Baiae Breathes: Sunken City of Sin (With Julius Caesar)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! During the ancient Roman Republic and into the Empire, there was a place all the fabulously wealthy went. An escape from the real world. A ...
14 Dec 20231h 35min
RE-RELEASE: Saturnalia: So Much More than Roman Christmas
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Wish you had a holiday all about feasting, drinking, the upending of the social order, blood sacrifices, the harvest, pranks, novelty gifts...
12 Dec 20231h 3min
Psyche x Eros: A New Look at an Ancient Love Story (With Luna McNamara)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Psyche and Eros is an ancient love story that has always had the power to compel. It’s the story of a god of passion who falls in love with...
7 Dec 20231h 7min
RE-RELEASE: Krampus: The Goat Knows What You Did
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! This year, we decided that the holiday season wouldn’t be complete without a mythological foray into one of the most famous characters of t...
5 Dec 202345min
Warrior Queens of Nubia
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! When we think of pyramids, hieroglyphs, and Pharaohs, most people think about Egypt. But there was a civilization to the south that was jus...
30 Nov 202352min
Lady Poisoners: Dangerous Women of History (With Lisa Perrin)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Throughout history, there have been a number of women who had—shall we say—a penchant for poison. Women who poisoned for power and influenc...
23 Nov 202359min
The Pompeii Refugee Crisis (With Elodie Harper)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! We’ve covered the deadly day in 79 AD when Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii in a suffocating layer of ash and pumice. But we haven’t c...
16 Nov 202353min
Greek Fire: Mystery Weapon of the Byzantines
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Greek fire was an incendiary weapon of the ancient world—and perhaps the sole reason that the Byzantine Empire stood long after the rest of...
9 Nov 20231h 7min
