How Important Was the Spice Trade to Medieval Europe?
Today's question comes from Jaime Martínez Bowness: Hi - here's a quick list of topics I thought of: The importance of the spice trade in Medieval times TO HELP OUT THE SHOW Leave an honest review ...
14 Juni 20179min
What Happened to Places Like Catalonia After Rome’s Fall?
Today's question comes to us from Nate Finch: I would love for you to do a podcast (series?) on Mediterranean "empires" after Rome (e.g. the Catalonian "empire", which extended all the way to Italy, t...
13 Juni 20177min
Was Hitler a Christian, Atheist, or Something Else? — Richard Weikart
No matter how little you know about history, you know something about Adolf Hitler. And if you want to shut down an opponent, you can claim that Hitler said/did/believed the same thing. Godwin's Law e...
12 Juni 20171h
Who Was WW2 Spy Zig-Zag?
Today's question comes from Dean Wallace: Could you tell me about the career of [World War Two] agent Zigzag? WANT ME TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT HISTORY? Click here to learn more. TO HELP O...
9 Juni 20178min
What Is The World’s Oldest University?
Today's question comes from James Ganong: Could you please tell me the history of oldest university? I think it is in Egypt... WANT ME TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT HISTORY? Click here to learn more...
8 Juni 20177min
Tell Me About the Varangians (The Vikings of Russia)
Today's question is about the Varangians, a group of Vikings that conquered Kievan Rus and became the first rulers of the Russian state. I'd love it if you could talk about Kievan-Rus, the Rurik dynas...
7 Juni 20175min
Can We Really Know Anything in History Or Is It All Fake News?
Today's question comes from C. M. Ho: How much of history has been the figment of some power hungry person or group? Some historians or those that call themselves historians are not adhering to the tr...
6 Juni 20177min
Every President’s Go-to Drink, From Washington’s Whisky to Obama’s Homebrew—Mark Will-Weber
There are books about presidents. There are books about cocktails. Then there are books that create and attribute a cocktail to each of the 45 U.S. presidents. Journalist and editor Mark Will-Weber ha...
5 Juni 20171h 18min
