ALL IN ONE PLACE: Julius Caesar: Parts 1 and 2
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Most accounts of Caesar's life start later on--such as during his time in Gaul or crossing the Rubicon. But his early life was just as fasc...
3 Loka 20232h 8min
RE-RELEASE: Last Refuge of the Minoans
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! We'll be back October 5. In the meantime please enjoy this episode from our vault about another ancient natural disaster--and the trauma it...
28 Syys 20231h 32min
RE-RELEASE: Aspasia x Pericles: Love in the Time of Plague
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! We'll be back October 5. In the meantime please enjoy this episode from our vault about another ancient plague--the Plague of Athens--and o...
26 Syys 202350min
End of Season 10 Announcement
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! We're taking a very brief hiatus this time--just until October 5. In the meantime, tune in to hear us talk rivers of pus, transformed world...
21 Syys 202319min
Could You Survive Pompeii? A Choose Your Own Adventure Episode
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! You’ve been transported almost 2,000 years into the past, to the streets of Pompeii. It’s a brisk autumn morning, around, oh…10 AM…and all ...
14 Syys 20231h 22min
Great Yu Controls the Waters
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Cultures on every continent have flood myths, and China is no exception. One of China’s founding myths is one about a singular hero, Yu the...
7 Syys 20231h 4min
Atlit Yam: Forgotten City Beneath the Waves
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Off the coast of Israel there is an underwater megalithic stone circle dating back to the 7000s BC – that is perfectly preserved, keeping i...
31 Elo 202358min
Buzzballs and Buboes: The Plague of Justinian (a Drunk Deep Dive)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! This is an episode about a plague that killed up to 100 million people by the time it was done—as many as 60% of its victims. It’s the firs...
24 Elo 20231h 25min
