ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
A global podcast about Riots, Rebellions and Revolutions. Putschcast explores how power changes hands, whether through internal social and political decay, external pressure, popular resistance or a pure stroke of luck.
Featuring experts in their field, every episode explores a unique moment in history that led to profound changes in the lives of the people affected by it.
For the latest coup d'état, follow Putschcast on Youtube, Instagram or www.putschcast.com
Update frequency:
biweekly
Average audio length:
62 minutes
Guest interviews
Video podcast
English
United Kingdom
29 episodes
since June 24, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
From the Dutch in the 1600s to Trump and Pauline Hanson in Australia today, what connects them is a backlash against revolutions, one of which is taking place right now. Our special guest, Fareed Zakaria from CNN and the Washington Post, tries to find the answers, including how AI might change the …
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
The story of Asma al-Assad is one of the most bizarre and morally corrosive chapters in modern Middle Eastern history. But how did "Emma from West London" end up in the presidential palace in Damascus?It began with a cousin's connection, a mother at the Syrian embassy, and a romance …
Why did Hamas launch the October 7 attacks, and what did they actually expect to happen? October 7 shattered regional stability and thrust a small, blockaded enclave into a total war that rewrote modern history. But how did Hamas actually seize power in the first place? Surprisingly, it began throu…
February 1948. Communist stormtroopers marched through the freezing streets of Prague while regular citizens watched in stunned disbelief. This single week shattered Czechoslovakia’s democracy and forced a young, affluent bourgeois boy named Václav Havel into state-mandated exile from his own count…
When corrupt President Viktor Yanukovych turned his back on the European Union to side with Vladimir Putin, he sparked a revolution.What began as peaceful protests on Maidan quickly escalated into a deadly crackdown, leaving scores killed and wounded. But the sudden departure of the 'Kremlin&a…
August 1991. Soviet tanks rolled into the centre of Moscow while most people were away on their summer holidays. This included the two most prominent politicians of the world's largest country and nuclear power, arch-rivals Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin.What followed was a chaotic, alcoh…
Caught between absolute power and violent coups, Juan Perón experienced both sides of political revolutions.
Following a short imprisonment by military rivals, hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets to demand his release, paving his way to the presidency. This was just the beginni…
For a special Aussie edition of Putschcast, all four hosts come together to review some rebellious periods in Australian colonial history, hardly known even to most Aussies.First up, the 1808 Rum Rebellion, Australia's only military coup. When Governor William Bligh (yes, that Bligh from the M…
It wasn't just a war of independence, it was a civil war, a bloodbath, and the blueprint for modern nationalism all rolled into one.
The Greek Revolution of the 1820s reshaped Europe, but the real story is darker and more complicated than the heroic tales suggest.
We chat with Dr. Michalis Sot…
He was a hot-dog seller who became a warlord. A convicted criminal who commanded the world's most feared mercenary army, the Wagner Group. And then he did what no one had dared since the Soviet collapse: he pointed Russian tanks at Moscow and took a swing at the Kremlin.
On this episode, we si…
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