Dead Ideas: The History of Extinct Thoughts and Practices
A podcast by B. T. Newberg and history nerd friends
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120 Episoade
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The All-Gay Army: Ancient Greece’s Sacred Band of Thebes: An Interview with James Romm
Publicat: 07.06.2021 -
Report From Minneapolis: Making Sense of the Riots Over George Floyd’s Death
Publicat: 30.05.2020 -
Covid Cabana: Top 5 Ways to Have Fun Despite the Coronavirus
Publicat: 27.03.2020 -
Fascism II: The Silver Legion: A Real American Fascist Movement – American History
Publicat: 18.11.2019 -
Fascism I: What Is Fascism, and Is Trump It? – Modern History
Publicat: 04.11.2019 -
Introducing Our New Show: The History of Sex!
Publicat: 14.10.2019 -
Best of the Best: Pulp Fiction/Da Derga’s Hostel Mashup – Irish History
Publicat: 25.08.2019 -
Best of the Best: Ghost in the Tablet – Gilgamesh/Ghost in the Shell Mashup – Sumerian History
Publicat: 30.06.2019 -
Put That City to the Sword: Julius Caesar Slaughters Avaricum, Feat. Neil Eckart – Roman History
Publicat: 26.05.2019 -
Gender in Game of Thrones: Its Legacy
Publicat: 19.05.2019 -
What It’s Like to Make a Podcast: An Interview with Sam Hume of Pax Britannica
Publicat: 28.04.2019 -
Doomsday, 1000 AD: How Millenarianism Ushered in the Crusades, Feat. Neil Eckart – European History
Publicat: 31.03.2019 -
Dan Carlin of Hardcore History: Full Interview for the History of History Podcasting
Publicat: 17.02.2019 -
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
Publicat: 17.02.2019 -
Steampunk Rome VI: Rome Industrial – An Interview with Jordan Harbour of Twilight Histories – Roman History
Publicat: 03.02.2019 -
Steampunk Rome V: A Pyrrhic Victory: The Death of Ancient Science – RPG, Pt 3 – Egyptian, Greek, and Roman History
Publicat: 20.01.2019 -
Steampunk Rome IV: The Great Library of Alexandria – RPG, Pt 2 – Egyptian, Greek, and Roman History
Publicat: 06.01.2019 -
Steampunk Rome III: Hellenistic Science, Hell Yeah – RPG, Pt 1 – Greek and Roman History
Publicat: 23.12.2018 -
Steampunk Rome II: The Industrial Revolution That Didn’t Happen (And Why Not) – Roman History
Publicat: 09.12.2018 -
Steampunk Rome I: An Ancient Industrial Revolution (Almost) – Roman History
Publicat: 25.11.2018
We explore ideas and practices once believed to be true but no longer. Each dead idea is explored in all its glorious eccentricity. For example, discover miasma, the theory that plague comes from stinky air; or the medical diagnosis of hysteria, which holds that women's wombs wander around their bodies causing trouble. Join us on a fun romp through the history of ideas that didn’t quite stand the test of time.