Ari & Matt

How Two Medieval

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Join your hosts as they discuss the highs and lows of medieval living history and re-enactment. Through their personal experiences, and with a help from expert guests and friends, they walk you through lessons learned in the hobby and set you on the right path to success.

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Ari & Matt

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Episode 7: Tips on how to start your own group 24.03.2020 55:52

Don't have a local group to join? Well start one! We invited long time Medieval enthusiast, Trevor Clemons to discuss just how to do that. Founder of the Medieval Swordsman Guild based in Kansas City, Trevor has over 30 years experience in Medieval activities. Together we discuss building up a group, setting goals, standards and mentoring new folks. So wash your hands, grab a drink and relax. Link...

Episode 6: What Do I Need To Start? 16.03.2020 1:00:51

Wonder what basic kit one needs to get started in the Hobby? Don't have a loaner pile in an established group. Don't fear, Join us as we give our idea of a basic kit one would need to start Medieval Living History for the 1390-1410 time period. If you do a later or earlier time period, you can tailor the idea to meet the period equivalent. Most groups or events have a minimum standard one needs to...

Episode 5: To buy or make? 02.03.2020 42:47

In this episode we discuss purchasing items vs. making them. Does one leap into creating medieval items or do you purchase from vetted merchants? The living History hobby leaves many aspects to learning new skills, but not everyone has the time and space. Join us as we give our opinion on the topic. Below you will find links to various merchants who deal in medieval items. This is just a few trust...

Episode 4: Choosing your impression continued 17.02.2020 36:42

Join us as we continue the discussion on how to choose or narrow down ones impression in medieval living history. We invited Ian LaSpina from Knyght Errant on Youtube to give us his two cents on the topic. Ian is a veteran to the North America living history community, not only known for his Youtube channel, but as the vice president of the "Days of Knights" event. This event is held in Lancaster...

Episode 3: Choosing your Impression part#1 02.02.2020 37:03

Ari and I discuss the factors of choosing a Medieval impression.  Various subject links: The Company of Black Spears ( https://www.facebook.com/thecompanyoftheblackspear/ ) The Turnip of Terror ( https://theturnipofterror.com/ ) How Two Medieval on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/How-two-Medieval-105353767653654/ ) Knyght Errant "Putting the Middle Ages in Perspective" ( https://youtu.be/...

Episode 2: What is living History anyway? 21.01.2020 29:37

Welcome back. Today we introduce the concept of living history in the context we do it and compare it to the other similar and different medieval themed hobbies out there. Groups and resources mentioned in the episode below: Todd’s Group: The Company of the Black Spear ( https://www.facebook.com/thecompanyoftheblackspear ) Ari’s Website: The Turnip of Terror ( https://TheTurnipOfTerror.com/ ) “The...

Episode 1: Who we are and what we are about 07.01.2020 30:51

Welcome to our first episode. Here we introduce ourselves and give a little background of our living history story. We also talk about what our intent is for the Podcast and why we are doing it. Below are a few links to the various groups we discussed in this episode. Again, thanks for listening and all feedback is welcomes. cheers! Knyght Errant:  https://www.youtube.com/user/neosonic66/feat...

Intro into "How two Medieval" 28.12.2019 0:19

Welcome to a new series where I, Todd and my Co-host, Ari discuss how to start medieval re-enactment. We take a how to approach utilizing our previous experience as well as a vast community of fellow veteran and novice re-enactors. So, thanks for finding us, fill up a fresh cup of whatever and enjoy the show!