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Past Lives

Patrick Wyman

The Workers of Deir el-Medina

July 08, 2026 4:00am 30 min

Who built the extraordinary tombs for Egypt's rulers in the Valley of the Kings? The residents of the nearby village of Deir el-Medina, where for centuries, a specialized workforce trudged back and forth to the Valley to...

Ancient Egypt's Underclass

July 01, 2026 4:00am 30 min

Considering the richness of our evidence about ancient Egypt, for much of the country's long history we know surprisingly little about the lives of its least humble residents. At the purpose-built new capital of the New ...

Interview: Shannon Chakraborty and Historical Fantasy

June 24, 2026 4:00am 35 min

Shannon Chakraborty is a bestselling author of wonderful historical fantasy (Daevabad Trilogy, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, The Tapestry of Fate). We chat about creating better fantasy worlds, how history has inspi...

Seqenenre Tao

June 17, 2026 4:00am 29 min

Thirty-five hundred years ago, an Egyptian king was killed in ghastly fashion. How and why did Seqenenre Tao meet his end? Using a combination of his mummy, advanced techniques of analysis, and old-fashioned history, we ...

A Quick Guide to Ancient Egypt

June 10, 2026 4:00am 31 min

When we think of mummies, ancient Egypt is the first place to come to mind, and with good reason. But it's probably been a while since most of us have had a refresher on Egypt's long and fascinating history, so today, co...

The Princess of Xiaohe

June 03, 2026 4:00am 28 min

Nearly 4,000 years ago, a young woman was buried in the sands of the Tarim Basin in western China. When her coffin was opened just a few decades ago, her face was almost perfectly preserved. We know her as the Princess o...

Interview: Producer, Writer, and Director Tim Haines on Surviving Earth and Bringing the Distant Past to Life

May 27, 2026 4:00am 29 min

Tim Haines (Walking with Dinosaurs, Primeval) joins me to discuss making high-quality documentaries about the distant past in the lead-up to the premiere of his new series on mass extinctions, Surviving Earth, which debu...

Xinjiang: The Crossroads of Eurasia

May 20, 2026 4:00am 26 min

While Xinjiang - in the extreme west of present-day China - is today a tightly controlled and repressed periphery, but for most of the past 4,000 years, it has been the crossroads at the heart of Eurasia. Practically eve...

The Corps of Discovery Wasn't Just Lewis and Clark: Interview with Craig Fehrman

May 13, 2026 4:00am 37 min

New York Times bestselling author Craig Fehrman joins us to discuss his wonderful new book, This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis and Clark. We talk about the Corps of Discovery beyond the two captains, the richne...

Gebelein Man and the Roots of Ancient Egypt

May 06, 2026 4:00am 30 min

In hindsight, ancient Egypt appears to be both eternal and inevitable, but in reality it was neither. Until his untimely death 5,300 years ago, Gebelein Man lived in the Upper Nile Valley, the heartland of the warring pe...

Ötzi the Iceman

April 29, 2026 4:00am 29 min

Of all the many people who lived in the distant past, we might know Ötzi the Iceman the best. Found in the Ötztal Alps of northern Italy in 1991, Ötzi lived more than 5,300 years ago, but the icy conditions where he died...

The Shaman of Bad Dürrenberg

April 22, 2026 4:00am 27 min

Nine thousand years ago, a special woman was buried in central Germany. She was her band's shaman, and they interred her with all of the tools of her craft: a feathered headdress with deer antlers, dozens of clinking ani...

Audiobook Chapter: Lost Worlds

April 15, 2026 4:00am 50 min

Patrick's new book Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World comes out May 5th! Check out a free preview of the first chapter of the audiobook, "The World As It Was," and learn about the Clovi...

The Ancient One/Kennwick Man (North America, 8,500 Years Ago)

April 08, 2026 4:00am 25 min

In July of 1996, a skeleton was discovered on the banks of the Columbia River. It belonged to a man who died 8,500 years ago, in a world so distant from our own it hardly seems real, but thanks to detailed studies of his...

Anzick-1 (North America, 13,000 Years Ago)

April 01, 2026 4:00am 28 min

Thirteen thousand years ago, a baby died in what's now Montana. His people buried him under a rock ledge, and there his bones stayed for millennia. Today, we know the infant as Anzick-1, and he's the only human being we ...

Introducing Season 2: Bodily Experiences

March 25, 2026 4:00am 23 min

When we think about the past, whether we know it or not we're usually thinking in terms of texts: written sources that provide the information we use to understand what happened before our time. But there are many other ...

Recommended Listen: History Daily

March 18, 2026 4:00am 33 min

Today we’re sharing a podcast that Patrick really loves: History Daily. History Daily tells the fascinating stories of what happened “on this day” in history, and new episodes come out every weekday. Since we just finish...

Why Slavery Matters

March 11, 2026 4:00am 20 min

Slavery is a huge topic, but we've covered an enormous amount of ground from ancient Assyria to the 20th century, and now we can come to some conclusions about why slavery matters.Become a member now at www.patreon.com/c...

Matilda McCrear, the Clotilda, and the Last Survivors of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

March 04, 2026 4:00am 28 min

In July of 1860, the last slave ship to reach the United States arrived in Mobile Bay. The Clotilda held 103 captives, Yoruba people from present-day Nigeria. Eighty years later, one of those captives - known by then as ...

Olaudah Equiano's Atlantic World

February 25, 2026 4:00am 29 min

Olaudah Equiano is one of the most fascinating people in human history: enslaved as a child in West Africa, trained as a sailor who traveled from the Equator to the Arctic and everywhere in between, but later in life, on...

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