Hello and welcome to Modern Gistory! The podcast dedicated to dishing the 'gist' on history’s greatest (& worst) people, ideas, movements, and moments.
Through regular peppy, pithy, and occasionally potty-mouthed episodes you will accidentally learn answers to historical questions you were never game enough to ask in school.
When I say "Byzantine Empire", you say "The what empire?" But if I said "The Empire which is like the Aldi version of the Roman Empire" you say "Oooooh, like the Roman Empire but with random stuff in it that is vaguely familiar".
Sadly, much of Byzantine history is overlooked in popular...
Published 05/31/23
In 1939, Germany, growing a little tired of peace, decided to head to Poland to start a little bit of neighbourhood mischief. I imagine you know the rest of that story. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Japan too was looking for a good time and started its search in China before it...
Published 05/24/23