The Duncan & Coe History Show

The Duncan & Coe History Show

Bestselling authors and historians Mike Duncan and Alexis Coe are far-flung buddies who slice through centuries with the sharpness of a guillotine. In this wide-ranging series, Duncan, best-known for The History of Rome and Revolutions, and Coe, a presidential historian and senior fellow leave no stone unturned, no sacred cow un-tipped.

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March 12, 2025 26 mins
In the Season 0 finale, Mike and Alexis consider a world in which historians put their money where their hi...

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In the 1840s, Black pioneer George Bush (no relation!), his white wife, and their five children quit Missouri, a slave state, for the Pacific Northwest---only to find racial exclusion laws hot on his heels.

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January 15, 2025 38 mins

On the 10th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, his widow faces an unthinkable betrayal. Alexis dismantles the myth of the unhinged Mary "Never Todd" Lincoln and reveals thewidow's relentless battle for justice

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December 25, 2024 20 mins

In this bonus episode, Alexis imagines a historic New Year's Eve menu for Mike.

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Karen Abbott, The Ghosts of Eden Park:

December 18, 2024 36 mins

From Nazi-fighting historian to Pantheon inductee: Bloch's legacy is anything but a strange defeat.

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December 11, 2024 40 mins
Author Paul Sparrow helps Mike and Alexis navigate Charles Lindbergh's bumpy descent from American hero to Nazi Germany apologist--and thorn in FDR's side. 

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Paul Sparrow, Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR's War of Words with Charles Lindbergh--And the Battle to Save Democracy

Alexis Coe, You Never Forget Your First 

Mike Duncan, Hero of Two Worlds

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December 5, 2024 10 mins

In this bonus episode, Mike convinces Alexis not to be sad about Chester A. Arthur

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December 4, 2024 40 mins

Today's episode is brought to you at one (guess who) host's insistence. 

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November 27, 2024 20 mins

Mike asks Alexis about Biden's legacy as she steels herself for the
presidential ranking survey.

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November 20, 2024 38 mins

Mike is back from his brush with not-quite-death and Alexis offers him no quarter, immediately speculating on 18th-century treatments he mercifully avoided. The actual episode: Their rabbit hole tales of unwoe, from the lexical versatility of "slut" to a totally logical journey from Michael Caine to Mary Todd Lincoln.

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November 13, 2024 4 mins

In this amuse-bouche of historical schadenfreude and wild speculation about what's really keeping Mike bedridden in Wisconsin, it falls to Alexis Coe to single-handedly salvage their fledgling podcast the only way she knows how: erudition and utter nonsense Read more

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