Why are so many people obsessed with the Roman Empire?

In the debut episode of Everything on Nothing, Mickey, Christian, and producer Jacki start with a simple question and somehow end up wandering through wolf-raised twins, political assassinations, slave revolts, Christianity, Napoleon, modern corporations, artificial intelligence, and the uncomfortable realization that Rome may never have actually gone away.

What begins with Romulus and Remus quickly spirals into a conversation about propaganda, power, rebellion, and how one ancient civilization became the blueprint for countless empires, governments, and institutions that followed. Along the way, the hosts explore Julius Caesar, Spartacus, Cleopatra, and the stories history tends to forget while asking a bigger question:

Was Rome a place... or was it an idea?

From the Roman Republic to modern politics, the discussion connects thousands of years of history with the systems that still shape our lives today. Because the deeper you dig into Rome, the stranger it gets. Every empire seems to borrow from it. Every revolution seems to fight against it. And every generation somehow ends up telling the same story all over again.

The Roman Empire fell.

Then it came back.

Then it changed names.

Then it showed up everywhere.

Listen to Episode 1 of Everything on Nothing and find out why the ghost of Rome is still haunting the modern world.