The Toldinstone Podcast
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The Toldinstone Podcast

by Garrett Ryan

This podcast complements the toldinstone YouTube channel with interviews of scholars and creators working on the most exciting topics in ancient history.

35 episodes
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1
36 – The Late Bronze Age Collapse
1:15:08 Mar 13, 2026
2
35 – The Spartan Mirage
1:42:29 Feb 27, 2026
3
34 – Ancient Rome and America’s Founding Fathers
1:06:23 Feb 13, 2026
4
33 – Understanding the Valley of the Kings
1:21:57 Jan 30, 2026
5
32 – Tactics of Alexander the Great
1:00:44 Jan 19, 2026
6
31 – How the Renaissance invented Ancient Rome
1:27:22 Jan 3, 2026
7
30 – The Mind of a Roman Gladiator
1:00:45 Dec 12, 2025
8
29 – A Short History of Roman Spain
50:43 Nov 28, 2025
9
28 – What bones tell us about ancient Rome
42:30 Nov 16, 2025
10
27 – The Mona Lisa of Ancient Coins
1:20:04 Oct 31, 2025
11
25 – The History of Ancient Rome in 12 Coins
1:51:51 Sep 24, 2025
12
24 – Decline and Fall of the Roman City
1:05:37 Aug 22, 2025
13
23 – Greek myths in comics
47:37 Jul 25, 2024
14
22 – Reading the Herculaneum Papyri
36:38 Jul 9, 2024
15
21 – The Ancient Architecture of New York City
53:48 Mar 8, 2024
16
20 – Medicine, Roman and Modern
34:04 Jan 1, 2024
17
19 – The Rules of Gladiatorial Combat
1:04:52 Dec 17, 2023
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18 – The Siege and Fall of Constantiople
58:49 Dec 4, 2023
19
17 – Greece under Roman Rule
47:52 Nov 3, 2023
20
16 – Climate, Disease, and the Fall of Rome
1:08:51 Aug 25, 2023
21
15 – Julius Caesar and the Rhine Frontier
36:11 Aug 11, 2023
22
14 – The Evolution of the Roman Frontier
1:01:14 Jul 7, 2023
23
13 – Rome and Persia: 700 years of rivalry
1:54:06 Jun 16, 2023
24
12 – Building a LEGO Model of Ancient Rome
48:43 May 26, 2023
25
11 – When was Rome founded?
47:58 May 4, 2023
26
10 – Reading the Herculaneum Scrolls
25:28 Mar 16, 2023
27
9 – The Byzantines and the Classical Past
1:04:37 Jan 27, 2023
28
8 – Jerusalem in the Roman World
41:05 Jan 13, 2023
29
7 – Trivia, ancient and modern (with Ken Jennings)
52:24 Dec 16, 2022
30
6 – Why was Alexander the Great so successful?
1:35:43 Dec 6, 2022
31
5 – The lives of Roman slaves
44:16 Nov 10, 2022
32
4 – How to address a crowd in ancient Rome
47:58 Oct 26, 2022
33
3 – Why the Romans Still Matter
51:39 Sep 22, 2022
34
2 – The Lord of the Rings and Ancient Rome
1:02:25 Sep 9, 2022
35
1 – Why the Fall of Rome Set Europe Back 1,000 Years
42:16 Aug 24, 2022
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