20th Century Revolutions

20th Century Revolutions

20th Century Revolutions is a weekly podcast that traces some of the most consequential revolutions, political and social, that took place across the globe during the 20th Century. Currently On: "Season 2: The Young Turks - Revolutions of the Ottoman Collapse, pt. 2" As a podcast about revolutions, the narrative will naturally pick up where the great Mike Duncan left off in his wonderful Revolutions podcast. This show is similarly broken up into seasons each covering different revolutions with episodes that are around 25-40 minutes long. As a podcast about the 20th century, I will try to make some sense of the 20th century and how the dramatic events of these 100 years shaped our world today. One of my hopes is that the framework of political and social revolutions will allow for new understandings of the 20th century. If you have any suggestions for future seasons, notice any serious blunders I have made in my facts or pronunciation, or just want to say hi, please email me at twentiethcenturyrevolutions@gmail.com. Helpful maps and images: 20thcenturyrevolutions.com Support the Show: https://www.patreon.com/c/mattpayne

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December 17, 2025 2 mins

ISM is a narrative history podcast about political ideologies and social movements—socialism, anarchism, fascism, liberalism, and beyond.

Each season explores a major ideology through immersive storytelling and historical analysis, tracing how ideas move from theory into the real world, shaping revolutions, states, and everyday life.

Ideas Meet Power.

Written and produced by Matt Payne.

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On June 28, 1914, a single city became the fault line between empires, nations, and ideologies.

In Sarajevo, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand set in motion a chain of events that would drag Europe into total war. But the shots fired that morning did not emerge from a vacuum. They were shaped by decades of imperial rule, nationalist movements, revolutionary politics, and a generation convinced that history itself was acc...

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November 6, 2025 45 mins

We made it! As the Ottomans approach that apocalyptic vortex called World War I, they are led into the abyss by the CUP and the "Three Pashas": Talaat, Enver, and Cemal (in order of importance... sorry Cemal).

Season 2: The Young Turks - Revolutions of the Ottoman Collapse, pt. 2

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Talaat makes the plan. Enver gets the glory. Djemal is along for the ride.

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The First Balkan War did not go so well for the Ottomans.

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July 8, 2025 48 mins

Ismail Enver, Mustafa Kemal, and other Unionist officers launch a guerrilla war to drive the invading Italians out of Libya. After the Italians open up a new front in the Aegean, the CUP faces a major crisis in Istanbul as the "Savior Officers" launch a coup to overthrow their government.

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June 23, 2025 45 mins

Exit Ottomanism. Enter Turkification.

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June 11, 2025 54 mins

General Mahmud Shevket leads a large multi-ethnic army out of Salonica and marches on Istanbul. Helping Shevket fight reactionaries in the capital would be other officers of destiny like Niyazi, Enver, Cemal, Mustafa Kemal, and of course, the Lucky Deer.

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May 23, 2025 51 mins

As the counterrevolution gripped Istanbul in 1909, the dream of Islamic modernism cracked, giving way to that fateful split between secular nationalism and political Islam.

Season 2: The Young Turks - Revolutions of the Ottoman Collapse, pt. 2

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May 16, 2025 53 mins

In October of 1908, the Ottomans lost Bulgaria to independence, Bosnia to Austria, and Crete to Greece. And then Europe is steamrolling towards for the Great War as Russia and Austria try to regain their lost imperial prestige.

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May 8, 2025 49 mins

After the Young Turk Revolution, the Ottoman people let loose for a while and had one big, multi-ethnic party. Long live the constitution!

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April 9, 2025 49 mins

Ladies and Gents, we have made it. So sit back, relax, and watch as the CUP menaces the Sultan into reinstating the Midhat Constitution.

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March 31, 2025 52 mins

Trouble is-a-brewing in Macedonia as the CUP infiltrates and radicalizes the Third Army and as the "Heroes of Liberty," officers Ismail Enver and Ahmed Niyazi, prepare their bands for a mutiny.

Season 2: The Young Turks - Revolutions of the Ottoman Collapse, pt. 2

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March 19, 2025 44 mins

Under Dr. Sakir, the Committee of Union and Progress became the Committee of Progress and Union. Yeah, not that creative...

Season 2: The Young Turks - Revolutions of the Ottoman Collapse, pt. 2

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March 7, 2025 49 mins

His name was Talaat, and he was the revolutionary mailman, delivering Salonica's mail by day and conspiring with revolutionaries and freemasons by night.

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In the summer of 1905, the Armenian Dashnaks would seek their revenge against the Red Sultan for his involvement in the Hamidian Massacres. In the process, they would earn a spot in the record books as the first ever recorded use of a car bomb. Yippee!

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With a short-lived anarchist commune, a terrorist bombing campaign, an attempted multi-ethnic Macedonian republic, and a botched Great Power intervention, the Ilinden Uprising was a colorful affair.

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Gotse Delchev, the revolutionary apostle reborn, works to construct a state within a state in Macedonia and Thrace. Yane Sandanski, his close disciple, kidnaps a protestant missionary and sets off America's very first hostage crisis.

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Everybody in the Balkans wants Macedonia. This fact makes everything a wee bit confusing.

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This 1902 Congress would mark a major turning point in the Young Turk movement. But most importantly, we have finally made it to the twentieth century.

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