Weird Medieval 1: Stealing the Secrets of Silk
folks, we've started a new series and this one is all about Weird Medieval shit. the Middle Ages were an incredibly fascinating time and we want to celebrate and emphasize that by looking at the even…
01:11:06 |
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Proto-nationalism: Tradwives feat. Dr. Lauren Hill Griffin
we finish up our intermittent series on proto-nationalism and nationalism by discussing the modern concept of tradwives, or women who endorse a so-called traditionalist perspective and aesthetic onli…
00:54:20 |
Fri 08 Mar 2024
Patron Mailbag Time
we have had a lot of great interviews lately and that means we haven't had much time to answer the backlog of patron questions we have, so we decided to do a mailbag. we answer questions ranging from…
01:09:24 |
Wed 28 Feb 2024
Medieval Enshittification feat Cory Doctorow
folks, things are getting worse everywhere but especially on the internet and so we decided to go to an expert to discuss how modern things are getting shittier all the time: author, blogger, and cre…
01:04:24 |
Wed 21 Feb 2024
German Peasants War feat November from Trashfuture
this time, Luke and Eleanor welcome special guest November, co-host of the Trashfuture, Well There's Your Problem, and Kill James Bond podcasts to the show to talk about the German Peasants War, whic…
01:06:00 |
Thu 15 Feb 2024
Nationalism and Nostalgia feat Dr Rachel Moss
this week, we're continuing our series on proto-nationalism and nationalism by talking to Dr. Rachel Moss about the ways nostalgia is used for evil and, specifically, how false nostalgia for a Middle…
01:10:15 |
Thu 08 Feb 2024
Christian Nationalism Then and Now feat Bradley Onishi
This week, we welcome Dr. Bradley Onishi, co-host of the Straight White American Jesus podcast, onto the show as part of our series on proto-nationalism in the Middle Ages. As we promised earlier thi…
01:08:09 |
Wed 31 Jan 2024
Medieval Women: Theodora & Theodelinda
this time, we return to our occasional series on Medieval women, where we look at the lives and times of ladies who were able to rise to positions of power and esteem despite the extremely patriarcha…
01:18:39 |
Wed 24 Jan 2024
Proto-nationalism: Borders and Rulers
150th episode wooooo! this time, we continue our miniseries on what we're calling Proto-nationalism in the Middle Ages by talking about two very big materialist reasons why they couldn't really have …
01:09:51 |
Thu 18 Jan 2024
Nationalism in the Middle Ages?
nationalism is, unfortunately, once again on the rise in the modern day and while you might think that it has very little to do with the Middle Ages, you'd be wrong. because while the nationalism we …
01:18:45 |
Thu 11 Jan 2024
2023 Year in Review
it's our first episode of the new year but we're just not ready to move on quite yet, so we're taking a look back at 2023 and then taking a little peak ahead into 2024. we talk about Medieval news an…
01:00:22 |
Thu 04 Jan 2024
Dante's Inferno 1: Abandon All Hope (Patreon Ep Unlocked!)
hello listeners! what you're about to hear is one of our patron-exclusive bonus episodes from March 2023, the first of our seven part book club series on Dante's Inferno. in it, we introduce Dante Al…
01:04:44 |
Wed 27 Dec 2023
Open Mailbag Fun
folks, it's the holidays and so we decided to post some prompts on twitter and bluesky and answer some questions about history, life, and culture from the general audience. we cover everything from C…
01:23:04 |
Wed 20 Dec 2023
Medieval Dad-coded feat Patrick Wyman
folks, we've got podcaster, historian, dad-aficionado, and friend of the show Patrick Wyman back on the show to talk about dad culture, what it means to be a dad as opposed to just a father, Medieval…
01:06:39 |
Wed 13 Dec 2023
Another Patron Mailbag
this time, we take a dive into the backlog of questions from our patrons and answer a few of them. we tackle everything from how to explain the Middle Ages to a 5 year old, to how bad was Henry VIII …
01:09:09 |
Wed 06 Dec 2023
Princes in the Tower News
as you may have heard, the Princes in the Tower are in the news again, 540 years after their supposed deaths. recently, Philippa Langley, who famously help find Richard III's body in a parking lot ba…
01:09:38 |
Thu 30 Nov 2023
The Last Duel Review
folks, we're finally doing a review of Ridley Scott's 2021 Medieval history film, The Last Duel, a film that asks the question: what if Ridley Scott just didn't do all the stuff he's known for and in…
01:35:11 |
Wed 22 Nov 2023
Tudor Depictions feat. Phoebe Roy
folks, in this episode we brought in a special guest and friend of the show, Phoebe Roy, co-host of the Ten Thousand Posts and Masters of Our Domain podcasts, to talk with us about depictions of Tudo…
01:09:42 |
Wed 15 Nov 2023
Arthuriana 6: The Death of the King
Long cold open this time, actual episode starts around 18 mins in.
Luke and Eleanor close our their series on the Medieval Arthurian canon in style, covering the rest of the post-Galfridian era to the…
Luke and Eleanor close our their series on the Medieval Arthurian canon in style, covering the rest of the post-Galfridian era to the…
01:25:53 |
Wed 08 Nov 2023
Arthuriana 5: Knights and Round Tables
this time, the series on Arthuriana continues into the post-Galfridian era. following Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, which created the narrative structure and foundation of the Art…
01:30:15 |
Thu 02 Nov 2023
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