Podcast Episodes

Intelligent Speech Panels Tomorrow February 8!

Season 2

Intelligent Speech 2025 is coming! The event will feature a gathering of excellent history podcasters THIS SATURDAY. That’s FEBRUARY 8, 2025 at 10:00am US Eastern Time for an all day event featuring …

Published on 10 months ago

History of Persia Live at Intelligent Speech

Season 2

Intelligent Speech 2025 is coming! The event will feature a gathering of excellent history podcasters THIS SATURDAY. That's FEBRUARY 8, 2025 at 10:00am US Eastern Time for an all day event featuring …

Published on 10 months ago

141: The Age of Antiochus

Season 2 Episode 141

Antiochus I succeeded his father Seleucus in 281 BCE, and he was immediately plunged into a series of revolts, invasion, and crises in every direction. Ptolemy II was seizing land. The reconquest of …

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

140: Meet the Neighbors Who Resisted

Season 2 Episode 140

By the time Seleucus Nicator was murdered, he had reunited much of Alexander the Great's Empire, but the northern and southwestern edges of the imperial map were rapidly filling in with new, smaller …

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

139: Diadochoi

Season 2 Episode 139

9 Kings of Macedon, 8 A-names, 7 warring states, 6 kingdoms, 5 marriage pacts, 4 dead successors, 3 Ptolemies, 2 wars of succession, and 1 Victor all in one episode. The age of the diadochoi ends wit…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

Holiday Special 2024 - Zartosht No Diso

Season 2

According to tradition, the prophet Zoroaster died at 77 years and 40 days old on Khorshed Dae AKA December 26 (depending on who you ask). Let's talk about it.

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Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

138: A Tale of True Loves

Season 2 Episode 138

Today, we explore the family of King Seleucus I from his grandfather to his sons and daughters, including one of history's first uses of the she's only his step-mom excuse.

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Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

137: Who are you again?... Again

Season 2 Episode 137

Today, we step back from the narrative to see what kind of empire Seleucus was actually running here.

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Published on 1 year ago

136: Ipsus

Season 2 Episode 136

The Wars of the Diadochoi did not end in 301 BCE, but their Fourth War finished with a dramatic turning point in the Battle of Ipsus as Antigonus and Demetrius faced off against Seleucus, Lysimachus,…

Published on 1 year ago

135: Rise of the Elephant King

Season 2 Episode 135

After reclaiming Babylon, King Seleucus began consolidating his power over the upper satrapies, but even as he worked to reclaim the Iranian east, the Mauryan Empire began pushing out of India and ac…

Published on 1 year ago