RE-RELEASE: Locusta the Poisoner
We're on hiatus until September 2. Until then, please enjoy some of our favorite episodes from the back catalog. Ancient Rome was full of rich, ambitious social climbers in a cutthroat political envir...
15 Heinä 20211h 3min
RE-RELEASE: Stuff Alaric Said
We're on hiatus until September 2. Until then, please enjoy some of our favorite issues from the back catalog. On August 24, 410 AD, Alaric and the Visigoths sacked the city of Rome. Before he sacked ...
8 Heinä 202148min
End of Season 6 Announcement
We're going on hiatus! We'll be back September 2. Thank you so much for joining us on the wild ride that was Season 6. Listen in as we discuss some highlights and behind-the-scenes goings on, and find...
24 Kesä 202125min
Rivers of Old Londinium (With Ben Aaronovitch)
London began its life as Old Londinium—an informal trading community that sprang up around the narrowest point in the Thames, and was burned to the ground by Boudicca’s army just decades after its fou...
10 Kesä 20211h 15min
Boudicca Part 3: Last Ride of the Iceni
The people of Camulodunum had found out the hard way that Rome’s promises of protection weren’t enough to save them from Boudicca’s rampaging army—and so did the people of London and Verulamium. Boudi...
27 Touko 20211h 19min
Boudicca Part 2: Hares and Foxes Amongst the Wolves
When Boudicca rebelled against the Romans, she knew exactly who to turn to for allies: the Trinovantes. Years ago, the Romans had taken over their town, Camulodunum—and made it over into a veterans’ r...
13 Touko 20211h 22min
Boudicca Part 1: The Seeds of Rebellion
The story of Boudicca’s revolt is as epic as you can get. It’s got murder and pillage, Romans behaving badly, cities on fire, and a layer of destruction that was scorched into the earth. But it's also...
29 Huhti 20211h 11min
BONUS EPISODE: Liv Wrote a Book! + Drunk Mythology
Our dear friend Liv (from Let's Talk About Myths, Baby!) wrote a book, Greek Mythology: the Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook. And it’s already a bestseller in Canada and a #1 new release on Amazon...
22 Huhti 202146min
