Podcast Episodes

Hostile Takeover

Season 8 Episode 372

If I could interview one figure from this period, I think it would be Queen Edith. That woman had a WEIRD life. She was married off to a King. Then s…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Naked Ambition

Season 8 Episode 371

Godwin was dead, and now Harold Godwinson found himself leading the family. Befitting this new role, he was due to inherit the wealthy and politicall…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Breaking Bread

Season 8 Episode 370

Earl Godwin and his family were back, baby.   Well, mostly.

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5 years, 5 months ago

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Move or You Will Be Moved: Part 4

Season 8 Episode 369

When you come at the King, you best not miss… and now the Godwins had the King of France and the Holy Roman Emperor acting as their surrogates while …

5 years, 6 months ago

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Move or You Will Be Moved: Part 3

Season 8 Episode 368

“O happy earl, in bairns and forebears blessedSiring four guarantors of England’s peace.First, Edith, gem-link on the kingdom’s brest,All virtues’ fr…

5 years, 6 months ago

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Move, or You Will Be Moved Part 2

Season 8 Episode 367

Swegn Godwinson was exiled….again. Only this time it was for life. As that judgment came down, the Godwins must have realized they had been maneuvere…

5 years, 6 months ago

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Move, or You Will Be Moved: Part 1

Season 8 Episode 366

The summer of 1051 must have felt like some sort of nightmare. A French aristocrat rode into Dover, picked a fight and then slaughtered the townsfolk…

5 years, 7 months ago

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Reconciliation

Season 8 Episode 364

Complex societies are able to do incredible things.  By having an interconnected civilization, with people from all over the place contributing to it…

5 years, 8 months ago

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Meet the Godwins

Season 8 Episode 362

History is just the story of humans across time. Therefore, like humanity, history is varied, it’s emotional, it’s complex. And often it’s just f*cki…

5 years, 9 months ago

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W A Poet

Season 8 Episode 361

King Edward came to England with a political migraine.

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5 years, 9 months ago

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