Cocktails & Caligula (with Queens Podcast)
Our only explanation for this episode is that it was Jenny's birthday and she wanted to have some friends over. So we invited Katy and Nathan from Queens Podcast to come on our podcast and drink us un...
23 Jan 20201h 26min
Cleopatra x Marc Antony: Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Part 5)
After the disaster at Actium, Marc Antony's entire army--100,000 strong--surrendered to Octavian. Marc Antony and Cleopatra fled to Alexandria to negotiate the terms of their defeat. Those were dark, ...
9 Jan 20201h 15min
Cleopatra x Marc Antony: Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Part 4)
As Marc Antony and Cleopatra lived and loved in Alexandria, Octavian whipped up a toxic garbage fire of racism, misogyny, and xenophobia in Rome--and then declared war. Not against Marc Antony, but ag...
26 Des 201958min
Badass Women Make Ancient History (with Kate the Exploress)
Why were Civil War-era female spies so successful in smuggling guns across enemy lines? What secret superpower gave Scythian women an edge in battle? In heavily patriarchal ancient Greece, what made a...
19 Des 20191h 8min
You Don't Know Yule
What do you know about Yule? Maybe a lot. The holiday is widely celebrated in Scandinavian countries, and it's an important part of Wiccan and Pagan tradition. But for many of us, the version that's c...
12 Des 20191h 25min
Cleopatra x Marc Antony: Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Part 3)
After four years of marriage with Octavia, Marc Antony followed Cleopatra to Alexandria—and settled into life there. He oversaw festivals and athletic contests, cheered Cleopatra on as she ruled Egypt...
28 Nov 20191h 28min
Cleopatra x Marc Antony: Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Part 2)
When Cleopatra and Marc Antony met by the River Tarsus, Antony was smitten. And when Cleopatra went back to Alexandria, he forgot about invading Parthia and followed her home. The two then spent a mag...
14 Nov 20191h 5min
Vampires II: Disease and the Engines of Myth (With Tiny Vampires Podcast)
Last time we covered vampires, we were struck by the haunting connection between vampire myths and real disease. Between that and the many vampire myths from around the world that we didn’t have time ...
31 Okt 20191h 3min
