Podcasts
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Episode 5: Olives, Oaths, and Oligarchs
James Miller (00:06.742)Welcome to Once Upon Yesterday, the podcast where we dust off the history books and bring the past roaring back to life. I’m your host, James, and today, we’re heading to somewhere sunny, figuratively and literally. We’re traveling back to a land of olive groves, blue seas, and people who somehow managed to
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Once Upon Yesterday: Episode 4: The Rise and Fall of Empires
James Miller (00:01.602)Welcome back to Once Upon Yesterday, where we dust off the history books. I’m your host, James, and today we’re diving into one of history’s most binge-worthy plot lines, the rise and fall of empires. Empires are kind of like rock bands. They start small, maybe just a few members with a lot
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Once Upon Yesterday: Episode 1: Hoplites and Grudges
James Miller (00:01.912)Welcome back to Once Upon Yesterday, the show where we dust off the history books and make the past feel alive. I’m your host, James. And today we are tackling one of the most brutal, dramatic, and consequential wars of the ancient world, the Peloponnesian War. This wasn’t just a skirmish. It was
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Once Upon Yesterday: Episode 3: The Real Pirates of the Caribbean
James Miller (00:06.932)Welcome back to Once Upon Yesterday, the podcast where we dust off the history books. I’m your host, James, and today I’ll be your guide through the tangled rigging of history, a history filled with rum, rebellion, and just a dash of bad dental hygiene. Today, we’re not talking about cursed gold or
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Once Upon Yesterday: Episode 2: Cleopatra
James Miller (00:06.794)Welcome back to Once Upon Yesterday, the podcast where we dust off the history books. I’m your host, James. And today we are diving deep into one of history’s most fascinating figures, Cleopatra, the last pharaoh of Egypt. Forget the Hollywood glamour. This is the story of her meteoric rise, her cutthroat family,