Podding Through Time

In this installment Jacob and Evan spice it up with talk of culture and economics, among other things:

• Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald, and what impact did his love life have on his literary career?
• What explorers discovered the Kilwa Sultanate, and in what different ways did it impress them?
• Why did Scotland embark on colonial ventures, and how disastrously did they end?
• What is the precedent of presidential impeachment, and what can we learn about modern-day party politics from the past?
• How has art and literature shaped the history of civilization, and what can we learn from studying it more closely? 

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Jacob and Evan are back with a vengeance, bringing new and interesting topics:

• What made Saladin such a hero, and who was the mysterious group that managed to scare him away?
• How did the Kilwa Sultanate come to be, and why does it involve a city encircled by fabric?
• Who was the man that won a race after he died?
• What is happening in Iran right now, and what does it have to do with the Iranian revolutions? 

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The hiatus ends with a return to form for Jacob and Evan! And they bring great new topics:

• What did Mozart find funny, and why is the answer to that question poop jokes?
• How did the Swahili coast get its name, and what does that have to do with the rise of Islam?
• How does one man contribute so much to physics, get nominated so many times, and never win a Nobel prize?
• Why is everybody everywhere so angry all the time? 

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In the special Halloween episode of Podding Through Time Jacob and Evan tell each other spooky stories from history. From the real-life Dracula to the bible stories that keep you up at night. You don't want to miss this one. 

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Our first ever special bonus episode is a doozy!
 
Today we take a deep dive with our friend Paul DiCostanzo from the A.D. History Podcast into the early Soviet Union and their situation prior to the invasion by Germany in 1941. The conversation flows from Stalin and his views of Hitler to a theoretical communist French state. 

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The second series of Podding Through Time kicks off with some great topics:

• Who was Ramesses II, and why do his peace treaties last so long?
• Who were the Bantu people, and what makes their languages some of the most complicated in the world?
• How does a tiny Muslim fishing town built on stilts in the water get so good at soccer?
• Why are people raiding area 51, and what did we predict would happen on that day?
• What are our favourite alt-history scenarios, and a bonus surprise at the end! 

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In the fifth episode and season finale of Podding Through Time, Jacob and Evan journey through some incredulous shenanigans from the past and present:

• What happened to Amelia Earhart, and why are there so many conspiracies regarding her disappearance?
• How many varying ways did European powers try to partition New Guinea, and what was the secret that it held for centuries from the larger world?
• Who was the pope that hated cats, and who else did he hate for seemingly no good reason?
• What is the significance of the fires in the Amazon, and how do they shine a light on our modern news system?
• Who was Viola Desmond, and why is she now the face of the Canadian ten-dollar bill? 

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In the fourth episode of Podding Through Time, Jacob and Evan explore many topics related to trade and the bigness of the world:

• Who was Mansa Musa I of Mali, what did his mighty image signify for the people in the wider world of his time, and what did he establish that can be seen to this day?
• What were the histories of the Indonesian kingdoms of Srivijaya and Majapahit and how do they relate to the world of East and South Asia as well as New Guinea?
• What was the United States Expedition of Korea, which ended up becoming the first conflict between the two countries, nearly a century before the Korean War?
• How does the modern situation in Kashmir connect with the history of the region?
• How did pre-modern cultures map the world and what can we learn about how the world was viewed in historic times from these maps? 

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In the third installment of Podding Through Time Jacob and Evan tackle a brand new slew of fascinating topics:

• Who was Sun Tzu really, and how has his great work influenced history?
• What was the great cultural exchange that took place across the waters from New Guinea and what has its discovery done for the study of modern anthropology?
• How did the silk trade come to be, and how was China's monopoly on it eventually broken by two heretical monks?
• How has space travel changed from the first steps on the moon half a century ago to today's modern moon rockets from India?
• What is pop history and what role does it play in the modern-day education of history enthusiasts? 

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In the second episode of Podding Through Time, Jacob and Evan talk about even more great history topics, carrying on from last time:

• What were Otto von Bismarck's policies regarding the relationship of the Prussian state to the Catholic Church?
• When did agriculture first begin in New Guinea and which crops do we owe to their neolithic agricultural revolution?
• What was the curious origin story of King Haakon IV of Norway, who brought the medieval kingdom to the height of its golden age?
• What does the conclusion of the First Opium War have to do with the ongoing political situation in Hong Kong?
• Who was Simo Häyhä and how does his record as a soldier and sniper compare to Lady Death from the last episode? 

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