132: Crusadercore (ft. American Medieval)

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with historian Dr. Matthew Gabriele about the surprising connections between internet culture and the middle ages.

We made a collabisode with Dr. Matthew Gabriele of American Medieval, a real life historian of medieval history! It turns out that there's actually a significant crossover between internet culture and the middle ages. We are as surprised as you are. Links American Medieval Hyperallergic article about crusadercore Find Us Online  Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wowiftrue.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling . Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude , a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Hosts: Isabel J. Kim, Amanda Silberling

Guest: Dr. Matthew Gabriele

Topics covered

• medieval history
• internet culture
• crusadercore
• collaboration
• podcast

Keywords

• medieval history
• internet culture
• crusadercore
• podcast collaboration
• American Medieval

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Medieval, Multitude, Hyperallergic

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