Podcast Episodes

The Old Guard

Season 8 Episode 316

Before we get back to our story, I’ve been seeing your conversations online and it made me realize I need to clarify something.   Some of you took th…

7 years, 4 months ago

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The Cracks in the Foundation

Season 8 Episode 315

“Under AEthelred nothing was done; or, more truly, throughout his whole reign he left undone those things which he ought to have done, and he did tho…

7 years, 4 months ago

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Æthelred: Are You Ready?

Season 8 Episode 314

King Edward, like those before him, had died under mysterious and apparently violent circumstances. And the next in line for this increasingly bloody…

7 years, 5 months ago

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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.…

7 years, 5 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 …

7 years, 5 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…

7 years, 6 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 …

7 years, 6 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, 6 months 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, 6 months 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, 7 months ago

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