A new Napoleonic podcast: The Napoleonic Quarterly

Thank you to Phil at Lair of the Green Tiger for making me aware of this excellent 'new' podcast.

I put 'new' in quotes as the first episode was released in January of this year. There have been seven to date, each one exploring key events in a quarter of a particular year, commencing with the first quarter of 1792.

The podcast has been produced by Alexander Stevenson, an English journalist who is unknown to me, but whom I gather has the day job of following contemporary politics and is a fellow 'history buff' in his spare time. The podcast is summarised thus;

Taking the epic conflicts of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars three months at a time. Each episode features interviews with leading historians of the period, covering the campaigns, diplomacy and political dramas of an extraordinary 24 years.

Here is a link to the introduction, should you wish to listen to it. You'll hear that he plans 12 seasons covering two years each. Each episode is planned to comprise an introduction, in-depth interviews and a panel discussion summarising the content.

My assessment of 'excellent' is based on the first episode in which guests including Alexander Mikaberidze, Charles Esdaile, David Andress, Paul Dernet, Jacqueline Reiter discussed Europe on the brink of war, a pocket history up to January 1792, political aims of the various states, machinations and what the 'real' war aims may have been. They pack a lot into an hour such that I could likely listen to it again—except that I am keen to proceed to episode 2!

Check it out for yourself on your favourite podcasting service.