Episode 10.8 - Oda Nobunaga
The end of the Sengoku Jidai, or Warring States Period, in Japan, was ushered in by Oda Nobunaga. Nobunaga pulled much of Honshu under his r...
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The podcast focuses on the lives and times of great historical figures that have mostly fallen through the cracks of our collective memories. We may have heard of these people, but they don'...
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Episode 10.7 - Jogaila and Vytautas Part II
This episode, we return to eastern Europe to finish up the stories of Jogaila, who had become king of Poland, and Vytautas, who ruled as the...
Episode 10.6 - Jogaila and Vytautas Part 1
For the next two episodes, we’ll look at Jogaila and Vytautas, two men who helped shaped eastern Europe for centuries to come. Together, the...
Episode 10.5 - Amadeus VI of Savoy
Count Amadeus VI of Savoy was from a small mountain county of the Holy Roman Empire in the western Alps, and helped turn it into what would...
Episode 10.4 - Rajendra Chola
Rajendra I, Emperor of the Chola, ruled southern India in the 11th century. Rajendra’s father expanded the Chola empire to become the domina...
Episode 10.3 - The Attalids Pt 2, Eumenes II
Eumenes II brought the Kingdom of Pergamon to its greatest height, and helped make the city into something that would be influential for cen...
Episode 10.2 - The Attalids Pt 1, Attalus I
Attalus led Pergamon in the latter half of the 3rd century BC, as it grew from a small city to a major player in the Mediterranean in the sp...
Episode 10.1 - Isar Damu of Ebla
Isar Samy was king of Ebla during its golden age, the 24th century BC. Ebla ruled a kingdom in northwest Syria that traded with Egypt, Sumer...
Episode 9.10 - Turenne
Turenne was a major figure in France during the golden age of the Ancien Regime. Napoleon said his “audacity grew with years and experience”...
Episode 9.9 - Hohenstaufen Pt 3 - Frederick II
Frederick II was the grandson of Barbarossa and of Roger the Great of Sicily. He inherited kingdoms from both lineages, and then lost and re...
Episode 9.8 - Hohenstaufen Pt 2 - Henry and Philip
Frederick Barbarossa was succeeded by his sons, Henry and Philip. Both were capable rulers who looked to follow in their father’s footsteps...
Episode 9.7 - Hohenstaufen Pt 1 - Frederick Barbarossa
Frederick Barbarossa was Holy Roman Emperor in the 12th century. He forced his way into the imperial office, and then forced the office back...
Episode 9.6 - Yuknoom the Great
Yuknoom led the powerful Maya kingdom ruled by Snake Dynasty. He installed vassal kings in neighboring cities and succeeded in dividing the...
Episode 9.5 - Harsha
Harsha took over a growing kingdom in eastern Punjab, during a time of divided polities after the collapse of the huge Gupta Empire. He expa...
Episode 9.4 - Kanishka
Kanishka led the Kushan Empire at its height, connecting China and India to lands west in the early era of the Silk Road. Kanishka was a str...
Episode 9.3 - Mithridates I of Parthia
Mithridates took charge of a relatively small kingdom that nominally held lands south and east of the Caspian sea. By the end of his reign,...
Episode 9.2 - Bardylis
Bardylis united the tribes of Illyria in the late 5th and early 4th century BC, created a powerful kingdom that held sway over Macedon and t...
Episode 9.1 - Argishti of Urartu
Argishti ruled the ancient kingdom of Urartu, located in today's Armenia and Eastern Turkey. During Argishti's reign in the 8th century BC,...
Episode 8.9 - Gaspar Yanga
Gaspar Yanga was possibly born as royalty, although no one is sure, but when he died he was certainly considered by many to be a king. Captu...
Episode 8.8 - Abbas the Great
Abbas the Great, the shah of the Safavid empire, was great military leader, reformer, and diplomat. He took a shrinking, disintegrating Pers...