Podcast Episodes

King Edward

Season 8 Episode 312

King Edgar is Dead… and in his place reigned his son, King Edward of England. And you’d think that we’d be referring to him as King Edward the First.…

6 years, 10 months ago

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Team Edward

Season 8 Episode 311

King Edgar the Peaceable was buried at Glastonbury in 975. But weirdly that isn’t the end of his story. William of Malmesbury tells us that nearly a …

6 years, 11 months ago

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Political Theater

Season 8 Episode 310

Human beings can’t really be summed up in a nickname. Usually we are more complicated than a word or two. And sometimes, the nickname just doesn’t re…

6 years, 11 months ago

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Size Doesn't Matter (until it does)

Season 8 Episode 309

You would think that someone named Edgar the Peaceable enjoyed a good reputation. But the closer you look, the more things start to look…off. And if …

6 years, 11 months ago

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A Thirst for Reform

Season 8 Episode 308

Across the North Sea, in Scandinavia, a man named Harald Greycloak was struggling for dominance in the region.  He wasn’t just any man, he was a son …

7 years ago

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Cleaning House

Season 8 Episode 307

The King is dead.  Long live the King. Eadwig, the 18 year old King known for his beauty, had died.  Somehow.

The post 307 – Cleaning House first app…

7 years ago

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King Eadwig

Season 8 Episode 306

The King is dead, long live the King. So … last episode was a bit of a shocker wasn’t it? After it launched, I got an email from a listener (who hila…

7 years ago

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A Very Special BHP Valentine's Day Episode

Season 8 Episode 305

History is known as a field for being a bit of a slog. Tracing events, and people, and social movements through decades and centuries is a huge task …

7 years, 1 month ago

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A Kingdom Divided

Season 8 Episode 304

Northumbria was always the hot mess of the heptarchy. There are a few exceptions where they manage to pull it together long enough to produce somethi…

7 years, 1 month ago

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Eric Bloodaxe

Season 8 Episode 303

We can probably assume that Harald Fairhair, the King of Norway, had fantastic hair. It was either big, or really long, or super glossy, and it was a…

7 years, 1 month ago

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