Compendium: A History Collection
Hosted by Josh Johnson · Josh Johnson
4.9from 30 ratings
- 40
- Episodes
- 8
- Transcribed
- 30
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Compendium: A History Collection
Compendium is Josh Johnson’s exploration of the past, but through a new lens. In the tradition of long-form podcasting giants like Dan Carlin and Danielle Bolleli, Josh explores history you may not have learned in school.
- Publisher
- Josh Johnson
- Category
- history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Jul 2024
- Latest episode
- 28 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
8 of 40 episodes have a transcript.
28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Bronze Age Collapse Part 1: Brotherhood of Kings
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
#13 - The Sound of Distant Guns IV
27 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
#12 - The Sound of Distant Guns III
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Bronze Age Collapse Part 1: Brotherhood of Kings
Published 28 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] This is from Amanda Podney's book, Weavers, Scribes, and Kings. She writes that the rules went like this. Number one, with regard to titles, each king was to be regarded as the equal, the brother of his ally. Number two, each king chose experienced diplomats to represent him in the courts of his allies, and the envoys were expected to visit the allies' court at least once a year. Three, they wrote regular letters to one another. Four, the envoys almost always transported valuable greeting gifts from one king to another. Five, the kings married one another's daughters. And then Padne narrates it this way, quote, Well, this was true of all the lands except for Egypt. […]
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- Buddy Levy
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- Ted Geltner
- AJ Bauckman
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