WDF THINKS: A Tragic Heir

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

Zack Twamley

Phd, International Relations, Korean War, European History, 17th Century, 18th Century, Politics, 20th Century, Thirty Years' War, History, 19th Century, War, First World War

4.8 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Hey guys, welcome to the first proper feature episode of WDF THINKS! Here we begin what will hopefully be a common trend, of releasing an episode in line with an accompanying blog post, so follow this link here if you're interested in checking the episode out.http://www.wdfpodcast.com/thevassalstate/thetragicheirIn this episode we examine the tragic but fascinating case of Alexis, son and heir to the greatest ruler Russia had ever known, Peter the Great. Peter did great things for Russia, and is rightly viewed today as a great reformer and thinker. Yet, as we discover here, Peter appreciated that such great gains came with a cost. His regime was vulnerable to inner revolt, and Peter was willing to do anything to find such revolts and squash them before they turned into an open rebellion.Just how willing was he? The title says it all, but let's just say that when it came to fatherhood, Tsar Peter was anything but Great.**********History friends! If you enjoyed this episode be sure to let me know through the usual channels!Find everything you need on our site www.wdfpodcast.comSupport us on Patreon for great goodies and rewards www.patreon.com/WhenDiplomacyFailsRemember find us on Facebook and Twitter too!Thanksssssssss Get bonus content on Patreon

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0:00.0	Imagine winning 15 million pounds on Christmas Day.
0:05.5	The 15 million pound Lotto jackpot must be won on Christmas Day.
0:10.7	There's still time to get in the draw.
0:13.1	Lotto, will you be the next millionaire?
0:16.1	The National Lottery, rules and procedures apply.
0:18.5	Players must be 18 or over.
0:22.1	When I first started podcasting, I had no real idea of how it was going to go. I knew that
0:27.1	I liked history, I knew that I liked teaching history, and I knew, of course, that I was
0:31.1	really interested in how history progressed and how diplomacy failed, of course. This is a
0:36.8	story I've told loads of times before,
0:38.5	so I'm not going to go into much detail on it.
0:41.5	But recently, we passed 150 patrons, like 150 people supporting this podcast on Patreon,
0:50.0	and that's, I mean, that's amazing.
0:52.4	I remember celebrating 100 downloads, and now 150 people have decided that they, I mean, that's amazing. I remember celebrating 100 downloads,
0:55.1	and now 150 people have decided that they love this podcast so much
0:59.0	that they want to give money to it to support it even further,
1:03.1	and that's just incredible.
1:04.6	I can't thank you guys enough for that.
1:06.2	I really, really can't.
1:07.7	And this episode right here, I was going to release it in September,
1:10.5	I was going to release it in September. I was going to
1:10.9	release it in October or whenever. But I decided to just release it now, to coincide with the fact
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