Amateur effort
I appreciate the fact that the host admits he is an amateur, but given the paucity of history podcasts, he is doing his best to review historical information. I also appreciate the high quality audio. I even came to appreciate the modern colloquial expressions he uses to make a dry subject appeal to the masses. I have come across some of his historically inaccurate information (or interpretation), which makes me wish for a podcast run by a historian. I think my biggest criticism is that he relies too heavily on the Bible as a historical source. That is a piece of literature, but not a reliable source of historical events. For a comparison, listen to the “Literature and History” podcast, which contrasts the literary writings in the Bible to archeological data. If you don’t have the historical information, just leave it out.
Crowbar Man via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 11/14/22
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Great podcast in all areas. Keep it up and please make more shows! Thank you
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