History of the Papacy Podcast

Episode 96 A Very Short History of Spain   Description: We have a short history of Spain and the Iberian Peninsula up to just past the Islamic Conquest. This episode is meant to provide more context to future episodes. Nick Barksdale has produced a documentary style video for this episode on his youtube channel, the Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages.  You can find links to all of these and mo...

Episode 95 Insane Rulers with Scott Rank   Description: Leaders make decisions all the time that dramatically change the lives of people. What if that person is mentally unstable? How does that impact these leaders’ countries and history? We are joined today by Professor Scott Rank from the History Unplugged Podcast, https://www.historyonthenet.com/ , and author of the book The 9 Most Insane Ruler...

Episode 93 Top 4 Early Influencers on Christianity Description: What do Diocletian, Constantine, Muawiya and Charlemagne all have to do with each other? Listen to find out how these great military leaders influenced all aspects of history, including the history of the Roman Papacy and Christian Church.   You can learn more about the History of Papacy and subscribe at all these great places: http:/...

Episode 93 Live Q&A From April 2020 Live Stream Event   Description: This is a special Sidetrack Episode featuring the live Q&A I did during the History of the Papacy Live streaming Event on April 23rd, 2020. The full episode I did during that live stream will be released soon. I plan on doing more live streaming events in the future and I hope you can join!   You can learn more about the History...

Episode 92: The Q Source with Garry Stevens   Description: Today, I am joined once again by the indomitable Garry Stevens of the History in the Bible Podcast. In this episode, we tackle one of the most challenging aspects of the New Testament, the Q Source. Q is what might be called the “missing link” of the Gospels. It could very well be the source or even the document that ties many of the loose...

Episode 91: The Black Death: Society, Economics and Today   Description: Today we are joined by past guests Dr. Phil Magness and Dr. Max Gulker to discuss the politics, economics and society of the Black Death. In a wide ranging conversation, we also discuss some of the echoes between the events in the past and the COVID-19/Coronavirus event of 2020.   You can learn more about the History of Papac...

Episode 90: The History of Italy with Marco Cappelli   Description: I am really excited for today’s conversation with Marco Cappelli of the Storia d’Italia podcast. Marco’s podcast is a history of Italy, but in the Italian language. Our conversation is in English today as I don’t speak Italian, but Marco speaks excellent English. As you well know, I have a hard enough time in English as it is! Our...

Episode 89: A Very Cadaver Synod Christmas   Description: What is a better way to ring in the season of celebration than talking about the Cadaver Synod. This is a very low time in the papacy were the dead body of a pope was posthumously put on trial for various crimes and misdemeanors. Max Gulker AIER has come on to help us figure out how this could happen and bring some holiday cheer!   You can...

ST 80 – Meet Jordan Harbour of the Twilight Histories Podcast   Description: Today’s episode features another interview with a great podcaster. This is a little off the usual subject matter, but I’ve been meaning to do an episode like this for a long time. I am proud to talk to Jordan Harbour of the Twilight Histories podcast today. The Twilight Histories is one of the most innovative podcasts out...

ST 79 – Meet Nick Barksdale of The Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages   Description: We have a great episode for you today featuring Nick Barksdale of our Youtube partner, The Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Nick has turned many of our episodes into a multi-media experience by adding great videos, pictures and graphics to the audio I produced. Nick really does an expert job at producin...

ST 78 – Daniel, What a Proto-Revelation!   Description: Garry and I are at it again. We take a look at one of the most iconic books of the bible, the Book of Daniel. The early Christians loved it, Jews not as much, but still included it in their canon. Today, Garry leads us on a deep dive into the Book of Daniel. We explore the context and background of the book and have a laugh or two. I think yo...

Description: Speaking of the Agora Podcast network, today’s Sidetrack Episode is a production which originally ran on the Agora Podcast Network’s original content feed. Each year, the podcasters of the network come together under the direction of Thom Daly to publish Agoraphobia, a Halloween special. For this production, I break down the fourth wall so to speak and share with you a personal spooky...

Episode 88: Background on Islam with Scott Rank   Description: A new powerful force is entering the history of the Papacy and Christian Church during the 7th century. Islam will impact every facet of Christianity for centuries to come. The early 7th century is when Islam and the Arab armies hit the scene and everything will be different afterwards. I thought it would be a good idea to do an episod...

Episode 87: The Great Gregory Aftermath   Description: Today, we are going to take a quick look at the popes right after the papacy of Gregory the Great. We recall that the papacy of Gregory the Great is generally marked as the point where the city of Rome and the Roman church hit their low point in all the important areas a power needs: finance, politics, influence, culture and any other metric y...

Episode 86: Jacob Baradaeus – Changing the Game   Description: Today we’re going to do another quick survey of what was going on in other parts of the Christian world. All too often, I have to skim over or entirely skip some really interesting bits of the history of the Church. Sometimes small pieces of history can make a big difference later on. That is the case with the topic of today’s episode....

Sidetrack Episode 76   ST 76 Quo Vadis with The Partial Historians   Description: Today I have a really special episode I recorded with the great hosts of the podcast The Partial Historians. Dr. Greenfield and Dr. Radford are not only experts in the Roman Empire, they also know a thing or two about film. You will hear a conversation about the movie Quo Vadis. This is a great movie from the Golden...

Episode 85 The Fall and Rise of Rome Description: Today we have a special episode called the Fall and Rise of Rome. I prepared and recorded this episode for Robin Pierson and it originally was published on his History of Byzantium podcast feed. Someone had a question for him about what was happening in Rome and western Europe during the early Byzantine period. I looked at how the decline of the po...

Episode 84 The Lombards with Mike Corradi of A History of Italy Podcast Description: Today we have a special collaboration episode with Mike Corradi of the podcast A History of Italy. I can’t say how much I enjoy this show. It is so well researched and presented. It is funny, informative and entertaining. A History of Italy really has everything you want on one of the best topics out there. In thi...

Music in the Middle Ages with Jeffrey Tucker Description:   You can learn more about the History of Papacy and subscribe at all these great places: http://atozhistorypage.com/ email: steve@atozhistorypage.com http://rss.acast.com/historyofthepapacy Get Your History of the Papacy Podcast Products Here: https://www.atozhistorypage.com/products On Social Media: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Histo...

Sidetrack Episode 75: Live From Intelligent Speech 2019! Description: It is your lucky day. I know not everyone could attend the big Intelligent Speech 2019 in sunny New York City New York, but you didn’t have to in order to enjoy at least on of the great presentations. Today, I have the edited audio of my presentation with Garry Stevens of the History in the Bible Podcast. Unfortunately Gar...

Episode 74: The Trinity with Garry Part 2 Description: Today’s episode is part two of our conversation with our partner in crime and collaborator Garry Stevens of the History in the Bible podcast. We talk about the complex history of the Trinity in the development of Christianity. We move on from the earliest ideas of the Trinity to the controversies over the nature of the Godhead and the na...

Episode 73: The Trinity with Garry Part 1 Description: Now with all that out of the way, the actual content of the show. Today our perennial collaborator and partner in crime Garry Stevens and I are going to talk about all things the Trinity, which is the key doctrine of Christianity. This is part one of a two part conversation on how the Trinity developed and was refined by the church over the fi...

Sidetrack Episode 72 The Historical Mary, Mother of Jesus Description: Today we have a short episode answering an interesting question about the Mary, the mother of Jesus. This episode is available in not only the usual audio format, but also is a video. Look for more video episodes in the future with our Youtube partner The Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages.   You can learn more about t...

Episode 81: Theodore of Tarsus Description: Today I am very happy to be joined by Professor James Early for another week to discuss how Christianity was reintroduced to the British Isles. In this second part of our conversation, James shows us how Anglo Saxon Christianity was affected by a very unique individual named Theodore of Tarsus, Arch Bishop of Caterbury. Why and how could a person of Tars...

Episode 80: Anglo Saxons, Britain and Christianity Description: Today I am very happy to be joined by Professor James Early to discuss how Christianity was reintroduced to the British Isles or to be precise, how it was introduced to the Anglo Saxons or maybe how it was spread among another Germanic aristocracy. It is complicated. If you listen to Beyond the Big Screen you will know Professor Early...