Podcast Episodes

Why the Hundred Years War Actually Lasted Two Hundred Years: Interview with Professor Michael Livingston

Season 5 Episode 155

The Hundred Years War was the defining conflict of the Middle Ages, but today's guest - Professor Michael Livingston of the Citadel - argues that it actually lasted for 200 years. That's just one pro…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The Phoenicians, the Greeks, and the Iron Age Mediterranean

Season 5 Episode 154

As the Bronze Age gave way to the Iron Age, the economy of the Mediterranean shifted dramatically. It expanded to encompass the entire sea for the first time, everywhere from the Levant to Iberia, an…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Love, War, and Diplomacy in the Late Bronze Age: Interview with Professor Eric Cline

Season 5 Episode 153

Professor Eric Cline, author of the outstanding book 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed, returns to the show to discuss his new book: Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Lette…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Listen Now: American History Tellers | The Mayflower

The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you speak, the ideas you share - can be traced to our history, but how well do you really know the storie…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Building the Pyramids and the Valley of the Kings

Season 5 Episode 152

Millions of people called ancient Egypt home, and the vast majority of them weren't kings or high priests; they were humble farmers and laborers making their living from the rich black soil surroundi…

Published on 2 months ago

The Story of Carbon Dioxide is the Story of Everything: Interview with Journalist Peter Brannen

Season 5 Episode 151

Carbon dioxide is central to the story of Earth from its beginning more than 4 billion years ago all the way up to the present. Peter Brannen joins me to discuss his new book - The Story of CO2 Is th…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Living and Working in Imperial Babylonia

Season 5 Episode 150

We don't usually think of the Neo-Babylonian Empire as one of the economic powerhouses of the ancient world, but this short-lived state actually oversaw one of the most stunning periods of economic g…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Ancient Economy from Assyria to Augustus

Season 5 Episode 149

What was the ancient economy? Can we even speak of such a singular thing? Today, I introduce the next block of episodes on Tides, an in-depth examination of the cutting edge of knowledge on the ancie…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Interview with Dr. Owen Rees (Book, The Far Edges of the Known World releases 9/30/25)

Season 5 Episode 148

The ancient world was a lot bigger than Greece and Rome. Dr. Owen Rees joins me to discuss his new book on this broader conception of antiquity - The Far Edges of the Known World - and we traverse th…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Thucydides, the Greatest Historian of All Time: Interview with Robin Waterfield and Professor Polly Low

Season 5 Episode 147

Thucydides is perhaps the greatest historian to ever live, a man whose work on the Peloponnesian War has been read, digested, and debated for more than 2400 years. Robin Waterfield and Professor Poll…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago