An ancient history podcast run by two Millennial women. Misbehaving emperors, poison assassins, mythological mayhem; it’s like if Hardcore History met up with My Favorite Murder in the ancient world, with a heavy helping of booze and laughter.
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ALL IN ONE PLACE: The First and Second Servile Wars (02:13:51)
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When we think of large Roman slave rebellions, we usually
think of Spartacus. But what if we told you that Spartacus was only the thir...
RE-RELEASE: The Mound Builders of Cahokia (01:39:29)
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Hundreds of years before European contact, the biggest city in North America was located along the Mississippi River. At its peak, perh...
ALL IN ONE PLACE: Boudicca Parts 1, 2 & 3 (03:48:10)
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We're on hiatus until April 9. Until then, please enjoy our entire Boudicca series, all in one place.
The story of Boudicca’s revolt i...
End of Season 14 Announcement (00:22:59)
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It is the End of Season 14--a brief but intense season! Big changes have come in our lives over the past year, and in this episode we ta...
RE-RELEASE: Janus: God of the New Year (00:57:34)
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Janus is the two-faced god of the Roman pantheon. He was the god of beginnings and endings, of dual natures, of passageways and passage t...
RE-RELEASE: Saturnalia: So Much More than Roman Christmas (01:03:18)
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Wish you had a holiday all about feasting, drinking, the upending of the social order, blood sacrifices, the harvest, pranks, novelty gi...
RE-RELEASE: Krampus: The Goat Knows What You Did (00:45:37)
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This year, we decided that the holiday season wouldn’t be complete without a mythological foray into one of the most famous characters of...
RE-RELEASE: You Don't Know Yule (01:25:19)
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What do you know about Yule? Maybe a lot. The holiday is widely celebrated in Scandinavian countries, and it's an important part of Wicca...
RE-RELEASE: St. Nicholas and the Christmas Cannibals (01:19:15)
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Ah, Christmas—it's a time of cheer, of gift-giving and generosity; and a time to eat yer babies.
This year, we’re focusing on two differ...
The Ancient History of the Horse (with David Chaffetz) (01:13:54)
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For thousands of years, horses have been essential to human
civilization from warfare to trade and empire-building. All over the world,...
Like a Wolf but Not a Wolf: The Beast of the Gevaudan (Part 2) (01:17:43)
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In our last episode, we detailed the rise of the Beast of the Gevaudan, some of its most gruesome attacks, and the doomed efforts of pro...
Like a Wolf but Not a Wolf: The Beast of the Gevaudan (Part 1) (01:15:30)
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From 1764 to 1767, an area of southeastern France called the Gevaudan was stalked and terrorized by a mysterious beast. Some said it was ...
RE-RELEASE: Catholic Werewolves (01:12:44)
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We’ve covered werewolves in the ancient world before—and their connection to the Berserker myth. But wait til you hear what happened to w...
RE-RELEASE: Werewolves of Wolf Mountain: Terrors of Ancient Greece (01:20:20)
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The werewolf myth as we know it today generally involves getting bitten by a werewolf, transforming during the full moon, and being very ...
Maiden, Monster, Medusa with Ayana Gray (00:56:22)
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Today on the podcast, we’re thrilled to welcome bestselling
author Ayana Gray. Ayana is the author of the blockbuster YA novel Beasts of ...
RE-RELEASE: Buzzballs and Buboes: The Plague of Justinian (a Drunk Deep Dive) (01:22:38)
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This is an episode about a plague that killed up to 100 million people by the time it was done—as many as 60% of its victims. It’s the f...
RE-RELEASE: The Haunting of Crater Lake (01:04:52)
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Crater Lake is a caldera lake in the Cascade Mountains in Oregon—the remnants of an ancient volcanic eruption. It’s the deepest lake in t...
RE-RELEASE: Sea of Trees: The Japanese Suicide Forest (00:52:22)
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In this episode, we’ll delve into the mystery of Aokigahara, known in Japanese as the Sea of Trees—and to the rest of the world as the Su...
RE-RELEASE: Teotihuacan: Eat the Rich (01:35:49)
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Teotihuacan is an ancient pre-Colombian city in central America, founded two thousand years ago. It’s the home of some of the most iconic...
RE-RELEASE: This Episode is Full of Lies: Lucian's A True History (With Liv Albert from Let's Talk About Myths, Baby!) (01:24:41)
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Lucian’s A True History has been called the world’s first work of science fiction—but above all, Lucian of Samosata was a satirist. And h...
Horses of Fire, Daughters of Bronze (with AD Rhine) (00:59:22)
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AD Rhine is the pen name of the authors Ashlee Cowles and Danielle Stinsen, who have been friends and creative partners for over 25 year...
End of Season 13 Announcement (00:23:36)
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It is the End of Season 13--and what a wild ride it's been. We've had so much fun triangulating the Goths for you--and we hope you now ar...
How an Empire Ends: Goths vs Goths vs Goths (Part 2) (00:57:32)
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In our last episode we talked about the opulence of Goth–Gothic architecture, fashion, and art of all kinds–and the connection between th...
How an Empire Ends: Goths vs .Goths vs. Goths (Part 1) (01:09:44)
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We have come to the end (or almost the end) of our long, sweeping epic history of the Goths. But we have one corner of Gothic history...
How an Empire Ends: Germanic Heroic Legend (01:02:33)
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Long after the smoke from the battlefields died down, long after the ravens had eaten their fill, the Migration Era lived on in German...
