PREVIEW - September Q&A

No Pat means it's special interest week. Phoebe and Milo get their teeth into Catherine Parr, the wife who famously survived Henry VIII, via the 2023 Alicia Vikander film 'Firebrand'. They ask the big questions such as: What can Gregg Wallace tell us about Tudor protestantism? and Is it embarrassing for a salmon to get plucked out of a river by a bear? Much to think about.A reminder that Tudor Fans can check out Phoebe and Dr J's Wolf Hall Mini Series.Also Milo is on tour all over the UK this autumn - all shows here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's been ages since we'd done a Q&A episode so we answered as many of your questions as we could in a bit over an hour which, as you can imagine, was not as many as we had hoped by the time we'd factored in all of the unnecessary tangents.Get this full episode on the Patreon here.Come see Milo on tour in the UK here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's time for a late-antiquity MILF - specifically the wise of Justianian I, Theodora. Phoebe and Pat get into one of their favourite connivers of all time.Milo is still on tour in Canada! There are still some tickets for Calgary, and he's on tour all over the UK from Oct 1st. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Emma Hamilton - the regency era rags to riches to rags story. Has anyone ever charmed their way to the top so successfully or ended up with so little to show for it? This week we've got brothels, infernal contraptions, Italian court politics and Horatio Nelson. See Milo on tour in Canada and the UK here (extra show added in Toronto!). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ever wondered where Latin came from? Or what it turned into? In theory this would be the episode for you except we spent half of it discussing Dr. Oetker and what would have happened if the Nazis had got really into slow-cookers. There's some stuff about Latin in there for sure though.Come see Milo on tour in CANADA starting September 12th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoebe and Pat are flying solo this week and discussing the greatest Odyssey adaptation of all time: the Cohen brothers' version. Check out Milo on tour here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No Milo this week, so Phoebe and Pat are talking about the Bronze Age collapse and its enduring historical and cultural legacy. For example, did anyone actually say 'This age of bronze is collapsing?' in this episode we will find out.Check out Milo on tour all over the UK and Canada here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Milo and Pat are sans Phoebe this week and they're going through their favourite history films: which means there's nothing that can stop them talking about how True Grit is feminist. Get this full episode on Patreon here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoebe and Pat are joined by historian, author and Agrippina expert Emma Southon to talk about the ur-text of conniving Milves.You can find out more about Emma and her work here.You can get tickets to Milo's shows in Edinburgh and across the UK and Canada here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BWAHHHHHH Milo, Phoebe and Pat get their teeth into Nolan's Odyssey - one Odysseus is moving forwards in time whilst another... Check out Milo's tour and special here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices