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Mailbag!
Jan 22, 2026It's been quite a while since I've answered listener questions, so here are a bunch on everything from the best depictions of siege warfare in movies to the pre-Indo-European languages of Europe. Patr...
Recent Discoveries in the Ancient Americas: Professor Shane Miller Returns
Jan 15, 2026Every year, new archaeological discoveries claim to rewrite what we think we knew about the ancient Americas, but how much can we trust the initial reports we see? Professor Shane Miller, now of the U...
Doing Business in Mid-Republican Rome
Jan 08, 2026The rise of the Roman Republic was built on conquest and war, but also on the massively expanding economy of Italy as a whole and Rome in particular. What was it like to live through that, and what di...
Interview with Professor Tom Birkett on "Runes: A Concise History"
Jan 01, 2026Runic writing carries connotations of magic and fantasy, but it was a widespread, useful, and long-lasting system of writing. Professor Tom Birkett has written a fantastic overview of runic writing th...
How Alexander the Great's Soldiers Spent Their Money
Dec 25, 2025Let's imagine a Macedonian soldier during the time of Alexander the Great. How did this man, whom we'll call Red Cleitus, spend the vast amounts of coin he plundered and earned as he and his comrades ...
Two Murders at the Dawn of History (Lost Worlds Audiobook Preview)
Dec 18, 2025Patrick's new book, Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World, launches May 5th, 2026! Check out this audiobook preview chapter on two murders around 5,300 years ago, hear ...
The Economic Life of Megakles, Farmer of Classical Athens
Dec 11, 2025We've talked about how rich classical Athens was, but what did that mean for an average person living at the time? In this episode, we follow the life of a composite character, an Athenian citizen far...
Doing History through Movies: Interview with Dr. Jason Herbert
Dec 04, 2025Like many of you, I first fell in love with history through the movies. Dr. Jason Herbert hosted a podcast called Historians at the Movies, now retitled Reckoning with Jason Herbert, that focuses on f...
Listen to Patrick's New History Podcast, Past Lives
Dec 03, 2025Patrick has a new history podcast, Past Lives! It's all about the experiences of real, everyday people throughout the human past, people just like you. Listen to the first full episode, "On Historical...
Why Was Classical Athens So Rich?
Nov 27, 2025Ancient Greece was rich compared to other ancient societies, and Athens was the richest place of all within ancient Greece. But why? The answer lies not just in the silver lodes of Attica or access to...