Double Helix: Blueprint of Nations
Welcome to 'Double Helix: Blueprint of Nations,' the podcast where we analyze and look at the events, people and actions that have shaped the nations of our world . From revolutions to treaties, conflicts to triumphs, we explore the historical blueprints that continue to influence the way nations think and act today.
Podcasting since 2023 • 61 episodes
Double Helix: Blueprint of Nations
Latest Episodes
Joan of Arc: The Martyr (Part 4)
We trace Joan of Arc’s final arc from the coronation that completes her mission to the courtroom and fire that turns her into a symbol no one can control. We follow how politics, law, and belief collide in Rouen, and why trying to erase Joan on...
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Episode 56
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28:50
Joan of Arc: The King-Making (Part 3)
We trace Joan of Arc’s blistering Loire campaign to the shock victory at Patay, then follow her to Reims where Charles VII gains anointed legitimacy that reshapes French monarchy. Triumph bleeds into uncertainty as Joan’s voices go quiet and po...
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Episode 55
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26:45
Joan of Arc: The Proof and Orleans (Part 2)
A crossbow bolt slams beneath her collarbone, the surgeons say stop, and Joan of Arc gets back on the horse. That is the moment Orléans turns. We follow, step by step, how a seventeen-year-old in white armor transformed a starving city and an e...
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Episode 54
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30:27
Joan of Arc: Voices From Heaven (Part 1)
A teenage peasant girl claims God is speaking directly to her—and medieval Europe has a problem.In Part 1 of The Maid’s Divine Politics, we rewind to the winter of 1429, when France is on the brink of extinction and the H...
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Episode 53
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41:29
The Haitian Curse: A Legacy of Occupation (Part 4)
We trace how the 1915 U.S. occupation seized Haiti’s gold, reworked its laws, and built security forces that later empowered dictatorship, then follow the same logic into the earthquake era and the politics of foreign aid. The story connects so...
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Episode 52
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28:29
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