The History of Rome

Mike Duncan is a pleasure to listen to. The first few episodes might be wanting for more audio polish, but he soon finds his ideal equipment and rhythm (about the time of the republic). Great details, insights, and research in each episode. An absolute must listen for any fan of ancient Rome.

I used to love listening and re-listening to this podcast, but the ads really make it unenjoyable. Not only are they loud and don’t match the volume of the podcast, but now many of the episodes cut off early, often in the middle of a sentence. This makes it really difficult to engage with the content. I understand the need for profitability, but if you want to attract new listeners to your brand/content, History of Rome needs to be the incredible product it used to be.

I still love every minute of my yearly listen for over ten years !?!?!?!? Now there’s ads???? I’m not listening to your ads I’d rather just listen to Gibbon every year at least he didn’t come back years later and add ads to his books

With the ads that have been added to old episodes this is no longer listenable. Ads are way too loud and episodes get cut off. What a shame.