How did our medieval English counterparts really sound? Would we have been able to understand them? An app developed by a team at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, with the help and encouragement of medieval scholar and Monty Python alum … Continue reading →

One of the first podcasts I started listening to when I first got into podcasts back in 2014 was The Saga Thing podcast. It is an episodic overview of the Iceland family sagas by two Medieval history professors who met when they … Continue reading →

by The Honorable Lady Vashti al-A’sar   Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in World History by Richard W. Bulliet Contents: How to Identify a Cotton Boom Islam and Cotton The Big Chill Of Turks and … Continue reading →

  The Knowne World Bardcast is a podcast of bardic performances from across the Society. The typical format is familiar to listeners of radio and podcasts for generation; a playlist of recordings gathered from bards who have recorded their songs … Continue reading →

Three short book reviews by Lady Eyfríðr Geirsdóttir Here are my reviews for the first three books of my Celtic research project. I’ve tried to describe the book itself and then my personal thoughts on it — Eyfríðr The Celts, … Continue reading →

The History Chicks “Two women. Half the population. Several thousand years of history. About an hour. Go.” By Beckett Graham and Susan Vollenweider http://thehistorychicks.com/ Graham and Vollenweider’s podcast focuses on historical women, both real and fictional. They look at the … Continue reading →

The Real Middle Ages By Aron Miller therealmiddleages.com Editor’s Note: Have a favorite history podcast? Share it with the Falcon Banner. Send reviews to rex.deaver@gmail.com. The “Real Middle Ages” podcast is not a complete narrative of the the Middle Ages. … Continue reading →

Norman Centuries  “A Norman History Podcast” By Lars Brownworth https://normancenturies.com/ Editor’s Note: Have a favorite history podcast? Share it with the Falcon Banner. Send review to rex.deaver@gmail.com. Brownworth is a teacher and author, so his podcasting approach is more like … Continue reading →

Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History “Thinking Outside Pandora’s Box” By Dan Carlin https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ Carlin is a former television reporter and radio talk show host who migrated to podcasts and blogs in 2005. His first podcast, Common Sense, discusses politics and current … Continue reading →

The British History Podcast “History the way it is meant to be heard” By Jamie Jeffies https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/ Editor’s note: Share your favorite podcast with The Falcon Banner. Send your review to rex.deaver@gmail.com. This is an interesting podcast that I just … Continue reading →

The History of Byzantium “A Podcast Telling the Story of the Roman Empire from 476 AD to 1453” By Robin Pierson https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/ Editor’s Note: Do you have a favorite history podcast? Send a review to rex.deaver@gmail.com. Pierson loved the popular … Continue reading →

Editor’s Note: Do you have a favorite history podcast? Share it! Send your review to the Falcon Banner at rex.deaver@gmail.com The History of English “The Spoken History of a Global Language” By Kevin Stroud http://historyofenglishpodcast.com/ If you’ve ever looked at … Continue reading →