Show overview
The Duncan & Coe History Show launched in 2024 and has put out 11 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 5 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 8th season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 20 min and 38 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language History show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.2 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2024, with 8 episodes published. Published by Mike Duncan.
From the publisher
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.
Latest Episodes
S1 Ep 11Blank Check History: When Scholars Hit the Jackpot
In the Season 0 finale, Mike and Alexis consider a world in which historians put their money where their history is. Links to the great work of our guests! Rory McGovern Race, Politics, and Reconstruction: The First Black Cadets at Old West Point Marcia Chatelain Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America Emily Tamkin Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities Chistine Caccipuoti Footnoting History
S1 Ep 10Black Pioneer, White Frontier
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.
S1 Ep 9Framed by Blood: The Mary Lincoln Story
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.
S8 Ep 1Squirrel's Troublesome Little Bones
In this bonus episode, Alexis imagines a historic New Year's Eve menu for Mike. patreon.com/duncanandcoe Karen Abbott, The Ghosts of Eden Park:The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder that Shocked Jazz-Age America. Candice Millard, Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President Malinda Russell, A Domestic Cook: Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen Jon Mooallen, This Is Chance!
S1 Ep 7Marc Bloch
From Nazi-fighting historian to Pantheon inductee: Bloch's legacy is anything but a strange defeat. Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HistorianAlexisCoe Patreon: patreon.com/duncanandcoe Books by and about Bloch Carl Fink, Marc Bloch: A Life in History Marc Bloch, The Historian's Craft Marc Bloch, The Strange Defeat Marc Bloch, Feudal Society
S1 Ep 6FDR v. Lindbergh
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. Buy some books! 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
S1 Ep 5Boss Walrus
In this bonus episode, Mike convinces Alexis not to be sad about Chester A. Arthur
S1 Ep 4Gladiator II
Today's episode is brought to you at one (guess who) host's insistence.
S1 Ep 3Biden's Tar Pit Plunge
Mike asks Alexis about Biden's legacy as she steels herself for the presidential ranking survey.
S1 Ep 2Rabbit Holes
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.
S1 Ep 1Things Mike Duncan Isn't Dying Of...
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.