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We're Not So Different

WNSD Pod

A mostly Medieval history podcast about how we've always been idiots

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#299
Wednesday · 1 hr 10 min
Ep 299 - Army of Darkness Review
folks, it's time for us to review Sam Raimi's 1992 cult classic Army of Darkness, starring Bruce Campbell. never has a movie that takes place exclusively in the Middle Ages cared so little about the setting but still largely nailed it regardless. set...
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#298
Tuesday · 1 hr 7 min
Ep 298 - Welcome to the Crusades 2.2 Mosul
The hosts of American Prestige and We’re Not So Different join forces to examine one of the seminal events in world history: the Crusades. Season 2 focuses on the Second Crusade, oft overlooked among the first four crusades, requested by the...
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#297
Tuesday · 1 hr 14 min
Ep 297 - Welcome to the Crusades 2.1 Jerusalem
The hosts of American Prestige and We’re Not So Different join forces to examine one of the seminal events in world history: the Crusades. Season 2 focuses on the Second Crusade, oft overlooked among the first four crusades, requested by the...
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#296
October 22 · 1 hr 10 min
Ep 296 - October Mailbag: Dungeon Master Timur
due to technical difficulties, the Army of Darkness review episode will be out next week, sorry about that! folks, we're diving back into the patron mailbag to answer a bunch of questions from our patrons. this time we talk about spooooooky stories,...
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October 14 · 1 hr 20 min
Medieval Militaries 2: Johnny Appleseed for Gunpowder
folks, we are back for part 2 of this woefully short series on Medieval military evolution in the Old World and it's time to talk about gunpowder. probably the single most important invention ever but it didn't follow the normal formula for these...
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#294
October 7 · 58 min
Medieval Warfare 1: Size Queens
folks, we don't talk about military history all that much on the show except as an aspect of the overall narratives and histories we tell. however, we do sometimes have to talk about it specifically because it is both interesting and necessary to...
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#293
September 30 · 1 hr 25 min
Patreon Ep Unlocked: Mesopotamian Afterlife
folks, we have referenced it a couple of times but now it's finally time to focus on the Mesopotamian Afterlife, including their underworld and ghosts. we talk about how they formed their conception of the afterlife, what it looked like, the bizarre...
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#292
September 23 · 1 hr 13 min
September Mailbag 2: Sister Act
folks, just as the ancient prophecies foretold, we're back for a second September mailbag episode. we dive back into the patrons questions again to talk about the 90's comedy Sister Act, treatments for very small injuries, the survival of the...
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#291
September 16 · 1 hr 28 min
September Mailbag 1: Chateauneuf du Pape
folks, we are back with another mailbag episode for your enjoyment! we take patron questions about source survival, Tolkien as a medievalist, mercenaries, old primary sources, world peace, and more! cover image is a bottle of Costco's Kirkland's...
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#285
September 10 · 1 hr 4 min
When the Church Changed
folks, we talk a lot about the hegemony of the Catholic Church in Medieval Europe but what does that mean, exactly? we know the early Medieval Church had a less firm hand on many issues while the late Medieval Church was the hegemonic behemoth we all...
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#289
September 4 · 1 hr 6 min
Robin Hood Was NOT Wat Tyler
folks, the new movie Uprising, starring Andrew Garfield, is supposed to be released in a week and yet, the film's entire marketing scheme was thrown into chaos when a seemingly unauthorized trailer linking the film to Robin Hood was published online....
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#288
August 26 · 1 hr 21 min
Medieval News You Can Use
folks, there's recently been a spate of Medieval news that is interesting enough to include in podcast form and so we decide to talk about it. admittedly, some of it is not the most glamorous but it all greatly informs our understanding of the...
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#287
August 21 · 1 hr 33 min
Let's Rank the Avignon Popes
folks, some of our patrons requested that we do tier list rankings of the popes and we are so happy to oblige, you have no idea. however, we can't do all 267 at once or even in a row but we can start with some smaller chunks and so we decided to rank...
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#286
August 12 · 1 hr 33 min
Peter Abelard & Heloise
folks, today we tackle longtime frenemy of the podcast: Peter Abelard. he's a very interesting historical figure for his positively cutting edge ideas in numerous fields of study and is singled out and oppressed by the Church and clergy but he's also...
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#285
August 5 · 1 hr 13 min
August Mailbag: Medieval Crocs
folks, we're back with our monthly mailbag episode wherein we answer questions from our patrons. this time, we talk about what happens if you are shipwrecked in the Middle Ages, depictions of Jesus, Medieval crocs–the shoes, not the giant creatures,...
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#284
July 29 · 1 hr 48 min
The Odyssey Review
folks, it's time to review Christopher Nolan's film adaptation of The Odyssey, which just came out a couple of weeks back. we talk about the good and bad choices Nolan made in his adaptation, his handling of the source material, the stellar production...
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#286
July 22 · 1 hr 13 min
The Fall of Troy Probably
folks, everyone has Odyssey fever these days, so we decided to do a little episode talking about Homer, the Iliad, the Odyssey, what they mean, a weirdo named Heinrich Schliemann, the real Fall of Troy, and what it all has to do with the Bronze Age...
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#282
July 15 · 1 hr 26 min
Patreon Ep Unlocked - Between Two Fires 1: Sock the Angel
folks, we start out book club series on Christopher Buehlman's 2012 Medievalist fantasy horror novel, Between Two Fires. we briefly introduce the author and the book and then jump right into the action. we talk plague, a magic kid, a broken man, a...
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#281
July 8 · 1 hr 31 min
July Mailbag: It's All Greek to Us
folks, we are back and diving into our monthly episode of patron mailbag questions. this time, we talk about grain storage, the university at Bologna, Medieval fiction writing, the Greek language, new D&D classes, and more. enjoy!
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#280
July 2 · 1 hr 3 min
The Wine Dark Sea
folks, today we talk about the Mediterranean Sea. you know it, you love it. we discuss how it just looks like a really cool place to set a fantasy series, where we would setup our fictional empire, why it was so conducive to civilization and empire...
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