History Is Sexy
Hosted by Emma and Janina · History Is Sexy
4.8from 652 ratings
- 143
- Episodes
- 49
- Transcribed
- 652
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
About History Is Sexy
History is Sexy is a podcast presented by historian Dr Emma Southon and writer Janina Matthewson answering listener questions about history. What did the Romans do for us? Where did marrying for love come from? What was world war one all about? Produced and edited by Oliver Kealey. Theme music by Ketsa.
- Publisher
- History Is Sexy
- Category
- education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 1 Feb 2018
- Latest episode
- 21 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
49 of 143 episodes have a transcript.
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 136: A Conversation with Lost Roman Heroes
8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 135: What's the Deal with Switzerland?
17 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 134: What's The Deal with Marcus Camillus
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Episode 136: A Conversation with Lost Roman Heroes
Published 21 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] This is terribly unoriginal, but we rank them based on... Military achievement, which is problematic for people like, you know, Gregory the Great and Leander and Isidore, because we've done a number of people at the church, as well as our female heroes, which are exceptional, like Gala Placidia. Unfortunately, they're spoiled there. I love Gala Placidia, though. Yeah, she's amazing. And like Justinian, who achieved a lot of conquests in his life, but he never fought a battle. yeah yeah it does it all from home yeah it does it all from home from the comfort of the palace one of the reasons why we love heraclia so much and then we rank them on uh kind of political achievement um next uh coolness factor the all-important coolness factor which is very very important to us the bias okay the subjective yeah yeah that's the fudge factor Yeah. […]
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- Aoife MacMurrough
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 218 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 434 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100
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- 67
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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Emma and Janina host the show. Published by History Is Sexy.
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