Mike Duncan is the host of the Revolutions and History of Rome podcasts, as well as the author of two NYT best-selling books. We discuss his backstory, lessons he's learned through history, and why every social studies teacher should take a creative writing class.

His books can be found here:

https://bookshop.org/books/hero-of-two-worlds-the-marquis-de-lafayette-in-the-age-of-revolution-9781549193071/9781541730335

and

https://bookshop.org/books/the-storm-before-the-storm-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-roman-republic/9781541724037