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Bonus Author Interview: Mutinous Women
In this bonus episode, I sit down with author and historian Joan DeJean and discuss her new book: Mutinous Women. When we tell the story of the settl…
4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 191: The Ninety-Five Theses
Season 1
The world changed forever on October 31, 1517. On that day a hitherto unknown monk named Martin Luther posted Ninety-Five Theses meant for debate. An…
4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 190: Martin Luther
And at last, we have made it. I "began" the Reformation in January. It's April. And at last, we are at Martin Luther. You simply cannot discuss the R…
4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 189: Pope Julius II and Leo X
Season 1
In our final episode, before we (finally) get to Martin Luther, we cover the papacies of Julius II, the Warrior Pope, and Leo X, the Medici Pope.
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4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 188: The End of the Borgia Age
Season 1
All good things must come to an end, as they say. And, for some, the Borgia Age was actually a good thing. Just not for the Catholic Church in genera…
4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 187: Borgia High Tide
Season 1
Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia schemes to make his son Cesare the unrivaled master of Italy. Forming an alliance (and then unforming it before for…
4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 186: Cesare Borgia
Season 1
Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia, had plans for his son Cesare. Big plans. Like, Roman Empire-sized plans. No joke on that one. In this episode, Ces…
4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 185: The Borgia Family Business
Season 1
While Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia, could have created a mystique in his own right, we know the Borgia family just as much for the children as t…
4 years, 3 months ago
A Brief History of Ukraine
Just like the last bonus episode I released, this is another episode off of my Patron's feed that I thought, in light of current events, was worth sh…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
In light of current events, I decided to release an interview I completed last year with Professor Serhii Plohky discussing his book: The Gates of Eu…
4 years, 3 months ago