Cullen Burke
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I'm Cullen Burke, and this is Cauldron - A Military History Podcast. I'll cover the significant battles in history, breaking down the vital players, weapons, methods, events, and outcomes. Let’s take a peek into the past and see what, if anything, can be learned from the most dramatic moments in our collective story. Let’s get stuck in!
At Blenheim, Cullen has you watching the feint before the winning blow.
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Marengo tests Napoleon's battlefield legend against a crisis shaped by his own decisions.
Napoleon's battlefield legend runs into one of its more awkward exceptions at Marengo, where he begins on the back foot and the crisis grows largely from his own choices.
A measured look at Manzikert, divided forces, and the command choices around Romanos's march.
The Battle of Manzikert is framed as a problem of movement, pressure, and the risk of dividing an army. Cullen and Brett James follow Romanos's march toward Manzikert, Alp Arslan's return from the south, and the Byzantine choice to separate its force, keeping the focus on…
A clear battlefield study of how Marlborough made fear shape the French response.
Battle of Blenheim is framed as a lesson in how a commander can make an enemy misread the fight in front of him. Cauldron follows Marlborough's pre-dawn choice to send Eugene at the French left, letting that attack look like the coalition's main effort while the decisive…
A compact look at Schellenberg as the strategic lead-in to Marlborough's march, Vienna, and Blenheim.
The Battle of Schellenberg Heights, also known as Donaworth, is treated here as a tight window into the wider pressure of the War of the Spanish Succession.
A turning-point battle where rail concentration, command, and politics start to look modern.
Cauldron treats the Battle of Koniggratz as a turning point, but it does not turn the moment into grand theater. Cullen keeps the lens wide enough to show Prussian planning, rail concentration, and the diplomatic future of the German states, while still following the armies as…
A special episode that points to another show and lets the history carry the pitch.
Cauldron uses this special to point listeners toward Anthology of Heroes, and the pairing fits a military history show that cares about story as much as hardware, politics, and personality.
Outnumbered units, remembered under fire.
Battle maps, war films, and patient context.
War news, tested against military reality.
Antique European history, read aloud.
The host Cullen introduces a new series called War A to Z for the Cauldron podcast, covering military history topics in short episodes, and mentions upcoming content including the Battle of Sadova.
This episode of Cauldron's 'War A to Z' series covers Abd el-Krim, the Rifian guerrilla leader who inflicted a shocking defeat on the Spanish army at the Battle of Annual in 1921.
This episode of Cauldron examines the Abenaki Wars, a series of conflicts from the 1670s to 1760s between English colonists and the Abenaki people over land in New England.
Cullen frames the Battle of Königgrätz on July 3rd, 1866 as a clash between Prussia and Austria over who would shape the German states.
Cauldron's "Battle of Marengo 14 June 1800" frames Napoleon at Marengo as unusually vulnerable, arguing that he is back-footed "almost entirely of his own doing." Cullen walks through Napoleon's path from the 1798 Egypt expedition and the defeat at the Battle of the Nile to the 1799 coup that made him First Consul.
Cauldron - A Military History Podcast covers the Battle of Manzikert on 26 August 1071, moving from Constantine the First and Byzantium to Romanos IV and Alp Arslan.
Cauldron's "Battle of Blenheim" follows Marlborough from his "extremely out of heart" outlook in 1704 to the August 13 battle that changed the War of the Spanish Succession.
Cullen's Cauldron examines the 2 July 1704 Battle of Schellenberg Heights, also called Donaworth, as a lead-in to the Battle of Blenheim.