Dead Ideas: The History of Extinct Thoughts and Practices
A podcast by B. T. Newberg and history nerd friends
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120 Episodes
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The All-Gay Army: Ancient Greece’s Sacred Band of Thebes: An Interview with James Romm
Published: 7/06/2021 -
Report From Minneapolis: Making Sense of the Riots Over George Floyd’s Death
Published: 30/05/2020 -
Covid Cabana: Top 5 Ways to Have Fun Despite the Coronavirus
Published: 27/03/2020 -
Fascism II: The Silver Legion: A Real American Fascist Movement – American History
Published: 18/11/2019 -
Fascism I: What Is Fascism, and Is Trump It? – Modern History
Published: 4/11/2019 -
Introducing Our New Show: The History of Sex!
Published: 14/10/2019 -
Best of the Best: Pulp Fiction/Da Derga’s Hostel Mashup – Irish History
Published: 25/08/2019 -
Best of the Best: Ghost in the Tablet – Gilgamesh/Ghost in the Shell Mashup – Sumerian History
Published: 30/06/2019 -
Put That City to the Sword: Julius Caesar Slaughters Avaricum, Feat. Neil Eckart – Roman History
Published: 26/05/2019 -
Gender in Game of Thrones: Its Legacy
Published: 19/05/2019 -
What It’s Like to Make a Podcast: An Interview with Sam Hume of Pax Britannica
Published: 28/04/2019 -
Doomsday, 1000 AD: How Millenarianism Ushered in the Crusades, Feat. Neil Eckart – European History
Published: 31/03/2019 -
Dan Carlin of Hardcore History: Full Interview for the History of History Podcasting
Published: 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
Published: 17/02/2019 -
Steampunk Rome VI: Rome Industrial – An Interview with Jordan Harbour of Twilight Histories – Roman History
Published: 3/02/2019 -
Steampunk Rome V: A Pyrrhic Victory: The Death of Ancient Science – RPG, Pt 3 – Egyptian, Greek, and Roman History
Published: 20/01/2019 -
Steampunk Rome IV: The Great Library of Alexandria – RPG, Pt 2 – Egyptian, Greek, and Roman History
Published: 6/01/2019 -
Steampunk Rome III: Hellenistic Science, Hell Yeah – RPG, Pt 1 – Greek and Roman History
Published: 23/12/2018 -
Steampunk Rome II: The Industrial Revolution That Didn’t Happen (And Why Not) – Roman History
Published: 9/12/2018 -
Steampunk Rome I: An Ancient Industrial Revolution (Almost) – Roman History
Published: 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.