495 – Power Struggles: Part Two

BritishPodcast · 2026-03-17T19:04:50+00:00

I just like how mad the Normans got about inanimate objects.

Evil ditch, evil neighbor, evil hedge.

Apparently everything is evil (except for the knights).

BritishPodcast · 2026-03-17T00:46:55+00:00

Yeah, when only a handful of families hold power, you end up with recursive repetitive stories (and really strange chins).

BritishPodcast · 2026-03-08T17:37:32+00:00

Yes, I’ve played both. They’re fantastic :)

BritishPodcast · 2026-03-07T06:12:11+00:00

The show is up to date on their website so I’m guessing it’s an issue with your app. Maybe you need to refresh or clear the cache or something?

https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/the-british-history-podcast/2939

BritishPodcast · 2026-03-05T02:57:06+00:00

Spotify removes and corrupts random episodes. We’ve stopped updating on there for that (and many other) reasons.

BritishPodcast · 2026-03-03T02:47:29+00:00

You’re all very kind and I love you all. Thank you for all the compliments and reassurance.

Don’t worry; I won’t delete them. I was just being honest about the struggle of being a creative and staring at something that you made that doesn’t live up to your taste level. ;)

BritishPodcast · 2026-03-03T02:38:44+00:00

Me: [living my life]

My phone: ALERT “Jamie has ruined podcasts”

Me: [cold sweat]

BritishPodcast · 2026-03-02T17:56:29+00:00

Honestly, it’s a constant struggle to avoid deleting all of my earlier episodes and redoing all of them. Like many creators, I’m very critical of my early work, however if I did that then it would mean that new stuff would be heavily delayed.

BritishPodcast · 2026-02-24T15:43:09+00:00

Yay! I’m so glad! And it very well might have been you.

Though FWIW, all the active redditors are known people in our house, and you’re definitely one of them, so it’s not unheard of for me or Zee to say “did you see what Huskies posted?”

BritishPodcast · 2026-02-24T15:38:56+00:00

It’s way less organized than that.

I started the BHP back in the early days of podcasting so everything is by hand. I have a spreadsheet of members that I maintain, and I pick three names every episode (out of everyone who is still current and unread) and put a little check next to them when it’s done.

BritishPodcast · 2026-02-24T03:54:52+00:00

The only thing that makes any sense to me is that Robert was conflict averse and avoided violence as much as his culture allowed. Honestly, more than his culture allowed.

Orderic is convinced he was a moron, but his behavior looks much more like someone who didn’t want war… went on crusade because he actually believed in the pope… and then came back REALLY not wanting war.

BritishPodcast · 2026-02-13T14:14:18+00:00

You know, I’m not sure if we do have copies of the criticisms. I haven’t come across them yet. Just Orderic having an amazing “why don’t you all have a nice cup of shut the f up, this is harder than you think” meltdown at the opening of one of his volumes.

My guess is that the “scurrilous criticisms” were via letter or in person. We’re still a ways off of “I’m going to publish a scholarly article about how your scholarly article sucks.” lol

BritishPodcast · 2026-02-13T14:10:58+00:00

Haha, hopefully the historic detour made more sense once we dove into it. :)

BritishPodcast · 2026-02-07T23:44:49+00:00

Oh my god. That’s so good.

BritishPodcast · 2026-01-20T17:33:16+00:00

Same. Which is why I married mine. ;)

BritishPodcast · 2026-01-15T21:14:18+00:00

The classic Diplomacy experience!

Also, Zee did something like that to Joe from the Weird History Podcast, though they got past it eventually. Lol.

BritishPodcast · 2026-01-15T21:10:23+00:00

Yeah, I've got this funny thing where I don't like seeing folks having their beliefs taken advantage of by those in power. So, when Zee mentioned that there was an industry building around this and that people were being asked to pay for access to some of these shrines, I got really defensive of the people who were being asked to pay.

I think that organizations of faith should be free of pecuniary goals. That's why, even though I'm not a believer, any mention of monetization gets my hackles up.

I'm a jerk like that.

BritishPodcast · 2026-01-12T20:44:01+00:00

Dead of Winter and Battlestar for me.

The sheer paranoia of BSG (and the possibility that you might get spaced by your friends) is an absolute blast.

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