El Cid the Mercenary: Rodrigo Díaz in Zaragoza's Pay and Valencia 1094
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Rodrigo Díaz was born around 1043 in Vivar, north of Burgos in Castile, the son of a minor noble...
11 Okt 23min
William Wallace: Cressingham's Flayed Skin, Falkirk and a Treason Trial
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!When Alexander III died in 1286 and his heir Margaret died in 1290, 13 claimants competed for th...
11 Okt 22min
Japan's Shinobi: Iga Guilds, Nightingale Floors and Kabuki's Black Ninja
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The shinobi of the Sengoku period wore dark indigo or brown farm clothes, not black, and spying ...
11 Okt 28min
Sniper Physics: The 3,800 m Shot in Ukraine, Coriolis Drift and Whitworths
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In November 2023 a member of the Ukrainian security service hit a target 3,800 meters away, more...
11 Okt 25min
The Reconquista Myth: Taifa Tribute, El Cid's Zaragoza Pay and Franco
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 711 a mostly Berber and Arab army under Tariq ibn Ziyad crossed the Strait of Gibraltar into ...
11 Okt 24min
Korean Turtle Ship: Dragon-Head Smoke, Iron Spikes and the Ironclad Myth
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The geobukseon, or turtle ship, first appears in the annals of the Joseon dynasty in 1413 and 14...
11 Okt 22min
Alexander Nevsky at Lake Peipus 1242: The Ice That Never Broke
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Alexander Yaroslavich, son of Grand Prince Yaroslav, served the merchant Republic of Novgorod as...
11 Okt 19min
Belisarius: Dara's Trenches, the Naples Aqueduct and the Ravenna Bluff
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Belisarius, born around 500 in what is now Bulgaria, rose in Justinian's guard and built the buc...
11 Okt 22min
