Bestselling authors and historians Mike Duncan and Alexis Coe are far-flung buddies who slice through centuries with the sharpness of a guillotine. In this wide...
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40:57
Biden's Tar Pit Plunge
Mike asks Alexis about Biden's legacy as she steels herself for the presidential ranking survey.
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20:51
Rabbit Holes
Mike is back from his brush with not-quite-death and Alexis offers him no quarter, immediately speculating on 18th-century treatments he mercifully avoided. The actual episode: Their rabbit hole tales of unwoe, from the lexical versatility of "slut" to a totally logical journey from Michael Caine to Mary Todd Lincoln.
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38:16
Things Mike Duncan Isn't Dying Of...
In this amuse-bouche of historical schadenfreude and wild speculation about what's really keeping Mike bedridden in Wisconsin, it falls to Alexis Coe to single-handedly salvage their fledgling podcast the only way she knows how: erudition and utter nonsense.
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4:41
Life On Mars
Alexis grills Mike about his podcast polygamy. While launching their show, Duncan secretly rekindled Revolutions. Alexis, feigning indifference, demands to know all about his double life—but she’s not jealous.
Bestselling authors and historians Mike Duncan and Alexis Coe are far-flung buddies who slice through centuries with the sharpness of a guillotine. In this wide-ranging series, Duncan, best-known for The History of Rome and Revolutions, and Coe, a presidential historian and senior fellow leave no stone unturned, no sacred cow un-tipped.