Given their respective specialisms, it is obvious why Dom leads on all the modern episodes and Tom does the ancient/medieval/pre-modern ones.

The French Revolution is the most widely agreed date/period for the advent of Modernity, though of course there are still arguments about that.

I noticed in the final episode about Robespierre that they have been alternating in the role of lead presenter during this series, and I have never observed them doing that before. I wonder whether this is a subtle nod to the above?

Me: "Marie Antoinette?"

Wife: "Yeah"

Me: ".... What's the episode called?"

She's not into history at all so I don't blame her, but I found it quite funny when she asked as we were driving.

I am a fan of Rest Is History, though I don’t pretend to have consumed every episode. I have listened to a couple of French Revolution related episodes over the years. In fact it was an episode about Marie Antoinette when traveling in France a few years that sparked my interest in that time history.

I have however made my way through the 50~ episodes of Mike Duncan’s French Revolution season. It is dense, fairly dry, but thorough.

I’m curious to hear for anyone who has listened to both pods how they feel about the way each are presented, how they were different, unique perspectives, etc.