Episodes

  • Show 74 - Mania for Subjugation IV

    Show 74 - Mania for Subjugation IV
    Jul 31 2026
    The stage is set for an in-person showdown between Alexander and Persia's Great King. The resulting Battle of Issus, although often ignored by Hollywood, is one of the most important battles in all ancient history. It gets its due here.
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    4 hrs and 1 min
  • Show 73 - Mania for Subjugation III

    Show 73 - Mania for Subjugation III
    Dec 22 2025
    Attacking the largest empire the world had ever seen is a huge endeavor at any age, but try doing it at 21. Alexander, fusing the qualities of a Napoleon with a gladiator, aims for immortality. The Persians are just in his way.
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    4 hrs and 14 mins
  • Show 72 - Mania for Subjugation II

    Show 72 - Mania for Subjugation II
    Jan 3 2025
    Is it safe to hand control of the deadliest army in the world to a 20-year old? If you are Thracian, Triballian, Illyrian or Theban, the answer is definitely no. Alexander becomes king and fights off threats to his rule in all directions.
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    3 hrs and 51 mins
  • Show 71 - Mania for Subjugation

    Show 71 - Mania for Subjugation
    Jun 7 2024
    What's the recipe for making a historically world-class apex predator? In the case of Alexander the Great, it might be the three Ns: Nature, Nurture, and Nepotism.
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    4 hrs and 12 mins
  • Show 70 - Twilight of the Aesir II

    Show 70 - Twilight of the Aesir II
    Nov 19 2023
    Pagan Viking Sea Kings spend the 10th and 11th centuries morphing into Christian monarchs. But with rulers like Harald Bluetooth and Svein Forkbeard it's debatable whether things will be any less horrific for Scandinavia's neighbors
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    6 hrs and 23 mins
  • Show 69 - Twilight of the Aesir

    Show 69 - Twilight of the Aesir
    Jan 15 2023
    This show picks up where Dan's Thor's Angels show left off. In the early Middle Ages Pagan Germanic-language speakers like the Vikings are a dying breed. Many of their contemporaries wish they'd die faster.
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    5 hrs and 11 mins
  • Show 68 - BLITZ Human Resources

    Show 68 - BLITZ Human Resources
    Mar 7 2022
    The Atlantic Slave Trade mixes centuries of human bondage with violence, economics, commerce, geo-political competition, liberty, morality, injustice, revolution, tragedy and bloody reckonings. That sounds like a lot, yet this show merely scratches the surface of this enormous subject.
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    5 hrs and 39 mins
  • Show 67 - Supernova in the East VI

    Show 67 - Supernova in the East VI
    Jun 8 2021
    When do spirit, tenacity, resilience and bravery cross into madness? When cities are incinerated? When suicide attacks become the norm? When atomic weapons are used? Japan's leaders test the limits of national endurance in the war's last year.
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    5 hrs and 46 mins