Agora Podcast Network

Agroaphobia 2022 - Eerie Interlocutors/The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 10:00:00 GMT

In the frightful finale of Agoraphobia 2022, Daniel and Claude from the Canon Ball leave the crypt to deconstruct a pair of scary stories. Then, The History of China Podcast's Chris Stewart brings it home with a dramatic reading of an Edgar Allen Poe story.

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Agoraphobia 2022 - The Perilous Poodle/Kikimora

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:00:24 GMT

As we enter the homestretch of Agoraphobia 2022, we’d like to thank this week’s guest presenters! First, Sarah from the Rejects & Revolutionaries Podcast tells us about Prince Rupert’s demonic dog. Then Roberto and Brendan from the Tsar Power Podcast share an original story based on Slavic folklore in, “The Kikimora.”

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Agroaphobia 2022 - The Screaming Mummies/The Accursed

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 10:00:57 GMT

Today's installment of Agoraphobia includes two special guest presenters! First Kristin from the History Cache Podcast details a case of disinterred cadavers in, "The Screaming Mummies of Guanajuato." Then, Trevor from the History of Persia Podcast tells an alternative tale about a conqueror in, "The Accursed."

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Agoraphobia 2022 - Pimpaccia/Dancing Plague

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 10:00:00 GMT

Agoraphobia 2022 kicks off with Bry, co-host of the Pontifacts Podcast, sharing a ghost story out of Renaissance Rome, concerning corruption and crimes of Olimpia Maidalchini Pamphilj, La Papessa. Then, Agoraphobia first-timer Gary and host of the French History Podcast, gets down and busts some moves to tell the story of the Dancing Plague of Strasbourg.

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Agora Reflections: Erik Fogg - Fascism and America

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 10:00:32 GMT

On the one year anniversary of the 2020 federal election Agora is proud to present the first Agora Reflections and share some thoughts from Erik Fogg about fascism and America.

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Agoraphobia 2021 - Satanic Panic

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 13:19:13 GMT

In the final installment of Agoraphobia 2021, Bry and Fry from the Pontifacts Podcast team up with the evil professor, Claude Myron Goozer, to dissect and reanimate the mass hysteria that was the Satanic Panic!

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Agoraphobia 2021 - The Horror Canon

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:00:12 GMT

Claude Myron Goozer returns with Lawrence from Bad Time Radio, to discuss the canonical works of Horror in order to bring to you the Canon Ball Halloween Spectacular, the single most anticipated holiday special since Star Wars' disastrous 1978 debacle, and could anything be more terrifying?

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Agoraphobia 2021 - Dagon/The Deadliest War in History

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:28:20 GMT

Agoraphobia 2021 rolls on with Chris Stewart’s (History of China Podcast) presentation of HP Lovecraft’s Dagon, followed by a dramatization of the deadliest war in history from Raven Forrest Fruscalzo (Tiny Vampire Podcast).

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Agroaphobia 2021 - The Vanishing of Salem Village/Claude's TX Chainsaw Massacre

Fri, 08 Oct 2021 12:52:10 GMT

Thomas Daly tells you why you won’t find the home of the Salem Witch Trials on a map and Claude Myron Goozer breaks down the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

This episode includes references to suicide. If you are suicidal, thinking about hurting yourself, or are concerned that someone you know may be in danger of hurting themselves, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255). It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is staffed by certified crisis response professionals.

ATTRIBUTION: Edited musical compositions by CarlosCarty and ShortRecord were used in this episode and are attributed under a 3.0 Unported Creative Commons license agreement.

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Agoraphobia 2021 - It's a Small World After All

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 15:03:54 GMT

Benjamin Jacobs gives listeners a taste of his new podcast, Why Tho? A Personal Journey Through My Record Collection, begging the question: is there anything more terrifying than Ben's taste in music?

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Announcing: REVOLUTION 1!

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 05:00:00 GMT

Agora welcomes it new member REVOLUTION 1 premiering 1/14 wherever you get great podcasts! Check out their trailer!

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Agoraphobia MMXX - Ep.5 - The Necromancer Pope/Bernice

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 10:00:00 GMT

Bry and Fry from The Pontifacts Podcast deliver an entertaining ecumenical tale of terror while Thom, the High Priest of Agoraphobia and host of the American Biography Podcast, closes out this years festivities by offering up an Edgar Allen Poe deep cut.

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Agoraphobia MMXX - Ep.4 - Masque of the Red Death/Hoodoo

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:00:00 GMT

Chris Stewart from the History of China Podcast tells of pestilence, plague and partying with a prophetic Poe story; meanwhile Nia Clark of the Dreams of Black Wall Street Podcast explores practice and power of Hoodoo!

Music from Lobo Lobo shared under Creative Commons permissions. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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10 American Presidents Presents: Ronald Reagan

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:16:55 GMT

Roifield Brown presents the life and presidency of Ronald Wilson Reagan.

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Agoraphobia MMXX - Ep.3 -Gutted/Monster Meditations

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 10:00:00 GMT

Agoraphobia veterans - Dark Queen of Agora, Raven (Tiny Vampires Podcast) and returning champion, Claude Myron GoOoOoOzer (Canon Ball) deliver tales from their respective professional wheelhouses!

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Agoraphobia MMXX - Ep.2 - The Weird Fiction of Ambrose Bierce

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 10:00:25 GMT

"Deadly" Daniel Daughhetee and Professor Claude Myron GoOoOoOozer of the Canon Ball Podcast deliver a devilish disquisition about one of weird fiction's founding fathers, Ambrose Bierce....

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Agoraphobia MMXX - Ep.1 - Monster of the Highland Clearances/Buggane

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 10:00:06 GMT

In an unexpectedly Celtic themed Agoraphobia inaugural, Ben Jacobs (Wittenberg to Westphalia) discusses the Highland Clearances while Sam Hume (History of Witchcraft/Pax Britannica) tells a tale of the Buggane.

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The Witch Switch? A chat with Sam and Ben

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 20:51:05 GMT

Ben Jacobs of Wittenberg to Westphalia and Sam Hume of the History of Witchcraft sat down for a chat about witch panics, memes, authority, and the importance of getting angry while also staying calm.

https://paxbritannica.info/episode-list/

https://wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com/

(Ira didn't actually include the NY Times article but we trust him)

https://wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com/blog/episode-48a-catastrophic-disruption-how-the-printing-press-ignited-anti-witch-hysteria-in-early-modern-europe

Let me know if I forgot anything

Music:

Intro music is, as always, See These Bones by Nada Surf.

Spective - Bridge Valley

P.R. & ChillCat - Soul Child

ai means love. - road trip

Breezewax - Mother's Earth

LZRDSK - flowers

LeVirya & Broey. - Inertia

Aphrow & Stuffed Tomato - Goodbye

ningen - Take You Outside

I Am Wolter - Morning Licks

Foeniks - Take It Easy

RINZ. - Lotus

mr. hong & pastels - let's meet at the elevator

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The Irish Elections: A Mind Bending Journey

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 15:45:33 GMT

Many people think they know about Irish politics because they saw a movie that one time. Many others think they know Irish politics because they read a few news stories back in the 1980s. Finally, there are those who do not know Irish politics at all but are happy to talk about it on TV. To help clear up confusions you didn't know you had, Zac Twamley of When Diplomacy Fails, and Benjamin Jacobs of Wittenberg to Westphalia, have gotten together for a short 1:38 minute chat to contextualize all the basic stuff you absolutely need to know to understand the 2020 Irish Election.

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Are You Going My Way Part 3 - Ride Sharing

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 03:01:50 GMT

In this 3rd part of the Are You Going My Way series, Ben and Steve talk about how ride sharing technologies and services have changed and impacted the various transportation networks. They also discuss the history of ride sharing and ride renting.

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Agoraphobia IV - Ep. 4 - The Raven/Gothic Lit!

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 10:00:00 GMT

Agoraphobia IV wraps up with Thom Daly (American Biography) getting an assist from Raven Fruscalzo (Tiny Vampires) to present Poe's "The Raven" while Daniel and Claude from the Canon Ball dive into an exploration of Gothic literature!

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Agoraphobia IV - Ep. 3 - Hollow/A Hell of a Trial

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:00:00 GMT

Raven Forrest Fruscalzo (Tiny Vampires Podcast) and Chris Stewart (The History of China) present a pair of potent parables for the penultimate episode of Agoraphobia 2019!

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Agoraphobia IV - Ep. 2 - Jim Thorp, PA/Death and Life of Margaret Pole

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:00:00 GMT

Stephen Guerra (History of the Papacy/Behind the Big Screen) and Heather Teysko (Renaissance English History Podcast) carry the torch this week in the second installment of Agoraphobia 2019!

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Agoraphobia IV - Pt. 1 - Sorcerer's Apprentice/Bloody Flux

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:00:00 GMT

Dominic Perry (History of Egypt) and Benjamin Jacobs (Wittenberg to Westphalia) open the floodgates of great content for Agoraphobia 2019!

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The Noldor: We Take Nothing By Conquest, Thank Illuvatar!

Thu, 23 May 2019 04:00:00 GMT

Thom (American Biography), Ben (Wittenberg to Westphalia) and Daniel (The Canon Ball) team up to tackle Tolkien, the Silmarillion and the colonization of Beleriand by the Noldor! Special thanks to David Crowther (History of England) for providing two excellent readings.

Come to the Intelligent Speech Conference in NYC on June 29th and see Mike Duncan, David Crowther, Kevin Stroud, Ryan Stitt, Ben Jacobs and other Agora hosts live and in person! Get details & tickets at intelligentspeechconference.com today! Save 5% at checkout with discount code: historyfan.

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Collection 1 (Brandon Liew) / CC BY 4.0

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Are You Going My Way Part 2- Electric Vehicles

Tue, 14 May 2019 11:17:41 GMT

Today we have part two of the Agora transportation series "Are You Going My Way." We will talk about the impact of electric cars on the transportation infrastructure of the United States. We also talk about the upcoming Intelligent Speech Conference 2019 in New York City! https://www.intelligentspeechconference.com/

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Agora's Intelligent Speech Conference 2019!

Thu, 02 May 2019 04:00:00 GMT

Saturday, June 29, 2019 will be the Intelligent Speech Conference, presented by Agora. This conference will bring together many of your favorite podcasters, including Mike Duncan, David Crowther, Kevin Stroud, and more! Come enjoy a day of live podcast recordings, open tables, Q and As, and seminars. It’s an opportunity for listeners to meet the creators of some of their favorite podcasts and to maybe even get on mic.

Learn more at https://www.intelligentspeechconference.com/

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Away With the Fairies: Brexit's Reality for Ireland

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 04:00:00 GMT

Zack Twamley (When Diplomacy Fails) and Thom Daly (American Biography) discuss Brexit's impact on Ireland.

Music in this episode:

"Star of the County Down" with Tacoma Youth Chorus by Sláinte is licensed under a Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. (edited for time).

"Wild Rover" with Bellevue Chamber Chorus by Sláinte is licensed under a Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

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Are You Going My Way? Part 1

Sat, 15 Dec 2018 23:00:00 GMT

This is the introductory episode to a series of episodes on the topic of transportation planning and transportation technology. In this episode we explore the basics of transportation planning and lay the ground work for the rest of the series.

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Agoraphobia III - Pt. 4 - Bible Stories In the Dark/Bizarro Reconsider

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 04:00:00 GMT

Stephen Guerra from the History of the Papacy Podcast and a group of friends including David Crowther from The History of England Podcast and Dominic Perry from the History of Egypt Podcast tell spooky Bible stories around the campfire. Then Xander and Erik enter an alternate dimension where independent, analytical thought doesn't exist

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Agoraphobia III - Pt. 3 - Haunting at Hampton Court/Yersinia Pestis

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 04:00:00 GMT

Heather shares her story of a haunting at Hampton Court and Raven gives us a flea's eye view of the black death.

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Agoraphobia III - Pt. 2 - The Horror of Lovecraft

Fri, 12 Oct 2018 04:00:00 GMT

Daniel and Claude from The Canon Ball team up Ben from Wittenberg to Westphalia to pick clean HP Lovecraft's bones.

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Agoraphobia III - Pt. 1 - He Came Back/Tell-Tale Heart

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 04:00:47 GMT

Chris Stewart of the History of China Podcast presents a strange tale from the Qing Dynasty writer Pu Songling while American Biography's Thom Daly reads Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart".

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Round Table Talk - Literature!

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 04:16:48 GMT

Daniel from the Canon Ball is joined by Scott Hambrick from onlinegreatbooks.com for an intimate chat about Burke's thoughts on the French Revolution and Voltaire's reflections on the English!

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Round Table Talk - Philosophy!

Fri, 11 May 2018 04:00:00 GMT

Erik and Xander from ReConsider talk with Karl and Emmet from onlinegreatbooks.com about the continuing importance of Plato, Machiavelli and Marx.

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The Exchange - Ep 19 - The History of Vikings

Thu, 10 May 2018 04:00:00 GMT

Thom talks with Noah Tetzner of The History of Vikings Podcast!

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Tiny Westphalias: A Podcast Crossover Story Pt. 2

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 04:00:00 GMT

In part 2 of a very special Agora crossover event featuring Benjamin Jacobs from Wittenberg to Westphalia and Raven Forrest Fruscalzo of the Tiny Vampires Podcast they discuss how tiny insects and bad water killed more medieval soldiers than fighting.

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Wittenberg to Vampires: A Podcast Crossover Story Pt. 1

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 04:00:00 GMT

This is part 1 of a very special Agora crossover event with Benjamin Jacobs from Wittenberg to Westphalia and Raven Forrest Fruscalzo from The Tiny Vampires Podcast. In this first part they discuss how the horrible diet of medieval soldiers resulted in serious health concerns.

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50 Shades of Great III - Jon Snow v Aragorn

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 05:00:00 GMT

Hosts from American Biography, the Canon Ball, the History of China, the History of Egypt, the History of Westeros and Wittenberg to Westphalia podcasts make merry and discuss which of these iconic fantasy heroes is the "greatest"! Also featured are readings by David Crowther from the History of England podcast.

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The Exchange - Ep 18 -Tiny Vampires

Wed, 24 Jan 2018 05:00:00 GMT

Host of Tiny Vampires, Raven Forrest Fruscalzo discusses the importance of science and communication.

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Agoraphobia II - Pt 4 - Castle Houska/Broken Arrows

Fri, 27 Oct 2017 04:00:00 GMT

Podcastnik's Travis Dow shares the story of the castle guarding the mouth of Hell. Xander and Erik from ReConsider remind us that the most terrifying thing of all is reality.

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The Exchange - Ep 17 - The Canon Ball

Sun, 22 Oct 2017 22:00:00 GMT

Thom talks to Prof. Claude Myron Goozer and Daniel Daughhetee from The Canon Ball!

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Agoraphobia II - Pt. 3 - Martin Luther: Witch Hunter / Yorkshire Witch Encounter

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 04:00:00 GMT

Benjamin Jacobs from Wittenberg to Westphalia share's Martin Luther's NSFW ideas on witch deterrence; Then Heather Teysko from the Renaissance English History Podcast takes shelter with a bewitching spirit.

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Agoraphobia II - Pt. 2 - The Passenger/The Legend of John Anglicus

Fri, 13 Oct 2017 04:00:13 GMT

Tiny Vampires' Raven Forrest Fruscalzo makes her Agoraphobia debut to tell us about body-snatchers. Then Stephen Guerra discusses the legend of Pope John VII.

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Agoraphobia II - Pt. 1 - The Devil & Tom Walker/The Changing Light at Sandover

Fri, 06 Oct 2017 04:00:00 GMT

Thom Daly reads "The Devil & Tom Walker" by Washington Irving and Claude Myron Goozer dissects James Merrill's "The Changing Light at Sandover."

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Agora Presents: The State pt. III - Legitimacy

Sun, 23 Apr 2017 12:00:00 GMT

With the rise of Trump, the Brexit, and the better than expected electoral showing of extremist political elements around the world and across the political spectrum, it is clear that there is much discontent within the modern political arena. These events have begun to call into question the very legitimacy of our democratic institutions and governments. Today we are going to address the issue of legitimacy squarely from a political science and philosophy perspective. Within the westphalian state system, What is legitimacy and how is it procured? What happens when it is lost? How does this discussion relate to modern events?

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US Electoral Reform

Fri, 10 Mar 2017 05:08:11 GMT

Ben Jacobs (Wittenberg to Westphalia) hosts the Agora US Electoral Reform Special featuring Roifield Brown (10 American Presidents), Thom Daly (American Biography), Erik Fogg (ReConsider) and Dominic Perry (History of Egypt). Topics include the Electoral College, gerrymandering, the permanent campaign cycle and more!

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The Exchange - Ep 16 - ReConsider

Fri, 03 Feb 2017 05:17:10 GMT

ReConsider hosts Erik and Xander join Thom to discuss media, intellectual bubbles and the art of thinking!

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The Exchange - Ep 15 - The History of Egypt

Tue, 10 Jan 2017 04:53:58 GMT

Thom's back and he's joined by the History of Egypt's Dominic Perry to talk about celebrating Christmas in the summer... and ancient Egypt!

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Agora Presents: The State pt. ii - Westphalia

Wed, 28 Dec 2016 23:00:00 GMT

Today Zack Twamley form When Diplomacy Fails, Ben Jacobs from Wittenberg to Westphalia, Travis Dow from the History of Germany and your host Steve Guerra from the History of the Papacy Podcast discuss how the Treaty of Westphalia set the stage for the modern conception of the state and the state system. agorapodcastnetwork.com “Procession of the King” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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50 Shades of Great II - Marcus Aurelius v Tang Taizong

Thu, 08 Dec 2016 03:14:57 GMT

Chris Stewart (History of China), Steven Guerra (History of the Papacy), Ben Jacobs (Wittenberg to Westphalia) and Thom Daly (American Biography) evaluate Marcus Aurelius and Tang Taizong head-to-head in the Duel of the Philosopher Kings! Musical attribution: opening and exit music by Brandon Liew (edited) used under a Creative Commons license (link below).

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The Exchange - Ep 14 - The History of Islam

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:47:09 GMT

Special guest host David Crowther speaks with Elias Belhaddad, host of the History of Islam podcast!

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Agoraphobia - Pt. 4 - The Apple Tree & Roger Williams/Painted Skin

Sat, 22 Oct 2016 19:41:54 GMT

In the EPIC Agoraphobia finale, Ben Jacobs (Wittenberg to Westphalia) discusses the apple tree that ate Roger Williams in a dark exploration of Rhode Island's past. Then Chris Stewart returns to close Agoraphobia out with the tale of the Painted Skin!

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The Exchange - Ep. 13 - Wittenberg to Westphalia

Fri, 21 Oct 2016 04:29:08 GMT

In the lucky 13th episode of the Exchange Benjamin Jacobs from Wittenberg to Westphalia takes center stage!

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Agoraphobia - Pt. 3 - Buffalo Psych/1 Minute to Armageddon

Sun, 16 Oct 2016 03:07:46 GMT

Stephen Guerra of the History of the Papacy tells of an abandoned psychiatric hospital in Buffalo. Xander and Erik from Reconsider talk of the Cold War nearly going hot.

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Agoraphobia - Pt. 2 - Letters to the Dead/Cask of Amontillado

Sat, 08 Oct 2016 05:16:41 GMT

Dominic Perry, host of the Egyptian History Podcast, explores the permeable barriers separating the lands of the living and the dead in ancient Egypt. Then Thom Daly (American Biography) gives a dramatic reading of Edgar Allen Poe's chilling tale of revenge with help from special voice guest Chris Stewart (History of China).

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Agoraphobia - Pt. 1 - Ghosts of Prague/Tower of London

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 13:15:44 GMT

Travis Dow (Podcastnik.com) and Heather Teysko (Renaissance English History Podcast) share spooky stories in the first installment of Agoraphobia!

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The Exchange - Ep. 12 - Lands of Leviathan

Thu, 29 Sep 2016 04:49:12 GMT

Thom nerds out with the hosts of the Lands of Leviathan podcast Peter Sleeman and Broc Rademan. They talk alot about JRR Tolkien...

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The Exchange - Ep. 11 - Jamie Redfern/The History of Podcast

Fri, 09 Sep 2016 03:13:54 GMT

The one where Thom makes his triumphant return to The Exchange and he's joined by Jamie Redfern.

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Agora Presents: The State pt. I - Formation

Mon, 22 Aug 2016 00:52:38 GMT

Welcome to Agora Presents. What is a State. Most people on Earth live in a State, but explaining what a state is and how they developed is a difficult question. Join Pete from the Lands of Leviathan, Ben from Wittenberg to Westphalia and Erik and Xander from Reconsider as they guide us through The State. Your host today is Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy Podcast. If you want to join the conversation with your questions or comments you can reach us at:The Agora Podcast Network: www.agorapodcastnetwork.comThe History of the Papacy Podcast:http://atozhistorypage.com/The Lands of Leviathan Podcast:https://landsofleviathan.com/Reconsider Podcast:www.reconsidermedia.com/Wittenberg to Westphalia Podcasthttp://wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com/The History of the Papacy Podcastatozhistorypage.comEdited by: Andrew Pfannkuche“Procession of the King” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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The Exchange - Ep. 10 - Alison Gerlach of the Unapologetic Capitalist

Wed, 17 Aug 2016 21:36:08 GMT

Guest Host Roifield Brown talks with Alison Gerlach, The Unapologetic Capitalist. Alison is a seasoned, strategic management consultant, serial entrepreneur, investor, business executive, and lecturer with expertise in, and a passion for, building businesses. In other words she is smart and knows just about everything when it comes to the world of business and her podcast is rather good too.

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The Exchange - Ep. 9 - The Renaissance English History Podcast

Thu, 11 Aug 2016 19:00:47 GMT

In this episode Steve fills in for Thom and talks with the creator to the Renaissance English History podcast, Heather Teysko!

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Round Table Talk - Roifield Brown talks to Sunny Hundal about the Crisis in the Labour Party

Wed, 27 Jul 2016 21:52:59 GMT

Today we pivot from the US and we look at the left of UK politics with commentator and pundit Sunny Hundal, who is best known as the founder and editor of the centre-left group blog Liberal Conspiracy a ferocious tweeter Hundal has also written for publications including The Guardian, The Financial Times and The Independent. In a week that has seen Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States, in Britain Owen Smith formally laid out his platform to become the next leader of the Labour Party, simply ask Sunny why is the labour party in such as mess, how did we get here?

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Agora Presents: An Interview with Bobby Adair

Wed, 27 Jul 2016 01:55:00 GMT

Welcome to Agora Presents: An Interview with Bobby Adair. Mr. Adair is a professional independent self-publishing author of almost 2 dozen books. He is the author of the Slow Burn series, Ebola K, The Last Survivors (with TW Piperbrook) and the newly released Black Rust series. Bobby talks about his path to becoming an self published author. We also discuss the Zombie and post-apocalyptic genre and how his novels are helping to expand the genre.The Agora Podcast Network: www.agorapodcastnetwork.comThe History of the Papacy Podcast:http://atozhistorypage.com/To learn more about Bobby's books, check out his author's page:http://www.bobbyadair.com/“Procession of the King” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Round Table Talk - Trump the Good - Roifield Brown and Sam Tanenhaus

Thu, 14 Jul 2016 19:11:43 GMT

This week we look at Trump the good, a force of restructuring the right of American politics. To look at how 2016 could reshape the US political map going forward, Roifield Brown is joined by Sam Tanenhaus. Sam was an assistant editor at The New York Times from, and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, the editor of The New York Times Book Review. His biography of Whittaker Chambers won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was a finalist for both the National Book Award for Nonfiction.

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Round Table Talk - Ep3 : Who are we?

Mon, 04 Jul 2016 02:22:06 GMT

Today we will turn the microscope on each other and ask simply who are we and why with the aid of 23 and Me The kit that collects your DNA through a small sample of saliva and provides you with over 100 genetic reports and importantly for for us history geeks our ancestry.Roifield Brown from How Jamaica Conquered the world and 10 American Presidents, David Crowther from the History of England, Travis Dow from the Bohemican and History of Germany podcasts and Elias Belhaddad from the history of Islam have have their spit collected and their racial ancestry traced, this is a show about the results.

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The Exchange - Ep. 8 - Roifield Brown

Sat, 02 Jul 2016 03:50:02 GMT

Roifield Brown joins Thom to talk about the state of podcasting, 50 year old radio soap operas and more!

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Round Table Talk Ep 2 - Brexit, Britain leaves the EU

Tue, 28 Jun 2016 00:56:01 GMT

Roifield Brown - 10 American PresidentsTravis Dow - History of GermanyBen Jacobs Wittenberg-to-WestphaliaThe team look at the reasons for Britain's vote to leave the EU

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The Exchange - Ep. 7 - The History of China

Fri, 17 Jun 2016 03:43:48 GMT

In this episode Thom talks with the creator to the History of China podcast, Chris Stewart!

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Agora Presents: Warrior Bishops

Thu, 09 Jun 2016 01:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Agora Presents: Warrior Bishops. Today Steve and Ben Jacobs of the Wittenberg to Westphalia Podcast sit down to discuss one of the more strange institutions to come out of the early medieval period, the political or warrior bishop. If you have questions or comments on this episode you can reach us at:The Agora Podcast Network: www.agorapodcastnetwork.comThe History of the Papacy Podcast:http://atozhistorypage.com/Wittenberg to Westphalia Podcasthttp://wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com/“Procession of the King” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Agora Presents: The Crisis in Ukraine

Thu, 26 May 2016 01:50:00 GMT

Welcome to Agora Presents. Today we will talk with Pete and Broc of the Lands of Leviathan podcast on the current events of the diplomatic crisis in Ukraine. Your host today is Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy Podcast. If you have questions or comments on this episode you can reach us at:The Agora Podcast Network: www.agorapodcastnetwork.comThe History of the Papacy Podcast:http://atozhistorypage.com/The Lands of Leviathan Podcast:https://landsofleviathan.com/Edited by: Andrew Pfannkuche“Procession of the King” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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The Exchange - Ep. 6 - The Lesser Bonapartes

Sat, 14 May 2016 23:26:21 GMT

Thom is joined by special guests Daniel and Glen from The Lesser Bonapartes! Just a heads up this interview contains adult language and themes!

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The Exchange - Ep 5 - Podcastnik

Fri, 29 Apr 2016 04:10:04 GMT

Pete Collman and Travis Dow stop by!

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The Exchange - Ep. 4 - History of England

Wed, 23 Mar 2016 04:12:07 GMT

Thom talks with David Crowther of the History of England and the History of Anglo-Saxon England podcasts, Agora's featured podcasts for March!

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Round Table Talk Ep 1 - Sports in the US and the UK

Sun, 20 Mar 2016 11:46:02 GMT

Roifield Brown - 10 American Presidents, Heather Buettner Teysko - Renaissance English History Travis Dow - podcastnikAlison Gerlach - The Unapologetic CapitalistWe at Agora have a smorgestboard of talking talent and this month we are going pivot away from strictly talking about just history to look at how the culture, economics and business has shaped team sport and its institutions on both sides of the pond.Specifically we will look at the sporting traditions of The UK, Europe and the US, how the economic and social cultures of each area has influenced the way sport has evolved, is played and is consumed.

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The Exchange - Ep. 3 - American Biography

Tue, 01 Mar 2016 02:35:59 GMT

Guest host Roifield Brown interviews American Biography's Thom Daly!

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Popin' Fresh on Agora

Sun, 24 Jan 2016 23:28:18 GMT

In this very special episode, Steve from the History of the Papacy Podcast, Thom of the American Biography Podcast and journalist Steve Sterling of the New Jersey Star Ledger about the recent visit of Pope Francis the First to the United States. We look at the history of Papal visits to the United States and then get a firsthand perspective of the Papal visit and the whole experience from Stephen Sterling. http://www.acast.com/historyofthepapacyhttp://www.acast.com/americanbiographyhttp://www.acast.com/theagorapodcastnetworkhttp://www.agorapodcastnetwork.com/

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50 Shades of Great: Washington v Bonaparte

Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:51:12 GMT

Two men born to impoverished petty noble families at the fringes empire at the twilight of the established world order. Two men who would command revolutionary armies and lead revolutionary civil governments. But there can only be one "greatest" so now a panel of Agora podcasters: Zack Twamley, Stephen Guerra, Travis Dow and Thomas Daly will try to answer the question of who was greater, George Washington or Napoleon Bonaparte?Musical attribution: opening and exit music by Brandon Liew (edited) used under a Creative Commons license (link below).

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The Exchange - EP. 2 - History of the Papacy Podcast

Mon, 11 Jan 2016 07:22:00 GMT

Steve Guerra, host of the History of the Papacy Podcast discusses his show.

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We Are Agora

Thu, 17 Dec 2015 16:34:13 GMT

We hope you enjoy this collection of brief descriptions about the podcasts which make up the Agora Podcast Network!

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The Exchange - EP. 1 - When Diplomacy Fails

Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:24:01 GMT

A review of Agora member podcast "When Diplomacy Fails" and an interview with its host Zack Twamley.

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