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The All-Gay Army: Ancient Greece's Sacred Band of Thebes: An Interview with James Romm

The All-Gay Army: Ancient Greece’s Sacred Band of Thebes: An Interview with James Romm

https://ia601505.us.archive.org/32/items/dead-ideas-the-all-gay-army-james-romm/DeadIdeasTheAllGayArmyJamesRomm.mp3 The Sacred Band of Thebes, comprised entirely of gay male lovers, was Ancient Greece’s original response to the gays in the military question. What was that like? How did it function? And what was its lasting legacy? That’s what we’re going to find out today, just in time for Pride…

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Report From Minneapolis: Making Sense of the Riots Over George Floyd's Death

Report From Minneapolis: Making Sense of the Riots Over George Floyd’s Death

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My city is on fire today. This is day four of the riots in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police. And everyone around me is saying, “I’m angry too, but why destroy your own community? It doesn’t make sense.”

But is there another way to look at it? In this…

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Covid Cabana: Top 5 Ways to Have Fun Despite the Coronavirus

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This episode goes out to all of you at home out there during this pandemic, but we want to dedicate it especially to listener Owyn in Toronto, Canada. He’s faced a string of tough challenges recently, and now there’s the covid challenge on top of it all, but on the bright side, Owyn:…

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Did you know America spawned its very own homegrown fascist movement in the 1930s? Yup. The Silver Legion’s William Dudley Pelley was the original Man in the High Castle. Or… at least he dreamed himself to be.

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Time/place: Worldwide, early 20th cen. CE

Dead Idea: Fascism

Co-hosts: Nick and Anna

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Main Sources

Alonzo-Zaldivar, R. (2019, May 24). “Administration Moves to Revoke Transgender Health Protection.” AP News. Retrieved Nov 3, 2019, from: https://apnews.com/44494a468abe4e009b0388798c16a197

Albright, M. (2018). Fascism: A Warning. New York: HarperCollins.

Beekman, Scott. William Dudley Pelley: A Life in Right-wing Extremism and Occultism. New York: Syracuse University Press, 2005.

Blitzer, J. (2016, Nov 4). “A Scholar of Fascism Sees a Lot That’s Familiar With Trump.” The New Yorker. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-scholar-of-fascism-sees-a-lot-thats-familiar-with-trump

Buhres, E. (2019, Nov 2). “Don’t Call Trump a Fascist.” Foreign Policy. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/02/donald-trump-fascist-nazi-right-wing/

Daley, J. (2018, Oct. 3). “The Screenwriter Mystic Who Wanted to Be the American Fuhrer.” Smithsonian.com. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-screenwriting-mystic-who-wanted-be-american-fuhrer-180970449/

Deconstructed. (2019, May 9). “Is Trump a Fascist?.” The Intercept. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://theintercept.com/2019/05/09/is-trump-a-fascist/

D’Souza, D. (2017). The Big Lie: Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing.

Guyette, C. (2019, Sep 11). “Is Trump a Fascist? The F Word.” Detroit Metro Times. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/is-trump-a-fascist/Content?oid=22617920

Gawthorpe, A. (2019, Jul 31). “Is This Fascism? No. Could It Become Fascism? Yes.” The Guardian. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/31/is-this-fascism-no-could-it-become-fascism-yes

Kagan, R. (2016, May 18). “This Is How Fascism Comes to America.” Washington Post. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-is-how-fascism-comes-to-america/2016/05/17/c4e32c58-1c47-11e6-8c7b-6931e66333e7_story.html?noredirect=on

Kessler, G., et al. “Trump Has Made More Than 10,000 False of Misleading Claims.” The Washington Post. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/29/president-trump-has-made-more-than-false-or-misleading-claims/

Lewis, Sinclair. It Can’t Happen Here. New York: Penguin, 2014/1935.

Matthews, D. (2016, May 19). “I Asked 5 Fascism Experts Whether Trump Is a Fascist. Here Is What They Said.” Vox.com. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/12/10/9886152/donald-trump-fascism

Namier, L. (1947). “The First Mountebank Dictator.”

Olsen, H. (2019, Jun 5). “Trump Isn’t a Fascist, He’s Just a Bully.” The Washington Post. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019,from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/05/trump-isnt-fascist-hes-just-bully/

Pelley, W. D. (1031/2011). No More Hunger. Noblesville, IA: Trafford Publishing.

Pelley, W. D. (1929, Mar/1952). “Seven Minutes in Eternity.” The American Magazine. SoulCraft Press.

Porter, T. (2017, Sep 27). “Is North Korea Communist? Experts Warn Failure to Understand Kim Jong Un’s Regime Could Spell Catastrophe.” Newsweek. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-communist-critics-warn-failure-understand-kim-jong-uns-beliefs-672399

Reimann, M. (2017, Feb. 6). “The Heyday of American Nazism Was Led by a Prize-winning Hollywood Screenwriter.” Timeline.com. https://timeline.com/silver-shirts-nazi-history-cf3080eb2da2

Rindskopf, J. (2018, Jun 15). “20 of Trump’s Worst Tweets (So Far).” CheatSheet. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/trumps-worst-tweets-so-far.html/

Schivelbusch, W. (2006). Three New Deals: Reflections on America, Mussolini’s Italy, and Hitler’s Germany, 1933-1939. New York: Picador.

Serwer, A. (2019, Jul 3). “A Crime by Any Name: The Trump Administration’s Commitment to Deterring Immigration Through Cruelty Has Made Horrifying Conditions in Detention Facilities Inevitable.” The Atlantic. Retrieved Nov 3, 2019, from: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/border-facilities/593239/

“Silver Shirt Legion of America, Washington State Division Photograph Collection, circa 1930s.” Archives West. 2018.

“Silver Shirts.” Holocaust Online. http://www.holocaustonline.org. Retrieved Aug. 11, 2019.

Stanley, J. (2018). How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them. New York: Random House.

“William Dudley Pelley.” American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Audio Credits

“Nazis Auf Speed” by Die Krupps

“Battle Hymn of the Republic” performed by the Capitol Symphony Orchestra

Fascism II: The Silver Legion: A Real American Fascist Movement – American History Did you know America spawned its very own homegrown fascist movement in the 1930s? Yup. The Silver Legion's William Dudley Pelley was the original Man in the High Castle.

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TRIGGER WARNING: Politics. Today we explore what characterized early 20th-century fascism, and then ask whether its fair to call Trump fascist.

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Time/place: Worldwide, early 20th cen. CE

Dead Idea: Fascism

Co-hosts: Nick and Anna

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Main Sources

Alonzo-Zaldivar, R. (2019, May 24). “Administration Moves to Revoke Transgender Health Protection.” AP News. Retrieved Nov 3, 2019, from: https://apnews.com/44494a468abe4e009b0388798c16a197

Albright, M. (2018). Fascism: A Warning. New York: HarperCollins.

Beekman, Scott. William Dudley Pelley: A Life in Right-wing Extremism and Occultism. New York: Syracuse University Press, 2005.

Blitzer, J. (2016, Nov 4). “A Scholar of Fascism Sees a Lot That’s Familiar With Trump.” The New Yorker. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-scholar-of-fascism-sees-a-lot-thats-familiar-with-trump

Buhres, E. (2019, Nov 2). “Don’t Call Trump a Fascist.” Foreign Policy. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/02/donald-trump-fascist-nazi-right-wing/

Daley, J. (2018, Oct. 3). “The Screenwriter Mystic Who Wanted to Be the American Fuhrer.” Smithsonian.com. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-screenwriting-mystic-who-wanted-be-american-fuhrer-180970449/

Deconstructed. (2019, May 9). “Is Trump a Fascist?.” The Intercept. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://theintercept.com/2019/05/09/is-trump-a-fascist/

D’Souza, D. (2017). The Big Lie: Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing.

Guyette, C. (2019, Sep 11). “Is Trump a Fascist? The F Word.” Detroit Metro Times. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/is-trump-a-fascist/Content?oid=22617920

Gawthorpe, A. (2019, Jul 31). “Is This Fascism? No. Could It Become Fascism? Yes.” The Guardian. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/31/is-this-fascism-no-could-it-become-fascism-yes

Kagan, R. (2016, May 18). “This Is How Fascism Comes to America.” Washington Post. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-is-how-fascism-comes-to-america/2016/05/17/c4e32c58-1c47-11e6-8c7b-6931e66333e7_story.html?noredirect=on

Kessler, G., et al. “Trump Has Made More Than 10,000 False of Misleading Claims.” The Washington Post. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/29/president-trump-has-made-more-than-false-or-misleading-claims/

Lewis, Sinclair. It Can’t Happen Here. New York: Penguin, 2014/1935.

Matthews, D. (2016, May 19). “I Asked 5 Fascism Experts Whether Trump Is a Fascist. Here Is What They Said.” Vox.com. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/12/10/9886152/donald-trump-fascism

Namier, L. (1947). “The First Mountebank Dictator.”

Olsen, H. (2019, Jun 5). “Trump Isn’t a Fascist, He’s Just a Bully.” The Washington Post. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019,from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/05/trump-isnt-fascist-hes-just-bully/

Pelley, W. D. (1031/2011). No More Hunger. Noblesville, IA: Trafford Publishing.

Pelley, W. D. (1929, Mar/1952). “Seven Minutes in Eternity.” The American Magazine. SoulCraft Press.

Porter, T. (2017, Sep 27). “Is North Korea Communist? Experts Warn Failure to Understand Kim Jong Un’s Regime Could Spell Catastrophe.” Newsweek. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-communist-critics-warn-failure-understand-kim-jong-uns-beliefs-672399

Reimann, M. (2017, Feb. 6). “The Heyday of American Nazism Was Led by a Prize-winning Hollywood Screenwriter.” Timeline.com. https://timeline.com/silver-shirts-nazi-history-cf3080eb2da2

Rindskopf, J. (2018, Jun 15). “20 of Trump’s Worst Tweets (So Far).” CheatSheet. Retrieved Nov 2, 2019, from: https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/trumps-worst-tweets-so-far.html/

Schivelbusch, W. (2006). Three New Deals: Reflections on America, Mussolini’s Italy, and Hitler’s Germany, 1933-1939. New York: Picador.

Serwer, A. (2019, Jul 3). “A Crime by Any Name: The Trump Administration’s Commitment to Deterring Immigration Through Cruelty Has Made Horrifying Conditions in Detention Facilities Inevitable.” The Atlantic. Retrieved Nov 3, 2019, from: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/border-facilities/593239/

“Silver Shirt Legion of America, Washington State Division Photograph Collection, circa 1930s.” Archives West. 2018.

“Silver Shirts.” Holocaust Online. http://www.holocaustonline.org. Retrieved Aug. 11, 2019.

Stanley, J. (2018). How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them. New York: Random House.

“William Dudley Pelley.” American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Fascism I: What Is Fascism, and Is Trump It? – Modern History TRIGGER WARNING: Politics. Today we explore what characterized early 20th-century fascism, and then ask whether its fair to call Trump fascist.

#ancient history #european history #history of technology

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Introducing Our New Show: The History of Sex!

Introducing Our New Show: The History of Sex!

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It’s here! It’s finally here! After a full year of development, our new show the History of Sex is here. Cruise on over to The History of Sex on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you get podcasts.

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  It’s another best of the best for you! This one has it all: romance, plunder, mimes – and it all ends in a bloodbath! This was our first mashup and it’s still one of my favorite episodes. What are your faves? Let me know at [email protected] or on Facebook at @deadideaspod.

Also, an update on our upcoming show The History of Sex: we’re looking at a release date in October! It’s coming up fast!

This episode features a rockin’ soundtrack by Brooklyn band Twin Guns.

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Maps, pics, references, and more at http://www.deadideas.net. Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Map by Adam McKithern.

Co-hosts: Nick and Anna

Time/place: Ireland, composed 6th-10th cen. CE

Dead Idea: Geis

A Map of Medieval Ireland, by Adam McKithern

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Glossary of Irish Words and Spellings

Note: “KH” should be pronounced like the ending sound of “Bach”

Aífe (EE-fuh) – a warrior woman in the Táin bó Cúailnge, rival of Scáthach

aire (EYE-ruh) – lordly class

brat (BRAT) – cloak

Caier (KEYE-ur) – king of Connacht in the story Caier and Nede

coibche (KWIV-khuh) – bride-price

Conall Cernach (KO-nul KAIR-nakh) – curly blond-haired warrior and favorite of Conaire in The Destruction of Dá Derga’s Hostel

Conaire (KO-na-ruh) – king of Tara in the The Destruction of Dá Derga’s Hostel

Connacht (KON-akht) – a kingdom in the middle west of Ireland

Connla (KON-luh) – son of Cú Chulainn in the Táin bó Cúailnge

Críth Gablach (KREEH GOW-luhch) – a law-tract featuring 7 ranks of lords, 7 ranks of farmers, and 7 ranks of kings

Cú Chulainn (KOO KHUH-lun) – hero in the Táin bó Cúailnge

cúlán (KOO-lun) – men’s hairstyle with shaved front, long back

cumal (COO-wul) – unit of measurement roughly equal to 34 acres of land or 3 cattle; lit. “slave girl”

dairt (DEERCH) – a heifer, as in “from a needle to a dairt”, the honor-price of the lowest level of farmer which varies from a needle to a heifer

Diarmuid (JAR-muhj) – hero in the story of Diarmuid and Grainne

Drogheda (DRO-hay-duh) – site of a battle against the Vikings in 902 CE

Emer (EV-ur) – woman wooed by Cú Chulainn in the Táin bó Cúailnge

féni (FAY-nee) – farmer class, subdivided into 7 ranks according to the Crith Gablach law-tract: 1. 1st fer midboth (FAIR MEE-vuh) lit. “man between huts”; 2. 2nd fer midboth; 3. ócaire (O-keye-ruh); 4. aithech (EYE-chuh); 5. bóaire (BO-eye-ruh); 6. mruigfher (MREE-khur); 7. fer fothlai (FAIR FO-lee)

fidchell (FEE-khel) – an Old Irish board game, often called “Irish chess”

Forgall (FOR-gul) – father of Emer in the Táin bó Cúailnge

fuba and ruba (FOO-buh and ROO-buh) – military service; lit. “attack and defense”

fuidir (FEE-jur) – transitional slave

geis (GAYSH) / pl. geassa (GAYSA) – mystical personal injunction

Grainne (GRAH-nyuh) – woman in the story of Diarmuid and Grainne

léine (LAY-nya) – tunic

Mac Cécht (Mak KEKHT) – warrior and right-hand man of Conaire in The Destruction of Dá Derga’s Hostel

Nede (NAY-thuh) – a satire poet in the story of Caier and Nede

rath (RATH) – a loan taken from a lord in a clientship contract

rosc (ROSK) – a nearly untranslatable type of poem with multiple meanings, often signaled in English by ellipses where parts are left untranslated

Scáthach (SKAH-hakh) – a warrior woman in the Táin bó Cúailnge, mentor of Cú Chulainn

senchléithe (SHEN-khlay-huh) – hereditary serf

sét (SET) – unit of measurement equal to 4/5 of a cow

Táin bó Cúailnge (TOYN bo KOOL-nee) – epic featuring Cú Chulainn; lit. “The Cattle Raid of Cooley���

Tara (TAH-ruh) – traditional capital of the high kinds of Ireland

Togail Bruidne Dá Derga (TO-gul BREEJ-nuh da JAIR-guh) – epic featuring King Conaire; lit. “The Destruction of Dá Derga’s Hostel” or “…of the Red God”

toinal (TEE-nyul) – joint conjugal fund

Uí Néill (oy NAYLZ) – one of the most powerful clans of medieval Ireland

Ulster (UHL-stur) – Anglicized name for a kingdom in northeast Ireland

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Best of the Best: Pulp Fiction/Da Derga’s Hostel Mashup – Irish History It's another best of the best for you! This one has it all: romance, plunder, mimes - and it all ends in a bloodbath!

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We’re trying something new here on Dead Ideas. We have a sizeable back-catalog of episodes, many of which new listeners may never have heard, and which long-time listeners may have forgotten. So, we’re reprising classic episodes that are among the best of the best.

One of my personal favorites is the finale episode from our cuneiform series. It’s a mash-up juxtaposing the story of the Sumerian hero Gilgamesh with the cyberpunk feel of the thriller Ghost in the Shell.

See, one of the things I loved about studying the Sumerians, world’s oldest known city-building culture, is how surprisingly modern they feel. Thanks to the preservation of cuneiform tablets, we know more about them than, say, the Vikings or the Mongols. We even have their letters, giving us their most intimate thoughts and feelings, and that makes them feel strikingly recent – hence the futuristic cyberpunk elements. If you want more on the history of the Sumerians, by all means go back and listen to our full cuneiform series, which still stands as one of our best, but today’s episode stands on its own as a complete self-contained story. The oldest of the old meets the newest of the new in this Cyber-Sumerian retelling of the world’s most ancient epic. Enjoy.

Featuring a haunting soundtrack by Belgian industrial band Militia.

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Co-hosts: Andre Solo

Time/place: Composed in final form in Ancient Mesopotamia, c. 1100 BCE

Dead Idea: Cuneiform

Ghost in the Shell, directed by Mamoru Oshii, 1995

A Map of Ancient Sumer, c. 3000 BCE, by Adam McKithern

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Radner, K., and Robson, E. (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture. New York: Oxford.

Roth, M. T. (2006). “Marriage, Divorce, and the Prostitute in Ancient Mesopotamia.” In: Faraone, C. A. & McClure, L. K. (2006). Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.

Silver, M. (n.d.). “Temple/Sacred Prostitution in Ancient Mesopotamia Revisited: Religion in the Economy.” Retrieved May 29, 2017, from: https://www.academia.edu/2360254/Temple_Sacred_Prostitution_in_Ancient_Mesopotamia_Revisited

Stone, E. C. (1982). “The Social Role of the Naditu Women in Old Babylonian Nippur.” Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 15(1): 50-70.

Superdrug Online Doctors. (n.d.). “Perceptions of Perfection.” Superdrug Online Doctors. Retrieved 6-20-17 from: https://onlinedoctor.superdrug.com/perceptions-of-perfection/?utm_source=affiliatewindow&utm_medium=affiliate

Visicato, G. (2000). The Power and the Writing: Early Scribes of Mesopotamia. Bethesda, MD: CDL Press.

Best of the Best: Ghost in the Tablet – Gilgamesh/Ghost in the Shell Mashup – Sumerian History We’re trying something new here on Dead Ideas. We have a sizeable back-catalog of episodes, many of which new listeners may never have heard, and which long-time listeners may have forgotten.

#ancient history #history of technology #near eastern history #sumerian history

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Put That City to the Sword: Julius Caesar Slaughters Avaricum, Feat. Neil Eckart - Roman History

Put That City to the Sword: Julius Caesar Slaughters Avaricum, Feat. Neil Eckart – Roman History

http://media.blubrry.com/deadideas/ia601407.us.archive.org/9/items/DeadIdeas108PuttingCitiesToTheSword/Dead%20Ideas%20108%20Putting%20Cities%20to%20the%20Sword.mp3

When was the last time you put a city to the sword? It’s not something we do much anymore today. Yet there was a day and age when it was quite normal to slaughter every last man, woman, and child in a captured city. Neil Eckart of the…

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#roman history; ancient history

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Gender in Game of Thrones: Its Legacy

Gender in Game of Thrones: Its Legacy

http://media.blubrry.com/deadideas/ia601508.us.archive.org/0/items/DeadIdeas108GenderInGameOfThrones_201905/Dead%20Ideas%20108%20Gender%20in%20Game%20of%20Thrones.mp3

What will Game of Thrones be remembered for? I would argue it’s not its supposed character realism, nor it’s moral ambiguity. Rather, it will be its depiction of unusual gender identities in fantasy. No other major fantasy show…

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#fantasy history #modern history

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What It's Like to Make a Podcast: An Interview with Sam Hume of Pax Britannica

What It’s Like to Make a Podcast: An Interview with Sam Hume of Pax Britannica

http://media.blubrry.com/deadideas/ia601402.us.archive.org/13/items/DeadIdeas107WhatItsLikeToMakeAPodcastAnInterviewWithSamHumeOfPaxBritannica/Dead%20Ideas%20107%20What%20It%27s%20Like%20to%20Make%20a%20Podcast%20An%20Interview%20with%20Sam%20Hume%20of%20Pax%20Britannica.mp3

What’s it like to make a podcast? Sam Hume of the new show Pax Britannica talks with me about all the ups and downs of…

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#roman history; ancient history

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Doomsday, 1000 AD: How Millenarianism Ushered in the Crusades, Feat. Neil Eckart - European History

Doomsday, 1000 AD: How Millenarianism Ushered in the Crusades, Feat. Neil Eckart – European History

https://ia601407.us.archive.org/1/items/DeadIdeas106Doomsday1000A.D.HowMillenarianismUsheredInTheCrusadesFeat.NeilEckart/Dead%20Ideas%20106%20Doomsday%201000%20A.D.%20How%20Millenarianism%20Ushered%20in%20the%20Crusades%2C%20Feat.%20Neil%20Eckart.mp3

The end is nigh! Or so they’ve been saying since the year 1000 A.D. Today, Neil Eckart of the podcast War and Conquest tells us about…

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#european history #religious history

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Dan Carlin of Hardcore History: Full Interview for the History of History Podcasting

Dan Carlin of Hardcore History: Full Interview for the History of History Podcasting

Last time we delved into the History of History Podcasting, and now we are giving you the full interview with none other than the host of Hardcore History, Dan Carlin.

For the rest of the full interviews, check out our Patreon feed at http://www.patreon.com/deadideaspod.

Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff.

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The History of History Podcasting, Feat. Dan Carlin, Bob Packett, Lars Brownworth, Cam Reilly, Lara Eakins, Robin Pierson, Roifield Brown, Jordan Harbour, Travis Dow, Glen Gibbs, and Liz Covart

The History of History Podcasting, Feat. Dan Carlin, Bob Packett, Lars Brownworth, Cam Reilly, Lara Eakins, Robin Pierson, Roifield Brown, Jordan Harbour, Travis Dow, Glen Gibbs, and Liz Covart

This is it: the first ever attempt at a history of our genre, history podcasting. I’ve interviewed nearly a dozen podcasters and spoke to dozens more to bring you this story, which comes to you with our characteristic Dead Ideas quirk (would you expect anything less?). Today I present, not a dead idea but a live idea: history podcasting. Guest list: Bob Packett, Lars Brownworth, Cam Reilly, Lara…

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Now that you know ancient Rome fell just shy of an industrial revolution, why not enjoy a world where Rome does industrialize? That’s Jordan Harbour’s Rome Industrial setting, which he is here to talk to us about today. Jordan is the host of Twilight Histories, an alternate history podcast you should listen to in the dark.

Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn!

Custom map of Rome by Adam McKithern. Music by Rachel Westhoff. Maps, pics, references and more at http://www.deadideas.net.

The Hellenistic World, end of 3rd cen. BCE

Custom-generated map of alternate history Rome by Adam McKithern

The Roman Empire at its greatest extent, 117 CE

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Main Sources

Allen, R. C. (2017). The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press.

Arun. (2018). “10 Major Causes of the Industrial Revolution.” Learnodo-Newtonic.com. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: https://learnodo-newtonic.com/industrial-revolution-causes

Deakin, M. A. B. (1994, Mar). “Hypatia and Her Mathematics.” The American Mathematical Monthly, 101(3): 234-243.

Dzielska, M. (1995). Hypatia of Alexandria. Lyra, F., Trans. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Greene, M. (2004). “The Birth of Modern Science?” Nature.com. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: https://www.nature.com/articles/430614a

Hero of Alexandria. (1851). The Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria. Woodcroft, B., Trans. Himedo.net. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: http://himedo.net/TheHopkinThomasProject/TimeLine/Wales/Steam/URochesterCollection/Hero/index-2.html

James, P., and Thorpe, N. (1994). Ancient Inventions. New York: Ballantine.

Jones, P. J. (2006). Cleopatra: A Sourcebook. University of Oklahoma Press.

Koyama, M. (2017). “Could Rome Have Had an Industrial Revolution?” Medium.com. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: https://medium.com/@MarkKoyama/could-rome-have-had-an-industrial-revolution-4126717370a2

Lefkowitz, M. R., and Fant, M. B. (2016). Women’s Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Lowe, D. (2016). “Suspending Disbelief: Magnetic Levitation in Antiquity and the Middle Ages.” Classical Antiquity, 35(2): 247-278.

MacLeod, R., Ed. (2000). The Library of Alexandria: Centre of Learning in the Ancient World. New York: I. B. Tauris.

Miles, M. M. (2011). Cleopatra: A Sphinx Revisited. Los Angeles: University of California Press.

Montserrat, D. (1996). Sex and Society in Graeco-Roman Egypt. New York: Kegan Paul International.

Mosjov, B. (2010). Alexandria Lost: From the Advent of Christianity to the Arab Conquest. London: Duckworth.

Oleson, J. P., Ed. (2008). The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World. New York: Oxford University Press.

Pollard, J. and Reid, H. (2006). The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern Mind. New York: Viking.

Rowan-Robinson, M. (2004). “Praising Alexandrians to Excess.” PhysicsWorld.com. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: https://physicsworld.com/a/praising-alexandrians-to-excess/

Rowlandson, J., Ed. (1998). Women & Society in Greek & Roman Egypt: A Sourcebook. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Russo, L. (2004). The Forgotten Revolution: How Science Was Born in 300 BC and Why It Had to Be Reborn. Levy, S., Trans. New York: Springer.

Torchinsky, J. (2012). “The Greeks Had the Technology to Build a Car in 60 A.D.” Jalopnik.com. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: https://jalopnik.com/5888188/the-greeks-had-the-technology-to-build-a-car-in-60-ad

Watts, E. J. (2010). Riot in Alexandria: Tradition and Group Dynamics in Late Antique Pagan and Christian Communities. Los Angeles: University of California Press.

Wyatt, L. T. (2009). The Industrial Revolution: Greenwood Guides to Historic Events, 1500-1900. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Steampunk Rome VI: Rome Industrial – An Interview with Jordan Harbour of Twilight Histories – Roman History Now that you know ancient Rome fell just shy of an industrial revolution, why not enjoy a world where Rome does industrialize?

#ancient history #european history #history of technology #interviews

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Success is at hand for Andre’s character Pyrrho. But it is a Pyrrhic victory, for after that we recount the history of the backward slide of science from the Roman conquest into the Middle Ages, until its final rebirth in the Renaissance and Enlightenment.

Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn!

Custom map of Rome by Adam McKithern. Music by Rachel Westhoff. Maps, pics, references and more at http://www.deadideas.net.

Time/place: The Hellenistic World, 201 BCE

Dead Idea: Ancient Steam Technology

Co-host: Andre Sólo

Andre’s character has one final challenge to solve. You can try your hand at solving it too. Post your solution to our Facebook page at @deadideaspod!

Challenge #3: Invent the World’s Most Accurate Water Clock

The ancient water clock known as the clepsydra measures time by the draining of water from one jar to another. However, it suffers from the problem of diminishing flow: as water drains out, water pressure decreases. This causes the water to flow more slowly, making time read slower. Your task is to come up with a new design that overcomes this problem of diminishing flow. For the Hellenistic solution, listen to the episode.

The Hellenistic World, end of 3rd cen. BCE

Custom-generated map of alternate history Rome by Adam McKithern

The Roman Empire at its greatest extent, 117 CE

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Main Sources

Allen, R. C. (2017). The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press.

Arun. (2018). “10 Major Causes of the Industrial Revolution.” Learnodo-Newtonic.com. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: https://learnodo-newtonic.com/industrial-revolution-causes

Deakin, M. A. B. (1994, Mar). “Hypatia and Her Mathematics.” The American Mathematical Monthly, 101(3): 234-243.

Dzielska, M. (1995). Hypatia of Alexandria. Lyra, F., Trans. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Greene, M. (2004). “The Birth of Modern Science?” Nature.com. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: https://www.nature.com/articles/430614a

Hero of Alexandria. (1851). The Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria. Woodcroft, B., Trans. Himedo.net. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: http://himedo.net/TheHopkinThomasProject/TimeLine/Wales/Steam/URochesterCollection/Hero/index-2.html

James, P., and Thorpe, N. (1994). Ancient Inventions. New York: Ballantine.

Jones, P. J. (2006). Cleopatra: A Sourcebook. University of Oklahoma Press.

Koyama, M. (2017). “Could Rome Have Had an Industrial Revolution?” Medium.com. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: https://medium.com/@MarkKoyama/could-rome-have-had-an-industrial-revolution-4126717370a2

Lefkowitz, M. R., and Fant, M. B. (2016). Women’s Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Lowe, D. (2016). “Suspending Disbelief: Magnetic Levitation in Antiquity and the Middle Ages.” Classical Antiquity, 35(2): 247-278.

MacLeod, R., Ed. (2000). The Library of Alexandria: Centre of Learning in the Ancient World. New York: I. B. Tauris.

Miles, M. M. (2011). Cleopatra: A Sphinx Revisited. Los Angeles: University of California Press.

Montserrat, D. (1996). Sex and Society in Graeco-Roman Egypt. New York: Kegan Paul International.

Mosjov, B. (2010). Alexandria Lost: From the Advent of Christianity to the Arab Conquest. London: Duckworth.

Oleson, J. P., Ed. (2008). The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World. New York: Oxford University Press.

Pollard, J. and Reid, H. (2006). The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern Mind. New York: Viking.

Rowan-Robinson, M. (2004). “Praising Alexandrians to Excess.” PhysicsWorld.com. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: https://physicsworld.com/a/praising-alexandrians-to-excess/

Rowlandson, J., Ed. (1998). Women & Society in Greek & Roman Egypt: A Sourcebook. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Russo, L. (2004). The Forgotten Revolution: How Science Was Born in 300 BC and Why It Had to Be Reborn. Levy, S., Trans. New York: Springer.

Torchinsky, J. (2012). “The Greeks Had the Technology to Build a Car in 60 A.D.” Jalopnik.com. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: https://jalopnik.com/5888188/the-greeks-had-the-technology-to-build-a-car-in-60-ad

Watts, E. J. (2010). Riot in Alexandria: Tradition and Group Dynamics in Late Antique Pagan and Christian Communities. Los Angeles: University of California Press.

Wyatt, L. T. (2009). The Industrial Revolution: Greenwood Guides to Historic Events, 1500-1900. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Steampunk Rome V: A Pyrrhic Victory: The Death of Ancient Science – RPG, Pt 3 – Egyptian, Greek, and Roman History Success is at hand for Andre's character Pyrrho. But it is a Pyrrhic victory, for after that we recount the history of the backward slide of science from the Roman conquest into the Middle Ages, until its final rebirth in the Renaissance and Enlightenment.

#ancient history #european history #history of technology

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Arriving at the Great Library of Alexandria, Andre’s character Pyrrho of Pergamum searches for the secret plans for the floating statue. But in order to get his hands on them, he must first solve several science and engineering challenges. Along the way, we learn a great deal about the Library of Alexandria and its marvelous discoveries.

Be sure to support the show at www.patreon.com/deadideaspod to get your portrait drawn!

Custom map of Rome by Adam McKithern. Music by Rachel Westhoff. Maps, pics, references and more at http://www.deadideas.net.

Time/place: The Hellenistic World, 201 BCE

Dead Idea: Ancient Steam Technology

Co-host: Andre Sólo

In this episode, Andre’s character faces several science and engineering challenges. You can try your hand at solving them too. Post your solutions to our Facebook page at @deadideaspod!

Challenge #1: Invent an Ox-powered Water Lifter

An ox can walk in a circle, providing horizontal motion, but your water-lifter wheel requires vertical motion (see illustration below). Can you invent a way to make these two technologies interface? You can add whatever components you like, so long as it was available in the Hellenistic world (which includes gears, axles, pistons, cams, valves, pulleys, reduction gears, driveshafts, screws, bolts, nuts, ball bearings, floats, etc.). For the Hellenistic solution, listen to the episode.

Challenge #2: Find the Circumference of the Earth

This one’s a doozy, but Eratosthenes solved it using little more than a stick, a shadow, and some sick geometry. Can you? Use the information in the diagram below to figure out the answer. Here are the important details:

Assume the Earth is round

Assume the sun’s rays strike the earth in parallel lines

The sun is directly overhead at noon on the summer solstice at Syene

At the same moment in Alexandria, the sun casts a shadow at angle of 7 degrees ,or 1/50th of a circle

Alexandria is 5000 stadia (about 800km/497mi) north of Syene

For the Hellenistic solution, listen to the episode.

The Hellenistic World, end of 3rd cen. BCE

Custom-generated map of alternate history Rome by Adam McKithern

The Roman Empire at its greatest extent, 117 CE

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Main Sources

Allen, R. C. (2017). The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press.

Arun. (2018). “10 Major Causes of the Industrial Revolution.” Learnodo-Newtonic.com. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: https://learnodo-newtonic.com/industrial-revolution-causes

Deakin, M. A. B. (1994, Mar). “Hypatia and Her Mathematics.” The American Mathematical Monthly, 101(3): 234-243.

Dzielska, M. (1995). Hypatia of Alexandria. Lyra, F., Trans. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Greene, M. (2004). “The Birth of Modern Science?” Nature.com. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: https://www.nature.com/articles/430614a

Hero of Alexandria. (1851). The Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria. Woodcroft, B., Trans. Himedo.net. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: http://himedo.net/TheHopkinThomasProject/TimeLine/Wales/Steam/URochesterCollection/Hero/index-2.html

James, P., and Thorpe, N. (1994). Ancient Inventions. New York: Ballantine.

Jones, P. J. (2006). Cleopatra: A Sourcebook. University of Oklahoma Press.

Koyama, M. (2017). “Could Rome Have Had an Industrial Revolution?” Medium.com. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: https://medium.com/@MarkKoyama/could-rome-have-had-an-industrial-revolution-4126717370a2

Lefkowitz, M. R., and Fant, M. B. (2016). Women’s Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Lowe, D. (2016). “Suspending Disbelief: Magnetic Levitation in Antiquity and the Middle Ages.” Classical Antiquity, 35(2): 247-278.

MacLeod, R., Ed. (2000). The Library of Alexandria: Centre of Learning in the Ancient World. New York: I. B. Tauris.

Miles, M. M. (2011). Cleopatra: A Sphinx Revisited. Los Angeles: University of California Press.

Montserrat, D. (1996). Sex and Society in Graeco-Roman Egypt. New York: Kegan Paul International.

Mosjov, B. (2010). Alexandria Lost: From the Advent of Christianity to the Arab Conquest. London: Duckworth.

Oleson, J. P., Ed. (2008). The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World. New York: Oxford University Press.

Pollard, J. and Reid, H. (2006). The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern Mind. New York: Viking.

Rowan-Robinson, M. (2004). “Praising Alexandrians to Excess.” PhysicsWorld.com. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: https://physicsworld.com/a/praising-alexandrians-to-excess/

Rowlandson, J., Ed. (1998). Women & Society in Greek & Roman Egypt: A Sourcebook. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Russo, L. (2004). The Forgotten Revolution: How Science Was Born in 300 BC and Why It Had to Be Reborn. Levy, S., Trans. New York: Springer.

Torchinsky, J. (2012). “The Greeks Had the Technology to Build a Car in 60 A.D.” Jalopnik.com. Retrieved Nov. 4, 2018, from: https://jalopnik.com/5888188/the-greeks-had-the-technology-to-build-a-car-in-60-ad

Watts, E. J. (2010). Riot in Alexandria: Tradition and Group Dynamics in Late Antique Pagan and Christian Communities. Los Angeles: University of California Press.

Wyatt, L. T. (2009). The Industrial Revolution: Greenwood Guides to Historic Events, 1500-1900. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Steampunk Rome IV: The Great Library of Alexandria – RPG, Pt 2 – Egyptian, Greek, and Roman History Arriving at the Great Library of Alexandria, Andre's character Pyrrho of Pergamum searches for the secret plans for the floating statue.

#ancient history #european history #history of technology