Jamie Redfern

A History of the United States Episode 197 - All Men Are Created Equal is out! This week we look at women's rights, and the reaction to Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792

The struggle is real

Been a busy few days in Seville! Yesterday I went to my first Phoenician archaeological site, Gadir, and today I saw the original copy of the Treaty of Tordesillas!!

Nice to have two of my podcasting lives together in one trip

Accidentally stumbled upon the tomb of Christopher Columbus today. It was nice getting to say "Fuck you" in person.

Wait I didn't realise Assassin's Creed 3 lets you play the American Revolution???

(Guess what game I've started playing)

A History of the United States Episode 196 is out, and it's the return of Theologycast! In Theologycast 4 we look at the Second Great Awakening, giving particular attention to the Baptists and Methodists

Saw the @auntydonnaboys.bsky.social DREM tour last night and cannot remember the last time I laughed SO MUCH 😂

Laughing more than I should

Do you ever think you've suddenly gone colourblind and then remember that it's just night

U.K., Canada, Australia recognize Palestine as a state, breaking with U.S. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer officially recognized Palestine as a state, joining major U.S. allies Canada and Australia.

Breaking news: The British government said it was formally recognizing a state of Palestine, breaking sharply with the U.S. and reversing decades of unwillingness to accept Palestinians as a sovereign nation.

UK officially recognises Palestine as a state Sir Keir Starmer has announced the UK has officially recognised Palestine as a state.

UK officially recognises Palestine as a state

A History of the United States Episode 195- Education, Education, Education is out! This week we look at the spread of schooling and the postal system

On the metro this morning there is a man carrying a hose. Just a hose. I have so many questions.
Sir, why do you have a hose on a metro at 8:47am?
Where are you going?
Where have you come from?

Things I will never know the answer to.

Not sure where the first two are! They were Theodoric the Great & House of Lilies. Do need to update this thread, I've had some good reads this year! I'm just finishing up A History of the Muslim World by Michael A Cook, it's very good and 52 hours on audible

I do enjoy how my sense of time completely disappears when cooking.

Have a pan simmering. Check the time because surely this has been 20 minutes now.

90 seconds.

You wonder if Clarkson's Farm plays up West Oxfordshire District Council, but this is ridiculous

British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold.

“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.

City have spent about the same as Spurs, both on £180Mish I think

A History of the United States Episode 194 - Let's Dissolve All the Corporations is out! This week we round up our trilogy of the Early Marshall Court by looking at Dartmouth College v Woodward

Hello! Some of the series might be quite difficult to track down, but I've found this overview which should give you the details

A History of the United States Episode 193 - Let's Impeach All the Judges is out! This week we cover the Marshall Court, focusing on Marbury V Madison

marcus rashford in a barcelona kit standing in a red telephone box

there is always something fascinating about seeing how other places stereotype your own culture

A History of the United States Episode 192 - Let's Kill All the Lawyers is out! This week we cover the Judiciary up to the appointment of John Marshall to the Supreme Court.

Roman road discovered in Manchester city centre Archaeologists say the dig uncovered one of the best Roman finds in the city in more than 20 years.

Exciting! So cool that Roman artifacts are still being discovered where I live! (This was literally my neighbourhood four months ago)
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EXCITED FOR THIS ONE!

Have been desperate to do this episode for years.

It's A History of the United States Episode 191 - How About This Weather? This week, we talk climate science. We go through how the climate works, and what it's impact on history is

You think you know history. You can know the stories, know the statistics. You can think you're prepared.

And then you go to Auschwitz-Birkenau. And it utterly breaks you.

Krakow. Ain't she pretty?

Wrote half of the next episode this afternoon and I'm so excited for it! Think you'll find it one of the most interesting episodes we've had

In the grand tradition of my forgetfulness, I've just realised I've been podcasting 15 years this month

That's pretty crazy

A History of the United States Episode 190 You Looking At Me? is out! This week we cover trend of growing violence in American society at the turn of the nineteenth century