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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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#279
June 24 · 1 hr 21 min
June Mailbag 2: Flood Myths
folks, we are back with another mailbag because we are behind on patron questions. this time, we talk about everything from donkeys to postal services, gendered work to seasoning pans, Hungary to myths and folklore, and even a whole block of questions...
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#278
June 17 · 1 hr 21 min
Medieval Sportsball
folks, the World Cup is once again upon us in all of its glory and terror. so we take a look back at sports in the Middle Ages. we talk Medieval football, crossbow competitions, jousts and melees, chariot racing, the Mesoamerican ballgame, and more....
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#277
June 10 · 1 hr 34 min
June Mailbag: Aurora Borealis
folks, we're back and diving into the patron mailbag once again. this time, we answer questions about a host of topics, including: height differences, Aurora Borealis, best Medieval turlet, Traditional Chinese Medicine, battlefield name changes,...
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#276
June 5 · 2 hr
The Life and Death of Jane Boleyn feat Logan Weimer
folks, back in January, we brought on Logan Weimer to talk about the unfolding situation in Minneapolis but she was originally supposed to come on the show to talk about her deep interest in the life, death, and afterlife of Jane Boleyn, Viscountess...
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#274
May 27 · 2 hr 2 min
Patreon Ep Unlocked: The Day the Dinosaurs Died
folks, this is a long one. Luke talks about his Roman Empire: the Chicxulub Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. it's a scripted episode (don't get used to it) chronicling 3 separate stories: the asteroid impact and its aftermath that killed the...
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#274
May 21 · 1 hr 29 min
Premodern Iran 4: Vindication
folks, we finish up our series on Premodern Iran by looking at Greater Iran from the arrival of the Mongols in 1219 until the fall of the Timurid Empire and the Rise of the Safavids in 1501. we talk internal Mongol civil wars, the Ilkhanate, the...
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#273
May 14 · 1 hr 30 min
Premodern Iran 3: Towers of Silence
folks, we are back with part 3 of our series on Premodern Iran. this time, we get into the long, dark years for Iran and its peoples between the Muslim conquest and the Mongol invasions (651-1221 CE). we talk about how the idea of Iran survived even...
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#272
May 10 · 1 hr 22 min
Eleanor of Aquitaine feat American Prestige
Welcome to the Crusades: The Second Crusade coming Summer 2026 this is just a special bonus episode we recorded with Danny and Derek from American Prestige. there will be a regular weekly episode out, the third part of our series on Premodern Iran,...
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#270
May 8 · 1 hr 27 min
Premodern Iran 2: The Cult of Fire
folks, we continue the series on Premodern Iran by picking up with the Sasanid Empire, which swept the Arsacid dynasty away in the 3rd century. we discuss the waxing and waning fortunes of the Sasanids, their wars with Rome, the great heights of...
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#270
April 30 · 1 hr 24 min
Premodern Iran 1: The Achaemenid World
folks, given recent events and the region's general importance throughout history, we decided to do a short series on Premodern Iran. we start way back during the Ancient era, all the way back in the Bronze Age with the Elamites, then follow the...
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#269
April 23 · 1 hr 27 min
April Mailbag 2: Medieval Skyscraper
folks, we are back with another mailbag episode to try and cutdown on the backlog of patron questions. this time, we discuss hamster-style situations, Medieval skyscrapers in Bologna, hangover cures, the Gregorian chant, the Medieval birds and the...
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#268
April 15 · 1 hr 43 min
April Mailbag 1: The Pope is Weak on Crime
folks, it's once again time to dive into the mailbag of patron questions. this time, we answer queries about the recent fight between Trump and Pope Leo, menopause, fried chicken, books bound in human skin, historical misconceptions based on a single...
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#267
April 8 · 1 hr 34 min
Medieval Land Mgmt 9: Famine
folks, we come to the final episode of our series on Medieval Land Management by discussing famine, the very thing that all these land management practices are trying to guard against. we talk famines, how and why they happen, famine evidence across...
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April 3 · 54 min
Preview: Wolf Hall 1 - Limited Series
folks, this is a free preview for the limited series Dr Eleanor recorded with friend of the show Phoebe Roy (Masters of Our Domain, etc.) about season 1 of the Wolf Hall TV show. if you like this episode, you can access all 7 episodes of the limited...
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