Podcast Episodes

The Celts Invade Greece

Season 5 Episode 146

The Celts invaded Greece in 280-279 BC, an entirely unforeseen breakthrough of a nearly unknown people into the mainstream of the Hellenistic world. Tens of thousands of Celts poured through the pass…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Alexander's Successors and the Danube Frontier

Season 5 Episode 145

While Alexander the Great's successors were fighting over control of his empire, Celtic-speaking migrants were moving east along the Danube River, mostly unseen and unnoticed by the Greeks to their s…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

The First Cities North of the Alps: Interview with Professor Manuel Fernandez-Götz

Season 5 Episode 144

The European Iron Age is known almost solely through archaeology, and the material record of the period is still showing us fascinating new aspects of ancient life. Professor Manuel Fernandez-Götz of…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

The Celts of the East and the Iron Age Balkans

Season 5 Episode 143

We're most familiar with the Celts of the west, the people who eventually fought Julius Caesar in Gaul and left their languages along the Atlantic fringe. Yet thanks to mass migrations to the east, t…

Published on 4 months ago

Rome's Deadliest Enemies: The Gauls of Italy

Season 5 Episode 142

When we think of Rome's most dangerous foes, our attention usually turns to Hannibal and his ilk, but it was really the Gauls of northern Italy who troubled Romans the most, and for the longest perio…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Celts and the European Iron Age

Season 5 Episode 141

We have long thought of the Celts (or Gauls) as the antithesis of the ""civilized"" cultures of the Mediterranean, but new research shows that they were building cities and states at the same time as…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Business Wars Presents: The AOL-Time Warner Disaster

Think business is boring? What about when your streaming bill goes up, or your favorite restaurant files for bankruptcy? Do you ever wonder what’s going on behind the scenes? Business Wars gives you …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Forgotten Power-Broker of the Roman Republic: Interview with Professor Douglas Boin

Season 5 Episode 140

Most people today remember the Roman aristocratic woman Clodia as the target of one of Cicero's nastiest works, but Douglas Boin has written a wonderful new book - Clodia of Rome - that recovers just…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

How the Horse Changed the World: Interview with Author David Chaffetz

Season 5 Episode 139

David Chaffetz, author of the recent and truly outstanding book Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires, joins Tides to talk about the long and intertwined history of horses a…

Published on 5 months ago

Listen Now: Lawless Planet

It’s not that hard to kill a planet. All it takes is a little drilling, some mining, a generous helping of pollution and voila! Earth over. When you take stock of what’s left, it starts to look like …

Published on 5 months ago