Putschcast

A global podcast about Riots, Rebellions and Revolutions. Putschcast explores how power changes hands, whether through internal social and political decay, external pressure, popular resistance or a pure stroke of luck.

Featuring experts in their field, every episode explores a unique moment in history that led to profound changes in the lives of the people affected by it.

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Podcasting since 2025 • 24 episodes

Putschcast

Latest Episodes

#23 Soviet Union - How the 1991 August Coup launched modern Russia

August 1991. Soviet tanks rolled into the centre of Moscow while most people were away on their summer holidays. This included the two most prominent politicians of the world's largest country and nuclear power, arch-rivals Mikhail Gorbachev an...

August 21, 2026 • Season 1 • Episode 23 • 1:09:43

#22 Argentina - Perón's populist Power, legendary Women and hidden Nazis

Caught between absolute power and violent coups, Juan Perón experienced both sides of political revolutions. Following a short imprisonment by military rivals, hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets to demand his re...

August 07, 2026 • Season 1 • Episode 22 • 1:03:40

#21 Australia - Colonial Uprisings, Race Riots and a Military Coup

For a special Aussie edition of Putschcast, all four hosts come together to review some rebellious periods in Australian colonial history, hardly known even to most Aussies.First up, the 1808 Rum Rebellion, Australia's only military cou...

July 24, 2026 • Season 1 • Episode 21 • 1:02:13

#20 Greece - Forging a Nation through Revolution and Civil War

It wasn't just a war of independence, it was a civil war, a bloodbath, and the blueprint for modern nationalism all rolled into one.The Greek Revolution of the 1820s reshaped Europe, but the real story is darker and more complicated than...

July 10, 2026 • Season 1 • Episode 20 • 1:11:36

#19 Russia - Prigozhin's March on Moscow

He was a hot-dog seller who became a warlord. A convicted criminal who commanded the world's most feared mercenary army, the Wagner Group. And then he did what no one had dared since the Soviet collapse: he pointed Russian tanks at Moscow and t...

June 26, 2026 • Season 1 • Episode 19 • 48:57