024 - Revenge of the Ancient Nerds
Shared History
English - June 23, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsSociety & Culture History history shared arcade audio chicago comedy women obscure science sports Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Grab your library cards kids, because Cass is digging up some Hellenistic beef between Pergamon and Alexandria. That's right, as in "The Library of". Apparently, ancient libraries threw down hard and these two cities' centuries-long turf war for librarial dominance led one to burn out and the other to, well... burn.
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Sources: Wiki, Ancient Origins, Ancient History Encyclopedia
Original Theme: Garreth Spinn
Original Art: Sarah Cruz
About this podcast:
Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.