Speakers

Nemesis Mine: The Kangxi Emperor & Galdan Khan Chris Stewart, The History of China PodcastExplores the decades-long duel between the Qing dynasty’s most formidable emperor, Kangxi Emperor, & his greatest Inner Asian rival, the Dzungar warlord Galdan Boshugtu...

Heated Rivalry, Heated Agony: Homoeroticism, Rivalry, and Companionship in the Epic of Gilgamesh and Heated Rivalry Dustin Cranford & Meredith Vaughn, The Alexander Standard The critically acclaimed CraveTV series, Heated Rivalry, has sparked a cultural phenomenon...

Three brothers, two kidnappings, one crown Chris & Åsa, A Flatpack History of Sweden / Kingdom: Swedish RulersThe early 1300s in Sweden was the stage for a vicious brotherly feud of Shakespearean proportions. King Birger and his brothers Valdemar and Erik grew up...

Two Queens on One Island: Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I Heather Teysko, Renaissance English History Podcast About Heather Heather Teysko has been podcasting on Tudor England since 2009 with the Renaissance English History Podcast, and posts almost daily on her...

The English Demon Eleanor Conlon & Martin Vaux, Three Ravens PodcastSince the earliest Roman writing about the Britons, the English have been considered a savage people. Our constant companions and our rivals, the demons and fairies of Northern European folklore...

The Friendship That Could Have Prevented the Cold War Matt Mitrovich, The Alternate HistorianAlthough their nations were rivals, did you know Dwight Eisenhower and Georgy Zhukov, two men responsible for defeating the Nazis, were friends? One became the leader of his...

Prime Minister’s Questions Rob and John, Prime Time: Prime MinistersThis weekly battle of wits can make or break prime ministers. Join us for jokes, jibes, taunts, quips, insults, and the best that Punch & Judy politics has to offer. About Rob Rob has 1/3 of a...

The Pretender Who Challenged the Tudor Throne Rebecca Larson, Tudors Dynasty PodcastThe disappearance of the Princes in the Tower remains one of the greatest mysteries in royal history. Perkin Warbeck claimed to be one of these lost princes, rallying an army of loyal...

Fred & George III: Friends that Lost an Empire Joe Pranevich, Prime Factors: Ranking UK Prime MinistersAfter one hated Prime Minister after the other, George III just wanted someone nice to run the government with him. Enter: Frederick North, a friend since...

Charles the Bad and Charles the Wise: Chaos and Kingship in the Hundred Years War Josh Zucker, Grand Dukes of the West: A History of Valois BurgundyYou've probably heard of the 4th Crusade, when the Venetian Navy led a crusading army to sack Constantinople instead of...

Autocrat v. Oligarch: How Empires Crumble Trevor Culley, History of PersiaThe one against the many may be one of history's most famous rivalries, but the one against the few may just be the most destructive. Whether it's an Emperor and the Senate, a King and the...

TBA Marco Cappelli, Storia d’ItaliaMarco will tell us his topic once he’s secured Rome’s borders. About Marco   Follow MarcoWebsiteBlueskyTwitterFacebookInstagram Storia d’ItaliaThe award-winning podcast that traces the long and complex Italian history, from...

Crosstown Rivals: San Diego’s Game Makers that Shaped the Arcade Ethan Johnson, Play HistoryFar from the tech center of Silicon Valley and further from the arcade center of Chicago, San Diego played host to two extraordinary game companies: Sega/Gremlin and...

Self-Deception and the Limits of Cynicism: a Character Study of William Lyon Mackenzie King Greg Koabel, The Nations of CanadaCanada’s longest serving Prime Minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, had a reputation for political calculation that impressed even his...

Topic TBA Nic Murker, Totalus JeffianusWe left Jeff in charge of deciding the topic... About Nic Nic Murker is a musicologist living in Vancouver, BC. Canada. Their specialties include horror film sound tracks, folk song, and keeping their co-host on topic. Totalus...

Ismail and Selim: Iran and Rome Back at it Again Umberto Molinatti, So You Think You Can Rule PersiaAt the dawn of the 16th century, Iran has been reunited for the first time in a millennium, while in the west, Constantinople has found a new master.But old traditions...

Death on the Nile: Or, What Happened to Antinous? Peta Greenfield and Fiona Radford, The Partial HistoriansHe was the most beautiful man in the world on a pleasure cruise with the most powerful man in the Mediterranean, but something happened in Egypt and Antinous...

The Many Lies of Cajamarca Nick Machinski, A History of the IncaThe events of Cajamarca turned the Incan world upside-down. What led to the event was string of lies and a game of deceit played between Conquistador Francisco Pizarro and Atahualpa. We will explore how...

How to Stop Liars: Enter the Golem Caroline Vahrenkamp, Wonders of the WorldFaced with widespread lies against his community, the Chief Rabbi of Prague decided to take matter into his own hands. And then use those hands to make a monster with bigger, stronger hands....

Frauds, Imposters, and Humbug Artists: An OFH Guide to History's Most Entertaining Liars Sebastian Major, Our Fake HistoryThe Our Fake History podcast is obsessed with historical myths and misconceptions. It turns out some of the most interesting fake history has been...

The Devil-Jack Diamond Fish David White, The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the JackalopeWhat do you do with a houseguest who overstays his welcome, breaks your stuff, and won't stop asking you annoying questions? If you're John James Audubon, you start telling him...

Topic TBC Aurora, Swords, Sorcery, and SocialismAs soon as Aurora as finished illuminating the night sky they’ll let us know their topic. About Aurora Follow Aurora Website Swords, Sorcery, and SocialismA podcast about the politics and themes hiding in genre...

The Lady and The Wife: The Duel for 12th Century England. James Boulton, The Other Half PodcastTwo Matildas: united by blood, but rivals for the crown. Granddaughters of the Conqueror, they took charge when the men failed. Discover the real battle of The Anarchy,...

Hidden Code Sean Haas, Advent of ComputingHow do you get someone to run dangerous code? You have to hide it, of course! Join me as we look at the history of early computer viruses, and how clever programmers snuck around mainframes. About Sean Sean Haas is a software...

Panel Speaker Robin Pierson, The History of ByzantiumRobin will be joining our panels as a speaker About Robin Robin Pierson is from London in the UK and host of The History of Byzantium podcast. Follow Footnoting HistoryWebsiteTwitter The History of Byzantium“The...

Topic TBA Christine Caccipuoti and Kristin Uscinski, Footnoting HistoryChristine and Kristin are just working on their footnotes before revealing their topic. About Christine Christine is a producer and host of the long-running podcast, Footnoting History. She loves...

Topic TBA JP Bristow, The Russian Empire History PodcastJP will be announcing his topic soon or face a winter in the Gulag. About JP JP first travelled to Russia in 1993 to study Tatar history in Kazan and has spent almost 20 years living in the region. Follow...

Topic TBA Rob & Jamie, Pirates Totalus RankiumRob and Jamie will be announcing their topic soon, or we’ll make them walk the plank! Rob started Totalus Rankium nearly 10 years ago, and with his co-host Jamie has ranked every Roman Emperor, American President and...

Quarter or No Quarter Sarah Tanksalvala, Rejects & Revolutionaries PodcastLearn about what you should actually do with your war prisoners as a pre-industrial soldier. What is quarter? What are the rules surrounding when you should give it? And how might your...

Russian Paranoia Mark Schauss, Russian Rulers History PodcastRussia has been invaded numerous times throughout its history. This has led to a constant thread of acting paranoid about their adversaries and friends. We will discuss how this historical paranoia explains...

François de Leclerc du Tremblay: Mendicant, Puller of Strings, and the Original Grey Eminence Gregg Gassman, Popeular History and Cardinal NumbersHow did this man go from vowing poverty, chastity, and obedience to the go-to case study of a master of manipulation? Was...

Madison and Monroe: The Original Frenemies Jerry Landry, The Presidencies of the United StatesBoth sons of Virginia and architects of the new nation, Madison and Monroe’s relationship swayed between rivalry and partnership as each was swept up in the politics of the...

Tsar Power Roberto Toro, Tsar Power About Roberto Roberto is the history half of Tsar Power. He graduated with a degree in International Business and Russian. Roberto runs the History of Saqartvelo Georgia alongside Tsar Power, where he explores the culture and...

A Pope's Best Friend: Hanno the Elephant Bry, PontifactsWhen you're the pope, you can have any pet in the world - and many popes have done just that, hosting a variety of surprising animals at the Papal menagerie. But was ever a man so attached to his companion as...

The Curiosity of Truth? Ric & Anton, The Curiosity of!?We’re going to present a lie, or are we? Join us for a tale of deception, poison and murder in the eternal city. But is the story we've been told the real truth? Or has it been altered and embellished over...

France and Germany: Frenemies Forever Benjamin Jacobs, Wittenberg to Westphalia: Wars of the ReformationIt is taken as wrote that France and Germany were bitter enemies until 1945, though most people couldn't tell you the details. The more educated might talk about...

Hunting Fake History Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse AKA Fake History HunterJo Hedwig Teeuwisse, better known as The Fake History Hunter, is on a one-woman mission to hunt down fake history and reclaim the truth for the rest of us. She talks about her work as a fake history...

How Bad History Poisons Politics (TBC) Otto English, Utter Bollocks Podcast and author of Fake Heroes and Fake HistoryTrump, Brexit, the rise of Putin, Xi, the global migration crisis and many political crises across the world are all rooted in dangerous ahistorical...

The German Army vs Distance: A Tale of 4 Defeats Wesley Livesay, History of the Second World War and History of the Great WarWars are filled with rivalries. But during the World Wars the German Army would be confronted with its greatest rival: distance. 1914, 1918,...