AEIOU: A Podcast about Austria
A history podcast covering Austria from roughly 1000 CE to the present
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Episodes
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
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This week, we learn a new word -- defenestration -- and we learn why that word has been associated with the city of Prague. We also talk begin a discussion of the Thirty Years War and why it happened despite our previously discussed efforts to settle the religious question.
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
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In this week's episode, perhaps one of the most momentous series of events in the history of humankind and certainly among the most momentous in European history: Luther launches the Reformation and faces off against the most powerful man in the world.
Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
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The third episode of this podcast introduces a familiar name to our growing lexicon: Habsburg. And what is an interregnum anyway? And why do we care? And finally, another Latin motto for Austria.
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
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In our second episode, we look at some of the more prominent members of the Babenberg dynasty, learn a little about Austrian vexillology, and find out more about why the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, or really an empire.
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
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Our first episode gives some background on what Austria is and how it's changed over a millennium. Then we jump right in with the history, providing some detail about the area's first dynasty, the House of Babenberg.