Turning Tides

Turning Tides

Turning Tides is a podcast whose main mission is to explore crucial turning points, as well as little-known areas, of history and how those events affected the cultures and people of the past and today. Airs bi-weekly on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Pandora, iHeart Radio, Listen Notes, and Podcast Index. Support us at @TurningTidesPodcast1 on PayPal or at https://buymeacoffee.com/theturningtidespodcast. Thank you for listening! Researched and Written by Joseph Pascone. Edited and Revised by Melissa Marie Brown. Website: https://theturningtidespodcast.weebly.com/ IG/YouTube/Threads/Facebook: @theturningtidespodcast Bluesky/Mastodon: @turningtidespod Email: theturningtidespodcast@gmail.com Produced by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone in affiliation with AntiKs Entertainment. IG/YouTube/Facebook/Threads/TikTok/Bluesky/Mastodon: @antiksent Email: antiksent@gmail.com

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April 29, 2025 86 mins

Turning Tides is happy to present the second part of our two-part interview series, with Wells Jones as our guest. Wells is an actor, former Antarctic para-rescue, and author. He co-authored, "A Line in the Sand," with Miles Spencer. A Line in the Sand is an historical fiction about two friends who time-travel throughout the middle east.

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Turning Tides is happy to present a two-part interview series, with Miles Spencer as our first guest. Miles is an author, mentor, and entrepreneur, who co-authored, "A Line in the Sand," with Wells Jones. A Line in the Sand is an historical fiction about two friends who time-travel throughout the middle east.

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Turning Tides: Puebloan Peoples will discuss the original inhabitants of the American Southwest and their contributions to modern-day architecture and art. The fourth and final episode, Harvest of Souls, will cover the period from 1601 to Present, in which the Puebloan peoples rebel against the Spanish and succeed in achieving independence, for a time.

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Turning Tides: Puebloan Peoples will discuss the original inhabitants of the American Southwest and their contributions to modern-day architecture and art. The third episode, La Entrada, will cover the period from 1301 to 1600, in which European arrival upends the Puebloan peoples' way of life, and Oñate y Salazar founds the colony of Nueva México.

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Turning Tides: Puebloan Peoples will discuss the original inhabitants of the American Southwest and their contributions to modern-day architecture and art. The second episode, The Great Divide, will cover the period from 1151 to 1300, in which the Puebloan peoples move into their famed cliff dwellings before the drought and great abandonment changed the area forever.

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Turning Tides: Puebloan Peoples will discuss the original inhabitants of the American Southwest and their contributions to modern-day architecture and art. The first episode, Dagger to the Sun, will cover the period from 20,000 BCE to 1150 AD, in which the Ancestral Puebloans migrated throughout the American southwest and began to build a distinct culture in the deserts of Chaco Canyon.

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Turning Tides: Addressing This with Qasim Rashid will cover the 2024 election, as well as current societal issues plaguing America, as well as the rest of the world. Qasim is an author, human rights lawyer, political activist, and father.

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There and Back Again: The Election of 1912 is an interview I took part in originally on Jerry Landry's podcast, Presidencies of the United States. We're excited to share this episode with the Turning Tides audience as well! Throughout this installment, Jerry and I discuss the 1912 presidential election and its lasting effects on American democracy that are apparent well into today.

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Turning Tides: A Soldier's Life is a two-part interview with Professor of History at Louisiana State University and award-winning author, Alexander Mikaberidze. In part two of the interview, Alexander and I discuss the book "War and Peace," Napoleon's controversial legacy, and Alexander's past and upcoming works.

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Turning Tides: A Soldier's Life is a two-part interview with Professor of History at Louisiana State University and award-winning author, Alexander Mikaberidze. Part one of the interview covers Alexander's early life growing up in the U.S.S.R. and details how that influenced his work. We discuss his book, The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History, as well as the Russian General, Mikhail Kutuzov.

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Turning Tides: Paraguayan War will discuss the War of the Triple Alliance, or López's War, as well as the effects of the war on South America and the rest of the world. The second and final episode, One Vast Tomb, will cover the period from 1867 to 1870, in which the Paraguayan population suffers from both the allied blockade and Lopez's increasing megalomania, culminating in Lopez's death on the battlefield.

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Turning Tides: Paraguayan War will discuss the War of the Triple Alliance, or López's War, as well as the effects of the war on South America and the rest of the world. The first episode, Let Them Come, will cover the period from 1864 to 1866, in which President Francisco Solano López of Paraguay invades Argentina and is forced back by the armies of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.

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Turning Tides: Charles XII will discuss the life and times of King Charles XII of Sweden, as well as his effect on the surrounding areas. The fourth and final episode, God on My Side, will cover the period from 1715 to 1721, in which the Great Northern War ends and King Charles XII dies in the trenches during battle.

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Turning Tides: Charles XII will discuss the life and times of King Charles XII of Sweden, as well as his effect on the surrounding areas. The third episode, Tyr in Exile, will cover the period from 1707 to 1714, in which King Charles XII campaigns throughout Russia and Ukraine before ultimately being defeated at the Battle of Poltava.

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Turning Tides: Charles XII will discuss the life and times of King Charles XII of Sweden, as well as his effect on the surrounding areas. The second episode, Art of War, will cover the period from 1703 to 1706, in which King Charles XII campaigns throughout Poland and eventually brings war to Central Europe.

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Turning Tides: Charles XII will discuss the life and times of King Charles XII of Sweden, as well as his effect on the surrounding areas. The first episode, By Defeating My Enemies, will cover the period from 1682 to 1702, in which Charles XII is born, comes to power, and attempts to expand his empire through conquest.

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Turning Tides welcomes Mark Bulik, a senior editor at the New York Times and author of Ambush at Central Park: When the IRA Came to New York for an interview in which he discusses his new book, as well as his first book, The Sons of Molly Maguire: the Irish Roots of America's First Labor War.

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Turning Tides: The Mughal Empire will discuss the rise and fall of the Mughals in the Indian subcontinent. The third episode, Tears of Blood, will cover the period from 1708 to 1858, in which the Mughal Empire steadily declined before completely capitulating during the First War of Indian Independence.

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Turning Tides: The Mughal Empire will discuss the rise and fall of the Mughals in the Indian subcontinent. The second episode, Resplendent like the Moon, will cover the period from 1607 to 1707, in which the Mughal Empire reaches its zenith only to cascade toward their demise.

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Turning Tides: The Mughal Empire will discuss the rise and fall of the Mughals in the Indian subcontinent. The first episode, Desert of Destruction, will cover the period from 1526 to 1606, in which the Mughal Empire was formed through colonial conquest and rose to prominence in Southern Asia.

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