Podcast Episodes

Ep. 32: The Messiah, Pt. 1

Cyrus the Great arrives, Nabonidus falls, and several people eat human meat as we sort through Herodotus to tell the story of the rise of Persia in t…

12 hours ago

Bonus Interview: David Perry on Public Scholarship, Medieval Popes, and Disability

David M. Perry stops by the show to promote his new book, The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook, a book that is good enough that you'll forget you…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Ep. 31: The Writing on the Wall

This one's all about Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon, an oddball devotee of the moon god Sin whose reign ends up becoming the basis for some of D…

1 month ago

The 12 Tribes: An Interview with Andrew Tobolowsky (plus a small announcement)

Hello wonderful Patreon subscribers and freeloaders (whom I also love). Today's episode is a special one, an extended conversation with Andrew Tobolo…

2 months ago

Ep. 30: The Assassination of Governor Gedeliah by the Davidide Ishmael

We get right back into the 6th century as we explore the latter years of Nebuchadnezzar's reign and the chaos of his three immediate predecessors. On…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

BATM 5: Assassin 33 A.D. (feat. Jesse and Luke from Stores)

PLEASE WATCH THIS MOVIE BEFORE LISTENING. THIS IS NOT A JOKE. CLICK THIS LINK ASAP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUkeQM_QsCA

This episode released…

4 months, 1 week ago

Ep. 29: JEDP and the Thirty or So Ten Commandments

This episode released a week early for Patreon subscribers. Happy New Year to all, and especially all of my wonderful subscribers here! After the hol…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ep. 28: You're Canceled and That's It, Chief

Jerusalem is a smoldering ruin, and the king is dead. The destruction of the temple of YHWH leads to one of the most eclectic and strange and disturb…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

UNLOCKED: Susan Ackerman Interview

Hello all!

As I'm currently putting together a few episodes that have taken a touch longer than anticipated, I thought I'd unlock some Patreon-exclus…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ep. 27: The End is the Beginning (feat. Eric Harvey)

It's the grand finale of the first part of the history of the Bible: the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar the Second. The last king of Jeru…

6 months, 3 weeks ago