We're Not So Different

WNSD Pod

A mostly Medieval history podcast about how we've always been idiots patreon.com/wnsdpod welcometothecrusades.com

  1. The Wine Dark Sea

    -4 h

    The Wine Dark Sea

    folks, today we talk about the Mediterranean Sea. you know it, you love it. we discuss how it just looks like a really cool place to set a fantasy series, where we would setup our fictional empire, why it was so conducive to civilization and empire formation, how it served as a conduit for trade, travel, cultural influence, religious syncretism, and more. oh, and how it's always so wine dark and primed for adventure. cover image: satellite view of the Mediterranean Sea surrounded by Europe, Asia, and Africa, taken from wikicommons

    1 h 3 min
  2. June Mailbag 2: Flood Myths

    24 juin

    June Mailbag 2: Flood Myths

    folks, we are back with another mailbag because we are behind on patron questions. this time, we talk about everything from donkeys to postal services, gendered work to seasoning pans, Hungary to myths and folklore, and even a whole block of questions about peasants running away to the cities and obtaining their freedom by staying for a year and a day. enjoy! cover image: frontispiece from Gustave Dore's illustrations of The Holy Bible showing people clinging to rocks during the biblical Flood, entitled "The Deluge"

    1 h 22 min
  3. Medieval Sportsball

    17 juin

    Medieval Sportsball

    folks, the World Cup is once again upon us in all of its glory and terror. so we take a look back at sports in the Middle Ages. we talk Medieval football, crossbow competitions, jousts and melees, chariot racing, the Mesoamerican ballgame, and more. we also talk about how sports has always been at the intersection of politics, culture, religion, and communal life for both the regular folks and the elites. also, we've always loved gambling cover image: drawing made by Christoph Weiditz in 1528 showing Aztec Ullamalitzil players performing for Charles V of Spain

    1 h 21 min
  4. June Mailbag: Aurora Borealis

    10 juin

    June Mailbag: Aurora Borealis

    folks, we're back and diving into the patron mailbag once again. this time, we answer questions about a host of topics, including: height differences, Aurora Borealis, best Medieval turlet, Traditional Chinese Medicine, battlefield name changes, othering, and spectacular Medieval wizard battles! check it out! cover image is of Aurora Borealis, taken from space.com

    1 h 34 min

  5. 5 juin

    The Life and Death of Jane Boleyn feat Logan Weimer

    folks, back in January, we brought on Logan Weimer to talk about the unfolding situation in Minneapolis but she was originally supposed to come on the show to talk about her deep interest in the life, death, and afterlife of Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, lady in waiting to four of Henry VIII's wives and sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn. we cover a whole range of topics, including coerced testimony, the use of "madness" as a tool for silencing unwanted voices, executions for "madness", and the poor treatment Jane has suffered in both scholarly and popular history until very recently.

    2 h

  6. 27 mai

    Patreon Ep Unlocked: The Day the Dinosaurs Died

    folks, this is a long one. Luke talks about his Roman Empire: the Chicxulub Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. it's a scripted episode (don't get used to it) chronicling 3 separate stories: the asteroid impact and its aftermath that killed the dinosaurs, the lives of some of those dinosaurs 66 million years ago, and the modern story of how the asteroid impact hypothesis became scientific consensus. a list of sources appears at the end of the episode, go get mad at them if you don't like the way the narrative is presented

    2 h 2 min
  7. Premodern Iran 4: Vindication

    21 mai

    Premodern Iran 4: Vindication

    folks, we finish up our series on Premodern Iran by looking at Greater Iran from the arrival of the Mongols in 1219 until the fall of the Timurid Empire and the Rise of the Safavids in 1501. we talk internal Mongol civil wars, the Ilkhanate, the Timurid Renaissance, the strains of apocalyptic thought amongst the peasantry, the Iranian Golden Age, and the final vindication of a nearly 900 year old ideological project with the rise of a new ethnic Iranian empire. we hope you enjoyed the series! cover image: the Ulugh Beg Astronomical Observatory and madrasa in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (built in the time of Timur)

    1 h 29 min

  8. 14 mai

    Premodern Iran 3: Towers of Silence

    folks, we are back with part 3 of our series on Premodern Iran. this time, we get into the long, dark years for Iran and its peoples between the Muslim conquest and the Mongol invasions (651-1221 CE). we talk about how the idea of Iran survived even when the Persian language and Zoroastrianism were both suppressed, how the concept of Iranian identity formed into a real ideological project, why we lack sources, national epics and histories, the language of dissent, and the final grim fate of Zoroastrianism. cover image is recent photo of the Yazd Tower of Silence, which is no longer in use and now serves as a museum.

    1 h 30 min
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A mostly Medieval history podcast about how we've always been idiots patreon.com/wnsdpod welcometothecrusades.com

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  • Création
    WNSD Pod
  • Années d’activité
    2021 - 2026
  • Épisodes
    282
  • Classification
    Contenu explicite
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    We're Not So Different

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