70 episodes
The Medici Podcast Chad Denton
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4.5 • 45 Ratings
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The Medici might not have the decadent drama of the Borgias, but they took center stage in the story of the formation of the modern Western world, from helping mold the Renaissance to trying to quell the Protestant Reformation to sponsoring and then trying to help shut up Galileo. This podcast looks at the story of the Medici and that of the fractured, tumultuous Italy they carved out a place in. Join us to see how a clan of middle-class bankers would up joining the ranks of European royalty and leaving a mark on the world.
Website: https://medicipodcast.com/
Venmo: @ Chad-Denton-15
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Episode 61: The Favorite
With an atrocity between them, Catherine de' Medici's relationship with her son King Charles IX falls apart. She can take pride in her favorite son Henri's election as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, although unfortunately her beloved child decides he hates his new job.
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Episode 60: Massacre
Catherine de' Medici and King Charles IX lash out against perceived enemies only to release a horror beyond their control, one that will stain Catherine's image forever.
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Episode 59: Eve of an Atrocity
Catherine seems to have finally ended the religious civil war, a lasting peace that would be sealed with the marriage of her glamorous daughter Margot and the Protestant great hope Henri de Bourbon. But no one saw the storm that was coming...
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Episode 58: Everyone's a Martyr
The war between Catholics and Protestants in France finally erupts in earnest. Catherine travels across France with Charles IX to try to calm the volcano, but her own patience with the increasingly desperate Protestants is wearing thin...
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Episode 57: Under Pressure
Catherine de' Medici takes the reins under the novel title of Governess of France. Just as she assumes power, a crisis that will overshadow the rest of her life begins to take shape.
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Episode 56: Queen Mother
Catherine de' Medici's chronically ill son is now King François II of France. Rather than getting to enjoy the perks of being a king's mother, she finds herself caught having to deal with not only the growing tensions between Catholic and Huguenot, but the feud between two powerful families, the Guises and the Bourbons.
(Note that I'm going on hiatus until late January. Also, apologies for the sound issue where there's an occasional noise outside my voice. I think I identified the cause and I should have it resolved by the time I return from my January hiatus!).
Check out pictures, bibliographies, and more at http://www.medicipodcast.com.
Support the podcast on Patreon.
Customer Reviews
Excellently Researched, however….
Be warned: the pronunciations of the Italian (not to mention French) names & words are woefully incorrect and incomprehensibly inconsistent (sometimes he actually gets it right!), causing much continual consternation to Italian speakers 😩
Sound Quality
Five stars for research & content, but I have to subtract a star for sound quality & clumsy sound effects. Please stop putting sound effects under all the quotes, it only makes them hard to understand.
Fantastic
Really well written and researched. Loving this so far.