Meta Episode - Ascension of Alexander the Great

This is a bonus episode that just talks about the approach and process I take to tackling a particular topic, specifically our upcoming podcast series on Alexander the Great. If you're a fan of the show you might have wondered about how I even go about building a podcast series on a particular person, time or place. This process is the topic of this meta episode discussing researching and building my series on Alexander the Great.

Rest assured each topic is heavily researched well ahead of the scheduled release. Many articles are reviewed, books are read, and I take my content from the works of actual historians, archeologists, professors of history, etc... or from people who are themselves referencing the works of other established historians, professors, and archeologists.

Building this podcast is about much more than just the dates and events of history. It's about the emotion and feeling of that time and place. We can all have something we can grasp a hold of and reference as we explore the times and events of history. Building that feeling is an important part of what makes this podcast experience unique.

As we get ready to kick off our brand new series on the life of Alexander the Great I struggled personally with finding some emotion or experience from Alexander's life that I could personally understand. He led a very brief and violent life, and yet was driven by some force to keep conquering long past the original goals of the invasion. What pushes someone to lead a life of eternal war? What could push someone to the point of their entire army of devoted followers ready to mutiny against their king?

How I pick this theme, and approach finding and building that emotion and experience is explored in this Meta Episode about the process of building my podcast series on Alexander the Great.

Enjoy and see you in 2024.

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