Dec 21, 2025
This is a reprise of my Christmas 2018 show, just in time for Christmas 2025. It relates the story of Christmas as told by the gospel of Luke. With lots of canticles: the Magnificat, the Benedictus, and the Nunc Dimmitis. Luke has many unique stories. He concentrates on Jesus' mother Mary and her relative...
Dec 14, 2025
In this detour episode we go way, way back.
Six thousand years ago, a language was forming that would spawn
dozens of descendants, who came to occupy most of Europe and much
of Anatolia, India and Iran. This ancient tongue is
Proto-Indo-European. Join Bernie Maoplski of the Fan of History
podcast and I, as we chase...
Dec 7, 2025
A little while back, Bernie Maopolski of the Fan of History
podcast and I discussed some recent research into the use of
hydraulics at the step pyramid of Pharoah Djoser.
Well, lordy lordy, we received an email from a hydraulic engineer
who said that the original researchers were barking up the wrong
tree. Let’s see...