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First, before we talk about anything else: Here’s a link to that museum exhibit on the Scythians that Genn and I saw at the British Museum. It’s a great [...Read More...]

We’re starting off the show notes with a clip from the 2017 Wonder Woman movie. Amazons vs. Germans in World War I. Because why the hell not. One of our most [...Read More...]

Genn and I visited Corfu this spring. It’s the northernmost and largest of the Ionian Greek islands, facing northwestern Greece and Albania to the east. It’s a gorgeous [...Read More...]

First the bad news: we’re taking a break. Genn and I are taking the rest of August off. We’re still new at this process, and figuring out how to fit podcasting in with [...Read More...]

This is yet another of those episodes where Genn and I are amazed that this stuff actually happened. That applies to most of our episodes, though–we’re basically [...Read More...]

**SWOON** we just cannot get enough of ancient-history romance. Also, here is Alaric, rising out of the water to wreak havoc on the countryside after Wallia sells his people [...Read More...]

OK. I wasn’t going to do this (this is Jenny writing), but Genn insisted that I include my ultra-secret Alaric theme song, “Meridian” by Zola [...Read More...]

We started off this episode discussing the Imperial Walkers in Star Wars and how they hearken back to war elephants on the ancient battlefield–the animators even [...Read More...]

Credit Corinne Alexes Hall and Jayel Draco Genn and I were devastated to learn today of the death of Jack Schell, the Soundweaver—the multidimensional musician, composer, [...Read More...]

We opened this episode with a passage from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien. And here’s an awesome clip of his Oliphants in action in the movie [...Read More...]