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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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 months ago
Episode 184: Pope Alexander VI
Season 1
Last time, Rodrigo Borgia climbed the ladder up the Papal Curia. In this episode, he outmaneuvers his opponents and manages to secure the unthinkable…
4 years, 5 months ago
Presidential Draft With Author Scott Rank
Decided to have fun with this one. Rather than do the same old author interview, I sit down with author Scott Rank and conduct my first ever Presiden…
4 years, 5 months ago
Episode 183: Rodrigo Borgia
Season 1
The Borgias is a name infamous for treachery, naked ambition, and depravity. But how did a relatively unknown Cardinal from Spain manage to will his …
4 years, 5 months ago