Well That Aged Well

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  • Episode 38: The 300. With Cameron Hawkins

    In this weeks episode we go back to Ancient Sparta and talk about the famous battle of the 300. How did this battle get so famous? Is the sources on this battle accurate? And what motivated the spartans to stay to the last man? Find out this and more in this weeks episode of "Well That Aged Well". With "Erlend Hedegart"


    Link to professor Hawkins publications can be found here:

    https://www.rochester.edu/college/faculty/camhawkins/publications.html

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    1 hr 16 min
  • Episode 37: Archaeology. With Harrison Forsyth

    In this episode we take a look at the field of Arcaheology. How does Aarchaeology help us understand history? What is the job of a Archaeologist? And how has archaeology developed since it`s birth in the 1800s? Find out this and more in this weeks episode of "Well That Aged Well," With "Erlend Hedegart".


    Find Harrisons work here:


    https://www.histarch3d.com/


    Link to the episode on my Youtube channel can be found here:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXHMpDNkOpQ


    The photos can also be found on our instagram at: Wellthatagedwell. (Make sure to follow us for the latest information on upcoming guests and topics we will discuss in future episodes).

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    46 min
  • Episode 36: Walking The Battlefields of WW1. With Matt Dixon

    Matt Dixon is a WW1 Historian and his job is to walk the battlefields where the battles of WW1 took place. In this episode we will talk about what it is like to take a look at the battlefields of todays era and how the battles that took place a 100 years ago still affects the farmers who lives there today. Matt Dixon is an expert in analyzing and finding these battlefields and he do guided tours of several of these battlefields. He is in todays episode giving us an inside look of his personal experience of what it is like to walk the battlefields from WW1. Find out this and more in this weeks episode of "Well That Aged Well". With "Erlend Hedegart"


    Link to find Matt Dixon here:


    www.footstepsofthefallen.buzzsprout.com


    www.footstepsofthefallen.com

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    44 min
  • Episode 35: The Rise and Fall Of The Weimar Republic. With Erika Briesacher

    In this episode we talk about the Rise and Fall of the Weimar Republic. What did they do to rebuild Germany after the fall of WW1? What was it like being a part of the Weimar Republic? And how did they react to the beer hall coup in 23? Find out in this weeks episode of "Well That Aged Well", with "Erlend Hedegart"


    Professor Briesachers twitter handle is: @historyinshort.


    You can find profesor Briesacher here

    https://www.worcester.edu/Erika-Briesacher/

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    1 hr 31 min
  • Episode 34: The Battle Of Stiklestad. With Jonathan Udbye

    In this episode we take a look at the battle of Stiklestad. A battle that happened VERY close to where both me and my guest live. This is a story about Norways only Saint: Saint Olav. But how did Chieftain Olav become a Saint? Why did the Norwegian people opose him? And what really happened at Stiklestad? Find out in this episode of "Well That Aged Well". With "Erlend Hedegart"

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    1 hr 17 min
  • Episode 33: Operation Paperclip. With Brian Crim

    In this episode we take a look at Operation Paperclip. The American Operation to try and get Nazi Scientist to work for the space program in the race to the moon against the Soviet Union. How did they manage to get the scientists over from Germany to America unoticed? Were they discovered? How hush, hush was this operation? And how did they find the scientists? Find out this and more in this weeks episode of "Well That Aged Well". With "Erlend Hedegart"


    Link to where you can buy Brian Crims books can be found here:

    https://www.amazon.com/Brian-E.-Crim/e/B00IMU0OJC%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

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    41 min
  • Episode 32: Operation Valkyrie. The inside plot to Kill Hitler. With Joe Carro

    In this episode we take a look at the inside plot that was aimed to kill Adolf Hitler. Would it have changed the outcome of the war as people thought it would have? Were they really heroes or would they have just replaced one regime with another? And why did they fail? Find out in this episode of "Well That Aged Well", with "Erlend Hedegart

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    1 hr 39 min
  • Episode 31: Dinosaurs. With David Fastovsky

    In this episode we go all the way back before humans even existed. In the time when Dinosaurs ruled the earth. But how did we find the first Dinosaurs? Why is South America such a good place to find them? And is birds really descendants of Dinosaurs? Find out in this weeks episode of "Well That Aged Well" , With "Erlend Hedegart".


    Fastivskys book 4th edition wll be published early June. It is called:

    Fastovsky, D.E, and Weishampel, D.B, 20201, Dinosaurs: A Concise natural History.

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    46 min
  • Episode 30: Was Caligula really mad? With Anthony Barret

    in This episode we discuss perhaps one of the most Iconic "mad"Emperors of Ancient Rome: Caligula. But was he really mad? Or did he just fall on the wrong side of history? What did he do to deserve the title of "The Mad Emperor?" Find out in this weeks episode of "Well That Aged Well", with "Erlend Hedegart"

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    1 hr 51 min
  • Episode 29: Hannibal. The man who defied Rome. With Kathryn Lomas

    In this weeks episode we talk about one of the most iconic men during the punic wars. But what made Hanibal so iconic? What is his legacy? And why is so well remembered today? Find out this and more in this weeks episode of "Well That Aged Well", With "Erlend Hedegart".


    Find Professor Lomas work here: https://durham.academia.edu/KathrynLomas

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    55 min

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In this podcast we interview historians about new topics every week ranging from Ancient Rome to pre historic era to modern history. I myself am not an academic but I always been fascinated by…