Continuing my popular series of Things I Like, I wanted to turn you on to some of the best history podcasts you can find: Mike Duncan’s two podcasts, The History of Rome and Revolutions.
I discovered Mike’s first podcast, The History of Rome, for the same reason he started it: the paucity of alternatives when he started it (2007). I started listening to it sometime in 2008 or 2009, and it was already among the most popular history podcasts available.
The first several episodes were rough, and I almost dropped it. Mike hadn’t done any podcasting before he started it, and it took him a while to get the sound quality, the storytelling, and the pacing up to standard. Still, the material was so interesting that I decided to soldier on.
And boy, was it worth it. Once Mike got into the groove, I began learning so much and getting so engrossed in the stories that I couldn’t wait…
