
What's New In History - Bonobos and Herpes and Kissing, Oh My!
What else can be more fun than Dan and Bernie talking about Bonobos, Herpes, and Kissing with some History and Philosophy mixed in?? Check it out!This episode is especially sponsored by Marduk's Mattr...
22 Nov 202313min

180. 550s BC part 3 Cyrus vs the Medes
In this episode we delve into the riveting story of Cyrus the Great's audacious revolt against the Medes, a pivotal moment that not only redefined the ancient Near East but also laid the foundations f...
15 Nov 202325min

179. 550s BC part 2 - Three kings of Babylon
The unlikely events in Babylon that lead to the rise of Nabonidus, the last and final king of Babylon. This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski.If you like what we do you can support the ...
1 Nov 202333min

What's New In History - A New Formula for the Growth of Christianity in the Roman Empire
While I was microwaving some leftovers Garry stopped by to talk about his new and original contribution to biblical history. This brilliant and witty Aussie realized the traditional way of calculating...
25 Okt 202338min

178. 550s BC part 1 - Cyrus becomes king
This is the official point where we become the Cyrus the Great podcast. This guy will change the world and make an empire bigger than even the Neo-Assyrian Empire and it all starts here with his very ...
18 Okt 202343min

What's New In History - Go Fly a (Desert) Kite
At the dawn of aviation pilots were seeing what looked like enormous kites (4 kilometers enormous!) throughout the Arabian desert. It turns out they are something ingenious thought up by our ancestors...
11 Okt 202314min

177. 560s BC part 7 - the semi-legendary Buddha
Bernie och Dan look into the semi-legendary figure Siddharta Gautama and tries to compile the legends into one historical narrative. This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski.If you like w...
4 Okt 202352min

What's New In History - Extracting DNA from Artifacts
20,000 years ago, a woman living in Siberia put on a pendant fashioned from a deer tooth. She wore it for a long time, perhaps until she died or lost the artifact. Now, thousands of years later, that ...
27 Sep 202311min



















