Pirates! With Leah Sutherland
Leah returns to chat with Patrick about one of their favorite topics - pirates. It wouldn't be a Leah episode if we didn't range widely, so we also chat about essays and Laura Ingalls Wilder.Support u...
20 Feb 202040min
The Ottomans, the Safavids, and the War for the Muslim World, 1501-1514
The Muslim world was a vast and diverse place, home to a variety of traditions and schools of thought. The Safavids began as a brotherhood of Sufi mystics, but soon transformed themselves from a relig...
13 Feb 202058min
The Ottomans, the Mamluks, and the Clash for Control of the Muslim World
While the Ottoman Empire spent most of its early history expanding into Christian Europe, it also faced east, toward the vast, wealthy, and dynamic Muslim world. As the Ottomans grew in prestige and p...
6 Feb 202045min
Pilgrims, Puritans, and the Battle for New England: Interview with Historian Peter Mancall
The Pilgrims and the Puritans dominate our understanding not just of early New England, but also early America and the entire future course of American history. Yet their success and long-term influen...
23 Jan 202048min
The Rising Tide of the Ottoman Empire, 1453-1481
Mehmet the Conqueror captured Constantinople for the Ottoman Empire in 1453 and ended the thousand-year reign of the Byzantine Empire after an epic siege, but he was far from done. For the next three ...
16 Jan 202048min
The Dawn of the Age of Exploration
What was it like to be on the cutting edge of the Age of Exploration, and what made these enormous leaps possible? To answer those questions, we follow the life of a composite character, a Portuguese ...
9 Jan 202044min
The Last Battle of the Wars of the Roses
What brought the son of a German shoemaker to a blood-soaked English field in June, 1487? In today's episode, we follow the life of a composite character, Hans, an artisan-turned mercenary, on his jou...
19 Des 201951min
Leah Interviews Dr. Patrick Wyman, PhD, about his upcoming book
Leah declared mutiny and there was a small defenestration from the 8th Floor Wondery Studio as she took full creative control of Tides of History. Well, not quite, but she did control the interview. P...
12 Des 201935min
