Condensed Histories

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Condensed Histories episodes

April 18, 2017 143 - Special Guest: The Ancient Blogger
The Ancient Blogger (otherwise known as the Ancient History Gent, or @ancientblogger among other titles) visits our podcast this week to talk Roman reenactment, having a historical presence online, and reveals that he actually listens to our podcast!
The Condensed History Gems podcast is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Greg Chapman, juggler and comedy entertainer from Condensed Histories (@condensedhist) and Jem Duducu, history writer of HistoryGems (@historygems). Each week we have a half hour discussion episode, as well as a shorter ‘Fast 5’ episode featuring one of the two. Subjects range through history, from pirates to Saxons, Vikings to Victorians, and Romans to the Cold War! Find out more about the podcast at www.condensedhistories.com/gems
33 min
April 14, 2017 142 - Fast 5 with Jem - History is Everywhere!
Jem speaks out to those people who say they don't like history to deliver a simple and important message - History is Everywhere!
The Condensed History Gems podcast is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Greg Chapman, juggler and comedy entertainer from Condensed Histories (@condensedhist) and Jem Duducu, history writer of HistoryGems (@historygems). Each week we have a half hour discussion episode, as well as a shorter ‘Fast 5’ episode featuring one of the two. Subjects range through history, from pirates to Saxons, Vikings to Victorians, and Romans to the Cold War! Find out more about the podcast at www.condensedhistories.com/gems
6 min
April 10, 2017 141 - Rediscovered Languages
The written word gives us all sorts of knowledge about the past... but what happens when that knowledge is locked up in the code of a language we can't read? And what happens when that code is broken?
The Condensed History Gems podcast is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Greg Chapman, juggler and comedy entertainer from Condensed Histories (@condensedhist) and Jem Duducu, history writer of HistoryGems (@historygems). Each week we have a half hour discussion episode, as well as a shorter ‘Fast 5’ episode featuring one of the two. Subjects range through history, from pirates to Saxons, Vikings to Victorians, and Romans to the Cold War! Find out more about the podcast at www.condensedhistories.com/gems
36 min
April 07, 2017 140 - Fast 5 with Greg - Unexpected Consequences
Greg tells us why his 'What Ifs' are obscure, why he struggles with time travel as a plot device, and what cars have to do with magicians pulling rabbits from hats!
The Condensed History Gems podcast is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Greg Chapman, juggler and comedy entertainer from Condensed Histories (@condensedhist) and Jem Duducu, history writer of HistoryGems (@historygems). Each week we have a half hour discussion episode, as well as a shorter ‘Fast 5’ episode featuring one of the two. Subjects range through history, from pirates to Saxons, Vikings to Victorians, and Romans to the Cold War! Find out more about the podcast at www.condensedhistories.com/gems
7 min
April 04, 2017 139 - America in World War One
2017 is the one hundredth anniversary of the Americans officially entering the First World War, and so this week Jem and Greg look at why they entered, and how history could have been different had they joined the other side.
The Condensed History Gems podcast is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Greg Chapman, juggler and comedy entertainer from Condensed Histories (@condensedhist) and Jem Duducu, history writer of HistoryGems (@historygems). Each week we have a half hour discussion episode, as well as a shorter ‘Fast 5’ episode featuring one of the two. Subjects range through history, from pirates to Saxons, Vikings to Victorians, and Romans to the Cold War! Find out more about the podcast at www.condensedhistories.com/gems
30 min
March 31, 2017 138 - Fast 5 with Jem - Napoleon
This week's fast 5 talks about Napoloen, and perhaps a surprise perspective on Waterloo!
The Condensed History Gems podcast is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Greg Chapman, juggler and comedy entertainer from Condensed Histories (@condensedhist) and Jem Duducu, history writer of HistoryGems (@historygems). Each week we have a half hour discussion episode, as well as a shorter ‘Fast 5’ episode featuring one of the two. Subjects range through history, from pirates to Saxons, Vikings to Victorians, and Romans to the Cold War! Find out more about the podcast at www.condensedhistories.com/gems
6 min
March 28, 2017 137 - What happened when the Romans left Britain?
We are not fans of the term the 'Dark Ages' on this podcast, and so this week we look at what really happened when the Romans left Britain.
The Condensed History Gems podcast is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Greg Chapman, juggler and comedy entertainer from Condensed Histories (@condensedhist) and Jem Duducu, history writer of HistoryGems (@historygems). Each week we have a half hour discussion episode, as well as a shorter ‘Fast 5’ episode featuring one of the two. Subjects range through history, from pirates to Saxons, Vikings to Victorians, and Romans to the Cold War! Find out more about the podcast at www.condensedhistories.com/gems
31 min
March 24, 2017 136 - Fast 5 with Greg - Sewing
Greg was busy sewing costumes for an upcoming event - but how far back does sewing go?
6 min
March 21, 2017 135 - With Special Guest Archaeo Duck!
Chloe Duckworth, Archeologist and presenter of the Archaeo Duck webseries on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCew8zzxGW5dnTgPCWxvqzg) joins us on the podcast to talk about archaeology and ancient technology.
A fabulous interviewee, who puts up with Greg asking about Indiana Jones, and Jem suddenly turning into an 'ambush journalist' halfway through the interview!
he Condensed History Gems podcast is a bi-weekly history podcast hosted by Greg Chapman, juggler and comedy entertainer from Condensed Histories (@condensedhist) and Jem Duducu, history writer of HistoryGems (@historygems). Each week we have a half hour discussion episode, as well as a shorter ‘Fast 5’ episode featuring one of the two. Subjects range through history, from pirates to Saxons, Vikings to Victorians, and Romans to the Cold War! Find out more about the podcast at www.condensedhistories.com/gems
33 min
March 17, 2017 134 - Fast 5 with Jem - The Ottomans
What do you know about the Ottoman Empire? Jem has an idea that many of our listeners will have only a couple of very basic ideas, and so in this week's fast five he goes into as much detail as five minutes will allow!
The Condensed History Gems podcast is a bi-weekly history podcast hosted by Greg Chapman, juggler and comedy entertainer from Condensed Histories (@condensedhist) and Jem Duducu, history writer of HistoryGems (@historygems). Each week we have a half hour discussion episode, as well as a shorter ‘Fast 5’ episode featuring one of the two. Subjects range through history, from pirates to Saxons, Vikings to Victorians, and Romans to the Cold War! Find out more about the podcast at www.condensedhistories.com/gems
7 min

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Condensed Histories bridges the gap between history and popular culture. In each episode of Condensed Histories our host, Jem Duducu, takes an item of popular culture and looks under the surface to…