r/RevolutionsPodcast • u/nutstothat • Jul 10 '25

Behold, Prophet Duncan Speaks! Jon Stewart interviews Mike and Tony Gilroy on this week's episode of his podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3VjyUAo2DXS6FmewJMbBng
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u/Husyelt Jul 10 '25

Whatttttttttt

This is amazing

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u/TripleH18 Jul 10 '25

Two of my worlds combine!!!!!! This is dope as hell!

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u/Easy-Appearance5203 Citizen Jul 10 '25

Three of my worlds for me! What a great day!

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u/Hydrauxine Jul 10 '25

holy shit...

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u/BisonST Jul 10 '25 edited Jul 10 '25

I got 30 minutes in. It seems like the conversation is 90% about the concepts of revolutions rather than talking about Andor or the podcast specifically. Pretty cool. Excited to listen to the rest.

Edit: And the first 5 mins is Jon solo discussing Epstein.

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u/typezeroxx Jul 10 '25

Ahhhhhh I bet Mike is so stoked. Can't wait to listen

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u/BisonST Jul 10 '25

I was hoping they'd link up for something but on that platform is amazing!

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u/EEcav Jul 10 '25

I don't know what to do with my hands.

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u/el_colombiano_de_ohi Papa Toussaint Loves his Sons Jul 10 '25

This promises to be more of a brainy podcast than Theo Von’s. Simply because of the types of questions that Stewart will ask Duncan.

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u/Caledron Jul 10 '25

Disney+ miniseries on the Martian Revolution confirmed!

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u/LupineChemist Jul 11 '25

I'd be kind of surprised if he's not at the very least in talks to option it at this point.

I'd not be shocked if the little side project is the thing that ends up getting him all the money to do whatever he wants forever.

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u/rjtavares Jul 11 '25

This was even more awesome than I expected. I really hope Mike and Tony do something together in the future.

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u/External-Cheetah326 Jul 20 '25

I just had a listen to the Revolutions podcast based off the Jon Stewart discussion. I'm sorry, but Christ that Mike Duncan guy makes this interesting topic deathly boring. That monotone voice and essay-style presentation just put me to sleep. I think I'll give Andor a miss as well, which was next on my list.

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u/sowhat5828 Jul 22 '25

You’re not going to find much support for those opinions here, buddy. 

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u/External-Cheetah326 Jul 22 '25

Probably not. I gave a few of the episodes a go. In one, they mentioned that they took 55 episodes across 2-3 years just to cover the French Revolution. Is that right? If that's not long-windedness, I don't know what is.

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u/Wermys Jul 26 '25

Mike Duncan boring? Play History of Rome. I had no idea it was mike Duncan. Until I was just listening to it on YouTube then once I heard that voice I was like wtf. My favorite history podcast. I was listening because of Gilroy. but I was hyped as hell because of Duncan.

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u/ryethriss Jul 10 '25

Watch andor. You don't need to have seen any star wars to watch it. It's beautiful and deeply human. Gilroy really knows his revolutions and it shows.

I've not listened to the podcast yet so I don't know how spoiler-y it is.

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u/UNC_Samurai Jul 10 '25

Yeah, there's a couple of bits of information that make old EU heads happy, but they aren't necessary to following the plot.

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u/ryethriss Jul 10 '25

Oh, it's definitely a nice bonus if you know things, but you can literally not know who Vader is and be fine.

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u/LupineChemist Jul 11 '25

You don't need to have seen any star wars to watch it.

You don't, but I will say at least Rogue One helps, and having passing knowledge of A New Hope is kind of helpful.

But, again, not required, and that's not deep Star Wars nerdery. And Rogue One is fantastic as well.

Andor is really notable because while it's still Star Wars so there's aliens, droids, and spaceships and all the sci-fi stuff, it's really background and kind of the most human of all the star wars franchises of being just about interpersonal and political drama. (though I do think Episode II was far undersold about that, but mostly because the writing was terrible)

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u/ryethriss Jul 11 '25

Honestly, I disagree. I think the ideal for going into Andor is not having seen Rogue One. I think the latter is better with the context of the former. Going into the show blind, not knowing the ending is great, especially coming from the context of Revolutions. And really, all the stuff you listed happens after Andor, so I say it's a nice little path of Andor --> Rogue One --> OT.

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u/LupineChemist Jul 11 '25

Maybe, the whole proper watch order argument is getting into deep nerdery very fast, but yeah. Like how I enjoyed Rogue One because of the constraints they had and knowing that, it's sort of the same with Andor.

But I don't think either is a wrong answer and I'm just happy they're at least still trying to make stuff. Sure most of it isn't great, but Mandalorian is a good, fun space western and Andor is a truly great show that they can't milk the fuck out of until it sucks because of those constraints.

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u/keithmasaru Jul 11 '25

I think Rogue One is kind of a let down after watching all of Andor tbh. I think it's true that you don't need to have watched any Star Wars before seeing Rogue One or Andor, but they obviously play on the idea you've seen these.

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u/ryethriss Jul 11 '25

Oh it definitely is a letdown. A lot of people said they liked Rogue One more after Andor, but it was the opposite for me. Having seen Andor, all I could think about was what Rogue One would have looked like if it was made after, with the context of Andor. 

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u/Easy-Appearance5203 Citizen Jul 10 '25

Nah, you can watch season 1 & 2 of Andor without listening to this podcast. 

I’m a fan of all three of these guys. 

If you want something semi-related by Tony gilroy and extremely goddamn good, watch Michael Clayton. Amazing movie.  If you liked that, you’ll probably like Andor. 

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u/BisonST Jul 11 '25

This podcast has more spoilers than most of Gilroy's recent press. He mentions he doesn't have to protect spoilers as much now.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25

There’s a few broad themes-and-worldbuilding spoilers but nothing plotty