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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...
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...
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...
Patrick's New History Show, Past Lives, Launches December 3rd!
Nov 21, 2025From Patrick Wyman (host of Fall of Rome and Tides of History) comes Past Lives, a brand new podcast! Every week, we’ll focus on the lived experiences of real people from the past, bringing their stor...
Why the Hundred Years War Actually Lasted Two Hundred Years: Interview with Professor Michael Livingston
Nov 20, 2025The Hundred Years War was the defining conflict of the Middle Ages, but today's guest - Professor Michael Livingston of the Citadel - argues that it actually lasted for 200 years. That's just one prob...
The Phoenicians, the Greeks, and the Iron Age Mediterranean
Nov 13, 2025As the Bronze Age gave way to the Iron Age, the economy of the Mediterranean shifted dramatically. It expanded to encompass the entire sea for the first time, everywhere from the Levant to Iberia, and...
Love, War, and Diplomacy in the Late Bronze Age: Interview with Professor Eric Cline
Nov 06, 2025Professor Eric Cline, author of the outstanding book 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed, returns to the show to discuss his new book: Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Letter...
Building the Pyramids and the Valley of the Kings
Oct 30, 2025Millions of people called ancient Egypt home, and the vast majority of them weren't kings or high priests; they were humble farmers and laborers making their living from the rich black soil surroundin...
The Story of Carbon Dioxide is the Story of Everything: Interview with Journalist Peter Brannen
Oct 23, 2025Carbon dioxide is central to the story of Earth from its beginning more than 4 billion years ago all the way up to the present. Peter Brannen joins me to discuss his new book - The Story of CO2 Is the...