Suggestion Survey is Open through 5/10
Added 2020-05-07 23:24:09 +0000 UTCOur theme for May survey is Great Figures!
One of the fascinating things about history is that the same story can be told—in fact, probably should be told—from multiple angles. In this series, we’ll take on a well-known figure, but tell them in a different light than usual. You know Julius Caesar as the military hero… but what about the destabilizer and power-hungry dictator? How about the adventures of young Napoleon, clawing his way to become Emperor? Was Henry VIII’s erratic, reprehensible behavior proof of his awful temperament, due to the stress of kingship, or the result of multiple head injuries while jousting? What about George Washington’s career as a spymaster, or whether the Emperor Meiji had much to do with the restoration and reforms that bear his name.
Some notes about your suggestions:
- Only one suggestion per person please! Multiple suggestions from the same person during any given survey period will be manually removed.
- If a suggestion we encounter only has enough research material/production scope for a one-off episode instead of a full series, we file it in a separate list to reference later when we are planning to schedule a one-off episode between series (this is true for every survey we do).
- Anything that happened or started before 1929 is fair game to suggest. We typically don't cover more recent events, unless we're working with sponsors who can provide more documentation about that historical topic.
Comments
I think the key to understanding her as a historical figure is to remember that before she married, she was Marie Antoinette von Habsburg. A lot of her reputation came from anti-Austrian attitudes in place at the time.
themunck
2020-05-10 09:23:58 +0000 UTCMargrete I
themunck
2020-05-10 09:22:46 +0000 UTCI suggest Archimedes :) one of the mad scientists of the ancient world, hold off Rome for 3 years with advanced tech.
Brandon Jeffery
2020-05-10 02:47:48 +0000 UTCI suggested Marie Antoinette. No doubt she was out of touch with the problems facing the common folk in France, but I think it would be interesting to explore her life beyond the “Let Them Eat Cake” attitude that is so strongly tied to her person.
Bel
2020-05-10 00:19:04 +0000 UTCI suggested Theodor Herzl
Dan Koyfman
2020-05-09 21:54:07 +0000 UTCKing Vitiges, the last Ostrogothic king before the East-Roman Conquests of Italy. Just to round out the angles of Justinian's reign.
The Deaf Mans Lands
2020-05-09 21:30:12 +0000 UTCA great chance for Alexios I Komnenos' reign. A reign full of fighting, seeding future problems and strengthening the diminishing Byzantine Empire.
Nimrod
2020-05-09 17:44:19 +0000 UTCI suggested Santa Anna the Geneal and ruler of Mexico.
Gabriel Poole
2020-05-08 13:09:09 +0000 UTCI suggested the emperor Ashoka. From Brutal Warlord to the Patron of Buddhism.
Herkles
2020-05-08 00:54:49 +0000 UTCSubmitted mine! ...18 December 1892 (the date of Richard Owen's death) counts as before 1929, does it? ^^;
SkarmorySilver
2020-05-08 00:02:03 +0000 UTCA one off episode on John Paul Jones that guy is crazy.
Joshua.w
2020-05-07 23:34:13 +0000 UTC
