Evio Creative Presents: The Shot Heard Around the World — Part I

The Devil Within

EVIO Creative

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🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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🎙️ The Ides of April The Shot Heard Around the World — Part I Chapters 1–3: “The Heir of an Empire,” “A City on Edge,” “Europe in Tinder” He was born to rule an empire he never truly believed in.Archduke Franz Ferdinand — heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, reformer, romantic, and the man whose death would ignite the modern age. In this sweeping first part of The Shot Heard Around the World, Branden Morgan traces the improbable life of the Archduke, the fragile peace of Sarajevo, and the continent teetering on the edge of disaster. From his forbidden marriage to Sophie Chotek to the volatile web of alliances that bound Europe in mutual paranoia, this is the story of how one city — and one bullet — became the hinge upon which the twentieth century turned. Through vivid storytelling and sharp historical insight, The Ides of April brings to life the world that existed just before the fall — a world too confident to imagine it could end. 🎧 Featuring: The rise and decay of the Austro-Hungarian Empire The secret societies plotting revolution in the Balkans The chain of alliances that made peace impossible 💥 The Ides of April — where history’s turning points sound eerily familiar. 📣 Follow & Support: Instagram: ⁠@idesofaprilpod⁠ Press & inquiries: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Rate, review, and follow The Ides of April wherever you get your podcasts 💼 Sponsors: Take the online quiz and introduce Ollie to your pet at ⁠ollie.com/ides⁠ for 60% off your first box. Use code IDES at ⁠monarchmoney.com⁠ for 50% off your first year. 🔥 The Ides of April — because history doesn’t whisper. It detonates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.6	EVO. Welcome back to the IADS of April.
0:46.3	This is the shot heard around the world, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
0:52.2	Chapter 1. The heir of an empire.
0:57.2	He was not supposed to be the one.
0:59.7	That's the first thing you need to know about Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
1:04.4	The man whose death would upend the Old Order of Europe and usher in a century of fire.
1:10.7	He was not the chosen heir. He became one by default,
1:15.6	the improbable product of dynastic attrition and a long string of inconvenient deaths. Franz Ferdinand
1:25.3	was born in 1863, Habsburg by blood and temperament. He inherited the arrogance of empire,
1:33.5	but carried somewhere beneath it a strain of idealism that made him unpopular in his own family.
1:41.5	His uncle, Emperor Franz Joseph, had ruled longer than most mortals live,
1:46.7	and he regarded the Archduke's modernizing instincts with suspicion. Franz Ferdinand believed
1:52.4	the monarchy could evolve. Less empire, more federation. He wanted to give the Slavs and the
1:58.7	Croats, the Czechs and the Poles, a greater say in their own governance.
2:04.3	It was a radical notion in a time when radical meant treason.
2:10.0	And then there was Sophie Chotech, the woman he loved and the mistake no emperor could forgive.
2:24.3	Sophie was noble, but not noble enough, a countess of insufficient pedigree for the throne. Their marriage was what was called Morgan Attic, which is a very imperial way of saying,
2:30.3	good for love, but really bad for politics. She would never be queen, their children would never be heirs.
2:38.3	The Habsburg court treated her like an inconvenience.
2:42.7	And Franz adored her for it.
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