PODCAST · history
Podcasts
by Cameron Reilly & Ray Harris
Listen, learn and laugh your ass off as Ray & Cam provide a blow-by-blow historical account of the life of the world's most successful general and empire builder - Alexander The Great.
Episodes
-
Renaissance Episode 1 – Constantine The Great
Our new series, The Renaissance Times, launched on Dec 24, 2017. Here’s the first episode! Go check out the rest of the series at therenaissancetimes.com. At its peak, the Library of Alexandria was estimated to contain somewhere in the order of 500,000 books on philosophy, science, medicine,...
-
Subscribing To Renaissance
The Dark Ages are ending! As you may have realized, we published our very last Alexander episode last week! Now some of you might be wondering what to do now? Well, I had hoped I’d be able to just transfer your Alexander subscriptions over to the new series, but, alas, the entrails from our last...
-
#122 – The Last Show
Well, here we are. Three years, 122 episodes, some of which were a LOT longer than an hour, so probably around 130-140 hours of story. We started with 14 episodes covering the rise of Philip II of Macedon, aka Big Daddy Phil: his military innovations, his marriages, his cunning, the Battle of...
-
#111 – Ian Worthington
Professor Ian Worthington joins us again to talk about new book about Ptolemy! HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player. If you're not a subscriber, please register. If you want to listen to the first episode...
-
#96 – The Lost Testament of Alexander with David Grant
David Grant has just published a truly unique and fascinating book called “In Search of the Lost Testament of Alexander”. We recently had him on to talk us through his theory. #96 – The Lost Testament of Alexander with David Grant appeared first on Alexander.
-
#77 – JAMES ROMM
James Romm is an author, reviewer, and the James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Classics at Bard College in Annandale, NY. After getting his B.A. in Classics from Yale, he went on to earn a Ph.D. from Princeton in 1988. He has taught Greek language, literature and history at Bard College since 1990....
-
Life Of Alexander The Great #59 – Patrick Garvey
Today we have a GUEST – Patrick Garvey from achillesgene.com. Patrick works in marketing and has a degree in political science from Centre College in Kentucky. He's written quite a lot recently about Alexander, Hephaestion and Achilles, so we invited him on to share his views on the big…
more -
Life Of Alexander The Great #50 – Ian Worthington
Our very special guest today is Ian Worthington, Curators' Professor, Adjunct Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Missouri and author of one of our favourite books, BY THE SPEAR – Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire. HOW TO LISTEN If…
more -
#28 – The Battle Of Gaugamela, Part I
In this episode Alexander III of Macedon marches all the way from Alexandria in Egypt to Gaugamela (near Mosul in modern day Iraq) where Darius of Persia is waiting for him with the biggest army the world had ever seen. And elephants. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen…
more -
#23 – The Battle Of Issus
It's late 333 BCE. Alexander faces Darius on the battlefield for the first time! He's outnumbered – 3 to 1 or even 11 to 1, depending on which source you believe. What does he do? He stands firm and fights, because he is Alexander. If you've ever wondered why he deserves the epithet “The Great”,...
-
#18 – Battle of the Granicus River
In this exciting episode, we see Alexander engage the Persians for the first time! We also talk about Persian religion, Zoroastrianism, and talk a little about the achievements and history of the Persian empire. Then we get stuck into the Battle of the Granicus River, where young Alexander proves...
-
#14 – The Death Of A King
After six long months and 14 episodes we finally end Chapter One of our series with Philip II's assassination. It's one of the craziest stories you'll ever hear. We know who did it but we'll never really know why or who put him up to it – if anyone. It involves a homosexual dalliance and […] The...
-
#09 – Peter Adamson on Aristotle
If you’re not already one of the many fans of Peter Adamson’s “History Of Philosophy Without Any Gaps” podcast, you will be by the end of this episode. Peter does to philosophy what we do to history – he provides a blow-by-blow account of the ideas, lives and historical context of the major...
-
#04 – King Philip Goes To War
King Philip bought some time with his peace treaties and marriages and used that time to re-engineer the Macedonian army and cavalry. In this (shortish due to Xmas) episode, Philip turns on his enemies who threaten Macedon and shows them that there’s a new king in town! And here are some maps so...
-
#01 – The Saga Begins.
The saga begins! We kick off the new series talking about why Alexander The Great is worth discussing – cavalry commander at 16, king at 20, conqueror of Persia at 26, conquered two-thirds of the known world by the time of his death at 32, bore the shield of Achilles, never lost a battle, the […]...
-
#00 – Introducing The New Series
Hey folks! We’re very excited to announce our brand new kick-ass history series – THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. It’s going to be our wildest and best series yet! This is the guy that both Napoleon and Caesar admired and studied, so it only makes sense for us to tell his story next in […] The...
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
No topics indexed yet for this podcast.
Loading reviews...
ABOUT THIS SHOW
Listen, learn and laugh your ass off as Ray & Cam provide a blow-by-blow historical account of the life of the world's most successful general and empire builder - Alexander The Great.
HOSTED BY
Cameron Reilly & Ray Harris
CATEGORIES
Loading similar podcasts...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Podcasts have?
Podcasts currently has 16 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Podcasts about?
Listen, learn and laugh your ass off as Ray & Cam provide a blow-by-blow historical account of the life of the world's most successful general and empire builder - Alexander The Great.
How often does Podcasts release new episodes?
Podcasts has 16 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
Where can I listen to Podcasts?
You can listen to Podcasts on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts Podcasts?
Podcasts is created and hosted by Cameron Reilly & Ray Harris.
URL copied to clipboard!