87 Episodes

  1. Episode 78: Galileo's Revolution

    Published: 7/1/2025

  2. Episode 77: The Contentious Scientist

    Published: 6/7/2025

  3. Episode 76: The People's Grand Duke

    Published: 5/17/2025

  4. Episode 75: Day of the Dupes

    Published: 4/25/2025

  5. Episode 74: Baroque Queen

    Published: 4/3/2025

  6. Episode 73: There Is No Middle Ground

    Published: 3/16/2025

  7. Episode 72: How to Raise a Teenage King

    Published: 2/22/2025

  8. Episode 71: Royal Dysfunction

    Published: 1/30/2025

  9. Episode 70: Poor Little Rich Girl

    Published: 1/13/2025

  10. Episode 69: A Deadly Scandal

    Published: 12/21/2024

  11. Episode 68 - The Ghetto

    Published: 11/27/2024

  12. Episode 67: Making the Medici Legend

    Published: 10/19/2024

  13. Episode 66: The Conquest of Tuscany (Mostly)

    Published: 9/28/2024

  14. Episode 65: Building a State

    Published: 8/21/2024

  15. Episode 64: The Medici Phoenix

    Published: 7/29/2024

  16. Episode 63: Anticlimax

    Published: 6/13/2024

  17. Episode 62: Misery and Worry

    Published: 5/17/2024

  18. Episode 61: The Favorite

    Published: 4/27/2024

  19. Episode 60: Massacre

    Published: 3/29/2024

  20. Episode 59: Eve of an Atrocity

    Published: 3/7/2024

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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