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A mostly Medieval history podcast about how we've always been idiots
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Episodes
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- Ep 300 - November Mailbag · 1 h 21 min · Episode 300folks, we're back from Halloween with a new mailbag! this time, we answer questions about haircuts, 1066 and all that, the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse as humoral theory, new…
- Ep 299 - Army of Darkness Review · 1 h 10 min · Episode 299folks, it's time for us to review Sam Raimi's 1992 cult classic Army of Darkness, starring Bruce Campbell. never has a movie that takes place exclusively in the Middle Ages cared…
- Ep 298 - Welcome to the Crusades 2.2 Mosul · 1 h 7 min · Episode 298The hosts of American Prestige and We’re Not So Different join forces to examine one of the seminal events in world history: the Crusades. Season 2 focuses on the Second Crusade…
- Ep 297 - Welcome to the Crusades 2.1 Jerusalem · 1 h 14 min · Episode 297The hosts of American Prestige and We’re Not So Different join forces to examine one of the seminal events in world history: the Crusades. Season 2 focuses on the Second Crusade…
- Ep 296 - October Mailbag: Dungeon Master Timur · 1 h 10 min · Episode 296due to technical difficulties, the Army of Darkness review episode will be out next week, sorry about that! folks, we're diving back into the patron mailbag to answer a bunch of…
- Medieval Militaries 2: Johnny Appleseed for Gunpowder · 1 h 20 minfolks, we are back for part 2 of this woefully short series on Medieval military evolution in the Old World and it's time to talk about gunpowder. probably the single most…
- Medieval Warfare 1: Size Queens · 59 min · Episode 294folks, we don't talk about military history all that much on the show except as an aspect of the overall narratives and histories we tell. however, we do sometimes have to talk…
- Patreon Ep Unlocked: Mesopotamian Afterlife · 1 h 25 min · Episode 293folks, we have referenced it a couple of times but now it's finally time to focus on the Mesopotamian Afterlife, including their underworld and ghosts. we talk about how they…
- September Mailbag 2: Sister Act · 1 h 13 min · Episode 292folks, just as the ancient prophecies foretold, we're back for a second September mailbag episode. we dive back into the patrons questions again to talk about the 90's comedy…
- September Mailbag 1: Chateauneuf du Pape · 1 h 28 min · Episode 291folks, we are back with another mailbag episode for your enjoyment! we take patron questions about source survival, Tolkien as a medievalist, mercenaries, old primary sources…
- When the Church Changed · 1 h 4 min · Episode 285(00:00:00) Intro - A tales of 2 online interactions (00:06:32) What is hegemony, what does it mean for a Church to be hegemonic? (00:14:29) Hegemony can't override individual…
- Robin Hood Was NOT Wat Tyler · 1 h 6 min · Episode 289folks, the new movie Uprising, starring Andrew Garfield, is supposed to be released in a week and yet, the film's entire marketing scheme was thrown into chaos when a seemingly…
- Medieval News You Can Use · 1 h 21 min · Episode 288(00:00:00) Cold Open - Civ 7 and more ghosts (00:10:07) Patron questions - Weird Italian perverts and Papal naming conventions (00:24:05) Intro (00:26:05) Viking Textile…
- Let's Rank the Avignon Popes · 1 h 33 min · Episode 287folks, some of our patrons requested that we do tier list rankings of the popes and we are so happy to oblige, you have no idea. however, we can't do all 267 at once or even in a…
- Peter Abelard & Heloise · 1 h 33 min · Episode 286folks, today we tackle longtime frenemy of the podcast: Peter Abelard. he's a very interesting historical figure for his positively cutting edge ideas in numerous fields of study…
- August Mailbag: Medieval Crocs · 1 h 13 min · Episode 285folks, we're back with our monthly mailbag episode wherein we answer questions from our patrons. this time, we talk about what happens if you are shipwrecked in the Middle Ages…
- The Odyssey Review · 1 h 48 min · Episode 284folks, it's time to review Christopher Nolan's film adaptation of The Odyssey, which just came out a couple of weeks back. we talk about the good and bad choices Nolan made in…
- The Fall of Troy Probably · 1 h 13 min · Episode 286folks, everyone has Odyssey fever these days, so we decided to do a little episode talking about Homer, the Iliad, the Odyssey, what they mean, a weirdo named Heinrich…
- Patreon Ep Unlocked - Between Two Fires 1: Sock the Angel · 1 h 26 min · Episode 282folks, we start out book club series on Christopher Buehlman's 2012 Medievalist fantasy horror novel, Between Two Fires. we briefly introduce the author and the book and then…
- July Mailbag: It's All Greek to Us · 1 h 31 min · Episode 281folks, we are back and diving into our monthly episode of patron mailbag questions. this time, we talk about grain storage, the university at Bologna, Medieval fiction writing…
- The Wine Dark Sea · 1 h 3 min · Episode 280folks, today we talk about the Mediterranean Sea. you know it, you love it. we discuss how it just looks like a really cool place to set a fantasy series, where we would setup…
- June Mailbag 2: Flood Myths · 1 h 21 min · Episode 279folks, we are back with another mailbag because we are behind on patron questions. this time, we talk about everything from donkeys to postal services, gendered work to seasoning…
- Medieval Sportsball · 1 h 21 min · Episode 278folks, the World Cup is once again upon us in all of its glory and terror. so we take a look back at sports in the Middle Ages. we talk Medieval football, crossbow competitions…
- June Mailbag: Aurora Borealis · 1 h 34 min · Episode 277folks, we're back and diving into the patron mailbag once again. this time, we answer questions about a host of topics, including: height differences, Aurora Borealis, best…
- The Life and Death of Jane Boleyn feat Logan Weimer · 2 h 0 min · Episode 276folks, back in January, we brought on Logan Weimer to talk about the unfolding situation in Minneapolis but she was originally supposed to come on the show to talk about her deep…
- Patreon Ep Unlocked: The Day the Dinosaurs Died · 2 h 2 min · Episode 274folks, this is a long one. Luke talks about his Roman Empire: the Chicxulub Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. it's a scripted episode (don't get used to it) chronicling 3…
- Premodern Iran 4: Vindication · 1 h 29 min · Episode 274folks, we finish up our series on Premodern Iran by looking at Greater Iran from the arrival of the Mongols in 1219 until the fall of the Timurid Empire and the Rise of the…
- Premodern Iran 3: Towers of Silence · 1 h 30 min · Episode 273folks, we are back with part 3 of our series on Premodern Iran. this time, we get into the long, dark years for Iran and its peoples between the Muslim conquest and the Mongol…
- Eleanor of Aquitaine feat American Prestige · 1 h 22 min · Episode 272Welcome to the Crusades: The Second Crusade coming Summer 2026 this is just a special bonus episode we recorded with Danny and Derek from American Prestige. there will be a…
- Premodern Iran 2: The Cult of Fire · 1 h 27 min · Episode 270folks, we continue the series on Premodern Iran by picking up with the Sasanid Empire, which swept the Arsacid dynasty away in the 3rd century. we discuss the waxing and waning…
- Premodern Iran 1: The Achaemenid World · 1 h 24 min · Episode 270folks, given recent events and the region's general importance throughout history, we decided to do a short series on Premodern Iran. we start way back during the Ancient era…
- April Mailbag 2: Medieval Skyscraper · 1 h 27 min · Episode 269folks, we are back with another mailbag episode to try and cutdown on the backlog of patron questions. this time, we discuss hamster-style situations, Medieval skyscrapers in…
- April Mailbag 1: The Pope is Weak on Crime · 1 h 43 min · Episode 268folks, it's once again time to dive into the mailbag of patron questions. this time, we answer queries about the recent fight between Trump and Pope Leo, menopause, fried…
- Medieval Land Mgmt 9: Famine · 1 h 34 min · Episode 267folks, we come to the final episode of our series on Medieval Land Management by discussing famine, the very thing that all these land management practices are trying to guard…
- Preview: Wolf Hall 1 - Limited Series · 54 minfolks, this is a free preview for the limited series Dr Eleanor recorded with friend of the show Phoebe Roy (Masters of Our Domain, etc.) about season 1 of the Wolf Hall TV show…
- Medieval Land Mgmt 8: Livestock · 1 h 24 min · Episode 266folks, in our 8th and penultimate episode on Medieval Land Management, we finally turn to our fellow creatures, specifically those we've domesticated. we talk about the various…
- Medieval Land Mgmt 7: Sailor's Delight · 1 h 18 min · Episode 265folks, there's more water to be discussed because, surprisingly, we kinda use water for everything. we discuss Medieval fishing, including stock ponds, salt harvesting, why you…
- Medieval Land Mgmt 6: Water Water Everywhere · 1 h 13 min · Episode 264folks, we're back with part 6 of the Medieval Land Management series and we're talking about how they dealt with water. first, we talk about Mesopotamian ghosts for a bit then…
- Medieval Land Mgmt 5: A Coppicing We Will Go · 1 h 23 min · Episode 263folks, we're back to our series on Medieval Land Management with part 5 on forestry. we talk the Medieval obsession with beavers, coppicing, more coppicing, the staggering amount…
- March Mailbag · 1 h 16 min · Episode 262folks, we had take a short break from our Medieval Land Management series due to some scheduling complications (don't worry, it will continue next week) and so we did a mailbag…
- Medieval Land Mgmt 4: Rice Quest · 1 h 26 min · Episode 261folks, in our 4th episode on Medieval Land Management, we talk about more types of farming. this time, moving to Asia and the Americas to talk the 2 other great Medieval staple…
- Medieval Land Mgmt 3: Go Wheat Boy Go · 1 h 28 min · Episode 260folks, in the third episode in our series on Medieval Land Management, we talk about how Medieval farming recovered in Italy after the fall of Western Rome, how migrants from…
- Medieval Land Mgmt 2: Labors of the Months · 1 h 11 min · Episode 259folks, it's time to talk about Medieval farming. you've asked us to go in-depth on how it worked and that's what we're doing in this series. we talk about the yearly cycle in the…
- Medieval Land Management 1 · 1 h 13 min · Episode 258folks, we start our series on Medieval land management with a brief introduction because "land management" means a lot of things and we needed to define what we're doing. we also…
- On the Streets of Minneapolis feat Logan Weimer · 1 h 38 min · Episode 257www.standwithminnesota.com folks, we invited Logan Weimer onto the show to talk about patriarchal violence against Jane Boleyn but ended up talking about the fascist occupation…
- Medieval Greenland · 1 h 22 min · Episode 256folks, Greenland is in the news for fairly stupid, very American reasons, so we decided to take a look back at Greenland during the Middle Ages. how did the Norse setup a colony…
- January Mailbag · 1 h 18 min · Episode 255folks, it's January and time for another dive into the Patron mailbag. if you would like to ask questions like these, you can subscribe for just $5 a month at…
- The Dying Empire · 1 h 26 min · Episode 254folks, happy 2026! we're back and we'd love to talk about the Middle Ages but current events have overtaken us and we are forced to talk about the dying empire that is America…
- Patreon Ep Unlocked: We're Very Very Different: Irony · 1 h 20 min · Episode 253we're unlocking this bonus episode because it's the week of New Year, it was originally published in early 2024. if you like it, why not subscribe at patreon.com/wnsdpod. in this…
- Famous Medieval Dates · 55 min · Episode 252folks, it's time to talk about some fun, important, and symbolic dates from the Middle Ages. we discuss what days of the year they found significant, their attempts at…
