Year-End Mailbag 1
folks, it's the end of the year and that means we're having holiday fun and making merry but also that we're crunched for time, so we won't be starting any new series or anything like that. instead, …
00:57:34 |
Wed 18 Dec 2024
On Mysticism (feat Simon Critchley)
folks, we've made no secret that we love mysticism on the show. we've talked about it on various episodes and some of our faves were mystics including Hildegard, Marguerite Porete, St. Francis, and m…
01:12:43 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
Gladiator II Review (feat Patrick Wyman)
folks, Ridley Scott has just released another one of his patented, late-era slopfests and we couldn't be more ready. that's right, it's your Gladiator II review, wherein we are forced to admit that w…
01:01:05 |
Thu 05 Dec 2024
Shogun 2: Seppuku Power Hour
folks, we're back with more fun with part two of our review of the 2024 Hulu series, Shogun. last time we learned that a soulful white boy in a strange land can listen and learn and even find a nice,…
01:29:06 |
Wed 27 Nov 2024
Shogun 1: The First Evangelical Weeb
folks, you asked and now you shall receive. we're here to review the 2024 Hulu series, Shogun, based on the 1975 novel by James Clavell. we talk about the first five episodes this time and then we'll…
01:29:56 |
Wed 20 Nov 2024
What the Folk? (feat Russ Williams)
folks, you know we love great folklore, traveling, and delightful accents and we've combined all three today as we talk to Welsh author, writer, and activist, Russ Williams. Russ has recently release…
01:10:29 |
Wed 13 Nov 2024
Let's Review the Mail
folks, we're back with another mailbag episode. our patrons have written questions and now we're going to answer them. we discuss a wide range of topics from wedding rings to mylings to the Charter o…
01:24:57 |
Fri 08 Nov 2024
Twelve Medieval Ghost Stories
folks, it's spooky season and we've reached back into the Middle Ages to find twelve ghost stories to celebrate. actually, these twelve were already compiled together and are known as the Byland Abbe…
01:25:53 |
Thu 31 Oct 2024
The Work of God
folks, it's time to talk about Opus Dei, the shadowy "church within a church" of the Catholic Church. why are we talking about Opus Dei? well, mostly because it's been in the news and we were chattin…
01:05:15 |
Thu 24 Oct 2024
The Travels of Ibn Ba2ta (feat Derek Davison)
folks, we're back with part two of our miniseries on the life and travels of Ibn Battuta, the most well-traveled man of the Middle Ages, and Derek Davison is back to help us out. this time, we look a…
01:25:50 |
Wed 16 Oct 2024
The Travels of Ibn Battuta 1 (feat Derek Davison)
folks, we're talking Medieval travelers today and that means we're talking about the man, the myth, the legend: Ibn Battuta. Even if he doesn't have quite the same western name recognition as Marco P…
01:08:05 |
Wed 09 Oct 2024
Episode Request: Day in the Life of (Fill in the Blank)
folks, after a brief weather delay, we're here to close out our Day in the Life series with a grab bag of Medieval jobs we haven't gotten to thus far. this time, we jump around between five different…
01:06:48 |
Wed 02 Oct 2024
The Name of the Rose 1: An Introduction (Patreon Ep Unlocked!)
In this introduction, we bring you up to speed on the background you need before we get into the book itself next time. We start with a question that is simple in theory but not in practice: what gen…
01:37:01 |
Wed 25 Sep 2024
Day in the Life of the Clergy
so far in our Day in the Life series, we've covered peasant farmers, knights, merchants, and royalty, which means that the only major group in Medieval Europe we've yet to cover is the clergy. but th…
01:11:38 |
Fri 20 Sep 2024
A Day in the Life of a Royal
folks, we're back and continuing our Day in the Life series and this time we're talking about those fat cat royals in their palaces. sure, their positions could only exist based off the exploitation …
01:22:41 |
Wed 11 Sep 2024
Episode Request: A Day in the Life of a Merchant
folks, we're back and continuing our run of answering patron episode requests and our Day in the Life series by talking about what a normal day was like for a Medieval merchant. how was city life dif…
01:19:37 |
Thu 05 Sep 2024
Episode Request: A Day in the Life of a Tourney Knight
folks, after consulting our very own sacred chickens, we decided to turn a few of these patron episode requests into a short series, focusing on a Day in the Life of various medieval European people.…
01:19:15 |
Fri 30 Aug 2024
Episode Request: A Day in the Life of a Peasant Farmer
folks, throughout the history of the show, we've gotten a ton of questions that we answer at the beginning of almost every episode but we also get episode requests on broader topics. since we have so…
01:15:10 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
Conquest and Anarchy 6: Total Angevin Victory
folks, we're back with the 6th and final episode in our series on the Norman Conquest and English Anarchy. we close our the Anarchy in style by talking about the strange course of the conflict, Empre…
01:26:49 |
Wed 14 Aug 2024
Conquest and Anarchy 5: Too Many Matildas
folks, it's part 5 of our series on the Norman Conquest and English Anarchy and we're finally getting to the Anarchy part. We talk about the state of England in 1135 at the time of Henry I's death, w…
01:13:19 |
Thu 08 Aug 2024
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