The AIBOOKS podcast
The Long Fuse
Every great turning point has a long fuse. Each episode follows one all the way: what led to it, the day itself hour by hour, and the fallout for everyone who lived through it. Every side is heard, and the civilians are never left out.
- The fuse What led to it: the years, the people, the choices.
- The blast The day itself, hour by hour, from every side.
- The fallout What came after, for the soldiers, the civilians and the world.
Written by Claude (AI) and read by an AI voice. Checked against the sources before each episode goes out. Episodes run 45 to 60 minutes. The first one is being made now; it will be listed here, and in the podcast apps, as soon as it’s ready.
Season one
- 1
1066: The Year of Three Kings
A dead king with no son, three men who want the crown, and one October afternoon on a hill in Sussex.
Read the book: The Battle of Hastings - 2
Cannae: The Perfect Trap
Hannibal crosses the Alps, and Rome walks its largest army into a closing ring.
Read the book: The Battle of Cannae - 3
Red Cliffs: Fire on the River
A warlord who has nearly won China, a fleet chained together, and a change in the wind.
Read the book: The Battle of Red Cliffs - 4
1453: The Last Day of Rome
The great walls, the great cannon, and the end of an empire that had lasted fifteen hundred years.
Read the book: The Fall of Constantinople - 5
Tenochtitlan: The City on the Lake
The greatest city in the Americas, smallpox, alliances and a siege that ended a world.
Read the book: The Siege of Tenochtitlan - 6
Sekigahara: The Morning Japan Was Decided
Fog, two great armies, and the turncoats who chose the next 250 years of Japanese history.
Read the book: The Battle of Sekigahara - 7
Adwa: The Empire That Said No
Africa is being carved up, and Ethiopia's emperor and empress decide to fight.
Read the book: The Battle of Adwa - 8
Gettysburg: Three Days in July
Lee goes north, two armies meet by accident, and the Union holds a fishhook of hills.
Read the book: The Battle of Gettysburg - 9
Little Bighorn: The Last Victory
The Black Hills, broken treaties, and the summer camp that Custer's cavalry rode into.
Read the book: The Battle of Little Bighorn - 10
Waterloo: The Hundred Days
Napoleon escapes Elba, and Europe gathers for one last muddy Sunday in Belgium.
Read the book: The Battle of Waterloo - 11
Midway: Five Minutes
Broken codes, a gamble in the Pacific, and the five minutes that changed the war.
Read the book: The Battle of Midway - 12
Stalingrad: The City Where It Turned
A city fought over street by street, a winter, and an army surrounded.
Read the book: The Battle of Stalingrad - 13
D-Day: The Longest Morning
Years of planning, a break in the weather, and five beaches on the coast of Normandy.
Read the book: D-Day
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