Ep 2 - Part 2: Nero: The Fiddling Tyrant

• Rome’s most infamous emperor, accused of burning his own city and fiddling while it fell into chaos.

Ep 12 - Part 2: Ancient Sport Rivalries - The Nika Riots

• What started as a sports rivalry in Constantinople exploded into a massacre, leaving thousands dead in the Hippodrome.

Ep 38: Volcanoes Pt 1 - Mt. Toba's Echo: Journey into Earth's Cataclysmic Past

• A volcanic eruption so massive it nearly wiped out humanity. Prehistoric disaster at an unimaginable scale.

Ep 42: Volcanoes Pt 2 - Time Capsule of Tragedy: Exploring Pompeii's Frozen History

• When Vesuvius erupted, it destroyed—and preserved—an entire Roman city in a single day.

Ep 62: Mother of the Antichrist - Nero's mum, Agrippina the Younger

• Nero’s mother, power-hungry and ruthless. Some called her the “Mother of the Antichrist.”

Ep 101 - The Immortal Persian King: Cyrus The Great

• The Persian king who built one of the largest empires in history—and a legacy that still echoes today.

Ep 105 - Examining the Great Thinker: Socrates

• The philosopher who annoyed Athens so much, they put him on trial and made him drink poison.

Ep 114 - The Olympics Pt 1 - Ancient Origins to Parisian Potties

• From naked athletes to chamber-pot disasters in Paris, the Games have always been a little messy.

Ep 122 - Fire & Brimstone: Nostradamus

• The mystic who saw plagues, prophecies, and maybe your TikTok feed centuries in advance.

Ep 207: Hey Ladies!!! - Sappho

• The original rock star poet of ancient Greece. Queer icon, lyrical genius, and survivor through fragments.

Ep 216: Ancient Incendiaries - Greek Fire

• A weapon so terrifying it burned on water. Byzantine napalm that changed naval warfare forever.

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