Episodes

  • Podcast Update + Q&A

    Podcast Update + Q&A
    Jan 12 2025
    Just an update about a few things as well as answering questions submitted by Patreon patrons.
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    20 mins
  • 223 Enemies Foreign and Domestic

    223 Enemies Foreign and Domestic
    Dec 30 2024
    As the Stamboliiski regime continues implementing its political program at home and abroad, opposition steadily grows in both places. Supporters like you make this podcast happen! Check out www.patreon.com/bulgarianhistorypodcast to see the great perks you can get for supporting us. You can find images for this episode at: www.bghistorypodcast.com/post/223-enemies-foreign-domestic
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    31 mins
  • 222 Building the ‘Model Agricultural State’

    222 Building the ‘Model Agricultural State’
    Dec 27 2024
    The Agrarians make a push to gain a majority in the National Assembly, but even before that election they begin to implement their major reform program to reshape Bulgaria into a 'Model Agricultural State.' Supporters like you make this podcast happen! Check out www.patreon.com/bulgarianhistorypodcast to see the great perks you can get for supporting us. You can find images for this episode at: www.bghistorypodcast.com/post/222-model-agricultural-state
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    36 mins
  • 221 ​​Looking Back on The National Catastrophes, Part 2

    221 ​​Looking Back on The National Catastrophes, Part 2
    Nov 24 2024
    After standing on the sidelines for over a year, Bulgaria finally enters the First World War on the side of the Central Powers. However, despite achieving nearly all of its territorial ambitions, war weariness soon sets in as the country wrestles with just how it can actually keep all that it's gained. Supporters like you make this podcast happen! Check out www.patreon.com/bulgarianhistorypodcast to see the great perks you can get for supporting us. You can find images for this episode at: www.bghistorypodcast.com/post/221-national-catastrophes-2
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    29 mins
  • 220 Looking Back on The National Catastrophes, Part 1

    220 Looking Back on The National Catastrophes, Part 1
    Nov 16 2024
    This episode recaps the first half of Season 9, beginning with the First Balkan War in 1912. Victory in that war was quickly overshadowed by the growing reality that all of Bulgaria's neighbors were turning against it, leading to the Second Balkan War. In that conflict, Bulgaria was overwhelmed and defeated, leading to the loss of major territories. In its aftermath, the First World War offers an opportunity for revenge. Supporters like you make this podcast happen! Check out www.patreon.com/bulgarianhistorypodcast to see the great perks you can get for supporting us. You can find images for this episode at: www.bghistorypodcast.com/post/220-national-catastrophes-1
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    28 mins
  • 219 The Second National Catastrophe

    219 The Second National Catastrophe
    Oct 28 2024
    As the realities of the treaty ending the First World War for Bulgaria become clear, several political groups begin to form paramilitary wings as the violent struggle for post-war Bulgaria begins. Supporters like you make this podcast happen! Check out www.patreon.com/bulgarianhistorypodcast to see the great perks you can get for supporting us. You can find images for this episode at: www.bghistorypodcast.com/post/219-2nd-national-catastrophe
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    35 mins
  • 218 Stamboliiski Takes Charge

    218 Stamboliiski Takes Charge
    Oct 27 2024
    New elections and a final peace treaty with the Entente both loom as the struggle over who will control Bulgaria in the new post-war world begins to take shape. Supporters like you make this podcast happen! Check out www.patreon.com/bulgarianhistorypodcast to see the great perks you can get for supporting us. You can find images for this episode at: www.bghistorypodcast.com/post/218-stamboliiski-takes-charge Support the English version of Na Oko! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/therory/na-oko-a-culinary-adventure-in-a-lost-country
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    35 mins
  • 217 The Dust Settles

    217 The Dust Settles
    Sep 29 2024
    With the First World War at an end, it's time to look back at the immense costs it has imposed on Bulgaria and the world. In this environment, Bulgaria is trying to stabilize itself and lobby the Paris Peace Conference for better terms, but success is far from guaranteed. Supporters like you make this podcast happen! Check out www.patreon.com/bulgarianhistorypodcast to see the great perks you can get for supporting us. You can find images for this episode at: www.bghistorypodcast.com/post/217-dust-settles
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    32 mins