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Raising Standards

Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith

A rewatch podcast for HBO's Rome with Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith

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  • 20 episodes
  • Avg 47 min
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  • S2 · E10
    Mar 15, 2024 · 47 min

    2.10: De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)

    Antony and Cleopatra are the ultimate livers, Octavian Caesar has his triumph in Rome, and Vorenus and Pullo reunite for the final time.

  • S2 · E9
    Jan 11, 2024 · 28 min

    Bruno Heller interview

    In this interview we speak to Bruno Heller, the creator, main writer and show runner of HBO’s Rome.

  • S2 · E9
    Sep 9, 2023 · 19 min

    Alice Henley interview

    In this interview we speak to Alice Henley who portrayed Livia, about stepping in to a well established cast in what was one her first roles on television.

  • S2 · E9
    Jul 12, 2023 · 44 min

    2.09: Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus

    Octavian and Antony get in a tussle over the grain supply, Atia and Octavia get the cold shoulder in a hot climate, and Vorenus plays ball, Pullo deals with the people, Posca is the MVP, and there are at least five slaps in the episode.

  • S2 · E7
    Mar 10, 2023 · 46 min

    2.07: Death Mask

    Servilia takes out a final curse on Atia, Timon struggles between faith and family, and Pullo’s love life becomes significantly more complicated.

  • S2 · E6
    Jan 23, 2023 · 54 min

    2.06: Philippi

    The triumvirate is formed, Vorenus and Pullo get their hands very dirty, Cicero pays the ultimate price for his rhetoric, and Brutus and Cassius make the final stand of the Roman republic with an actual battle scene.

  • S2 · E5
    Dec 13, 2022 · 25 min

    Coral Amiga interview

    In this interview we speak to Coral Amiga, who portrayed Vorena the Elder, daughter of Vorenus.

  • S2 · E5
    Oct 27, 2022 · 42 min

    2.05: Heroes of the Republic

    Octavian becomes both consul and a problem for the senate, Vorenus settles down to a life of familial bliss, and Antony grows one heck of a beard.

  • S2 · E2
    May 12, 2022 · 48 min

    2.02: Son of Hades

    Antony becomes disgruntled with the tedious administrative duties of running an Empire.

  • S2 · E1
    Mar 15, 2022 · 24 min

    Lorcan Cranitch interview

    In this interview we speak to Lorcan Cranitch, who portrayed crime boss of the Aventine Erastes Fulmen.

  • S2 · E1
    Feb 12, 2022 · 52 min

    2.01: Passover

    Caesar is dead and gets cremated, Niobe is dead and gets cremated, and the political machinations of Rome continue...

  • S1 · E0
    Dec 2, 2021 · 45 min

    Season One Wrap-Up

    Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith take a fond look at the first season HBO’s Rome.

  • S1 · E12
    Oct 13, 2021 · 54 min

    1.12: Kalends of February

    Lucius Vorenus and Niobe finally get some semblance of happiness before it is cruelly snatched away from them

  • S1 · E11
    Sep 14, 2021 · 30 min

    Ray Stevenson interview

    In this interview we speak to Legionary Pullo himself, Ray Stevenson.

  • S1 · E11
    Sep 5, 2021 · 49 min

    1.11: The Spoils

    Lucius Vorenus begins his new job as a politician but is caught up in a disagreement between Caesar and his veterans.

  • S1 · E10
    Aug 21, 2021 · 1 hr 7 min

    1.10: Triumph (with Adrian Hodges)

    Caesar is proclaimed dictator by the senate and rewarded with a triumph for his successful conquest of Gaul.

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