All Episodes

Episode 84 – The 1924 National Army Mutiny

Episode 83 – Kevin O’Higgins During the Irish War of Independence

Episode 82 – The Cessation of the Irish Civil War

Episode 81 - Eamon de Valera During the Irish War of Independence

Episode 80 - Wartime Atrocities During the Irish Civil War

Episode 79 – Guerrilla Warfare During the Irish Civil War August 19, 1922-May 24, 1923

Episode 78 – Richard Mulcahy and the Irish War of Independence

Episode 77 – Army Emergency Powers Resolution: State Sponsored Executions

Episode 76 - Constance Markievicz During the Irish War of Independence

Episode 75 - Life in a Free State Prison

Episode 74 – Crafting an Irish State During a Civil War

Episode 73 – William Cosgrave during the Irish War of Independence

Episode 72 – The Death of Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins

Episode 71 – The Irish Civil War in Dublin and Wexford

Episode 70 - the Battle for Cork

Episode 69 - the Battle for Kerry

Episode 68 - Battle for Kilmallock

Episode 67 - the Battle for Limerick

Special Episode: The Future of Resisting Empire in 2025 and Beyond

Episode 66 – Michael Collins and the Anglo-Irish Treaty

Episode 65 - Michael Collins and the Irish War of Independence

Episode 64 - the Battle for Dublin Part 2

Episode 63 - the Battle for Dublin Part 1

Episode 62 - Irish Civil War: Electoral Pacts Constitutions and Kidnappings

Questions from Tiktok: When was the Russian Language Introduced in Central Asia

Episode 61 - the Irish Civil War: the Civic Guard Mutiny

Questions from Tiktok: Did Germany Purposely Use Communism to Destroy the Russian Tzar?

A Compilation of Silly Irish Civil War Videos

Movie Review: The Zone of Interest

Special Announcement: Around the World Bookclub!

Episode 60 - the RIC, Auxiliaries, and Black and Tans During the Irish War of Independence

Episode 59 – Cumann na mBan During the Irish Civil War

Episode 58 – Women During the Irish Civil War

Episode 57 – Protestants During the Irish Civil War

Episode 56 – Northern Ireland During the Irish Civil War

Episode 55 – Liam Lynch and the Irish War of Independence

Episode 54 – The 1922 Army Convention

Episode 53: the Provisional Government and the Anti-Treaty Side

Episode 52 – Recap of the Anglo-Irish Treaty

Episode 51 – Recap of the Irish War of Independence

Episode 50 – After the Russian Civil War: The Fall of the Alash Orda and the Jadids 1925-1938

Behind the Scenes: A Retrospective on Season Two

Behind the Scenes: Selecting Your Sources

Episode 49 – After the Russian Civil War: The Last Days of the Basmachi

Behind the Scenes: Determining an Episode’s Scope

Episode 48: After the Russian Civil War: Transforming Central Asian Republics into Nation-States

Episode 47-Russian Civil War: Zhenotdel and Women’s Liberation in Central Asia

Episode 46 – the Russian Civil War: the Creation of the Central Asian Soviet Republics

Episode 45 – The Russian Civil War: Cho’lpon and Abdulla Qodiriy

Episode 44 – The Russian Civil War: Abdurauf Fitrat

History in 5ish Minutes: the Basmachi’s Approach to Guerrilla Warfare

History in 5ish Minutes: Frunze’s Strategy Against the Basmachi

Episode 43-The Russian Civil War: Enver Pasha and the Basmachi

Episode 42-The Russian Civil War: Frunze vs the Basmachi 1920-1921

Episode 41-The Russian Civil War: Enter Mikhail Frunze and the Fall of the Last Emirs in Central Asia 1920-1921

Special Episode: Dublin Lockout 1913

Episode 40-Russian Civil War: Central Power POWs , Indian Revolutionaries, and British Agents, Oh My!

Episode 39-Russian Civil War: The Basmachi Organize in the Ferghana 1918-1920

Episode 38-Turar Risqulov: A Kazakh Revolutionary Leader

Episode 37-the Russian Civil War the Musburo: Creating a Muslim Nationalist-Communist Cadre in Turkestan, 1919

Episode 36-the Russian Civil War: The Struggle for Kazakh Autonomy in 1919

Episode 35-the Russian Civil War: Turkestan and Bolshevism

Episode 34 - Giants of Alash Orda: Alikhan Bukeikhanov and Akhmet Baitursynov

Episode 33-the Russian Civil War: the Alash Orda and the White Army

Episode 32-the Russian Civil War: the Alash Orda and the Bolsheviks

Episode 31-Kolesov Bukharan Campaign or How not to Invade Bukhara

Episode 30-Mustafa Cho’qoy “Imperialist Bogeyman from Turkestan

Episode 29-The Kokand Autonomy

Episode 28-The Basmachi

History in 5ish Minutes: Fathers of the Jadids in Turkestan

Episode 27-the Russian Revolution and the Alash Orda

Episode 26: The Russian Revolution and the Khiva Khanate

Episode 25-The Russian Revolution and Central Asia

Episode 24-Bird’s Eye View: What a Civil War Is and Isn’t

History in 5ish Minutes 5 Tactics the Russians Used during the Central Asian Revolt of 1916

History in 5ish Minutes: 5 Tactics the Qazaq and Kyrgyz Peoples Used during the Central Asian Revolt of 1916

Episode 23-Interview with Dr. Adeeb Khalid

History in 5ish Minutes: 5 Facts about the Tsarist Administration in Central Asia 1890-1916

Episode 22-the Central Asian Revolt of 1916

History in 5ish Minutes: the 1898 Andijan Uprising

Episode 21-Russian Colonialism in Central Asia 1860-1890

Episode 20-Interview with James Nagle

Episode 19-A BRIEF History of Central Asia

Special Episode-6 Books on the Irish War of Independence

History in 5ish minutes 5 facts about Margaret Skinnider

History in 5ish minutes 5 facts about Arthur Griffith

History in 5ish minutes: 5 tactics the IRA used to defeat the British during the Irish War of Independence

Episode 18-Interview With Jesse Alexander

Episode 17-the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty

Episode 16-Cathal Brugha and the Irish War of Independence

Episode 15-Cathal Brugha and Easter Rising

Episode 14-Northern Ireland and the Irish War of Independence

History in 5ish Minute: 5 Ways the IRA Disrupted the British Prison System

Episode 13 - Michael Collins’ Intelligence War

Episode 12-Hunger Strikes During the Irish War of Independence

Episode 11-Interview with Dr. Mary McAuliffe

Episode 10-Richard Mulcahy and the Irish War of Independence

Episode 9-Richard Mulcahy and Easter Rising

Episode 8 - the British and the IRA Fight to A Standstill

Episode 7-Irish War of Independence: Assassinations and Retaliations

Episode 6 – First Ambush and Breaking de Valera out of Jail

Episode 5 IRA: Formation and Organization

Episode 4-The First Dail

Episode 3-Ireland 1917-1918: Resurrecting a Rebellion

Episode 1-Easter Rising

Episode 2-Women of Easter Rising

The Art of Asymmetrical Warfare