• 1 hour 39 minutes
    Medieval medicine

    leech up, leech heads!

    29 September 2026, 2:51 pm
  • 1 hour 49 minutes
    Was Mansa Musa the richest man in history?

    "PEOPLE OF CAIRO, YOU LISTEN TO ME. GO INTO THE TREASURY, AND PUT YOUR HAND IN THE CASH REGISTER FOR NO REASON. THAT MONEY IS YOUR MONEY AS OF RIGHT NOW."

    • al-Umari, attributed to Mansa Musa, 14th century
    14 September 2026, 2:45 pm
  • 1 hour 32 minutes
    Peasant rebellions

    Why are peasants so revolting?

    17 June 2026, 2:52 pm
  • 2 hours 25 minutes
    Reviewing Medieval Movies

    The movies are back, or so they say. But what makes a good medieval movie? Historical accuracy? Satisfying storytelling? The quality of the tassels? To find out, Aran, Olivia and Joe Mason reviewed five movies. Some of them were good, some of them were interesting, and some of them were Braveheart.

    Films reviewed:

    • Braveheart (1995)
    • The Northman (2022)
    • The Green Knight (2021)
    • The Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
    • A Knight's Tale (2001)

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    25 May 2026, 9:30 pm
  • 1 hour 48 minutes
    Why don't we build cathedrals any more?

    Roger Scruton - In Defense of Booty

    11 May 2026, 5:24 pm
  • 1 hour 49 minutes
    Medieval Robots

    Wait, what? Are you for real? is this a bit you're doing?

    27 April 2026, 6:05 pm
  • 1 hour 38 minutes
    Did medieval people think the world was going to end in 1000 AD?

    It would only make sense, right? Why else would they call it millenarianism?

    13 April 2026, 4:27 pm
  • 2 hours 8 minutes
    How medieval scribes invented fonts

    And how Hitler made them illegal!

    30 March 2026, 11:02 pm
  • 1 hour 55 minutes
    Medieval travel writing

    Nothing beats a Jet 2 Holiday - except, of course, trekking thousands of miles across Central Asia to deliver spices, preach the gospel, or just see that's going on over there. The Mongol Empire facilitated an unprecedented transcontinental mobility, which a few people (mostly Europeans, go figure) wrote about. Some of that writing was genuinely insightful, and some was unitentionally hsyterical. Oh, and it led to the creation of one of history's most legendary archetypes: white boys who say Inshallah.

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    16 March 2026, 10:05 pm
  • 1 hour 46 minutes
    What did the mongol empire ever do for us?

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    2 March 2026, 9:47 pm
  • 1 hour 43 minutes
    The Order of Assassins

    In the medieval Middle East, no group was as feared as the Order of the Assassins - or as misunderstood. In this episode, Olivia and Aran chart the emergence of this deadly organisation and their role in the complex web of Middle Eastern politics. This episode has everything you could want: high-octane derring-do, arcane Islamic eschatology, thundering Mongol armies and yes: even a few scheming viziers.

    Come for the assassins, stay for Aran almost bursting a vessel trying to accurately explain all of early Islamic history in five minutes.

    17 February 2026, 9:50 am
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