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The Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Judah: Interview with Professor Avraham Faust
Sep 07, 2023What was life like in the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah? Few people are better qualified to answer that question than Professor Avraham Faust, who has excavated and written extensively about th...
Patrick is Hosting a New Show! Check out the "Pursuit of Dadliness" Now!
Sep 05, 2023Welcome to "The Pursuit of Dadliness." This is a podcast for folks who want to enjoy their passions and their hobbies, whatever those might be, and genuinely strive to get better at doing stuff and mo...
Cyrus the Great and the Rise of the Persian Empire
Aug 31, 2023The Persians were unlikely successors to the Assyrians and Babylonians, a fringe people of no particular importance, until Cyrus the Great became the most successful conqueror the world had ever seen....
Theocracy, Fragmentation, and the Kushite Kings: Egypt after the New Kingdom
Aug 24, 2023Egypt's New Kingdom, the peak of its monumental building and international power, ended in the aftermath of the Bronze Age Collapse. Once again, Egypt fragmented into multiple smaller states. Yet mill...
The Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Destruction of Jerusalem
Aug 17, 2023Despite controlling a huge swathe of the Near East for the better part of a century, the Neo-Babylonian Empire is nearly forgotten today, aside from one key act: the destruction of Jerusalem and the e...
The Rise of the Persian Empire: Professor Matt Waters on Ancient Empires and Cyrus the Great
Aug 10, 2023The Persian Empire followed in the footsteps of the Assyrians and Babylonians, but it was a much different entity than its predecessors, and its founder - Cyrus the Great - deserves to be mentioned am...
Summer Book Club: Dr. Keith Pluymers on Indigenous America
Aug 03, 2023It's summertime, and I hope you're reading some great books. Dr. Keith Pluymers joins me once again to talk about one that you all might enjoy, by the historian Pekka Hamalainen - Indigenous Continent...
The Iron Fist of Empire and the Destruction of Israel and Judah
Jul 27, 2023Israel and Judah flourished for centuries as kingdoms on the margins of the Near East's great empires, but when the Assyrians turned their attention toward their smaller neighbors, disaster and destru...
The Roots of Israel and Judah
Jul 20, 2023The roots of ancient Judaism, and the Abrahamic religions, are to be found in the arid hills and fertile valleys of Canaan more than 3,000 years ago. That was where the kingdoms of Israel and Judah ca...
Headhunting, Migration, and Ancient DNA in Iron Age Europe: Interview with Professor Ian Armit
Jul 13, 2023Professor Ian Armit has ranged both widely and deeply over the study of European prehistory, examining everything from headhunting practices among the ancient Celts to migration in the Bronze and Iron...