419 Episodes

  1. Confucius and His Age

    Published: 1/25/2024

  2. Listen Now: Dr. Death: Bad Magic

    Published: 1/22/2024

  3. China in the Eastern Zhou: Spring and Autumn

    Published: 1/18/2024

  4. Venice through the Ages, from Salt-Panners to Maritime Empire to Tourism: Interview with Professor Dennis Romano

    Published: 1/11/2024

  5. Listen Now: Even the Royals

    Published: 1/8/2024

  6. The State and the Environmental History of Early China: Interview with Professor Brian Lander

    Published: 1/4/2024

  7. The Western Zhou, 1046-771 BC

    Published: 12/28/2023

  8. The Fall of the Shang Dynasty and the Rise of the Zhou

    Published: 12/21/2023

  9. The Rise of the State in China

    Published: 12/14/2023

  10. The Languages of Eurasia around 500 BC

    Published: 12/7/2023

  11. Cities, the Etruscans, and Global Urbanism: Interview with Professor Simon Stoddart

    Published: 11/30/2023

  12. Did Justinian Restore the Roman Empire or Ruin It? Professor Peter Sarris on the Emperor Justinian and His Legacy

    Published: 11/23/2023

  13. The Scythian World

    Published: 11/16/2023

  14. The Iron Age Steppe and the Emergence of the Scythians

    Published: 11/9/2023

  15. The Greco-Persian Wars 4: Plataea and the Aftermath

    Published: 11/2/2023

  16. Cutting-Edge Archaeology on the Eurasian Steppe: Gino Caspari on the Scythians

    Published: 10/26/2023

  17. Listen Now: Ghost Story

    Published: 10/23/2023

  18. The Greco-Persian Wars, Part 3: Athens in Flames and the Battle of Salamis

    Published: 10/19/2023

  19. The Greco-Persian Wars, Part 2: Xerxes and the Invasion of Greece

    Published: 10/12/2023

  20. The Greco-Persian Wars, Part 1: The Ionian Revolt to the Battle of Marathon

    Published: 10/5/2023

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