In this episode Ari and Matt discuss things you should consider when buying your first (or fifteenth) sword.

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SWORDS video

Paul Butler's Music

Join Ari and Matt as they discuss the differences between Classical and Medieval impressions with their friend Ben of The Missouri Order of Moderately Civilized Knight Guys.

We do briefly discuss white supremacy and coopted historical symbolism. 

As always thanks to Paul Butler for allowing us the use of his music for our intro. 

Join Ari and Matt as they discuss the errant living history community and the standards, or lack there of, which they share among them. 

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Days of Knights

Deconstructing History

La Belle Compagnie

Josh Davis

The SCA

On today's bonus episode join Matt as he takes you down some of his thoughts expanding on the ideas of personas. 

Join Ari and Matt as they talk to special guest Madeline Smith of the Actually Interesting History podcast about the insights anthropology can lend to the study of the past and by extension living history impressions. 

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Madeleine Smith, Actually Interesting History  

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A special thanks to Paul Butler for allowing us to use his music. 

Not only do Ari and Matt share their initial thoughts on these two films based only on their trailers, but they spend sometime discussing the complicated relationship between the medieval living history community and medieval themed movies produced by Hollywood. 

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Join Ari and Matt as they provide an overview of cooking at events or when camping, which generally involves cooking over an open flame.

Also a shout out to Mike Baker and his new podcast Deconstructing History.

Thank you Paul Butler's Medieval Music for permission to use his music in our intro.

Join Ari and Matt as they tackle the touchy subject of reenactorisms and how they proliferate through the community. 

Thank you Paul Butler's Medieval Music for permission to use his music in our intro. 

Join Ari and Matt as they discuss their favorite events of the year: The Pilgrim Progress Challenge! They go into some of the work behind the scenes, as well as contrasting the evolution of the event from last year to this year, what went right, what can be improved upon, and a couple characteristic, charmingly roguish rabbit trails along the way.

Paul Butler's Medieval Music

Join Ari and Matt as they talk to their special guest Andrew of Popula Urbanum and the Modern Medieval Man about his research into the urban culture of the high medieval. We discuss special considerations and terminology of the city, the realities of city life, and what one can really expect from the merchant class. 

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Paul Butler's Music

Andrew's YouTube Channel Popula Urbanum

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