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Listen to Patrick's New History Podcast, Past Lives
Season 5 Episode 43
Patrick has a new history podcast, Past Lives! It's all about the experiences of real, everyday people throughout the human past, people just like yo…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Was Classical Athens So Rich?
Season 5 Episode 156
Ancient Greece was rich compared to other ancient societies, and Athens was the richest place of all within ancient Greece. But why? The answer lies …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Listen Now: American Scandal | The West Memphis Three
On May 5, 1993, three 8-year-old boys were brutally murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas. The tiny local police department launches an investigation bu…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Patrick's New History Show, Past Lives, Launches December 3rd!
Episode 43
From Patrick Wyman (host of Fall of Rome and Tides of History) comes Past Lives, a brand new podcast! Every week, we’ll focus on the lived experience…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
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 …
10 months, 3 weeks 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 fi…
11 months 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…
11 months, 1 week 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 h…
11 months, 1 week 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 maki…
11 months, 2 weeks 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 m…
11 months, 3 weeks ago