I’m already a member but just got around to paying again through PayPal. No need for a refund – happy to join the fight against Bezos and his overmighty empire
Jamie
Since you were kind enough to gift me a membership when I couldn’t afford one it would only be footing for you to pay my membership forward to a fellow history lover in need….
Your work makes the world a better place which is the most anyone can hope of a chosen vocation.
Thank You
I would absolutely love to have a membership given to me for my 74th birthday on friday aug 18.
Thank you, Jamie. This show is absolutely incredible. It is the first time in 74 years that history is interesting to me.
Thanks,
Gregor
I enjoy an Old Fashioned from time to time, but I’ve been on a Boulevardier kick these days. That said, may I offer a tip or two?
First, it’s taking so long to dissolve the sugar crystals because you’re dissolving them in booze, rather than in water, which is a much better solvent. My favorite trick is to use 2 parts sugar (demerara is best, but it does affect the flavor, so white sugar works, too) to one part water. Combine both in a medium saucepan and heat over low heat just until clear, then pour into a squirt bottle and refrigerate. It’ll last about two weeks that way, but note that you get a significantly longer life span if you add a splash of vodka to it. This is sugar that is already dissolved, and the high ratio of sugar:water means that it won’t water down your drink any more than that ice cube.
Second, I love the total lack of fruit (excepting the orange bitters and lemon twist, of course). I love playing around with classic cocktails and find that I like my Old Fashioneds with a bit of a twist in many cases. One twist involves adding a splash of Cherry Heering, a bitter cherry liqueur – it works really well with the orange bitters. Another twist involves adding some Allspice Dram, a bitter spiced liqueur. It’s great on a wintery night. Another option is to use (real!) maple syrup in place of the sugar/simple syrup – being in upstate New York, we’re practically swimming in the stuff and it works wonders. Finally, you can change things up by adding another ingredient commonly found in upstate New York and, I’d wager, in Oregon as well – apple cider! I buy the jug of fresh-pressed apple cider that I can often find in the local grocery store, boil it down until it’s reduced to about 25% of its original volume, then put in a squirt bottle and refrigerate. As with the simple syrup, you can add a splash of vodka or bourbon to prolong shelf life. It makes a great drink! As I said, these aren’t the *true* Old Fashioneds at all, but they make a mighty fine cocktail!
Fairly new listener and while the podcast started as something to pass the time at work, I eagerly await getting home, fixing a Manhattan (Not too different from your drink of choice here), and learning about my favourite subject! Thank you for providing an amusing, exciting, and interesting learning experience!
Cant seem to find the app for the Ipad? I have it for the I phone 6 Plus…though i am having problems logging into the membership material. Still its worth persevering.
To get the app on your iPad, make sure to select the “iphone” apps section and download the iPhone version. The iPad will emulate an iPhone and it should work. Currently, there’s no native iPad version, however.
Just got a new car after 17 yrs and 322K miles and HORROR OF HORRORS, there’s no CD player available. As a audiobook addict, I was almost unable to back out of the driveway with nothing but commercial radio. And then, my Android Audio found Brit Hx Podcast on my phone. Sanity restored. But now, I find myself hanging out in the garage a lot…..
Really enjoying the podcast. I started off listening around the time you were talking about King Alfred (my interest came from the TV series The Last Kingdom). Im now hooked and have started from the beginning. I have a normally boring 3 hour round trip to work every day, however now I have plenty to keep me entertained. Thank you so much for all the time and effort you put into the podcast!
i told alll my family i want a subscription for my B-day…if noone listens, I will just be gifting myself at the end of the month. I LOVE this podcast, and will be a bit sad once i get caught up, because i drive for a living and it is WONDERFUL to binge as I drive. Keep up the good work.
I do love a good old fashioned. But I am lazy so I just drink whiskey and soda, or gin and soda, or merlot…
Anyway, Jamie your voice is the best, I could listen to you read the phone book.
I think you have a great podcasting voice. That’s one of the reasons I listen to your podcast. I get it though about not liking the way your voice sounds. I don’t think anyone likes to hear their own voice.
Thank you for the detailed instrctions on how to make an old fashioned. I’ve never had one before, but I enjoy drinks that are made of mostly alcohol.
As a longtime lover of history and British history devotee, *coughcough*obsessed*coughcough**, I have fallen utterly in love with your podcast. It’s brilliantly narrated, and so thoughtfully constructed. I’ve only completed chapter one but am unashamedly binging so I’m sure I’ll catch up eventually. I definitely want to support what you do and will sign up for membership as soon as poss. Thanks again so much! I look forward to hours of knowledge!
Anybody catch the Expedition Unknown episode on Boudica on 3/4/20. I’m only on episode 75 in this podcast series so the story about her was still fairly fresh and so I was really excited to see this. I’m a 42 year old American IT professional that cannot stop listening to this podcast. I actually thought the other day that by the time I finish this podcast I’m going to know more about British history than American history.
Bryan, I feel the same way! My heritage, albeit, centuries ago is Welsh, (maiden name Williams) I’ve become obsessed with anything british history (pre 18th century) Jamie, you are amazing & a gifted story teller!
Jamie, at the risk of being redundant, Well Done! I have been listening to BHP since the beginning of the year and love every minute(currently on episode 180 The Cracks in the Shieldwal)l. I am an IT engineer by trade but have loved British and European history (though admittedly my knowledge in both are lacking) since my junior year in college. My middle is son (13yo) enjoys listening with me from time to time.
BHP also got me started listening to podcasts, though BHP is the only thing I listen to consistently. I have stopped listening in the recommended manner to BHP, i.e. with a drink, on my way to work in the morning but only at the request of local law enforcement. :)
On that note, I should like to offer up a receipe my wife and I developed (I think). A bourbon and coke with a drizzle of absinthe on top and stir. If you don’t like black licorice, then you likely will not enjoy this drink. Though, if you can get the first one down, you won’t mind or probably even notice it on the second. :) We use Woodford reserve but any good bourbon will do.
I forgot, we call it a Van Gogh because my 13yo is a huge Van Gogh fan and a portrait of Vincent, in his own style was on the box of Absinthe. Ok, I’ll stop spamming now. :)
Respectfully, being “woke” or whatever you fashion your language style is shouldn’t necessitate a foul mouth in public. I listen to your podcasts occasionally and they are ruined first by the bleeps, and second with an envisionment of an educated person who can’t communicate excitement or deep disappointment without resorting to a simple, and offensive vocabulary. I’m sorry, is it time to grow up a bit?
Hi Jamie. Great podcast. I thought I knew a lot about AS history, but nothing compared to this. I grew up close to Coventry and we used to say Leofrik, not Leofrich. Please, please, please do a special on Lady Godiva & Leofric.
Hi Jamie, I’m new to the podcast but it was love at first listen, so I had to become a member immediately. My podcast-listening tipple of choice is a rather large Pimm’s, or possibly two, but I hope that won’t disqualify me for membership. Keep up the great work!
Hi Jamie love the podcast and I’m going to ask hubby for membership for my birthday, can’t wait until you get onto the Plantagenets – I work in a lesser know castle built by Henry 2nd (Orford castle In Suffolk). Great great podcast
What a rare piece of luck for you that Jamie‘s background happens to be Welsh and not Irish or you‘d probably join Wilfrid in one of his seizures over his language… ;-)
Wow, where have I been?! For the past five years or so I have developed a huge fascination with all things British, but more specifically England from the 400’s to the Tudors…..have read many current popular histories including the novel ‘The Wake’ by Paul Kingsnorth’, and I cannot seem to stop…. And now I found your podcast and I am over the moon….love the story telling and pace. Became a member after my first listen. What a fantastic resource this is for us Anglophiles!
Prosaic question. Am listening on Spotify and the bleeps are so intrusive. I have explicit language accepted so am presuming it’s the original file that’s bleeped??? Is there somewhere else w no bleeps?? Android. Big fan. Thanks!!!
I recently started listening to this podcast and can only say…wow. I had been desperately searching for an in-depth study of the period between the Romans departing England and the Norman invasion, and here it is. Fascinating, detailed, and thoroughly researched. Cùm suas an obair mhath!
I listen to a lot of audio books and a few podcasts. I don’t drink, but I think your voice is great. Part of the overall appeal of the podcast, which I really, really like. Thanks for all your and your team’s work!
Just a thought but I noticed a distinct lack of Hereward the Wake merch. That guy was the business and I’d never heard of him before your awesome coverage in recent months.
When I was in high school eons ago I was out sick for a few days and came back to find my world history class had gone from the fall of the Roman empire to the renaissance. When I complained to the teacher she gave me Thomas Costain’s four book set on the Plantagenets. After finishing them I was hooked. I went on to college and became the first to major in Medieval Studies – a great chance to study art history, religion, music, Old English, medieval Latin, philosophy and tons of history. Now I remember why I loved it and have enjoyed every episode. I’m binge listening now, up to episode 400 in just over a month. May go into withdrawal when I catch up! Thanks for re-igniting a fire that was long dormant!
I’m so glad to read this! It sounds like you had a really good teacher, and it’s incredible how much impact one person can have on a life isn’t it? Did you ever reach out and tell her how much she changed your life?
Thanks for sharing (and also for becoming a member!)
Hello Jamie, Firstly thank you so much for the best ever podcast. I’ve been a history nerd,British history in particular, all my life. I really appreciate your forensic approach combined with a good dose of understanding of the fallibility and biases of sources. As an American who has lived in London for nearly 50 years I also very much enjoy the dual language and references! I have finally caught up with the podcast. I would like to take the chance while you’re composing the next bits to listen to the Members talks. However when I open the app and click on Members it immediately says ‘invalid username/password’ . I am writing this within the online site which means my username and password are still valid, I presume. Apologies if I’m asking this on the wrong part of the website but I can’t find a Contact page. Any suggestions? Thank you, Kate Stein
Hi Kate, so the guy who made the app hasn’t updated it in ages. It’s why I don’t suggest it on the How-To page anymore. It /might/ work still, but to do that you’ll need to go into your iphone settings, scroll down to the BHP app and click it, and then enter your username and password into the screen there.
Alternatively, you can use something like PocketCasts (which is what I use, actually). It’s pretty easy to set up. You’ll find full instructions here: https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/access/
It took me a while but I ran through the first couple of years of episodes because I was going through a pretty boring time and that made a really good time. But the thing that I really like was knowing what century you were talking about at any given time and the main cast or whatever it is the list of all of the episodes used to give me the year that it was supposed to be covering or maybe even the date that it related to and now there’s no date except for the date telling me when you created the episode but no evidence of what you were describing And when as in was it before or after the idiot William arrived and was it before or after the locals rebelled and in the you know, you remember all of that stuff it was around 1100 1200 somewhere in there anyway I had to drop out for about a year yeah it’s been a year cuz I had a lot of other stuff on my plate and now I’m trying to pick up and now the index or
menu or whatever no longer tells me what year England is at or Ireland or Scotland or wherever at the time that you are describing. Makes it hard for me to make the ends meet. I would appreciate it if there is any way to provide that guidance in some form so that I can go back to listening in a more or less correct chronological manner cuz I’m way behind right now I’m still stuck back in like 1300 maybe even 1200. I do hope you can do this for me I have enjoyed every moment and you have made the dull parts of my life seem much much more interesting. But I think I have a few more centuries to go. Thank you for everything you do.
I do mention years in most episodes. However, reading to your comment it seems like you’re just a bit confused about how we handle pace and chronology.
William landed in 1066. We have been following his conquest and the rebellions against it in detail because it is a big event and it changes absolutely everything about the trajectory for the British isles.
As such, time is moving slowly in the show. We aren’t covering decades per episode. We’re covering months to a year. I wonder if you think it isn’t chronological because you think I’m jumping around and talking about future rebellions, only to jump back and talk about William. I’m not. Besides, if the rebellions against William that I’m covering were in 1300 or 1200, as you said you believed they were in your comment, that would make him hundreds of years old. ;)
Nothing about the show has changed, it’s still chronological.
As such, you don’t need a calendar or anything to listen to the show in chronological order, you just need to listen to the episodes in numerical order. The Battle of Hastings was episode 391, so if you’re listening to episode 392+, then you’re listening to a rebellion that took place prior to his rise to power. If you’re listening to any of the episodes between 1 and 390, then you’re listening to a rebellion against a regime prior to his.
This means that your problem is super easy to fix. Just find the last episode you listened to, select the next one on the list, and you’ll pick right up where you left off.
Hi Jamie:
I absolutely love the show to the point I obsessively check my podcast app to see if you dropped a new episode. Then I listen to it several times during the course of waiting for the next episode.
I find the episodes deeply entertaining and informative and, while I listen to a great many podcasts including 3 or 4 British history it’s my favorite podcast, period.
I just recently started listening to your podcast. I am listening chronologically, so my comment won’t be currently relevant. I heard you refer to the Anglo-Saxons eating beans. I had. the idea that beans were among the foods that originated in the New World.
I also heard you use the abbreviations BCE and CE. I would have thought that you would have more respect for Bede.
Jamie
I’m already a member but just got around to paying again through PayPal. No need for a refund – happy to join the fight against Bezos and his overmighty empire
Julian
Thank you so much, Julian!
Jamie
Since you were kind enough to gift me a membership when I couldn’t afford one it would only be footing for you to pay my membership forward to a fellow history lover in need….
Your work makes the world a better place which is the most anyone can hope of a chosen vocation.
Thank You
Footing?!?!
Auto correct is a crackhead!!!
I would absolutely love to have a membership given to me for my 74th birthday on friday aug 18.
Thank you, Jamie. This show is absolutely incredible. It is the first time in 74 years that history is interesting to me.
Thanks,
Gregor
Do you have any thoughts on Wild Turkey?
I enjoy an Old Fashioned from time to time, but I’ve been on a Boulevardier kick these days. That said, may I offer a tip or two?
First, it’s taking so long to dissolve the sugar crystals because you’re dissolving them in booze, rather than in water, which is a much better solvent. My favorite trick is to use 2 parts sugar (demerara is best, but it does affect the flavor, so white sugar works, too) to one part water. Combine both in a medium saucepan and heat over low heat just until clear, then pour into a squirt bottle and refrigerate. It’ll last about two weeks that way, but note that you get a significantly longer life span if you add a splash of vodka to it. This is sugar that is already dissolved, and the high ratio of sugar:water means that it won’t water down your drink any more than that ice cube.
Second, I love the total lack of fruit (excepting the orange bitters and lemon twist, of course). I love playing around with classic cocktails and find that I like my Old Fashioneds with a bit of a twist in many cases. One twist involves adding a splash of Cherry Heering, a bitter cherry liqueur – it works really well with the orange bitters. Another twist involves adding some Allspice Dram, a bitter spiced liqueur. It’s great on a wintery night. Another option is to use (real!) maple syrup in place of the sugar/simple syrup – being in upstate New York, we’re practically swimming in the stuff and it works wonders. Finally, you can change things up by adding another ingredient commonly found in upstate New York and, I’d wager, in Oregon as well – apple cider! I buy the jug of fresh-pressed apple cider that I can often find in the local grocery store, boil it down until it’s reduced to about 25% of its original volume, then put in a squirt bottle and refrigerate. As with the simple syrup, you can add a splash of vodka or bourbon to prolong shelf life. It makes a great drink! As I said, these aren’t the *true* Old Fashioneds at all, but they make a mighty fine cocktail!
Fairly new listener and while the podcast started as something to pass the time at work, I eagerly await getting home, fixing a Manhattan (Not too different from your drink of choice here), and learning about my favourite subject! Thank you for providing an amusing, exciting, and interesting learning experience!
The BHP: Expanding access to history, while also encouraging mild liver damage!
March on!!!!
Holy Mackerel. Loved regular old fashioned cocktails before but this…..much better!!!! What’s a Viking??????
How were you making them before?
Cant seem to find the app for the Ipad? I have it for the I phone 6 Plus…though i am having problems logging into the membership material. Still its worth persevering.
To get the app on your iPad, make sure to select the “iphone” apps section and download the iPhone version. The iPad will emulate an iPhone and it should work. Currently, there’s no native iPad version, however.
Any chance of an app for a droid ?
Android thankyou autocorrect
That was tasty!
Just got a new car after 17 yrs and 322K miles and HORROR OF HORRORS, there’s no CD player available. As a audiobook addict, I was almost unable to back out of the driveway with nothing but commercial radio. And then, my Android Audio found Brit Hx Podcast on my phone. Sanity restored. But now, I find myself hanging out in the garage a lot…..
Hi Jamie,
Really enjoying the podcast. I started off listening around the time you were talking about King Alfred (my interest came from the TV series The Last Kingdom). Im now hooked and have started from the beginning. I have a normally boring 3 hour round trip to work every day, however now I have plenty to keep me entertained. Thank you so much for all the time and effort you put into the podcast!
i told alll my family i want a subscription for my B-day…if noone listens, I will just be gifting myself at the end of the month. I LOVE this podcast, and will be a bit sad once i get caught up, because i drive for a living and it is WONDERFUL to binge as I drive. Keep up the good work.
I do love a good old fashioned. But I am lazy so I just drink whiskey and soda, or gin and soda, or merlot…
Anyway, Jamie your voice is the best, I could listen to you read the phone book.
Hi Jamie,
I think you have a great podcasting voice. That’s one of the reasons I listen to your podcast. I get it though about not liking the way your voice sounds. I don’t think anyone likes to hear their own voice.
Thank you for the detailed instrctions on how to make an old fashioned. I’ve never had one before, but I enjoy drinks that are made of mostly alcohol.
As a longtime lover of history and British history devotee, *coughcough*obsessed*coughcough**, I have fallen utterly in love with your podcast. It’s brilliantly narrated, and so thoughtfully constructed. I’ve only completed chapter one but am unashamedly binging so I’m sure I’ll catch up eventually. I definitely want to support what you do and will sign up for membership as soon as poss. Thanks again so much! I look forward to hours of knowledge!
That is the cutest shot glass I have ever seen. Does it make you feel like Hagrid holding a Moscow Mule?
Anybody catch the Expedition Unknown episode on Boudica on 3/4/20. I’m only on episode 75 in this podcast series so the story about her was still fairly fresh and so I was really excited to see this. I’m a 42 year old American IT professional that cannot stop listening to this podcast. I actually thought the other day that by the time I finish this podcast I’m going to know more about British history than American history.
Bryan, I feel the same way! My heritage, albeit, centuries ago is Welsh, (maiden name Williams) I’ve become obsessed with anything british history (pre 18th century) Jamie, you are amazing & a gifted story teller!
Jamie, at the risk of being redundant, Well Done! I have been listening to BHP since the beginning of the year and love every minute(currently on episode 180 The Cracks in the Shieldwal)l. I am an IT engineer by trade but have loved British and European history (though admittedly my knowledge in both are lacking) since my junior year in college. My middle is son (13yo) enjoys listening with me from time to time.
BHP also got me started listening to podcasts, though BHP is the only thing I listen to consistently. I have stopped listening in the recommended manner to BHP, i.e. with a drink, on my way to work in the morning but only at the request of local law enforcement. :)
On that note, I should like to offer up a receipe my wife and I developed (I think). A bourbon and coke with a drizzle of absinthe on top and stir. If you don’t like black licorice, then you likely will not enjoy this drink. Though, if you can get the first one down, you won’t mind or probably even notice it on the second. :) We use Woodford reserve but any good bourbon will do.
Cheers!
Farrell
Zee and I tried the drink last night and we really enjoyed it. It adds a little complexity to bourbon and coke. Thanks!
Jamie, glad you and Zee enjoyed! I would not recommend more than one before researching or recording. Cheers!
Farrell
I forgot, we call it a Van Gogh because my 13yo is a huge Van Gogh fan and a portrait of Vincent, in his own style was on the box of Absinthe. Ok, I’ll stop spamming now. :)
Farrell
Respectfully, being “woke” or whatever you fashion your language style is shouldn’t necessitate a foul mouth in public. I listen to your podcasts occasionally and they are ruined first by the bleeps, and second with an envisionment of an educated person who can’t communicate excitement or deep disappointment without resorting to a simple, and offensive vocabulary. I’m sorry, is it time to grow up a bit?
Oh for fuck’s sake.
I started listening during lockdown. Just got to episode 363. Is that the current latest? The series is just addictive.,..
Hi Jamie. Great podcast. I thought I knew a lot about AS history, but nothing compared to this. I grew up close to Coventry and we used to say Leofrik, not Leofrich. Please, please, please do a special on Lady Godiva & Leofric.
Hi Jamie, I’m new to the podcast but it was love at first listen, so I had to become a member immediately. My podcast-listening tipple of choice is a rather large Pimm’s, or possibly two, but I hope that won’t disqualify me for membership. Keep up the great work!
Hi Jamie love the podcast and I’m going to ask hubby for membership for my birthday, can’t wait until you get onto the Plantagenets – I work in a lesser know castle built by Henry 2nd (Orford castle In Suffolk). Great great podcast
Gaynor
I’m so pleased to hear you’re enjoying it, and your job sounds incredible! :)
Just found out about the pod cast. Sorry I’m so late to the game I’m on episode 136. Thank you so much.
Really enjoying the podcast!! Saw this recently and thought of it while listening to the episode on Dark Age Medicine. seams Horse poop was a good idea….
https://www.futurity.org/mushroom-antibiotic-798852/ horse
and https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.phillyvoice.com/horse-dung-shows-antibiotic-success/amp/
My sister the psychologist claims the s are cathartic.
Nuh.
left-angle-bracket bleep right-angle-bracket doesn’t process, evidently.
What a rare piece of luck for you that Jamie‘s background happens to be Welsh and not Irish or you‘d probably join Wilfrid in one of his seizures over his language… ;-)
Wow, where have I been?! For the past five years or so I have developed a huge fascination with all things British, but more specifically England from the 400’s to the Tudors…..have read many current popular histories including the novel ‘The Wake’ by Paul Kingsnorth’, and I cannot seem to stop…. And now I found your podcast and I am over the moon….love the story telling and pace. Became a member after my first listen. What a fantastic resource this is for us Anglophiles!
Prosaic question. Am listening on Spotify and the bleeps are so intrusive. I have explicit language accepted so am presuming it’s the original file that’s bleeped??? Is there somewhere else w no bleeps?? Android. Big fan. Thanks!!!
I recently started listening to this podcast and can only say…wow. I had been desperately searching for an in-depth study of the period between the Romans departing England and the Norman invasion, and here it is. Fascinating, detailed, and thoroughly researched. Cùm suas an obair mhath!
I listen to a lot of audio books and a few podcasts. I don’t drink, but I think your voice is great. Part of the overall appeal of the podcast, which I really, really like. Thanks for all your and your team’s work!
Just a thought but I noticed a distinct lack of Hereward the Wake merch. That guy was the business and I’d never heard of him before your awesome coverage in recent months.
Regards,
Another Jayme, this one from Canada
When I was in high school eons ago I was out sick for a few days and came back to find my world history class had gone from the fall of the Roman empire to the renaissance. When I complained to the teacher she gave me Thomas Costain’s four book set on the Plantagenets. After finishing them I was hooked. I went on to college and became the first to major in Medieval Studies – a great chance to study art history, religion, music, Old English, medieval Latin, philosophy and tons of history. Now I remember why I loved it and have enjoyed every episode. I’m binge listening now, up to episode 400 in just over a month. May go into withdrawal when I catch up! Thanks for re-igniting a fire that was long dormant!
I’m so glad to read this! It sounds like you had a really good teacher, and it’s incredible how much impact one person can have on a life isn’t it? Did you ever reach out and tell her how much she changed your life?
Thanks for sharing (and also for becoming a member!)
Hello Jamie, Firstly thank you so much for the best ever podcast. I’ve been a history nerd,British history in particular, all my life. I really appreciate your forensic approach combined with a good dose of understanding of the fallibility and biases of sources. As an American who has lived in London for nearly 50 years I also very much enjoy the dual language and references! I have finally caught up with the podcast. I would like to take the chance while you’re composing the next bits to listen to the Members talks. However when I open the app and click on Members it immediately says ‘invalid username/password’ . I am writing this within the online site which means my username and password are still valid, I presume. Apologies if I’m asking this on the wrong part of the website but I can’t find a Contact page. Any suggestions? Thank you, Kate Stein
Hi Kate, so the guy who made the app hasn’t updated it in ages. It’s why I don’t suggest it on the How-To page anymore. It /might/ work still, but to do that you’ll need to go into your iphone settings, scroll down to the BHP app and click it, and then enter your username and password into the screen there.
Alternatively, you can use something like PocketCasts (which is what I use, actually). It’s pretty easy to set up. You’ll find full instructions here: https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/access/
It took me a while but I ran through the first couple of years of episodes because I was going through a pretty boring time and that made a really good time. But the thing that I really like was knowing what century you were talking about at any given time and the main cast or whatever it is the list of all of the episodes used to give me the year that it was supposed to be covering or maybe even the date that it related to and now there’s no date except for the date telling me when you created the episode but no evidence of what you were describing And when as in was it before or after the idiot William arrived and was it before or after the locals rebelled and in the you know, you remember all of that stuff it was around 1100 1200 somewhere in there anyway I had to drop out for about a year yeah it’s been a year cuz I had a lot of other stuff on my plate and now I’m trying to pick up and now the index or
menu or whatever no longer tells me what year England is at or Ireland or Scotland or wherever at the time that you are describing. Makes it hard for me to make the ends meet. I would appreciate it if there is any way to provide that guidance in some form so that I can go back to listening in a more or less correct chronological manner cuz I’m way behind right now I’m still stuck back in like 1300 maybe even 1200. I do hope you can do this for me I have enjoyed every moment and you have made the dull parts of my life seem much much more interesting. But I think I have a few more centuries to go. Thank you for everything you do.
I do mention years in most episodes. However, reading to your comment it seems like you’re just a bit confused about how we handle pace and chronology.
William landed in 1066. We have been following his conquest and the rebellions against it in detail because it is a big event and it changes absolutely everything about the trajectory for the British isles.
As such, time is moving slowly in the show. We aren’t covering decades per episode. We’re covering months to a year. I wonder if you think it isn’t chronological because you think I’m jumping around and talking about future rebellions, only to jump back and talk about William. I’m not. Besides, if the rebellions against William that I’m covering were in 1300 or 1200, as you said you believed they were in your comment, that would make him hundreds of years old. ;)
Nothing about the show has changed, it’s still chronological.
As such, you don’t need a calendar or anything to listen to the show in chronological order, you just need to listen to the episodes in numerical order. The Battle of Hastings was episode 391, so if you’re listening to episode 392+, then you’re listening to a rebellion that took place prior to his rise to power. If you’re listening to any of the episodes between 1 and 390, then you’re listening to a rebellion against a regime prior to his.
This means that your problem is super easy to fix. Just find the last episode you listened to, select the next one on the list, and you’ll pick right up where you left off.
I absolutely love the pace and detail of the show. Thank you for putting so much time and effort into it!
Hi Jamie:
I absolutely love the show to the point I obsessively check my podcast app to see if you dropped a new episode. Then I listen to it several times during the course of waiting for the next episode.
I find the episodes deeply entertaining and informative and, while I listen to a great many podcasts including 3 or 4 British history it’s my favorite podcast, period.
Just to append my earlier comment: Episode 390, was so heartbreakingly beautiful, it made me cry.
I just recently started listening to your podcast. I am listening chronologically, so my comment won’t be currently relevant. I heard you refer to the Anglo-Saxons eating beans. I had. the idea that beans were among the foods that originated in the New World.
I also heard you use the abbreviations BCE and CE. I would have thought that you would have more respect for Bede.