Articles by Jenny Williamson

After the disaster at Actium, Marc Antony’s entire army–100,000 strong–surrendered to Octavian. Marc Antony and Cleopatra fled to Alexandria to negotiate [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! This time, we begin the Show Notes with something a little more upbeat (which we could all use after that ending): Marc Antony’s romantic theme song. [...Read More...]

As Marc Antony and Cleopatra settled into life in Alexandria, Octavian whipped up a toxic garbage fire of racism, misogyny, and xenophobia in Rome–and then declared [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! We begin this week’s Show Notes with an obligatory playing of “Lovers in a Dangerous Time:” this time a live version by Bruce Cockburn at [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! We hope you enjoyed that as much as we did. This is a great time to check out The Exploress! Here’s a VERY amusing subreddit and also a Twitter account [...Read More...]

Why were Civil War-era female spies so successful in smuggling guns across enemy lines? What secret superpower gave Scythian women an edge in battle? In heavily patriarchal [...Read More...]

What do you know about Yule? Maybe a lot. The holiday is widely celebrated in Scandinavian countries, and it’s an important part of Wiccan and Pagan tradition. But for [...Read More...]

After four years of marriage with Octavia, Marc Antony followed Cleopatra to Alexandria—and settled into life there. He oversaw festivals and athletic contests, cheered [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! We begin this week’s Show Notes once again with a rendition of “Lovers in a Dangerous Time”–this time a cover by Frazey Ford: Our [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Once again, we begin this week’s Show Notes with the obligatory playing of “Lovers in a Dangerous Time.” This time it’s the excellent [...Read More...]