Popeular History: A Catholic History of the World

Popeular History: A Catholic History of the World

History through Pope-Colored Glasses

Episodes

April 27, 2020 4 mins

***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

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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/

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 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/

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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

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May 30, 2020 4 mins

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.

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June 1, 2020 1 min

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/

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June 22, 2020 2 mins

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/

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June 29, 2020 62 mins

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 ...

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In which Gregg reads Galatians 2:1-21 (The Incident at Antioch) and Acts 15:1-21 (The Council of Jerusalem)

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July 13, 2020 43 mins

(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?)

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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

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July 27, 2020 54 secs

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.

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July 27, 2020 75 mins

(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/

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August 2, 2020 6 mins

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.

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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.

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August 10, 2020 48 mins

(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/

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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.

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August 24, 2020 46 mins

(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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August 31, 2020 1 min
Quick update 8/31
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September 7, 2020 1 min
between new job and the busiest time of year for said job, plus a busted laptop, Rome Part III will be delayed until next week. See you then!
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