<![CDATA[Folk Pie]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/folkpie Deep dive into the history of humanity! We talk about the idiosyncratic characters, weird ideas, and funky societies that make the past an endless source of inspiration and funny jokes.

my history is good. one episode = 3 credit class

]]> RSS.com 2026.401.141116 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:29:47 GMT en 2c4bf154-80df-5434-9121-f767aa580577 https://media.rss.com/folkpie/20231009_071036_83e893d44dcc316a1c656492a37ffd45.jpg Folk Pie https://rss.com/podcasts/folkpie yes Liam CZA Noble 2024 Liam CZA Noble Liam CZA Noble false episodic podcast <![CDATA[ep. 4 The Rise and Fall (And Rise Again!) of the Medici Family (1400 - 1500 CE)]]> The Medici rose from an obscure clan of suckups to become the dominant family in Florence, pulling the strings and becoming secret dictators of the Banker’s Republic. Guile, cunning, a little bit of luck, and a lot of finance shenanigans. They were sponsors of the Renaissance, or so they claimed…

But not every heir is a winner. When the bank starts falling apart, the family will go down with it. Can the Republic be saved??

This is a long one, buckle up.

we cover:

Giovanni Di Bicci de’Medici

Cosimo the Elder

Lorenzo the Magnificent

Piero the Loser

AND Griolamo Savonarola’s Dominican radicalism.

notes:

De Re Uxoria

https://www.itergateway.org/sites/default/files/OV42extract.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_(politician)

The Family Medici by Mary Hollingsworth

http://pegasusbooks.com/books/the-family-medici-9781681776484-hardcover

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/folkpie/1388197 f86b8671-88f9-49cd-86fa-96763fc0e6e2 7353 full 2 2 4 4 true Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:06:29 GMT <![CDATA[Ep. 3 The Guilds of Florence!]]> The Guilds are strong, but not equal. The merchants are bringing great wealth to the city, but not everyone benefits. The politics are glamorous, but not everyone takes part. The situation is ripe for an uprising.

This episode is so beefy.

1350-1390

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/folkpie/1349942 69aca965-3d37-48c2-b7c2-bb1239f2312d 5837 full 2 2 3 3 true Sat, 17 Feb 2024 17:14:05 GMT <![CDATA[Ep. 2 The Rise of the City of Florence!]]> The city encounters problems stemming from its own ambition and a foreigner is invited to take temporary control, but he exacerbates a growing class divide, sparking uprisings, all under the shadow of the Pestilence. Meanwhile the bankers turn the crisis to their advantage.

1300-1350

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/folkpie/1349938 2a5c9136-5680-4547-86dc-4206caf45921 3768 full 2 2 2 2 true Sat, 17 Feb 2024 16:33:12 GMT <![CDATA[The History of Florence ep.1]]> Caught between the Pope and the Empire, Florence starts to take shape. The city goes through transformations as new constitutions and governing techniques are tried, developed, discarded, overthrown, retried. Welcome to the Flourishing Republic.

We're off baby!

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/folkpie/1349936 008a45af-43a0-448d-abd7-1e6123a2aab3 2421 full 2 2 1 1 true Sat, 17 Feb 2024 16:31:18 GMT <![CDATA[02 - Ira Allen]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/folkpie/1167439 e3ab9623-f7b6-406f-b6cd-e8f1b4f6bd53 1079 full 1 1 2 2 false Thu, 19 Oct 2023 16:01:01 GMT <![CDATA[01 - Ethan Allen]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/folkpie/1167382 4e590411-f9f1-48c0-9221-3d9899165b53 1550 full 1 1 1 1 false Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:22:39 GMT