Hadrian in Athens (With Liv Albert from Myths Baby!)
Hadrian was the Roman emperor who commissioned Hadrian’s Wall--and he probably had a hand in designing it. But the Wall was only a very small part of Hadrian's life, and it’s not the only massive buil...
15 Apr 20211h
The Pictish Beast: What is It?
The Pictish Beast is a mysterious animal carved on Pictish standing stones. Nobody knows what kind of animal it is. But it must have been really important to the Picts, as over 40% of animals carved i...
1 Apr 202157min
Who Were the Picts?
The Picts burst onto the Romano-British scene as terrifying Celtic pirates, overwhelming Hadrian’s Wall from the north, sweeping in from the sea to ravage and burn Romano-British settlements as the po...
18 Mar 20211h 30min
Hadrian's Wall, Part 4: Wall at the End of the World
By the end of the 300s, the soldiers on Hadrian's Wall were hungry, they were under-equipped, and they hadn't been paid in years. Even so, many stayed at their posts--even as the Roman Empire lost its...
4 Mar 202149min
Hadrian's Wall, Part 3: After Hadrian
The living at Hadrian's Wall wasn't as austere as you might think for those stationed there--especially in the beginning. Merchants flocked from all over the Empire to sell their wares to soldiers wit...
18 Feb 202151min
Hadrian's Wall, Part 2: Life and Death on the Wall
What was life like on Hadrian's Wall? This week, we're going to explore the living conditions along the Wall--at the forts and the milecastles, in the officers' quarters and soldiers' barracks, and in...
4 Feb 202152min
Hadrian's Wall, Part 1: Mysteries of the Wall
Hadrian’s Wall is a jaw-dropping engineering achievement stretching 73 miles across hundred-foot-high escarpments and rushing rivers, its earthworks dug deep into unforgiving igneous bedrock. It’s the...
21 Jan 20211h 15min
Women in Welsh Mythology (With Mari Catrin Phillips from MythsnTits)
This week, we’re taking a deep dive into Welsh mythology from a queer, feminist perspective with the phenomenally talented Welsh artist Mari Catrin Phillips of MythsnTits. Join us as we get acquainted...
7 Jan 202148min
