The Popeular History Podcast
History through Pope-Colored Glasses
Episodes
***UPDATE: Effective June 29, 2023: Daily content! Let's build a library!***
Starting May 4, 2020: Catholic worldbuilding series in case you don't know a chalice from a cilice
June 29th: Official launch + Saint Peter After worldbuilding: Quick overview of Papal history from Peter to Francis
After that: In-depth looks at various stories from the Papal archives. Recommendations:
-Pontifacts with Bry and Fry: pontifacts.podbean.com
Mostly updated Mondays.
Starting May 4, 2020: Catholic worldbuilding series
June 29th: Official launch + Saint Peter
After worldbuilding: Quick overview of Papal history from Peter to Francis
After that: In-depth looks at various stories from the Papal archives. Podcast recommendations:
-Genesis by Mike Mazzalongo https://bibletalk.tv/genesis
-Dragons in Genesis https://www.dragonsingenesis.com/
Updated Mondays.
Starting May 4, 2020: Catholic worldbuilding series
June 29th: Official launch + Saint Peter
After worldbuilding: Quick overview of Papal history from Peter to Francis
After that: In-depth looks at various stories from the Papal archives. Podcast recommendation: The History of Egypt by Dominic Perry https://egyptianhistorypodcast.com/
Mostly updated Mondays.
Starting May 4, 2020: Catholic worldbuilding series
June 29th: Official launch + Saint Peter
After worldbuilding: Quick overview of Papal history from Peter to Francis
After that: In-depth looks at various stories from the Papal archives.
Podcast recommendation: "Job Complaint" https://tinyurl.com/yb7xnwsr
On May 25, George Floyd was slowly murdered by a police officer in the cooperative presence of three other police officers. Kera, or "cry out!", is the opening word of Isaiah 58.
Generally updated Mondays.
Starting May 4, 2020: Catholic worldbuilding series
June 29th: Official launch + Saint Peter
After worldbuilding: Quick overview of Papal history from Peter to Francis
After that: In-depth looks at various historical topics wearing Pope-colored glasses
Podcast recommendation: History in the Bible by Garry Stevens https://www.historyinthebible.com/
Updated Mondays.
Starting May 4, 2020: Catholic worldbuilding series
June 29th: Official launch + Saint Peter
After worldbuilding: Quick overview of Papal history from Peter to Francis
After that: In-depth looks at various stories from the Papal archives, hopping around through time Podcast recommendation: Sunday School Dropouts with Lauren and Niko (explicit) http://sundayschooldropouts.lol/
Happy Feast of Saint Peter, and welcome to the show! Full disclosure: I didn't hear the intro until today, and may I say: It's Popetastic! Huge thanks to Billy for that and all his audio tutoring, to Russ for our logo, to Isaac for addressing our mysterious lack of voice recordings of Jesus, to the history podcasting community that's been so welcoming, to Mrs. Popeular History for her incredible patience, and to Our Lady, to whom ...
In which Gregg reads Galatians 2:1-21 (The Incident at Antioch) and Acts 15:1-21 (The Council of Jerusalem)
(Mostly) updated Mondays
Current series: "Catholic Worldbuilding"--building our Pope-colored glasses
This episode: (Most of) the books of Daniel, Esther, Ezra, and Nehemiah
Next series: Quick overview of Papal history from Peter to Francis
This week's recommendation: The History of England by David Crowther thehistoryofengland.co.uk (Why, you ask? I ask, why not?)
In which Gregg reads Nehemiah 3:1-32 (Literally A Detailed Description of the Gates of Jerusalem and Who Fixed Them in the Time of Nehemiah)
With bonus content from Second Maccabees
Update: episodes 0-0.4 have been remastered and rerecorded, episode 0.7 will be coming later today- the deuterocanon overview will be the longest episode yet by a fair bit! I nearly split it but it seemed best to keep the deuterocanon all together. Feel free to listen in chunks, I'm expecting about 75-90 minutes once I finish editing it down from the raw recording.
(Mostly) updated Mondays
Current series: "Catholic Worldbuilding"--building our Pope-colored glasses
This episode: The rest of Daniel and Esther, plus Judith, Wisdom, Baruch, and 1 and 2 Maccabees
Next series: Quick overview of Papal history from Peter to Francis
This week's recommendation: The Jewish Story by Rav Mike Feuer: http://jewishstory.co/
Schedule update: Continuing with biweekly releases and supplementals for main feed, aiming for weekly updates for patreon members. Go to patreon.com/popeular to support the show, or email popeularhistory@gmail.com if financial support isn't in your budget at the moment but you'd love advance access as a fan. I promise I don't bite.
In which Gregg briefly walks through books considered to be canon by various non-Roman Catholics and Orthodox folks, and meets his match with Ezdras/Ezra.
(Mostly) updated Mondays
Current series: "Catholic Worldbuilding"--building our Pope-colored glasses
This episode: Rome Part I: Aeneas to the brink of the First Punic War (264BC)
Next series: Quick overview of Papal history from Peter to Francis
This week's recommendation: The History of Rome by Mike Duncan: https://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/
In which Gregg takes a look at what we have of the 12 Tables, the earliest preserved bits of Roman law. Remember folks: women are children, and cushions are optional.
(Mostly) updated Mondays
Current series: "Catholic Worldbuilding"--building our Pope-colored glasses
This episode: Rome II: The Punic Wars
Next series: Quick overview of Papal history from Peter to Francis
This week's recommendation: The Hellenistic Age Podcast: https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/
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