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History in the Making - by Rob Sims
HITM uses character focused storytelling to convey the ideas of the past that have shaped us today. We dive into wars and politics to see how the values of nations and their populations have...
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28: Epilogue with Dr. John Hale
Today we welcome Dr. John Hale to the show, author of the book Lords of the Sea. It is a compelling look at the history of Athens, largely f...
27: Epilogue with Dr. Melissa Lane
Today we welcome Dr. Melissa Lane to the show, author of the book The Birth of Politics. Her book was the final straw in convincing me to st...
26: Legacy
Athens leaves us their legacy in the Season 1 finale. https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1604.html
25: A Splendid Rope
The Peloponnesian War comes to a sudden and unexpected end. The defeated will face the fate the victor thinks it deserves. We witness both t...
24: Liquidation
More than twenty years into the Peloponnesian War Athens has given nearly everything to the fight, but more is required. Sparta requests pea...
23: Resurgence
Athens is broke. The sole hope for retaining its empire rests in their fleet of triremes at Samos. To make matters worse a Spartan fleet, su...
22: Traitor is Such an Ugly Word
After the disaster of the Sicilian Expedition, the largest defeat in the history of Athenian Democracy, the whole Mediterranean world expect...
21: Echoes of Glory
Nicias and Alcibiades have both gained political power but can’t push past the other. The gridlock is broken when representatives from a Sic...
20: That Leviathan
Nicias and Alcibiades struggle for control of Athens after a power vacuum appears. The back and forth leads to an Athens that pursues no gra...
19: They Created A Desert
Bolstered by a recent victory, Athens follows Cleon further into war in hopes of achieving absolute victory. There are many areas where vict...
18: The Hanging Shield
After many years of a brawler fight something has to give. A daring general in Athens considers new strategies while playwrights bring the f...
17: Fear, Fate and Power
Fear and anger can convince us to do terrible things. It is often only once we take time to collect ourselves that we see how outrageous our...
16: Bonus - The Funeral Oration
Things get beautiful around minute 15. At a funeral, we discuss what makes a life worth living and, in doing so, we reveal the things we tru...
16: The Olympian has Fallen
Athens and Corinth take the preemptive measure of fighting a battle to avoid a war. This works about as well as it sounds. A series of confe...
15: The Shrinking World
The Greek world is getting smaller. Athens and Sparta are the sole dominating powers in Greece and cities are forced to consider what sides...
14: Helen of Athens
A lone woman comes to Athens. In a span of six years she somehow becomes a household name. Meanwhile, Athens tries to find some more permane...
13: Ascension
Are you tired of being in Athens’ alliance? No one cares. Athens develops various carrots and sticks to make friends and keep rebellions in...
12: Linchpins and Puppeteers
Democracy reaches its peak in Athens as the city reaches east to Egypt and war at last breaks out with Sparta. The power of Athens’ version...
11: The Groundwork of an Empire
Athens swells into an economic powerhouse and plays with the idea of trying on an empire. Many of the most powerful men in Greece are reshuf...
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