EARLY ACCESS - Episode #116 - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Quick, no googling, how many of the seven wonders can you name off the top of your head?
2025-10-27 23:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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EARLY ACCESS - Episode #115 - Eleanor of Aquitaine
You may know her from the 1968 film "The Lion In Winter" but who was the real Eleanor of Aquitaine?
2025-10-13 22:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS - Episode #114 - Pope Joan
Lady Pope! What's the story of Pope Joan?
2025-10-01 12:58:42 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Episode #113 - Arctic Exploration
Wrap up warm as Emma and Janina tackle the forbidding polar regions, and the madmen who explored them.
2025-09-02 06:13:35 +0000 UTC View PostBonus Episode - The Last Duel
Emma and Janina couch their lances and charge into the Ridley Scott historical drama "The Last Duel", did they like it? Does it do history right? Was Ridley Scott always like this?
2025-08-09 14:13:45 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode Delay!
Hello friends! Apologies for the lack of episode yesterday. It is all recorded but Oliver is currently snowed under with his day job so there'll be a slight delay before he can get it all edited. But coming up as soon as he can will be both a main episode on (ant)arctic adventures and a bonus episode on The Last Duel/The Duellists. My Livia appears heavily in both.
Thank you for your patience! In the meantime, here is a nice episode on the Original (human) Livia i did on the Ancients t...
2025-08-06 10:07:53 +0000 UTC View PostEarly Access - Episode #112 - The History of Duels
En Garde!
2025-07-22 10:12:38 +0000 UTC View PostEarly Access: Episode #111 - The Year of the Four Emperors (Part 3)
We've talked about Galba and Otho, yes, but what about Vitellius and Vespasian?
Early Access - Episode #110 - The Year of the Four Emperors (Part 2)
2025-06-24 02:08:28 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS - Episode #109 - The Year of the Four Emperors
Four emperors, Jeremy? Four?? That's insane.
2025-06-11 07:12:06 +0000 UTC View PostEarly Access - Episode #108 - Why is Shakespeare "The Bard"?
2025-05-27 15:51:02 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS - Episode #107 - The History of Carthage
Carthage, known primarily as one of early Rome's foremost nemeses, but what's the real story behind this North African city-state?
2025-05-13 08:30:15 +0000 UTC View PostTechnical Issues
Hello friends!
You have probably noticed that we have missed an episode and also that episode 104 has vanished from our public feed.
We have had a small technical meltdown with Oliver's computer giving up the ghost and - related - getting us locked out of our soundcloud account! We don't know why ep104 has vanished and we can't currently access our account to reupload it.
We are working with soundcloud to get back in and Oliver's computer has gone to the computer hospital s...
2025-04-20 17:57:14 +0000 UTC View PostEarly Access - Episode #106 - The History of KPop
A topic that definitely isn't going to animate the internet, this one, Oliver does his level best to give us a history of KPop, where it started from, what influenced it, and the idol system that keeps it running.
2025-03-31 20:39:08 +0000 UTC View PostBonus Episode #2 - Ask Us Anything!
This time, we answer Patron questions about anything, how did we meet? What does Emma's research process look like? and much more!
This bonus episode will only ever be available to our patrons!
Upcoming AMA Bonus!
Friends, we're doing another bonus episode, with an AMA format, so anything you've ever wanted to ask us, now is your chance! Please write it here!
2025-01-30 10:48:43 +0000 UTC View PostEarly Access - Episode #101 - WTDW The Marquis de Sade?
He's widely known as one of history's biggest freaks, but what was actually the deal with the Marquis de Sade?
2025-01-22 09:52:18 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode #100!
I forgot to put it on the Patreon feed, what an idiot!
- Oliver
BONUS EPISODE #1 - Glad2ator and Megalopolis
Welcome to our very first bonus episode, can you believe it?? This time, Emma and Janina are going to talk about some Roman and Roman-inspired films, giving us their thoughts on both Gladiator 2 and Megalopolis
This bonus episode will only ever be available to Patrons!
2024-12-13 17:40:42 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS - Episode #99: Quick Roman Questions
A bunch of questions about Rome and Romans that don't fit into an episode of their own
2024-12-10 05:51:23 +0000 UTC View PostWhat's The Deal With Druids? EARLY ACCESS
What were Druids anyway?
2024-11-27 06:29:04 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS - What's Are The Shroud of Turin and Veils of Veronica?
Today Emma and Janina bring you a brief overview into Holy Faces image-based relics. What are they? Where do they really come from?
2024-11-12 06:23:47 +0000 UTC View PostUpcoming 100th Episode!
Hello friends and patrons!
We realised that we are coming up on our 100th episode and we think we should do something to celebrate, but we would like you to suggest how we should celebrate!
Please comment with your suggestions for what our 100th episode should be! A live episode? Short answer questions? We just get drunk and libellous? Something else?
love
Emma, Janina and Oliver x
2024-11-05 17:58:55 +0000 UTC View Post
The History of Yugoslavia - Part 4 - Early Access
Tito is dead, what happens now?
2024-10-15 07:22:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe History of Yugoslavia - Part 3 - Early Access
It's Tito Time
2024-10-01 07:01:28 +0000 UTC View Post