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Bonus Ep 9: The Great Stirrup Controversy

hello patrons! thank you once again for subscribing. your second patron-exclusive episode for October is our much-delayed discussion of the Great Stirrup Controversy, which argues that feudalism, vassalage, and serfdom are all the result of the invention of the stirrup and its adoption by the Frankish king Charles Martel. we also touch on technological determinism and why technology isn't the end-all, be-all mover of humanity.

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Bonus Ep 8: The Green Knight Review II

hello patrons! as promised, here is part 2 of our review of The Green Knight. in this episode, we talk about what the film got right and what it got wrong about Medieval life and then do some comparing and contrasting between the film and its source material: the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. so check it out and let us know what you thought below.  and again, thanks so much for supporting the show. 

hey all!

just wanted to write a quick update to say that we're postponing the next Patreon ep on the Great Stirrup Controversy to next week (week of October 11). unfortunately, Eleanor is feeling a bit under the weather and we can't make 2 episodes work this week. we will be publishing a regular episode tomorrow, it's an interview with Dr Alex West about Medieval Indonesia tomorrow but the Patreon ep will have to wait until next week.

also, we will be starting a series on the rise, dominance, a...

Bonus Ep 7: The Phantom Time Hypothesis

hello patrons! thanks once again for supporting the show, it means a lot to us. in this new, patron-exclusive episode, we discuss the conspiracy theory known as the Phantom Time Hypothesis, which was first introduced in 1991 by German writer Heribert Illig. the PTH holds that 3 different rules: Otto III of the HRE, Pope Sylvester II, and Constantine VII of the Byzantine Empire conspired to add 297 years to the calendar so that they could rule in the portentous year of 1000AD. yes, it's as goo...

Update!

Hello, friends! Thank you so much for subscribing and helping the show out! Just wanted to post an update here for you, our lovely patrons! Our newest regular episode on Food in the Middle Ages will be released tomorrow, Sept 14, then the week after, we'll post another regular episode and our next patron-exclusive episode on the Phantom Time Hypothesis. So get ready for us to talk about crackpot nonsense.

Stretch-goal update: we're currently at 136 patrons and once we get to 175, we wil...

Bonus Ep 6: Afghanistan in the Middle Ages

Thanks so much for subscribing! We decided to do an episode on Afghanistan, the Timurid Empire, and the Graveyard of Empires after receiving a question about it given all the recent upheaval going on in Afghanistan. So check it out!

Bonus Ep 5: The Dark Ages

We are back to cover a subject very close to Eleanor's heart: the Dark Ages. Or, more correctly, how the Dark Ages didn't actually happen, at least not as popularly conceived. check it out as we try to break some misconceptions about the Dark Ages and see if there's any truth to the idea at all.

Update & Questions for the Show

hello patrons! thanks so much for your support! this is just a brief update to say that the next Patron-exclusive episode, the Dark Ages, will be out next week! apologies that it has taken some time to get a new bonus episode out but things have been extremely hectic the last couple of months for me (Luke) and it has been tough to find time. however, we're getting back on track!

also, we're asking for additional questions for the show! yall have provided so many good ones so far and we'...

100 Patrons!!!

we hit 100 patrons late last night, thank you so much! it means a lot to us that you enjoy and support the show! as promised, now that we're at 100 patrons, we will be doing 2 patron-exclusive episodes each month. so get ready and thanks again!

Ep. 23: The Silk Road - Discussion Thread

Friends! Apologies that there hasn't been much activity on the page recently. I (Luke) have been dealing with a sick kid and/or been sick myself for the last 2 weeks. We're both fine now, just getting back into the swing of things. Anyway, please use this thread for discussions on our latest episode on The Silk Road. Let us know your thoughts or any questions you might have!

https://share.transistor.fm/s/53bf38f9...

Bonus Ep. 4: The Fall of Constantinople

hello Patrons! our newest patron-exclusive episode is now available. this time, we finish up our miniseries on the falls of the Roman Empire by discussing the Fall of Constantinople and the world-changing consequences that flow from it. there's a map of Constantinople attached so you can better visualize what was happening. thanks again for subscribing. we'll have a new thread up soon so y'all can ask more questions for us to answer on the show.

Ep 20 - Medieval China Discussion Thread

hey everyone! here's a thread to talk about the new episode we just released this morning. feel free to discuss, ask questions, etc. and remember, our next Patron-exclusive episode on the Fall of Constantinople is coming next week.

https://share.transistor.fm/s/0fc4ef07

Episode 19 Discussion Thread

hello you wonderful Patrons! thank you again for subscribing! we published our 19th episode this morning and its our final one in our series on the peasants. please use this thread to discuss the episode, leave questions or comments, and tell us what you thought.

thanks again

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Ep. 18 Discussion Thread

hello patrons! this is the open thread for Ep 18, which was published this morning. feel free to leave any comments or questions that you might have about the episode here or just leave your general thoughts. either way, thanks again for subscribing and we hope you enjoy it.

https://share.transistor.fm/s/a070929b

Ep. 17 Discussion Thread

Hello, lovely patrons! Thanks so much for supporting the show! Episode 17 on Medieval peasant revolts has been published. Used this thread for general discussion and questions about the episode. Thanks again.

https://share.transistor.fm/s/e957f693

Bonus Ep 3: Why Did Rome Fall?

hello patrons! our 3rd, patron-exclusive episode is now live. in our first Patreon episode, we talked about when the Roman Empire fell but this time it's all about deconstructing why the Roman Empire fell and making fun of Edward Gibbon for being a confusing weirdo.  Also, you get to hear Luke complain about the Emperor Diocletian for some unknown reason.

so check it out and thanks again for subscribing to the show!

Vote on the Next Show Topic

Good news, our next normal episode will be published on Wednesday morning. But after we finish our series on peasants in a few episodes, we're going to move away from Western Europe and onto other parts of the world because we don't want to be too focused on one tiny area and we promised that Patrons would get to vote on future show topics. So, with that in mind, where would you like us to go next? Keep in mind, we will cover all of these so if yours doesn't win, it won't just disappear.

Ep. 15: Enclosure - Discussion Thread

hello Patrons! we published our 15th episode on Enclosure and the peasantry earlier today. please use this thread for comments, questions, or random asides about the episode. and don't worry, we will get to both questions asked in the Ep. 14 discussion thread in the next episode where they will fit better! we've also attached a photo showing an example of how the Open Field System looked before Enclosure.

Thanks again for listening and subscribing!

Ep. 14: Peasantry - episode discussion thread

hello patrons! this is a discussion thread for our newest regular episode, which is all about the peasantry. feel free to discuss stuff from the episode, post questions if you have them, or just talk about whatever's on your mind!

additional stuff: as you can see, we are currently in a series on the peasantry but we will also post a poll soon so that y'all can vote on the next topic after that. also, we will be reading off the names of patrons on a future episode as a thank you to every...

Bonus Ep. 2: An Interview with Patrick Wyman

Hello Patrons! Our newest Patreon-exclusive episode is live and it's an interview with Dr. Patrick Wyman who is a historian, podcaster, and author of the forthcoming book, The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World. The interview covers a number of interesting topics including the Great Man Theory of history, the concept of periodization, the rise of capitalism, and, of course, Patrick's new book! We were so excited to sit down and talk with Patrick and we reall...

Let's Talk About Sex Again - Episode Discussion

hello, everyone! we're now over 20 patrons and that's so awesome, thanks to everyone for subscribing! yesterday, we released our 12th general episode, Let's Talk About Sex Again, for everyone and we wanted to open a thread for Patrons to discuss the episode. we'd love to hear your thoughts, comments, questions, and more. so please, let us know what you thought and thanks again!

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Submit your Questions for the Show!

thank you so much to everyone for subscribing! it means so much to both of us and really does help keep the show going in the future. now, it's time for you, our amazing Patrons to submit questions for Eleanor and I to answer at the beginning of each, regular episode. and you don't have to limit your questions to stuff we noted on previous episodes, or about the Middle Ages, we'll answer questions about pop culture and other historical eras too. you can ask pretty much whatever. well, within ...

Bonus Ep. 1: When Did Rome Fall?

We're so excited to publish our first Patron-only episode of We're Not So Different and it's all about that age-old question that has plagued historians for ages: when did Rome Fall? Was it 476? How about 1453? What about 1906? Or maybe it's still around to this very day? Listen to hear us discuss each of these dates and more as we try to figure out when the Roman Empire ceased to exist...