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Exploring the intersection between history and popular fiction. If you've ever watched a historical movie, TV show, or read a piece of fiction that pulled into its story people, places, and times from our history and wondered "Was it really like that?" this is a podcast for you.
We explore the larger world during the time period, explore the context of the age, its people, places, societies with a grimdark tone and twist. And then compare and contrast the reality of the time period vs what we have on our piece of fiction being reviewed.
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- The Anarchy · 1 h 22 min · Temporada 2 Episodio 8Inspired by the TV miniseries and novel, Pillars of Earth by Ken Follet today's episode looks at the real history surround a period of time in English history known as The…
- Revolutionary Era France - France of the 1780's · 1 h 8 min · Temporada 2 Episodio 7Covering the series of events the leads to the tinderbox of French life that enables the French Revolution. From the day-to-day life of the hundreds of thousands of peasants and…
- Revolutionary Era France - The Beast of Gévaudan · 1 h 24 min · Temporada 2 Episodio 6From 1764-1767 the Gévaudan region of France was terrorized as a supernatural animal attacked and killed over 100 women and children with dozens more who were attacked but…
- Sex, Jazz & Ax Murders - The Ax Murderer of New Orleans · 1 h 1 min · Temporada 2 Episodio 5From 1910-1919 New Orleans would undergo a period of rapid social change. WWI would break out, Prohibition was just around the corner. The Spanish Flu was ravaging the country…
- Uncovering Roman Carlisle - An Interview With an Archaeological Team · 56 min · Temporada 2 Episodio 4In 208 CE Septimius Severus travelled with his legions, and a massive entourage of as he travelled to Britain to conquer Caledonia. Through the course of his campaign many Roman…
- Sex, Jazz & Ax Murders - Robert Charles Riots & the Mayor of Storyville · 1 h 18 min · Temporada 2 Episodio 3In the late 1890’s a well-dressed man from Mississippi on the run from the law moves into New Orleans under the name of Robert Charles. By all accounts he’s a well-groomed and…
- Sex, Jazz, & Ax Murders – The Birth of Jazz & Storyville · 1 h 5 min · Temporada 2 Episodio 2In the wake of the death of Chief of Police Hennessy the mayor and the city council form a special unit to govern the investigation and arrests of suspects. Venting a racial…
- Sex, Jazz & Ax Murders - 1900's New Orleans · 43 min · Temporada 2 Episodio 1The history of Storyville, and jazz has its roots in New Orleans, and America’s struggle for virtue and racial division. Post Reconstruction New Orleans is a city of corrupt…
- Crisis of the 3rd Century - Diocletian & Saint George Bonus Episode · 1 h 14 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 28With the unexpected death of Aurelian and no designated heirs to the empire Rome suffers a number of emperors in quick succession with several only lasting months to a few short…
- Crisis of the 3rd Century - Rome Reforged · 1 h 12 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 27In 260 CE the fortunes of the Roman Empire are at the worst they could ever be. In a matter of months the Empire has shrunk to a third the size, the senior Emperor Valerian is a…
- The Crisis of the Third Century · 1 h 29 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 26In 200 CE the Roman Empire is at the tale end of a period of relative internal peace and stability across the empire known as the Pax Romana. No one could imagine that within 30…
- Christians in the Early Roman Empire · 1 h 12 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 25In 110 CE Pliny the Younger is appointed governor of the Roman province of Pontus-Bithynia. Within just a few months of starting the job he uncovers a community of Christians…
- The First Jewish–Roman War · 1 h 43 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 24In 66 CE a nobody, and minor priest by the name of Eleazar stood up to the oppression of Rome and declared “No more” in the bloodiest way imaginable. Sending a message to Rome…
- Messiahs, Romans, and Fires, Oh My · 1 h 11 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 23“What Caesar wants, Caesar gets”. Famous words that would change history forever in 66 CE. Since the start of Roman intervention (and then later rule) in Judea there’s been a…
- The Hasmonean Dynasty's Game of Thrones · 1 h 24 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 22In Episode Two of our series, we dive deep into the story of the Maccabee family. Beginning with Mattathias and his sons daring murder of Seleucid government officials and…
- Maccabean Revolt - Identity Politics in the Hasmonean Court · 1 h 25 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 21Getting at the heart of the first Jewish Roman Revolt war in 66 CE has a long history attached to it. Working my way backwards through time using the works of Jewish Historian…
- 10,000 Download Year in Review · 15 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 20Having just broken 10,000 downloads after only a year in running I thought it appropriate to mark the moment with a thank you episode. Since this milestone happened to coincide…
- The Ascension of Alexander the Great Part 5 · 1 h 23 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 19After the death of Darius III and Bessus, Alexander is without a doubt king of the former Persian Empire. He’s left staring at huge chunks of former Persian provinces now…
- The Ascension of Alexander the Great Part 4 · 60 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 18After the Battle of Issus Alexander conquered the bread basket of the Persian Empire (Egypt). Founding the city of Alexandria, and one of the Wonders of the Ancient World (the…
- The Ascension of Alexander the Great Part 3 · 1 h 45 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 17After the assassination of Philip, Alexander faced a demanding and tense succession crisis. Forced to kill of a rival heir, opposing generals, and then put down rebellions…
