RE-RELEASE: Actium, Baby! (With Barry Strauss)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In this episode, we return to the beach at Actium with author, historian, and academic Barry Strauss as our tour guide. His new book, The W...
29 Jun 20231h 5min
PATREON BONUS: Cleopatra x King Herod: Wouldn't Touch You With a Barge Pole (Part 2)
This episode originally appeared as a Patreon Exclusive episode. Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In the second installment of our Cleopatra x King Herod arc, the slow-moti...
27 Jun 202325min
PATREON BONUS: Cleopatra x King Herod: Wouldn't Touch You With a Barge Pole (Part 1)
This episode originally appeared as a Patreon Exclusive episode. Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In our episode Cleopatra x Marc Antony: Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Part 3...
22 Jun 202320min
RE-RELEASE: Cleopatra x Marc Antony: Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Part 5)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! After the disaster at Actium, Marc Antony's entire army--100,000 strong--surrendered to Octavian. Marc Antony and Cleopatra fled to Alexand...
20 Jun 20231h 15min
RE-RELEASE: Cleopatra x Marc Antony: Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Part 4)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! As Marc Antony and Cleopatra lived and loved in Alexandria, Octavian whipped up a toxic garbage fire of racism, misogyny, and xenophobia in...
15 Jun 202358min
RE-RELEASE: Transgender Achilles and Found Family in the Illiad (With Maya Deane)
We're re-releasing this episode in honor of Maya Deane's book Wrath Goddess Sing coming out in paperback. Available wherever books are sold! Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon!...
13 Jun 20231h 15min
RE-RELEASE: Cleopatra x Marc Antony: Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Part 3)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! After four years of marriage with Octavia, Marc Antony followed Cleopatra to Alexandria—and settled into life there. He oversaw festivals a...
8 Jun 20231h 28min
RE-RELEASE: Cleopatra x Marc Antony: Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Part 2)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! When Cleopatra and Marc Antony met by the River Tarsus, Antony was smitten. And when Cleopatra went back to Alexandria, he forgot about inv...
6 Jun 20231h 5min
