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Bonus Ep 9: The Great Stirrup Controversy
hello patrons! thank you once again for subscribing. your second patron-exclusive episode for October is our much-delayed discussion of the Great Stirrup Controversy, which argues that feudalism, vassalage, and serfdom are all the result of the invention of the stirrup and its adoption by the Franki...
Bonus Ep 8: The Green Knight Review II
hello patrons! as promised, here is part 2 of our review of The Green Knight. in this episode, we talk about what the film got right and what it got wrong about Medieval life and then do some comparing and contrasting between the film and its source material: the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the...
hey all!
just wanted to write a quick update to say that we're postponing the next Patreon ep on the Great Stirrup Controversy to next week (week of October 11). unfortunately, Eleanor is feeling a bit under the weather and we can't make 2 episodes work this week. we will be publishing a regular epis...
Bonus Ep 7: The Phantom Time Hypothesis
hello patrons! thanks once again for supporting the show, it means a lot to us. in this new, patron-exclusive episode, we discuss the conspiracy theory known as the Phantom Time Hypothesis, which was first introduced in 1991 by German writer Heribert Illig. the PTH holds that 3 different rules: Otto...
Update!
Hello, friends! Thank you so much for subscribing and helping the show out! Just wanted to post an update here for you, our lovely patrons! Our newest regular episode on Food in the Middle Ages will be released tomorrow, Sept 14, then the week after, we'll post another regular episode and our ne...
Bonus Ep 6: Afghanistan in the Middle Ages
Thanks so much for subscribing! We decided to do an episode on Afghanistan, the Timurid Empire, and the Graveyard of Empires after receiving a question about it given all the recent upheaval going on in Afghanistan. So check it out!
Bonus Ep 5: The Dark Ages
We are back to cover a subject very close to Eleanor's heart: the Dark Ages. Or, more correctly, how the Dark Ages didn't actually happen, at least not as popularly conceived. check it out as we try to break some misconceptions about the Dark Ages and see if there's any truth to the idea...
Update & Questions for the Show
hello patrons! thanks so much for your support! this is just a brief update to say that the next Patron-exclusive episode, the Dark Ages, will be out next week! apologies that it has taken some time to get a new bonus episode out but things have been extremely hectic the last couple of months for me...
100 Patrons!!!
we hit 100 patrons late last night, thank you so much! it means a lot to us that you enjoy and support the show! as promised, now that we're at 100 patrons, we will be doing 2 patron-exclusive episodes each month. so get ready and thanks again!
Ep. 23: The Silk Road - Discussion Thread
Friends! Apologies that there hasn't been much activity on the page recently. I (Luke) have been dealing with a sick kid and/or been sick myself for the last 2 weeks. We're both fine now, just getting back into the swing of things. Anyway, please use this thread for discussions on our latest...
Bonus Ep. 4: The Fall of Constantinople
hello Patrons! our newest patron-exclusive episode is now available. this time, we finish up our miniseries on the falls of the Roman Empire by discussing the Fall of Constantinople and the world-changing consequences that flow from it. there's a map of Constantinople attached so you can better ...
Ep 20 - Medieval China Discussion Thread
hey everyone! here's a thread to talk about the new episode we just released this morning. feel free to discuss, ask questions, etc. and remember, our next Patron-exclusive episode on the Fall of Constantinople is coming next week.https://share.transistor.fm/s/0fc4ef07
Episode 19 Discussion Thread
hello you wonderful Patrons! thank you again for subscribing! we published our 19th episode this morning and its our final one in our series on the peasants. please use this thread to discuss the episode, leave questions or comments, and tell us what you thought.thanks againhttps://share.transistor....
Ep. 18 Discussion Thread
hello patrons! this is the open thread for Ep 18, which was published this morning. feel free to leave any comments or questions that you might have about the episode here or just leave your general thoughts. either way, thanks again for subscribing and we hope you enjoy it.https://share.transistor....
Ep. 17 Discussion Thread
Hello, lovely patrons! Thanks so much for supporting the show! Episode 17 on Medieval peasant revolts has been published. Used this thread for general discussion and questions about the episode. Thanks again.https://share.transistor.fm/s/e957f693
Bonus Ep 3: Why Did Rome Fall?
hello patrons! our 3rd, patron-exclusive episode is now live. in our first Patreon episode, we talked about when the Roman Empire fell but this time it's all about deconstructing why the Roman Empire fell and making fun of Edward Gibbon for being a confusing weirdo. Also, you get to hear Luke co...
Vote on the Next Show Topic
Good news, our next normal episode will be published on Wednesday morning. But after we finish our series on peasants in a few episodes, we're going to move away from Western Europe and onto other parts of the world because we don't want to be too focused on one tiny area and we promised tha...
Ep. 15: Enclosure - Discussion Thread
hello Patrons! we published our 15th episode on Enclosure and the peasantry earlier today. please use this thread for comments, questions, or random asides about the episode. and don't worry, we will get to both questions asked in the Ep. 14 discussion thread in the next episode where they will ...
Ep. 14: Peasantry - episode discussion thread
hello patrons! this is a discussion thread for our newest regular episode, which is all about the peasantry. feel free to discuss stuff from the episode, post questions if you have them, or just talk about whatever's on your mind!additional stuff: as you can see, we are currently in a series on ...
Bonus Ep. 2: An Interview with Patrick Wyman
Hello Patrons! Our newest Patreon-exclusive episode is live and it's an interview with Dr. Patrick Wyman who is a historian, podcaster, and author of the forthcoming book, The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World. The interview covers a number of interesting topi...
Let's Talk About Sex Again - Episode Discussion
hello, everyone! we're now over 20 patrons and that's so awesome, thanks to everyone for subscribing! yesterday, we released our 12th general episode, Let's Talk About Sex Again, for everyone and we wanted to open a thread for Patrons to discuss the episode. we'd love to hear your th...
Submit your Questions for the Show!
thank you so much to everyone for subscribing! it means so much to both of us and really does help keep the show going in the future. now, it's time for you, our amazing Patrons to submit questions for Eleanor and I to answer at the beginning of each, regular episode. and you don't have to l...
Bonus Ep. 1: When Did Rome Fall?
We're so excited to publish our first Patron-only episode of We're Not So Different and it's all about that age-old question that has plagued historians for ages: when did Rome Fall? Was it 476? How about 1453? What about 1906? Or maybe it's still around to this very day? Listen to h...
