History of the Germans Podcast
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A History of the Germans from the Middle Ages to Reunification in weekly 25-35 min #podcast episodes. Famed for its "moderate but not severe biases of the typical contemporary liberal variety"
https://historyofthegermans.com/
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Very nicely put!
Und thus, modernity comes to a close just like it started, with a guy ranting at windmills
Trump: "There are windmills all over Europe. There are windmills all over the place. And they are losers. One thing I've noticed is that the more windmills a country has, the more money that country loses, and the worse that country is doing. I haven't been able to find any wind farms in China."
January 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Very nicely put!
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I thought I was doing well for my @hotgpod.bsky.social Places to See in Germany list but even in the west there are gaps that yawned as the pod went on.
(And the east is a disaster but I am not in a position to go off piste this year.
Pining for Naumburg: my tourist woe.)
(And the east is a disaster but I am not in a position to go off piste this year.
Pining for Naumburg: my tourist woe.)
January 19, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I thought I was doing well for my @hotgpod.bsky.social Places to See in Germany list but even in the west there are gaps that yawned as the pod went on.
(And the east is a disaster but I am not in a position to go off piste this year.
Pining for Naumburg: my tourist woe.)
(And the east is a disaster but I am not in a position to go off piste this year.
Pining for Naumburg: my tourist woe.)
After 13 years of fighting in the Low Countries, Maximilian, now king of the Roman, returns home to a rammed full inbox. His cousin, the dissolute count Sigismund of Tyrol who is selling out the family fortune. The king of Hungary is still occupying Vienna – and a new heiress come on the market
January 15, 2026 at 6:08 PM
After 13 years of fighting in the Low Countries, Maximilian, now king of the Roman, returns home to a rammed full inbox. His cousin, the dissolute count Sigismund of Tyrol who is selling out the family fortune. The king of Hungary is still occupying Vienna – and a new heiress come on the market
As the legendary Lübeck Bürgermeister Hinrich Castrop and leader of the Hanseatic League put it in the late 15th century: „it is always easier to hoist the banner of war but a lot more costly taking it down in honour”……
January 4, 2026 at 7:41 AM
As the legendary Lübeck Bürgermeister Hinrich Castrop and leader of the Hanseatic League put it in the late 15th century: „it is always easier to hoist the banner of war but a lot more costly taking it down in honour”……
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In Germany, every year on New Year's Eve they publish the results of the year-long survey of which city in Germany is the happiest. It is a long-standing tradition and without fail the city of Neuss always wins. That is why it is common to great the new year screaming "Frohes Neuss!"
Frohes Neuss.
Frohes Neuss.
December 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
In Germany, every year on New Year's Eve they publish the results of the year-long survey of which city in Germany is the happiest. It is a long-standing tradition and without fail the city of Neuss always wins. That is why it is common to great the new year screaming "Frohes Neuss!"
Frohes Neuss.
Frohes Neuss.
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Lovely summary of selected places to must visit in 🇩🇪
Perfect description of Hamburg btw, no complaints here! 😉
🙏 @hotgpod.bsky.social
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Perfect description of Hamburg btw, no complaints here! 😉
🙏 @hotgpod.bsky.social
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Where To Go in Germany - Part 1
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December 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Lovely summary of selected places to must visit in 🇩🇪
Perfect description of Hamburg btw, no complaints here! 😉
🙏 @hotgpod.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/h...
Perfect description of Hamburg btw, no complaints here! 😉
🙏 @hotgpod.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/h...
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🚨 Very excited that our paper on *Rulers on the Road* has been cond. accepted at the AJPS @ajpseditor.bsky.social. We analyze emperors' strategies of itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire 919-1519. Fun working with @claranw.bsky.social, @andrejkokkonen.bsky.social & Jørgen Møller shorturl.at/Spm7z
April 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🚨 Very excited that our paper on *Rulers on the Road* has been cond. accepted at the AJPS @ajpseditor.bsky.social. We analyze emperors' strategies of itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire 919-1519. Fun working with @claranw.bsky.social, @andrejkokkonen.bsky.social & Jørgen Møller shorturl.at/Spm7z
New Episode - the War that Made the Habsburgs
December 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
New Episode - the War that Made the Habsburgs
“Let others wage war; you, happy Austria, marry”, that is what we are told. The reality was very different – invasion, rebellion, execution…
New episode out today
New episode out today
December 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
“Let others wage war; you, happy Austria, marry”, that is what we are told. The reality was very different – invasion, rebellion, execution…
New episode out today
New episode out today
Simon and Jess have done a brilliant job making us all sound clever - so well worth listening to
41: Redbeard Falling. We conclude our trilogy with @hotgpod.bsky.social and A History of Italy, as Barbarossa fails to subdue the City of Straw and then faces an even worse disaster. Tbh, the pic is of a different battle, but it captures the spirit nicely.👑
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December 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Simon and Jess have done a brilliant job making us all sound clever - so well worth listening to
Turkeys may not vote for Christmas but pigs have an ambivalent relationship with the whole month of December since the 9th century….
From the Salzburg manuscript c. 818 AD
From the Salzburg manuscript c. 818 AD
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Turkeys may not vote for Christmas but pigs have an ambivalent relationship with the whole month of December since the 9th century….
From the Salzburg manuscript c. 818 AD
From the Salzburg manuscript c. 818 AD
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Why did the Venetians chase bulls through the streets? This week we explain, while @hotgpod.bsky.social and A History of Italy Pod tell us about Barbarossa's Italian policy of the 1160s.👑
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November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Why did the Venetians chase bulls through the streets? This week we explain, while @hotgpod.bsky.social and A History of Italy Pod tell us about Barbarossa's Italian policy of the 1160s.👑
histvenicepod.podbean.com/e/040-everyt...
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Within less than 3 years, 1474 to 1477, Charles the Bold had frittered away the mythical wealth of the Burgundian dukes.
How he did that and why it matters is what we talk about today.
#habsburg #burgundy #switzerland #Alsace #Valois #holyromanempire #tyrol #savoy #lorraine #nancy #murten
How he did that and why it matters is what we talk about today.
#habsburg #burgundy #switzerland #Alsace #Valois #holyromanempire #tyrol #savoy #lorraine #nancy #murten
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Three for th price of One!
The most excellent History of Venice Podcast has just published #1 of a 3-part series about the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in Italy.
And the best thing about it....it features another one of my favourite podcasters, Mike Corradi from A History of Italy and yours truly...
The most excellent History of Venice Podcast has just published #1 of a 3-part series about the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in Italy.
And the best thing about it....it features another one of my favourite podcasters, Mike Corradi from A History of Italy and yours truly...
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Three for th price of One!
The most excellent History of Venice Podcast has just published #1 of a 3-part series about the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in Italy.
And the best thing about it....it features another one of my favourite podcasters, Mike Corradi from A History of Italy and yours truly...
The most excellent History of Venice Podcast has just published #1 of a 3-part series about the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in Italy.
And the best thing about it....it features another one of my favourite podcasters, Mike Corradi from A History of Italy and yours truly...
The small city of Neuss held out against the warmachine of Charles the Bold, the Grand Duke fo the West, for 10 long and arduous months, a feat that stirred the Holy Roman Empire out of its apathy....
November 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The small city of Neuss held out against the warmachine of Charles the Bold, the Grand Duke fo the West, for 10 long and arduous months, a feat that stirred the Holy Roman Empire out of its apathy....
Enjoy!
I found this podcast via an interest in the Hansa and am working (enjoying a stroll, as it were) through that.
I think I have years of enjoyment looking forward. TY @hotgpod.bsky.social
I think I have years of enjoyment looking forward. TY @hotgpod.bsky.social
I published a new trailer for the show to help you to shoose which of te 200 episodes and 10 seasons you want to listen to: youtu.be/bMt70Jcd0IQ
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Enjoy!
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Germans think their bread is the best in the world. Here’s why they might be right edition.cnn.com/travel/germa... via @cnn.com
Germans think their bread is the best in the world. Here’s why they might be right | CNN
Germans have more bakeries and eat more varieties of bread than most other countries in the world — no wonder it’s so good.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Germans think their bread is the best in the world. Here’s why they might be right edition.cnn.com/travel/germa... via @cnn.com
If you were a knight in the 14th century and you found yourself at a loose end, you went to Prussia and joined the Lithuanian crusades....
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If you were a knight in the 14th century and you found yourself at a loose end, you went to Prussia and joined the Lithuanian crusades....
Today we talk about Matthias Corvinus, the legendary renaissance king of Hungary whose library outshone that of the Medici in Florence and whose standing army was one of the greatest – and most expensive - military forces in 15th century Europe.
#hungary #corvinus #ottoman #empire #habsburg
#hungary #corvinus #ottoman #empire #habsburg
October 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Thanks so much for the endorsement - and get well soon.
In pain and with an arm in a sling, one of the joys of the day comes from @hotgpod.bsky.social.
I got it recommended by @p-hunermund.com, and can 100% endorse. A history of which I knew embarrassingly little, narrated very entertainingly by a true expert.
Give it a try! The Ottos are unbelievable
I got it recommended by @p-hunermund.com, and can 100% endorse. A history of which I knew embarrassingly little, narrated very entertainingly by a true expert.
Give it a try! The Ottos are unbelievable
October 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Thanks so much for the endorsement - and get well soon.
Episode 211 out now - see the House of Habsburg hitting rock bottom
October 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Episode 211 out now - see the House of Habsburg hitting rock bottom
Episode 210 out today
Our journey today will take us back to Prague and its complex religious politics, to Vienna where the people fall for the promises of a populist and to Hungary where one of the greatest generals of the age squares up against the conqueror of Constantinople.
Our journey today will take us back to Prague and its complex religious politics, to Vienna where the people fall for the promises of a populist and to Hungary where one of the greatest generals of the age squares up against the conqueror of Constantinople.
October 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Episode 210 out today
Our journey today will take us back to Prague and its complex religious politics, to Vienna where the people fall for the promises of a populist and to Hungary where one of the greatest generals of the age squares up against the conqueror of Constantinople.
Our journey today will take us back to Prague and its complex religious politics, to Vienna where the people fall for the promises of a populist and to Hungary where one of the greatest generals of the age squares up against the conqueror of Constantinople.
Great news - Mojo is back in the Dojo - new episode of the History of the Germans is in production. Normal service resumes on Thursday.
October 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Great news - Mojo is back in the Dojo - new episode of the History of the Germans is in production. Normal service resumes on Thursday.
The first Habsburg Emperor - who was a bit of a persitent disappointment - or wasn't he?
October 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The first Habsburg Emperor - who was a bit of a persitent disappointment - or wasn't he?
Thanks so much!
Love comments like these... keep them coming
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October 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Thanks so much!