202146:17
RTH004 - Alex Mayhew on British WW1 Wartime Myths
Jul 15, 202144:11
RTH003 - Dr. Wanda Vilcox About the Italian Empire and the First World War
Jul 05, 202135:05
RTH002 - Meet The Team Behind Our Franco-Prussian War Documentary - Prof. Dr. Tobias Arand and Cathérine Pfauth (Glory & Defeat)
Jun 22, 202138:36
RTH001 - The Last Set Piece Battle of WW2 in the West - The Rhineland Campaign (Rhineland 45)

RTH001 - The Last Set Piece Battle of WW2 in the West - The Rhineland Campaign (Rhineland 45)

Get access to Rhineland 45 streaming and the Rhineland 45 Companion Book: https://realtimehistory.net/collections/shop

Rhineland 45 Battlefield Tour: https://onthefront.com/rhineland-45

Battleguide Virtual Tours: https://battleguide.co.uk/tours/

Welcome to the newly renamed Real Time History podcast - where a new name doesn't mean the topics change. Jesse and Flo talk about RTH's newest project Rhineland 45 and why the Rhineland campaign of the Second World War is such a fascinating battle to learn about. 


Jun 10, 202141:39
TGW043 - DeNeen Brown About The Tulsa Race Massacre

TGW043 - DeNeen Brown About The Tulsa Race Massacre

DeNeen L. Brown is a Associate Professor for Journalism at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College. She is also an award winning journalist currently known for her work at the Washington Post where she covered The Tulsa Race Massacre and its remembrance.

A white Republican mayor seeks the truth about Tulsa’s race massacre a century ago
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/03/13/tulsa-mayor-bynum-mass-graves/

Brown is listed as a filmmaker and producer of "Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten," which is scheduled to be released on May 31, 2021, on PBS.

Here is an IndieWire story about the film:

‘Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten’: ‘Watchmen’ Dramatized the Tragedy, a New Doc Will Fill in the Blanks

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/tulsa-the-fire-and-the-forgotten-pbs-documentary-1921-tulsa-massacre-1234613867/


Brown is listed as a producer and "on-air talent" in "Tulsa and Red Summer," which will be released June 1 on National Geographic.

Here is a Hollywood Reporter story explaining the documentary:

Tulsa Massacre Doc From 'Good Trouble' Director Set at Nat Geo (Exclusive)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nat-geo-tulsa-massacre-doc-good-trouble-director

May 27, 202142:11
TGW042 - Mark Cornwall on Sarajevo 1914 Sparking the First World War

TGW042 - Mark Cornwall on Sarajevo 1914 Sparking the First World War

Prof. Mark Cornwall is a historian of modern East-Central Europe with a current focus on the late Habsburg Empire.

In June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. This key event in 20th-century history continues to fascinate the public imagination, yet few historians have examined in depth the regional context which allowed this assassination to happen or the murder's ripples which quickly spread out across the Balkans, Austria-Hungary and Europe as a whole. In this study, Mark Cornwall has gathered an impressive cast of contributors to explore the causes of the Sarajevo assassination and its consequences for the Balkans in the context of the First World War.

The volume assesses from a variety of regional perspectives how the 'South Slav Question' destabilized the empire's southern provinces, provoking violent discontent in Croatia and Bosnia, and exacerbating the empire's relations with Serbia, regarded by Austria-Hungary as a dangerous state. It then explores the ripples of the Sarajevo event, from its evolution into a European crisis to the creation of a new independent state of Yugoslavia.

Bringing together fresh perspectives by historians from Austria, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia, as well as leading British historians of Austria-Hungary, this book is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the Sarajevo violence and how it shaped modern Balkan history.

Sarajevo 1914: Sparking the First World War: Mark Cornwall: Bloomsbury Academic

May 13, 202146:26
TGW041 - Tomas Balkelis About War, Revolution, and Nation-Making in Lithuania, 1914-1923

TGW041 - Tomas Balkelis About War, Revolution, and Nation-Making in Lithuania, 1914-1923

Get War, Revolution, and Nation-Making in Lithuania, 1914-1923: https://amzn.to/386oQHx [Affiliate Link]

Dr. Tomas Balkelis received his PhD in History at the University of Toronto in 2004. After graduation he worked at the Universities of Manchester and Nottingham. During 2009-2013, he was a European Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University College Dublin, and in 2015 and 2016 he was a visiting scholar at Stanford. He is the author of The Making of Modern Lithuania (2009) and a co-editor of Population Displacement in Lithuania in the 20th century: Experiences, Identities, and Legacies (2016).

Mar 26, 202147:20
TGW040 - Wolfram Dornik about Conrad von Hötzendorf

TGW040 - Wolfram Dornik about Conrad von Hötzendorf

Wolfram Dornik - Des Kaisers Falke: https://amzn.to/2JKAJLl (Affiliate Link)

Conrad von Hötzendorf is an infamous character of the Great War (both the channel and the actual historic event). We interviewed Hötzendorf biographer Wolfram Dornik and asked him all the questions that you had about dear ol' Conrad.

Mar 12, 202140:18
TGW039 - Jonathan Schneer About the Lockhart Plot To Topple Lenin

TGW039 - Jonathan Schneer About the Lockhart Plot To Topple Lenin

Get The Lockhart Plot: Love, Betrayal, Assassination and Counter-Revolution in Lenin's Russia: https://amzn.to/3nnNHwO [Affiliate Link]

Jonathan Schneer was born in New York City. He earned his doctorate from Columbia University and has taught at Yale University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. The recipient of numerous academic fellowships and awards, he has written seven previous books, one of which, The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of Arab-Israeli Conflict, (2010), won a National Jewish Book Award. His books and articles have been translated into German, French, Turkish and Chinese. Now an emeritus professor, he divides his time between Atlanta, Georgia and Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA.

Feb 26, 202139:43
TGW038 - Mesut Uyar about the Ottoman Army and the First World War

TGW038 - Mesut Uyar about the Ottoman Army and the First World War

Get The Ottoman Army and the First World War:  https://amzn.to/3gQIThd [Affiliate Link]

Mesut Uyar
is Professor of International Relations and Dean of the School of Business and Social Sciences at Antalya Bilim University, Turkey. Dr. Uyar is a retired Turkish Army colonel and former associate professor from the University of New South Wales, Australia and the Turkish Military Academy. He is the author or co-author of The Phaseline Attila: The Amphibious Campaign for Cyprus, 1974 (2020); The Ottoman Defence Against the Anzac Landing 25 April 1915 (2015); A Military History of the Ottomans: From Osman to Atatürk (2009); and numerous articles and book chapters.

Feb 12, 202153:18
TGW037 - Sofya Anisimova About WW1 in Russian Pop Culture

TGW037 - Sofya Anisimova About WW1 in Russian Pop Culture

Follow Sofya Anisimova on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sofyadanisimova 

Jan 29, 202145:48
TGW036 - Katja Hoyer About The German Empire Before the First World War

TGW036 - Katja Hoyer About The German Empire Before the First World War

Get Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918: bookdepository.com

Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring thirty-nine individual states under the yoke of a single Kaiser, convincing proud Prussians, Bavarians and Rhinelanders to become Germans? Once united, could the young European nation wield enough power to rival the empires of Britain and France – all without destroying itself in the process? In a unique study of five decades that changed the course of modern history, Katja Hoyer tells the story of the German Empire from its violent beginnings to its calamitous defeat in the First World War. It is a dramatic tale of national self-discovery, social upheaval and realpolitik that ended, as it started, in blood and iron.

Jan 18, 202141:29
TGW35 - Dominique Reill About The Fiume Crisis Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire

TGW35 - Dominique Reill About The Fiume Crisis Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire

Get The Fiume Crisis Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire: https://amzn.to/37uWM1F

Dominique Kirchner Reill is Associate Professor in Modern European History at the University of Miami and author of the award-winning Nationalists Who Feared the Nation: Adriatic Multi-Nationalism in Habsburg Dalmatia, Trieste, and Venice.

Jan 01, 202136:43
TGW034 - Alexander Watson About Przemysl Fortress

TGW034 - Alexander Watson About Przemysl Fortress

The Fortress: The Siege of Przemysl and the Making of Europe's Bloodlands: https://amzn.to/2WeHEPq

Historian Alexander Watson tells the story of a siege that changed the course of the First World War and that is all too familiar to the viewers of The Great War channel. 

Dec 17, 202048:22
TGW033 - Joseph McAleer about War Correspondent Harry Perry Robinson

TGW033 - Joseph McAleer about War Correspondent Harry Perry Robinson

*SORRY FOR THE AUDIO QUALITY*

Harry Perry Robinson wasn't a name we were immediately familiar with but when we read the text about his biography, we were intrigued: 

"The life of Harry Perry Robinson-a born adventurer, a master of reinvention, and the ultimate witness to history. From a stint in the gold mines and helping to elect a US president, to the First World War and the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb."

You can get Joseph McAleer's book at Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/escape-artist-9780198794943?cc=us&lang=en&

Dec 07, 202035:45
TGW032 - Sönke Neitzel About the Reichswehr and the Transition from the German Imperial Army

TGW032 - Sönke Neitzel About the Reichswehr and the Transition from the German Imperial Army

Sönke Neitzel's work: 

Deutsche Krieger: Vom Kaiserreich zur Berliner Republik - eine Militärgeschichte: https://amzn.to/2IGyVT5
Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying: https://amzn.to/3lNoUBw

Dr. Sönke Neitzel is a professor for military history and cultural history of violence at the university of Potsdam. He has published several books looking at the German Army in the 20th century and beyond. 

Nov 22, 202034:39
TGW031 - Kate Imy about The British Indian Army

TGW031 - Kate Imy about The British Indian Army

Kate Imy is Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Texas. In her new book "Faithful Fighters - Identity and Power in the British Indian Army" she takes a look at one of the biggest colonial forces in the first half of the 20th century that it often overlooked.   

Order Faithful Fighters: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=31378

Follow Kate Imy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kateimy2

Nov 15, 202034:04
TGW030 - Damien Wright On Allied Intervention in Russian Civil War
Nov 04, 202027:38
TGW029 - Damien Accoulon On the Flying Aces of World War 1
Oct 21, 202038:49
TGW028 - Wesley Livesay On Covering the War in Real Time
Oct 07, 202032:05
TGW027 - Dermot Rooney On The Psychological Analysis Of Warfare

TGW027 - Dermot Rooney On The Psychological Analysis Of Warfare

Support Rhineland 45: https://realtimehistory.net/rhineland45 

Dermot Rooney is military psychologist who also does operational research. He is working on his PhD on the tactics that that made the German soldiers run, hide and surrender during Operation Veritable. In this episode of the podcast, Flo is interviewing Dermot about the intersection between psychology and history and how it applies to World War 1 or to Operation Veritable.

If you are interested in the subject, check out War Games - The Psychology of Combat that Dermot coauthored: https://amzn.to/3ctwmy2

Sep 24, 202040:04
TGW026 - Matthew Novosad on Allied Submarines in World War 1

TGW026 - Matthew Novosad on Allied Submarines in World War 1

Follow Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattnovosad

In this extensive interview we talk about submarine warfare in the first world war, particularly the Allied submarines which are lesser known compared to the German Uboats and the notorious unrestricted submarine warfare. 

Sep 15, 202038:36
TGW025 - Sam Amenn On The Russian Civil War In Central Asia

TGW025 - Sam Amenn On The Russian Civil War In Central Asia

Sam Amenn is an amateur historian with a masters in international relations and the host of The Art of Asymmetrical Warfare, a podcast about, yes, asymmetrical warfare. Sam helped us put together a Great War episode on the Russian Civil War in Central Asia which will air in October. As a little teaser for this fascinating topic, Jesse and Sam talk about it on this episode of the podcast. 

You can subscribe to The Art of Asymmetrical Warfare here: 

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-asymmetrical-warfare/id1504097211

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3mpMVL00sSPdz1oLgJKWFh?si=ejL3xqg7SUKZpYDukhVBkQ

RSS: https://samswarroom.com/category/podcast/feed/

Sam's website: https://samswarroom.com/

Sep 02, 202032:30
TGW024 - Robert Gerwarth On The Successes of The German Revolution of 1918
Aug 17, 202039:46
TGW Extra - The Future Of The Great War

TGW Extra - The Future Of The Great War

This episode is the audio version of the announcement video published today. 

Jesse and Flo outline what the future holds for The Great War project. 

We need your support on Patreon: https://patreon.com/thegreatwar

Aug 12, 202038:07
TGW023 - Vivian Reed on American Diplomat Hugh Gibson And The Creation Of The New Order in Europe 1919
Aug 03, 202035:37
TGW022 - Laura Engelstein On The Russian Civil War
Jul 20, 202046:57
TGW021 - Gwendal Piégais On The Allied Operations in The Balkans and the Russian Expeditionary Force

TGW021 - Gwendal Piégais On The Allied Operations in The Balkans and the Russian Expeditionary Force

In this episode we talk to French historian Gwendal Piégais (https://twitter.com/gpiegais) about the often forgotten Macedonian Front and how the Allied operation there came to be. We also talk about the Russian Expeditionary Force which served in France and on the Balkans. 

Cover Art: Russian soldiers with a Hotchkiss machine gun in France. 

Jul 06, 202045:01
TGW020 - Dr. Jonathan Boff about German General Crownprince Rupprecht and the German perspective on World War 1

TGW020 - Dr. Jonathan Boff about German General Crownprince Rupprecht and the German perspective on World War 1

Get Haig's Enemy Crown Prince Rupprecht and Germany's War on the Western Front on Amazon: https://realtimehistory.net/haig *

*This is an affiliate link that directs you to Amazon US, UK, CA, DE or NL and purchasing the book via this link directly supports The Great War.

Dr. Jonathan Boff is a Senior Lecturer in History and War Studies at the University of Birmingham and has written multiple books about World War 1. His book Haig's Enemy Crown Prince Rupprecht and Germany's War on the Western Front has been awarded as the British Army Military Book of the Year 2019 and translated into multiple languages. You can also follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonathanBoff

Jun 29, 202036:53
TGW019 - Dr. Tamara Scheer on Languages in The Austro-Hungarian Army

TGW019 - Dr. Tamara Scheer on Languages in The Austro-Hungarian Army

Hi everyone,

a few weeks ago we had the pleasure to interview Dr. Tamara Scheer  
Twitter

She is researching how the different languages of the Austro-Hungarian influenced the army. You can read more about her work in Von Friedensfurien und dalmatinischen Küstenrehen: Vergessene Wörter  aus der Habsburgermonarchie:
Here
Amazon: Here

Her YouTube channel

Jun 07, 202041:47
TGW018 - Stephan Lehnstaedt on the Polish-Soviet War

TGW018 - Stephan Lehnstaedt on the Polish-Soviet War

The new podcast episode is live. Jesse talked to Stephan Lehnstaedt who wrote the book "Der vergessene Sieg" about the Polish-Soviet War which is soon available in its 3rd edition. Thanks for the Patreon supporters who sent in their questions, hope you enjoy the interview.

May 26, 202030:41
TGW017 - Podcast from Home - French Armor in WW1
Apr 29, 202036:06
TGW016 - James Nagle on the Irish War of Independence

TGW016 - James Nagle on the Irish War of Independence

In this special COVID edition of the Great War Podcast we are talking to James from The Irish Nation Lives to talk more about the Irish War of Independence.

I hope you are as fascinated by the answers here as I was and for the next episode I can hopefully improve my home studio setup.

Mar 23, 202038:54
TGW015 - Jochen Böhler about Eastern Europe after 1918
Feb 25, 202036:35
TGW014 - Steve R Dunn about the Royal Navy operations in the Baltic Sea 1918-1920
Jan 30, 202024:29
TGW013 - Our Review Of 1917 (the movie, not the year)

TGW013 - Our Review Of 1917 (the movie, not the year)

Jesse and Flo went to see 1917 yesterday and in our first podcast episode of the year discuss the movie in great detail.

Jan 20, 202001:03:22
TGW012 - End Of The Decade

TGW012 - End Of The Decade

To end the year (and the decade) Flo and Jesse took the time to answer some more Patreon questions and they also talk a bit about the past year and the future of The Great War. Thank you for your support this year and let's bring on 1920!

Dec 23, 201920:55
TGW011 - Flo and Jesse on German Politics in 1919 (Bonus Question about Armenia)

TGW011 - Flo and Jesse on German Politics in 1919 (Bonus Question about Armenia)

It's almost Christmas and Jesse and Flo sat down to talk about the very festive topic that is German politics in 1919. We also answer a Patreon question about the status of Armenia.

There will be another episode soon where we take more time to answer Patreon questions and reflect on this year of The Great War.

Dec 20, 201934:49
TGW010 - Dr. Roger R. Reese on the Red Army in the Russian Civil War

TGW010 - Dr. Roger R. Reese on the Red Army in the Russian Civil War

Despite Flo's flu, we powered through another podcast episode for you. We talk about the upcoming episodes that will air in November and Jesse interviews Dr. Roger R. Reese about his research on the Red Army in the Russian Civil War.

Nov 12, 201901:04:08
TGW09 - Konstantin Travlos on the Greco-Turkish War
Oct 08, 201949:53
TGW008 - Interview: Japan in 1919 and our new documentary 16 Days in Berlin
Sep 09, 201943:15
TGW007 - Dr Sandra Barkhof on German Colonies during and after WW1

TGW007 - Dr Sandra Barkhof on German Colonies during and after WW1

Dear,

editing the two podcasts for July took a bit longer than expected but now we are back on track with this longer than usual episode that covers our episodes from July, answers some Patreon questions and features an interview with Dr Sandra Barkhof from the University of Plymouth. We have more questions on Patreon that we will answer in an upcoming episode.

Thanks

Flo & Jesse

Jul 31, 201901:03:32
TGW006 - About the Baltics after the armistice

TGW006 - About the Baltics after the armistice

Hi guys,

this episode of our Podcast was supposed to be out in early July already as a bonus episode about the Baltics. Due to a lot of travelling and moving this didn't turn out that way, but we hope you enjoy the episode regardless. The next episode will be out next week already.

Cheers

Flo

Jun 25, 201934:32
TGW005 - Chris Kempshall on Versailles and Inter-Allied Relations
Jun 20, 201947:14
TGW004 - Italy and the "Polar Bears"

TGW004 - Italy and the "Polar Bears"

In our new podcast episode, Jesse and Flo talk about some changes on how to ask us questions and how we will answer them on the show or in upcoming Podcast episodes. The gist of it is, that you can continue to ask us questions or suggest topics for future episodes, we just won't display the question in the beginning of each episode but rather in the end. This makes it more accessible for people who just discover the channel.

In any case, we hope you enjoy this month's episode which also features historian Vanda Wilcox whom we interviewed about Italy in 1918/1919.

May 14, 201956:48
TGW003 - Frank Jacob on the Bavarian Soviet Republic

TGW003 - Frank Jacob on the Bavarian Soviet Republic

In our brand-new podcast episode, Jesse and Flo talk about Hungary 100 years ago and how the end of World War 1 is still very much present in today's Hungarian Society. Later, Jesse interviews German Historian Frank Jacob about his research on the Bavarian Soviet Republic and how the constant fear of a Bolshevik revolution in Germany shaped the Weimar Republic.

Thank you so much for your support, we could not produce this show without you.

Apr 15, 201944:17
TGW002 - Russian Civil War and the ideology of the Freikorps

TGW002 - Russian Civil War and the ideology of the Freikorps

In our second Podcast episode, Jesse and Flo talk about the Russian Civil War, and we are happy to announce that we have our first expert guest on the show as well. Later in the episode, we dive into the ideology of the Freikorps a bit more.

We hope you like this episode and are always looking for feedback.

Mar 17, 201951:24
TGW001 - Pilot Episode

TGW001 - Pilot Episode

After the release of our first new episode, we have another premiere for you. In each podcast episode we will talk about the historic topics of the month and also give you a look (or listen) behind the scenes.

This first episode will give an idea about what this podcast is. 

We welcome any feedback or ideas you have and hope you like what Jesse and Flo are talking about.

Feb 14, 201929:12