patrons, this is your ad-free episode of the week. we answer questions from Arc Arcturus and Horatio Hex
folks, we got a bit of a split episode today. we start with talking about the state of the world in the cold open before moving to a discussion about periodization and efforts to move away from western conceptions and why it's really ha...
2025-08-15 06:00:09 +0000 UTC View Postpatrons, here is your ad-free regular episode for this week, we answered a few of your questions
folks, in our neverending struggle to defeat the overflowing mailbag of patron questions, we've started doing one mail episode a month and here we are for August. this time we answer questions about which Simpson family member corresponds to th...
2025-08-06 06:00:05 +0000 UTC View Postpatrons, we are back with your second bonus episode for July and the sixth in our book club series on Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron.
folks, we're back for Day 5 where Boccaccio has mostly dropped the tragedy to focus mainly on the farce, so that means less reflection on the existential horror of death and more distracting ourselves f...
2025-08-01 06:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
patrons, here is your ad free regular episode, we answered questions from Pearl River Flow and Dog God.
NSFW, just saying.
folks, some people might try to tell you that humans only started engaging in BDSM in the 1960s, like it's a very recent invention. but, we're here to tell you that's wrong as people have been engaging in such pr...
2025-07-30 06:00:06 +0000 UTC View Postpatrons, we had to unlock this one because, well, you'll hear Luke's voice if you listen to the intro and know why we couldn't record a new one.
the Book Club series is back and we're here to introduce you to the Italian peninsula in 1348 or, as they might have called it: the end of the fucking world. the Black Death hit the densely-popula...
2025-07-23 06:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
patrons, here is your first bonus episode for July 2025 and your third in our series on Andor season 2.
folks, it's time for the penultimate arc of Andor and, by the end, the rebellion will have been announced, the Galactic Civil War will have begun, and Mon Mothma will be a real revolutionary. but that means we gotta move a lot of pieces ...
2025-07-18 06:00:11 +0000 UTC View Postpatrons, here is your ad-free weekly episode. we didn't answer any questions this week for reasons that will become apparent. don't forget to use code URBAN at checkout to get 20% off our series on the First Crusade with the American Prestige boys, it's just $10 at welcometothe...
2025-07-16 06:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
patrons, here is your ad-free episode for the week, we answer questions from Arc Arcturus and Alsahiir in this one.
also: don't forget to check out our limited series on the First Crusade with the American Prestige boys. you can get all 11 episodes at
patrons, here is your ad-free regular episode for the week.
folks, we're back with more patron questions, this time for the month of July. we talk everything from which weapon we'd want in a Medieval battle, Hanseatic League piracy, Medieval Futurism, the connections between Lollards and Hussites, throat singing, and more!
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2025-07-02 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View Postpatrons, here is your second bonus episode for June 2025 and the 5th installment in our book club series on Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron. we're back with our 10 Florentines hiding away from the Black Death in a villa in 1348 but the stories today are decidedly different in tone and substance. though there is still horniness and an...
2025-06-27 06:00:06 +0000 UTC View Postpatrons, here is your ad-free regular episode for the week. it's a mailbag so we answered a bunch of your questions!
folks, we're back in our ongoing quest to catch up on Patron questions and so we've got 10 more to discuss for the month of June. we talk about what Medieval people smelled like, bi kings, Medieval footwear, gambling, animal...
2025-06-25 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
hey, patrons, there appeared to be a little confusion, so I wanted to bring this to your attention in case you didn't catch my short blurb before episode 224. as you're no doubt aware, Eleanor and Luke did a limited run podcast series on the First Crusade with Dan Bessner and Derek Davison from American Prestige entitled, Welcome to the Crusades...
2025-06-18 20:18:50 +0000 UTC View Post
patrons, this is your ad-free regular episode for the week, we didn't answer questions this time for obvious reasons.
folks, what you'll hear today are two episodes from a brand new, limited edition podcast series that we did with Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison from American Prestige called Welcome to the Crusades: The First Crusade. it'...
2025-06-17 09:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post
patrons, this is your ad-free regular episode for the week, we didn't answer questions this time for obvious reasons.
folks, what you'll hear today are two episodes from a brand new, limited edition podcast series that we did with Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison from American Prestige called Welcome to the Crusades: The First Crusade. it'...
2025-06-17 09:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
update: released this on Thursday by mistake but enjoy all the same!
patrons, here is your first bonus episode for June 2025, it's part 2 of our 4 part series on Andor season 2.
folks, we're back in the Galaxy Far, Far Away and the nascent rebellion continues striving on. even as the Empire tightens its grip and prepares for...
2025-06-12 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View Postpatrons, here is your ad free regular episode for the week, we answered questions from Ollie Cant and MGinyourface.
folks, we tried to stay out of the game but they keep pulling us back in. we don't want to do episodes where we solely focus on misconceptions about the Middle Ages but the new crop of Christian Nationalists and reactionaries...
2025-06-11 09:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
patrons, here is you ad-free episode of the week, we answered questions from gafsey and a weeb in sweden is an ikeaboo.
folks, we're gathered here today to pay respects to Al-Andalus. All good things must come to an end and this is no different. so we trace how it all came apart for Muslim Iberia as the disunified, quarreling Christian sta...
2025-06-06 09:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
patrons, we're back with part 4 of our book club series on Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron. we're on Day 3 and the topic is stories about people who finally obtain a long sought after prize or have lost something precious and then recover it. as is Boccaccio's wont, this predictably turns into stories about incompetent clerics and ex...
2025-05-30 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
patrons, here is your ad-free episode for the week, we answered questions from Ollie Cant and Cat Solas this time.
folks, we're back with part 3 of our series on Al-Andalus, aka Muslim Iberia from 711-1492. this time, we trace the history of Al-Andalus up through the rise of the Almoravid dynasty in the late 11th century and how the Christ...
2025-05-28 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons, here is your first bonus episode of May 2025, it's the first part of our TV club series on season 2 of Star Wars: Andor. we did season 1 last year if you want a refresh.
folks, we're back and talk season 2 of Andor. we get caught up with our titular buddy Cassian, his rebel pals, and the Empire during the first 3-episode arc of th...
2025-05-23 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View Postpatrons, here is your ad-free episode for the week, we answered questions from Gafsey and dogspotter.
folks, we are back with our series on Al-Andalus, aka Muslim-controlled Medieval Iberia, and it's time to talk about one of the most famous incidents in its 700-year history: the Battle of Tours. though it was a large battle for the time a...
2025-05-21 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
patrons, here is your ad-free episode for the week. we didn't answer questions but it's for a good reason, you'll hear why.
folks, today we embark on a new series about a place in the Medieval world we haven't covered much yet, Al-Andalus, aka the Muslim rule over the Iberian Peninsula. Al-Andalus is incredibly important to the formation o...
2025-05-15 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View Postpatrons, here is your ad-free weekly episode, we answered a bunch of your questions here.
folks, we're back with a new mailbag episode as we continue to catch up on the backlog of patron questions. why are we doing it right after the last Q&A? well, frankly, Luke had to travel and didn't have time to write and research a full new episo...
2025-05-08 13:24:46 +0000 UTC View Postpatrons, here is your ad-free episode of the week, we answered questions from vivi and Benjamin Cisko.
folks, as you might know, there's a papal conclave coming up, what with the passing of Pope Francis and all that, so we decided to talk about the Medieval conclaves. now, technically, conclaves didn't begin until 1059 CE but we're not let...
2025-04-30 12:00:21 +0000 UTC View Postnote: the original file was uploaded without intro music, it has been reuploaded and resolved
patrons, here is your second bonus of April 2025 and our third episode in the book club series on Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron. we rejoin our ten fancy ladies and gentlemen hiding away from the Black Death in a villa outside...
2025-04-25 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostPatrons, here's your ad free regular episode for the week, part 3 of The Decameron drops on Friday.
folks, we're back with more patron questions to answer. we are still catching up, so we dive in and discuss Medieval reclamation of pagan myths, land management practices, political pragmatism, funerary customs, regional political difference...
2025-04-23 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View Postpatrons, here is your first bonus episode for April 2025, we will be back with part 3 of The Decameron next week.
patrons, sometimes we get questions that we don't have quite enough info on to do a whole show but it's also too much to answer in one of our questions and so we've taken 3 of those and put them into one episode for your enjoym...
2025-04-18 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
patrons, here's your ad free regular episode of the week, we answered questions from Gafsey and Colin Keese. next bonus will be out on Friday.
folks, we have once again stumbled upon some hilariously-insane social media posts and have decided to relate them back to the Middle Ages. the main gist is this: a twitter user posted about how the...
2025-04-16 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View Postpatrons, here's your ad-free regular episode for the week. we answered questions from Xia, Ollie Cant, and Beth in this one.
folks, we're back with another installment of our occasional Medieval women series where we look back at two influential women from the Middle Ages. today, we look at two who couldn't be more different in most respec...
2025-04-11 17:56:26 +0000 UTC View Postpatrons, here is your ad free regular episode of the week.
folks, we're back and it's time to talk about polling! specifically, a recent YouGov poll that asked Americans for their opinions on the European Middle Ages. and before you think the worst, the responses were quite heartening! the Dark Ages myth is now below 50% and seems to be fa...
2025-04-02 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post