Life in Ancient Rome

For centuries, England was one of Europe's great Catholic kingdoms. Then, in the span of a single generation, it broke from Rome, closed its monasteries, executed saints and reformers, and created a church unlike any other in Europe. What began with a king’s marriage crisis becam ...  Show more

In 1918, as the world was nearing the end of the First World War, another disaster was already spreading across the globe. It was so lethal that someone could be dead within a single day after seeing the first symptoms. It moved through army camps, cities, ships, and villages, in ...  Show more

In this prequel to the 'ICANN and the 7 Keys to the Internet' podcast, David talks Marques and Andrew through the wildly interesting history of the internet. There's plenty of information out there about the beginning of the World Wide Web in 1989, but what was happening before t ...  Show more

Our focus today is on a woman who was actually covered in the podcast several years ago. But she's a figure so mythic and with so many variations to her story that we wanted to give her another look and a little more time.

On todays episode we do a deep dive on the history of ferrets and their varying uses throughout history. Things are way crazier than they would seem.  Check us out on patreon for an ad free experience and additional content https://www.patreon.com/stakuyi Learn more about your ad ...  Show more

Roman connections with Britain stretch back to (at least) the mid 1st century BC. But what has archaeology revealed about the Late Iron Age British societies they interacted with? Do we have any concrete evidence for the druids? Was human sacrifice a thing? Sit back and enjoy ...