Modern Gistory

For many Australians, the term 'Wars of the Roses' sounds more like a segment from Better Homes & Gardens than it does actual history. But not only is it 'actual history', it's actually some damn cool history! So damn cool that author George R.R. Martin took inpiration from it for his masterwork - Game of Thrones. 

I'm flying solo in this episode. Well, kind of, I introduce a new segment in this episod...

In this final episode of the season, join me and special guest Nate Denham, as we machete our way through the jungles of Mesoamerica to provide you with the gist of the Aztecs and their war against Spanish weapons and diseases. A conflict almost as challenging as two Aussies found pronouncing traditional names and places correctly. We did try though.  

Together we chew over the long-term impact that Aztec culture has had on mode...

What do you get when you cross a Viking Warlord, a French Duke, and an Anglo-Saxon King? A furious orgy of gratuitous violence across the moistened hills of England - that's what. In this episode, join me and special guest, James Wealleans, as we travel back to 11th Century England to discuss William the Conquerer and his incredible conquest of England!

Through a ballistic barrage of banter and fact bombs, we dig through some of...

If it wasn't for day drinking and RDOs, Australia's attempt at a revolution in the mid-Ninteenth Century might very well have succeeded. Tune in as special guest, Liam Holcombe, and I dig, pick, and pan our way through Australia's Eureka Stockade! 

Through our unceremonious investigation of the Eureka rebellion, we inadvertantly uncover why modern Australians enjoy a lazy Sunday, don't mind a bit of cross-dressing at the pub, and...

Are the Vikings overrated? Join me and special guest, Thomas Knauth, as we spit the gist of the bearded, brawling, boating, beer drinking, berserkers of Medieval Scandinavia!  

Together we explore Viking culture, mythology, and their Contiki Tours abroad, while answering important questions such as 'Were the Vikings the ISIS of the Dark Ages?', 'How does one get afterlife insurance?' and 'To what extent was Charles Manson a Vikin...

Whoever said "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" was probably wearing a toga, was probably a Roman man, and was probably looking at the charred remains of his town and masculinity, compliments of Boudicca and her Celtic warriors. In this episode, special guest Sallee Ryman and I, travel back to Ancient Britain to chuck spears into the legions of myth that surround Boudicca: The Warrior Queen.

Together we discuss who Boudi...

Hello! Before we trudge any deeper into podcast territory, we just wanted to take a few minutes to explain who we are and what Modern Gistory is all about. Consider this episode an introduction of sorts. A prelude. An entree before the delicious main course of historical discussion, debates, rumours, rants, and banter that is Modern Gistory. There'll be special guests, quizzes, low budget voice acting, and much more to come! So sti...