56 episodes

History for the Brave!

Ancient Rome Refocused Rob Cain

    • History
    • 3.5 • 10 Ratings

History for the Brave!

    Story Contest (S7)

    Story Contest (S7)

    • 3 min
    Ancient Roman Girl Found! Dead but Stunning. (Epi 41, S6)

    Ancient Roman Girl Found! Dead but Stunning. (Epi 41, S6)

    A Halloween Special.  In 1485 workmen came across the body of a dead Ancient Roman girl in a sarcophagus.   The body was uncorrupted.  She was beautiful.  As you may guess this became a bit of a sensation in Rome.   

    • 19 min
    Great Books of the Western World (Epi 40, S6)

    Great Books of the Western World (Epi 40, S6)

    Total playing time: 12 minutes.
    An original story written by Rob Cain.
    Narration by Skye Taylor
    Synopsis: Alice has a YouTube Channel called Alice through the Looking Glass.  In this episode she talks about how she became a classics major. She avoided telling her father, and one day her grandfather gives her the entire set of GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD when she shared the news .   This sparks a conversation with Dad. Will Alice keep on the Appian Way or go back to Engineering School?  Great Books of the Western World is a cautionary tale about following your dreams.   Featuring the music GIVE ALL YOU GOT by Leroy Wild and the vocals of Noa Blu.  

    • 12 min
    Bob Carr’s Excellent Adventure (Epi 39, S6)

    Bob Carr’s Excellent Adventure (Epi 39, S6)

    Rob Cain interviews a Mr. Bob Carr who went down to Tikal in 1959 to assist in the surveying and mapping of this ancient site. Assisted by John Windmuller, Bob's son-in-law, Rob, John and Bob conduct a kitchen interview about his two years in the jungle. The mystery of what was termed an ARRIVAL BOWL is discussed near the end.

    • 54 min
    Frasier and the Witchery of Powerful Women (Epi 38, S6)

    Frasier and the Witchery of Powerful Women (Epi 38, S6)

    Rob Cain provides an Editorial on the beloved character of Lilith Sternin of the TV Show Frasier. Was Lilith just an ex-wive, or was she purposely created to take the attributes of a mythological character?

    • 8 min
    Indiana Jones and the Bull of Persepolis (Epi37, S6)

    Indiana Jones and the Bull of Persepolis (Epi37, S6)

    INDIANA JONES AND THE BULL OF PERSEPOLIS
    Rob Cain writes a love letter to a museum. The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures once known as the Oriental Museum is at the University of Chicago on the city's southside. If you visit take an uber to visit this unique museum that frankly looks like a set for the next Indiana Jones Movie. Don't waste time visiting the M@M store on Michigan Avenue. Take a real adventure and visit the past.


     

    • 40 min

Customer Reviews

3.5 out of 5
10 Ratings

10 Ratings

Dan DownUnder ,

Different Approach to an Old Topic

If you want chronological view of Rome, then this may not be for you. However, if you want to feel how it was like to live in the period, or to get an understanding of how our current world compares in certain aspects covered by the various episodes in this podcast, this is well worth a listen. I don’t believe this podcast is trying to be a complete history of the period, rather it takes interesting topics, event, people or aspects of society and tries to give the listener an appreciation of the ancient world by “refocusing” the discussion to make it more real to the modern listener

londo43 ,

Londo

I know the podcaster is knowledgable. And i know he loves his subject. But, to be honest, this is a rather dull historical podcast. I just couldnt keep my mind on the narrative and i really struggled to understand the theme of each episode. To be honest,it appears to be an unfocused ramble about Rome. If you really want a good, solid, interesting and informative podcast about ancient Rome that is also funny; i recommend The British History Podcast. I really tried to get into 'refocused' (four episodes) but to no avail.

benny0000000000 ,

Very ordinary

i could only manage half an episode, pretty ordinary. The way this bloke talks is pretty funny, imagine an over the top cliche' hollywood actor doing shakespear hard to take anything he says seriously.
Mike Duncans history of rome this is not.

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