@wnsdpod.bsky.social
a mostly medieval history podcast co-hosted by Luke Waters (@lukeisamazing) and Dr Eleanor Janega (@goingmedieval). new episodes released weekly each Wednesday (usually) and two bonus episodes for patrons each month patreon: Patreon.com/wnsdpod
@lukeisamazing.bsky.social and @goingmedieval.bsky.social pick separate topics. Dr E talks about misconceptions around paganism, Christianity, and witchcraft. then Luke talks about Fallout, where gleeful sadism comes w a heart of gold and a bunch of guys named Gary www.patreon.com/posts/143000...
07.11.2025 17:29 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Bonus Ep 98 - Crawl Out Thru the Fallout is available now for patrons
07.11.2025 17:29 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1Dr Chan is our guest, Dr Janega is, as always, cohost
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06.11.2025 15:58 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0@lukeisamazing.bsky.social and @goingmedieval.bsky.social welcome Dr Eleanor Chan to the show to talk about her new book, Duet: An Artful History of Music. we talk everything from Shaolin monks to bagpipes to Hildegard of Bingen and much more! www.spreaker.com/episode/duet...
06.11.2025 15:58 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Ep 245 - Duet (feat Dr Eleanor Chan) is available now
06.11.2025 15:58 — 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0Patreon.com/wnsdpod
31.10.2025 13:56 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0@lukeisamazing.bsky.social and @goingmedieval.bsky.social get spooky by looking at the revenant dead, a lesser known monster to us but one that terrified Medieval Europeans. we talk history, archaeological evidence and why they ignored canon law to bury ppl like that www.spreaker.com/episode/reve...
31.10.2025 13:56 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1Ep 244 - Revenant is available now
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Artists interpretation of a Tatzelwürm, an alpine dragon in this case with a lion’s body and a feathered serpent back half. From the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, summer 2020.
Here’s a picture I took in 2020 of an alpine dragon in the Naturhistoriches Museum Wien.
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@lukeisamazing.bsky.social and @goingmedieval.bsky.social review Ridley Scott’s baffling Medievalist anti-Iraq War film, Kingdom of Heaven Extended Edition. we talk about the subtext free critiques of the War on Terror and Scott’s delightfully medieval view of Saladin www.patreon.com/posts/141912...
24.10.2025 15:47 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Bonus Ep 96 - Kingdom of Heaven Extended Edition Review is available now for patrons
24.10.2025 15:47 — 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0Kingdom of Heaven, featuring our buddy @lukeisamazing.bsky.social from @wnsdpod.bsky.social, who came on to consider Orlando Bloom’s unorthodox diction with @phoeberoi.bsky.social and @patrickwyman.bsky.social
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@lukeisamazing.bsky.social and @goingmedieval.bsky.social talk about the latest Dan Brown book, which successfully ragebaited Dr E by being set in Prague. we talk about the book, the Dan Brown mania of old, and more! www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
22.10.2025 16:49 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0Ep 243 - The Secret of Secrets Review is available now
22.10.2025 16:49 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 1We are answering questions once again this month, and got some really interesting ones, and also have some stories that make me want to tear my hair out. 💖
08.10.2025 16:19 — 👍 26 🔁 4 💬 8 📌 0patreon.com/wnsdpod
08.10.2025 15:05 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0@lukeisamazing.bsky.social and @goingmedieval.bsky.social dive back into the patron mailbag to answer questions about Oxford ceremonies, modern Dark Ages parallels, Chinese sumptuary laws, town catchment, the ol feudalism pyramid, and more! www.spreaker.com/episode/octo...
08.10.2025 15:05 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Ep 241 - October Mailbag is available now
08.10.2025 15:05 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 1Patreon.com/wnsdpod
01.10.2025 16:46 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0@lukeisamazing.bsky.social and @goingmedieval.bsky.social talk about some Ancient and Medieval assassinations, including Julius Caesar, quarrelsome priest Thomas Beckett, and, most importantly, the Order of Assassins, who carried out plenty in their brief time www.spreaker.com/episode/medi...
01.10.2025 16:46 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0Ep 240 - Medieval Assassinations is available now
01.10.2025 16:46 — 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 1Today on WNSD we are chatting Rapture. And not the good Blondie kind.
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@lukeisamazing.bsky.social and @goingmedieval.bsky.social have the normal topic derailed by tech issues so they turn to the question of the rapture, why people keep making silly predictions about the end times, and why it’s a largely modern phenomenon www.spreaker.com/episode/rapt...
24.09.2025 17:59 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Ep 240 - Rapture is available now
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@lukeisamazing.bsky.social and @goingmedieval.bsky.social dive into the deep history of humans and the mythical dragons we love so much. we talk about why we always make them, dragons of East and West, name some folkloric dragons and much more! www.patreon.com/posts/139281...
20.09.2025 14:44 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Bonus Ep 94 - Imagine Dragons is available now for all patrons
20.09.2025 14:44 — 👍 24 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 2It's September and we are attempting once again to get on top of our mail. We got it all from babies to clocks, baby.
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