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Reviewing Medieval Movies
May 25, 2026
2h 25m 38s
Why don't we build cathedrals any more?
May 11, 2026
1h 48m 16s
Medieval Robots
Apr 27, 2026
1h 49m 58s
Did medieval people think the world was going to end in 1000 AD?
Apr 13, 2026
1h 38m 55s
How medieval scribes invented fonts
Mar 30, 2026
2h 08m 47s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/25/26 |  Reviewing Medieval Movies | The movies are back, or so they say. But what makes a good medieval movie? Historical accuracy? Satisfying storytelling? The quality of the tassels? To find out, Aran, Olivia and Joe Mason reviewed five movies. Some of them were good, some of them were interesting, and some of them were Braveheart.Films reviewed:Braveheart (1995)The Northman (2022)The Green Knight (2021)The Kingdom of Heaven (2005)A Knight's Tale (2001)Join the Weird Medieval Guys Discord community: https://discord.gg/S36vz4jD98 | 2h 25m 38s | ||||||
| 5/11/26 |  Why don't we build cathedrals any more? | Roger Scruton - In Defense of Booty | 1h 48m 16s | ||||||
| 4/27/26 |  Medieval Robots✨ | medieval technologyrobots+3 | — | — | — | medievalrobots+3 | — | 1h 49m 58s | |
| 4/13/26 |  Did medieval people think the world was going to end in 1000 AD?✨ | medieval historymillenarianism+3 | — | — | — | medievalmillenarianism+3 | — | 1h 38m 55s | |
| 3/30/26 |  How medieval scribes invented fonts✨ | medieval historyscribes+4 | — | How medieval scribes invented fonts | — | medieval scribesfonts+5 | — | 2h 08m 47s | |
| 3/16/26 |  Medieval travel writing✨ | medieval travel writingMongol Empire+3 | — | Jet 2 HolidayMongol Empire | Central Asia | medievaltravel writing+4 | — | 1h 55m 04s | |
| 3/2/26 |  What did the mongol empire ever do for us?✨ | Mongol Empirehistorical impact+3 | — | WMG | Discord | Mongol Empirehistory+3 | — | 1h 46m 01s | |
| 2/17/26 |  The Order of Assassins✨ | Order of AssassinsMiddle Eastern politics+3 | — | Order of the Assassins | Middle East | AssassinsMiddle East+5 | — | 1h 43m 45s | |
| 2/2/26 |  Medieval drinking culture✨ | drinking cultureMiddle Ages+3 | — | WMG Discord | — | Medievaldrinking+5 | — | 1h 44m 50s | |
| 1/19/26 |  Weird medieval mailbag #3✨ | Q&Amedieval history+1 | — | WMG Discord | — | mailbagQ&A+3 | — | 1h 37m 21s | |
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| 1/6/26 |  The Norman Conquest part VI: The Book of Judgement✨ | Norman Conquesthistorical aftermath+4 | — | — | ScotlandEngland+1 | Norman ConquestWilliam the Bastard+5 | — | 2h 05m 26s | |
| 12/22/25 |  The Norman Conquest episode V: The Lake of Blood✨ | Norman Conquest1066+4 | — | — | — | Norman ConquestHarold Godwinson+5 | — | 1h 49m 26s | |
| 12/9/25 |  The Norman Conquest part IV: The Bastard of Normandy | So far we've talked a lot about the Norman conquest without talking very much about who the Normans were and why they (and especially one guy) wanted to conquest. Well, that changes today! How did some Vikings become French, why is that our problem over here in England, and what's wrong with being a bastard descended from a long line of bastards? Find out....Join the Weird Medieval Guys discord today: https://discord.gg/S36vz4jD98 | 1h 55m 17s | ||||||
| 11/24/25 |  The Norman Conquest episode III: The Thunderbolt of the North | In the third episode of our Norman Conquest series, we look at the life and times of the second of our claimants to the English throne in 1066: Harald Sigurdson, King of Norway. When a teenaged Harald's life is upended by Cnut's invasion of Norway in 1028, he builds a new life for himself as a mercenary in Kyiv, and eventually as an honour guard for the Roman Emperors themselves. Along the way, he'll have to contend with Arab armies, a sexually voracious Empress, and even a giant serpent. It's a pulpy, action-packed adventure story for the whole family! Assuming any of that is true, anyway. Which... eh. We'll get into it. Join the Weird Medieval Guys discord today: https://discord.gg/S36vz4jD98Music used: "Olav Trygvason", recorded by GULDBERGS AKADEMISKE KOR (https://archive.org/details/78_olav-trygvason_guldbergs-akademiske-kor-f-a-reissiger-arild-sandvold_gbia7026768b) | 1h 33m 22s | ||||||
| 11/10/25 |  The Norman Conquest part II: The House of Godwin | Thanks to the efforts of Alfred the Great and his descendants, England enters the new millennium as united kingdom. However, trouble is brewing: the Vikings have returned, and their leader, Sweyn Forkbeard, has designs on the English throne. What follows is a bloody tale of intrigue, with more mysterious deaths than a series of The Traitors. Expect an unready king, people marrying their dead enemies' wives, and the rise of a newly-minted dynasty that you might have heard of: the Godwinsons. | 1h 30m 12s | ||||||
| 10/27/25 |  The Norman Conquest part I: The King of All the World of Britain (with Joe Mason) | We are literally so back!! And this time with our longest series yet!! This is part 1 of 6(?) of our Norman conquest series and this part is all about ENGLAND!! More specifically, the crazy cats who invented it. Many thanks to our dear friend Joe Mason for joining us again. Join the official WMG discord!https://discord.gg/6GzvXdWX23 | 1h 42m 30s | ||||||
| 4/7/25 | Medieval Jewish Life | Well, we finally made it: The Definitive Podcast (jodcast?) on medieval Jewish culture. After the destruction of the Second Temple, Jews were scattered across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Despite often-brutal repression, many Jews thrived, creating new communities, cultural expressions, and even languages. Despite marginalisation, Jewish women were also key to this evolution, enthusiastically contributing to spiritual and cultural life in dynamic ways. And even though they were a minority almost everywhere, some Jews rose to become major political leaders. Programming note: WMG will be going on hiatus until the end of Summer. But never fear! We will be back, with "The Norman Conquests" - a globetrotting adventure from Ireland to Palestine, featuring a cast of colourful characters including proud warrior-kings, marauding pirates, and a fearsome empress. Oh, and former frog Joe Mason will be there. Don't say we don't spoil you. In the meantime, why not join the WMG Discord community, a community of lovely people who love chatting about history. https://discord.gg/ZwHz5JDKky | 2h 10m 54s | ||||||
| 3/17/25 | How to solve a medieval murder | Taggart voice There's been a murder! Medieval life was full of murders! People were getting knifed all the time mate. But who was responsible for sorting the guilty from the innocent? What do God and intimate social knowledge have to do with it? And is this all a thinly-veiled excuse for Aran to do his incredible Poirot impression? For more information, see the University of Cambridge's Medieval Murder Maps: https://medievalmurdermap.co.uk/ | 1h 35m 49s | ||||||
| 3/3/25 |  How did the English language change during the Middle Ages? Part 2 | Join the official WMG Discord server!! https://discord.gg/6GzvXdWX23 | 1h 07m 58s | ||||||
| 2/15/25 |  How did the English language change during the Middle Ages? Part 1 | We've got a lovely two-parter lined up for you guys and it's all about the history of the English language during the Middle Ages! Join us as we follow English from its humble origins as a collection of Germanic dialects spoken by a bunch of illiterate, trousers-wearing mudmen from in 400AD to a real language spoken by relatively normal people who have things like books and kings and their own country, a quirky little place called "England."For more on some of what we discuss, check out:The University of Nottingham's interactive Key to English Place Names website http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/#English translations of almost 80% of all extant Anglo-Saxon poetry, courtesy of Dr Ophelia Hostetter of Rutgers University https://oldenglishpoetry.camden.rutgers.edu/Gildas' "On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain," translated into English by Bert Olton: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1949Join the official WMG Discord server!! https://discord.gg/6GzvXdWX23 | 1h 30m 59s | ||||||
| 1/31/25 |  MEDIEVAL PIRATES!!!! | Yarrrrrrrr!!!!!! Where's me BOOTY?! We all love stories about pirates, whether they're plundering Treasure Islands, fighting an octopus man, or stealing Tom Hanks' job. But did you know that the Middle Ages had pirates? They did! And they were just as swashbuckling, mercenary and unhinged as their later successors. Set sail with Olivia and Aran on the good ship Podcasting, as they set out to find the secret of medieval piracy! Along the way, they'll meet a vengeful MILF, a queerbaiting sorcerer, and hundreds of venomous snakes. Further reading: The Anatomy of Medieval Piracy: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.1163/j.ctv4cbhhw.7.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A595730f17b4d474b00163f8ee44c264c&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&initiator=search-results&acceptTC=1Identity in the Medieval Mediterranean World of Merchants and Pirates https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/mediterraneanstu.20.2.0129?read-now=1&seq=13#page_scan_tab_contentsThe Romance of Eustace the Monk | 1h 45m 48s | ||||||
| 1/20/25 |  What did medieval people think about fossils? | Gather round, rockhounds! It's time to journey even further into the past than usual by taking a look at fossils through medieval eyes. Did dragon myths come from dinosaur bones? Did cyclops myths come from elephant bones? Can rocks be Jewish? All these questions and more, answered.....For more on some of what we discuss, check out: Lapis Judaicus or the Jews' stone: The folklore of fossil echinoid spines by Christopher Duffin https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248606245_Lapis_Judaicus_or_the_Jews%27_stone_The_folklore_of_fossil_echinoid_spinesUnicorns, dragons, monsters and giants: palaeoart before palaeontology by Mark P. Witton http://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2018/04/unicorns-dragons-monsters-and-giants.htmlWalking on Water: Cosmic Floors in Antiquity and the Middle Ages by Fabio BarryJoin the official WMG Discord server!! https://discord.gg/6GzvXdWX23 | 1h 27m 05s | ||||||
| 1/4/25 |  Weird medieval mailbag volume 2 | Happy New Year to all our Weird Medieval Guys podcast listeners and welcome back to our annual Q&A session! We solicited questions about history and the podcast from our Discord community and answered as many as we could for you. Listen on to hear about why we do silly voices, whether medieval people played drinking games, and more!Join our Discord server to be part of a wonderful community of weird medieval enthusiasts and for the chance to submit questions next year! https://discord.gg/6GzvXdWX23 | 1h 13m 17s | ||||||
| 12/23/24 |  How to survive a medieval winter | The days have been getting shorter, the nights longer and the wind bitter-er. Even as the winter solstice draws near, the coming months of cold and darkness make spring seem still an eternity away. Making it through winter is never easy, so how did people in the Middle Ages get by? Join Olivia and Aran as they look into how people not only survived but thrived the whole medieval winter through.For more on some of what we discuss, check out:A digitised version of the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry:https://arca.irht.cnrs.fr/iiif/4856/canvas/canvas-2045964/viewThe History of the Snowman by Bob Eckstein:https://archive.org/details/historyofsnowman00ecks/Anglo-Saxon poem The Menologium:https://oldenglishpoetry.camden.rutgers.edu/the-menologium/Recipes for pottage:https://historydollop.com/2017/01/27/two-peasanty-pottages/Nutrition and the Early Medieval Diet by Kathy L Pearsonhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/2865862Join the official WMG Discord server!! https://discord.gg/6GzvXdWX23Music used in this episode is a public domain recording of the medieval French Christmas carol "Nowell, nowell Dieu vous garde," available here: https://archive.org/details/lp_nowel-nowel-english-medieval-carols-and_richard-hickox-member-of-the-richard-hicko/disc1/02.07.+Nowell%2C+nowell+Dieu+vous+garde+(Carol).mp3 | 1h 20m 28s | ||||||
| 12/6/24 |  The Medieval Cosmos | This week, we're getting in our medieval spaceship and travelling through the medieval cosmos to find out just what medieval people thought about all of that space. We'll discuss some correct ideas they had, plenty of incorrect ones, and also how to use medieval astrology to make sure your medieval horse is in peak physical condition.For more on some of what we discuss, check out:The Stars and Human Sexuality: Some Medieval Scientific Views by Helen Lemayhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/230317Robert Grosseteste on Light, Truth and "Experimentum" by Simon Oliverhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/41963724Foretelling the Future: Arabic Astrology and English Medicine in the Late Twelfth Century by Roger Frenchhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/235980Make sure to join the Weird Medieval Guys official Discord server! https://discord.gg/ZwHz5JDKky | 1h 18m 38s | ||||||
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