“I’ve really enjoyed G&M podcasts, but the episode I just listened to pulled me up short.
In describing an attack on Grainne O’Malley, Aaron said it happened “off the coast of the Iberian peninsula, in the Middle East.”
Record scratch! I actually rewound and listened again, because I thought I’d mis-heard it. But nope — that’s what he said.
(For those who don’t know, the IP = Spain and Portugal, i.e., nowhere close to the Middle East.)
So, the fact that they got this basic geography wrong — in a scripted show* — makes me wonder what else they’ve gotten wrong that I’ve accepted as fact. This kind of sloppiness is a cardinal sin for a history pod.
* I’m really forgiving when podcasters make mistakes like this when they’re making off-the-cuff remarks”
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United States of America ·
09/16/22