Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 23, 2022 The deep freeze (or just plain Christmas holiday for those in better climes) is a good time to listen to podcasts or interesting youtube videos. Here's some podcasts. Some you might know, others not. The History of Byzantium - excellent, -in-depth podcast. https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/b53d3462-8bc8-46b5-875c-99d8b173ed52 The rest can be found on itunes or whatever it's called nowadays (in no order). I found these by looking there. History of Persia - pretty interesting. The're up to about the 390s BC, I think. History of Rome - Mike Duncan - very interesting. doesn't go into as much detail about the Republic/early empire. Emperors of Rome - very interesting - from Australia. Totalus Rankium - just started listening. This one's presented with more humor, but they manage to provide decent details. I've just started listening but if they managed to do an hour on Avitus. The episodes about some of the famous emperors can be quite lengthy. Oh, and they're up to the 1300's now, which is quite a feat. Hellenistic Age Podcast. Fairly interesting. I am very interested in the period and the ones I've listened to are interesting. I've listened to almost all of the current episodes of the podcasts listed before Emperors of Rome and quite a few of the Emperors of Rome. Emperors seems to be presented in random order. I'd rate everything above Totalus Rankium as very engrossing. I've listened to only 3 or 4 Rankiums, so far. I'd rate the Hellenistic Age Podcast as moderately interesting. The information isn't bad, it's just the way it's recorded and presented which could be spiced up a bit. I'd still recommend it. I started on King of Kings (the area of Persia) but they seemed to have petered out abruptly. All of the above are just my personal opinions. However, I think almost all would appeal to most of the people here. I was very hooked on both Byzantium and the History of Rome. I'd rate the Emperors of Rome as almost as good, just in a different way. The recent PBS special about the 12 days of Tudor Christmas was also quite charming. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 23, 2022 Here is a shameless plug: The Drachmas and Denarii podcast covers ancient numismatic related topics such as auction previews, special topic episodes, our collecting journey, and more. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 Yes, I watched it. Very interesting! How does one find the podcast? Apple? I find the Apple search/algorithm to be relatively poor. I only found Totalus Rankium by accident. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 23, 2022 The Emperors of Rome podcast seems extremely interesting to me. I hope to slowly listen to all 215 episodes! Thank you for posting this and pointing me towards this podcast @Nerosmyfavorite68 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 My pleasure! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 23, 2022 I love emperor's of Rome. Great podcast , especially that early ones covering the golden age. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted December 23, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2022 Just downloaded some episodes. I look forward to listening! "The Ancients" by History Hit is pretty good. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FitzNigel Posted December 23, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 23, 2022 I listen to Gone Medieval by history hit, and it is quite good. Probably the best, and most academic podcast (in a genuinely intellectual way) is Byzantium & Friends - I highly recommend it! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted December 24, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 24, 2022 15 hours ago, FitzNigel said: I listen to Gone Medieval by history hit, and it is quite good. Probably the best, and most academic podcast (in a genuinely intellectual way) is Byzantium & Friends - I highly recommend it! Anything with Anthony Kaldellis is great. I have enjoyed his publications as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 24, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 (edited) Is he the one who does Antiquitas? Are there any podcasts about the Parthians and Sasanians? Edited December 24, 2022 by Nerosmyfavorite68 cleaned up typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Atherton Posted December 25, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 25, 2022 I'm surprised no one has listed ancient historian Tom Holland's The Rest is History podcast. https://play.acast.com/s/the-rest-is-history-podcast Probably the best history podcast going these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 25, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted December 25, 2022 I'll definitely have to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted April 10, 2023 · Member Share Posted April 10, 2023 (edited) Hello, sorry that I am posting to this thread after so long. However, as it is now Easter, I looked back on this post to see any podcasts that I hadn't listened to. (Very good selection @Nerosmyfavorite68) I thought that I could listen to a few during this Easter break. On a side-note, I really enjoy the Rest is History podcast as well @David Atherton. I even got to meet Tom Holland's co-presenter Dominic Sandbrook - he kindly signed one of his books for me! Edited April 10, 2023 by Hughie Dwyer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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