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Pod: Tides of History, currently covering the Iron Age. The Pursuit of Dadliness. Book: "The Verge," on the world around 1500. pwymanusc at gmail.

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Published: December 11, 2025 17:37

I read a book on making money in ancient Athens recently (by Michael Leese, it's great), and the Greeks absolutely believed that the endless pursuit of wealth was a serious moral defect and personality issue no different than being a drunk or sexual…

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Published: December 10, 2025 17:50

Not every hard thing ought to be done simply because it's difficult: You don't have to use a screwdriver if a cordless drill does the job better. And grief is hard, but it's worth actually engaging with it, because you might just learn some important stuff…

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Published: December 10, 2025 15:11

New Past Lives: Sosias, Silver Mining, and the Wealth of Classical Athens. One of the hidden drivers of Athenian wealth during the city's golden age was silver mining, and Sosias, one of the most expensive slaves sold in the city, oversaw 1,000 enslaved…

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Published: December 10, 2025 00:40

Stumbled on some kind of deep generational memory when I saw my son carrying a large stick into the house and without thinking said, "Get that stick out the house, boy," like I was channeling some farm-dwelling ancestor 300 years ago. That is not a…

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Published: December 8, 2025 23:33

Send me a video of you doing something and I'll always reply with "FUCK YEAH BUDDY LOOKING STRONG AS HELL" or a minor variation thereof, I love hyping people up, it's my favorite part of training [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: December 8, 2025 23:26

Correct take, nobody with that much money and years of training under their belt has any reason to be as physically incapable as RFK Jr. I don't criticize anybody who works out unless they try to use exercise as an ideological weapon but that guy can eat…

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Published: December 8, 2025 00:26

Friends, I couldn't be more excited about my new show Past Lives - here's what's coming up: 12/10: Sosias, Silver Mining, and the Athenian Golden Age 12/17: Neaira and the Lives of Sex Workers in Ancient Greece 12/24: Holiday break 12/31: Terence, Slavery,…

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Published: December 7, 2025 17:15

Trump Administration figures by allegiance to the Warhammer Chaos gods: -Trump: Slaanesh -Miller: Chaos Unidivided, but he's Belakor, not Archaon -Hegseth: Thinks he's Khorne but it's actually Slaanesh -RFK: Nurgle, obviously, he's spreading Grandfather's…

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Published: December 6, 2025 01:17

One of the dilemmas of living through the second Trump administration is that saying these things out loud seems crazy. But yeah, the death penalty is an established, well-documented thing we have on the books for precisely these kinds of crimes; they…

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Published: December 5, 2025 17:20

I've lived in the suburbs for about five years now and I'm increasingly convinced that it's the most culturally pathological category of American life - full of addiction issues, white-collar crime, and above all, mediocrity masquerading as accomplishment…

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Published: December 5, 2025 15:20

New Tides of History: I talked with Dr. Jason Herbert (@herberthistory.bsky.social) about how movies shape our perception of history, what makes a good history film, and much more - Jason rules and this was so much fun! Unfortunately, we were wearing…

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Published: December 4, 2025 22:41

Got an email from a geologist who wants to be interviewed about his anti-woke anti-feminism research and he addressed me as "Mr." I'm not a "call me Dr." guy but if you're going to use your academic credentials to claim expertise, you should get that part…

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Published: December 4, 2025 15:32

Our first bonus interview is up on Past Lives! I chat with the fantastic @ceaubin.com about a Guy Who Doesn't Suck, Walter Benjamin; his fascinating life and work; how he differed from many of his contemporaries; and why he took his own life in 1940. Check…