Send us Fan Mail Joined by my brother Chris, we explore ancient times through the movies. Ben Hur, Gladiator, Ten Commandments and Alexander all get commentary.

Send us Fan Mail We look at the forces including the Civil War, Industry, Labor and Gov Reform that changed the country from a collection of states to the United States of America.

Send us Fan Mail Influencer? Activist? Free? We look at terms in our politics that are making our nation more stupid.

Send us Fan Mail We are joined on the podcast by Dean Kinzer, an expert in ancient coins. Dean lays out how coins can be a guide of history. We go from Rome of the Kings all the way to Constantine the Great. Notes: kinzercoins.com Ancient Coin Hour Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/1buAVE6eBf8Q6heObi5h9T

Send us Fan Mail We look at the beginnings of Labor Day and what it means for our nation today.

Send us Fan Mail We look at the study of the cosmos moving from Aristotle to Ptolemy, from Al Tusi to Kepler and Galileo, from Herschal to Hubble and finish with modern Astronomy.

Send us Fan Mail We go to late 19th Century America and look at the Captains of Industry. Were they exploitative villains or builders of America's future?

Send us Fan Mail Is it fair to use sitcoms from 40 years ago as a marker of our history, and comparison with affordability today? We explore using Married With Children, Roseanne, The Cosby Show and Brady Bunch.

Send us Fan Mail We look at the largest of the successor (Diadochi) kingdoms built after the death of Alexander. A mixed legacy of west meets east but also ending in ignominy. Show notes: Antiochus the Great by Michael Taylor

Send us Fan Mail We talk with Jeremy Ryan Slate the founder of the Hidden Forces in History and Roman Pattern podcasts about Romans such as Aurelian, English Kings Henry V and VII, what we can learn today from Roman decline. Notes: Ronald Syme: The Roman Revolution