Ranked #1
Episode 65: Reindeer Games
Episode 65: Reindeer Games
Time for a holiday episode! This time we’re talking about how Santa’s reindeer got their names, including some of their ... Read more
11 Dec 2018
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1hr 19mins
Ranked #2
Episode 64: The History of the English Language with Kevin Stroud
Episode 64: The History of the English Language with Kevin Stroud
While at the Sound Education conference we had the chance to sit down with Kevin Stroud, host of the History of the Engl... Read more
16 Nov 2018
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1hr 10mins
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Ranked #3
Episode 51: Race & Racism in Ancient & Medieval Studies, Part One: the Problem
Episode 51: Race & Racism in Ancient & Medieval Studies, Part One: the Problem
What are the problems surrounding race and racism in the fields of Classics and Medieval Studies today? Where did these ... Read more
17 Jan 2018
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Episode 50: Translating the Odyssey, with Emily Wilson
Episode 50: Translating the Odyssey, with Emily Wilson
We interview Emily Wilson, whose new translation of the Odyssey for Norton was published in November to great acclaim an... Read more
3 Jan 2018
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Episode 59: From the Sublime to the Romantic
Episode 59: From the Sublime to the Romantic
The etymology of 'sublime' takes us through a discussion of the Gothic, Neo-Classical, and Romantic periods, the origins... Read more
8 Jun 2018
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Episode 62: Etymological Ghosts
Episode 62: Etymological Ghosts
From modern words for ghost, to Latin and Greek terms for spirits, to ghost words that haunt dictionaries, we explore so... Read more
22 Oct 2018
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Episode 74: Medieval Fact & Fiction, with Winston Black
Episode 74: Medieval Fact & Fiction, with Winston Black
We talked to Winston Black about his new book, The Middle Ages: Fact & Fiction, which addresses the most common myth... Read more
10 Sep 2019
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Episode 68: Glossed in Translation
Episode 68: Glossed in Translation
We talk about names for countries — endonyms and exonyms — and the trade goods named after the places they come from, in... Read more
15 Mar 2019
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1hr 26mins
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Episode 44: "Us" & "Them" in the Ancient & Early English Worlds
Episode 44: "Us" & "Them" in the Ancient & Early English Worlds
What words did the Greeks, Romans, and Anglo-Saxons use to talk about different groups of people? What differences did t... Read more
13 Oct 2017
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1hr 12mins
Ranked #10
Episode 36: Looking for the Legend in Guy Ritchie's King Arthur
Episode 36: Looking for the Legend in Guy Ritchie's King Arthur
We discuss how the recent Guy Ritchie movie King Arthur: Legend of the Sword fits into the history of adaptations of the... Read more
7 Jun 2017
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Episode 52: Race & Racism in Ancient & Medieval Studies, Part Two: Responses
Episode 52: Race & Racism in Ancient & Medieval Studies, Part Two: Responses
In part two of our discussion about racism, we talk about ways to respond to the problems in the field, in teaching, sch... Read more
31 Jan 2018
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Episode 38: Wonder Woman & the Amazons
Episode 38: Wonder Woman & the Amazons
5 Jul 2017
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Episode 57: Freebooting, Piracy, & Copyright
Episode 57: Freebooting, Piracy, & Copyright
We sail the high seas and surf the interwebs for this episode all about the etymology of pirate-related words and the co... Read more
26 Apr 2018
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Episode 46: Mike Duncan & The Storm before the Storm
Episode 46: Mike Duncan & The Storm before the Storm
We talk to podcaster and author Mike Duncan about his book, podcasting, Roman history, and more. Thanks to Mike for join... Read more
8 Nov 2017
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Episode 37: What is a Recipe? with Laura Carlson
Episode 37: What is a Recipe? with Laura Carlson
We talk to Laura Carlson from The Feast Podcast about recreating historical recipes, the many meanings of food, and what... Read more
20 Jun 2017
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1hr 6mins
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Episode 75: Tracking Monsters, with Liz Gloyn
Episode 75: Tracking Monsters, with Liz Gloyn
We speak with Dr. Liz Gloyn about her new book, Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture. We talk about Hercules: ... Read more
8 Oct 2019
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Episode 54: Our Pet Topic (part one)
Episode 54: Our Pet Topic (part one)
What makes an animal a pet? Who kept pets in the ancient and medieval worlds? What kinds of animals were they? And why a... Read more
28 Feb 2018
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43mins
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Episode 69: The Spirit of the Age
Episode 69: The Spirit of the Age
Happy (?) April Fool’s Day! We talk about the origins of the holiday, its connections to the Tom Collins cocktail, and h... Read more
1 Apr 2019
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1hr 46mins
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Episode 41: Arrival, Linguistics, & Time
Episode 41: Arrival, Linguistics, & Time
30 Aug 2017
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53mins
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Episode 61: Classing up our Languages?
Episode 61: Classing up our Languages?
In this episode we talk about the history of education in Europe, from classical Greece to the 19th century, covering th... Read more
30 Sep 2018
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1hr 26mins
