Every episode, co-hosts Ryan Weir and Pete Goddard spin the Wheel of History - landing on a random country, time period, and topic - and embark on a quest to unearth the most fascinating, bizarre, and unexpected stories from the past to prove that History Happened Everywhere!
Episodes
Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
Pete and Ryan join forces to discover things Bigger than an Elephant in London during 509 to 27 BCE. Find out why a drunken elephant is best avoided. Learn to build your own hill-fort using bits of animals. And discover the bigger-than-an-elephant-sized boat that turned the tide of British history.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:14 Orientation to London!
11:21 History of London!
23:27 Bigger then an Elephant!
29:42 Fort Trench!
39:31 The Boat that Saved Caesar!
54:50 Derzolation!
56:27 Outro
Links:
- Eric Coates - London Every Day (https://youtu.be/_aHuRXGN9_0?si=Pnmej0_CAPYh6_va)
- London Town song (https://youtu.be/8jkU-s5BM0c?si=EUWivoqe9O-euZ2Q)
- “Miguel Johnson - Good Day To Die [Epic]" is under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0) | / migueljohnson | https://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com/ | Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/good-day-to-die-song
- "Scott Buckley - Legionnaire" is under an Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0) | / scottbuckley | Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/legionnaire-song
- What it’s really like to Live in London (https://youtu.be/WnRio5yYmjI?si=Dkv_AM2wFsK_aTOj)
Go do this:
- Adopt an Elephant (wwf.org)
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