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What should I podcast about?
🕑 Added 2025-03-24 00:46:42 +0000 UTCI've been wanting to do a lecture course in podcast form. It'll be a limited run podcast, a few dozen episodes long, and will be more or less equivalent to the lectures one would get in a university course. It will be freely available on all the typical podcast apps.
In the past I was hesitant to start this because I had heard that you have to release podcast episodes on a regular and frequent schedule or else no one will want to listen to them. But I've decided I can't wait for my life to settle down to allow me to do that. So I will release episodes on an irregular and infrequent basis, whenever I'm able to upload them. Better to start now and build them up slowly than to wait until I can release them quickly.
I will continue to make YouTube videos. But I think also having an audio-only format will make it easier to get content out in a more timely way. The big advantage of audio is that I don't have to invest time in video editing or hunting for B-roll.
The plan is that this will be a stand-alone podcast with a finite number of episodes with its own branding. Eventually, if it goes well, I might do more such sets of lectures on different topics, each a stand-alone podcast. But for now I'll start with one and see how it goes.
Which topic would you prefer the first podcast to be on?
History of Iran — An overview of Persian/Iranian history from ancient to modern times. Sort of an expanded version of my old video "The History of Iran: A Primer."
The Crusades — An overview of the crusades, with emphasis on the campaigns to the Near East in the period 1096–1291 but with some discussion of crusading at other times and places.
Comments
B
Sorry if I missed it, but has this been released yet? Excited for another Iran vid!
Fredrik Longnell
I like contrasting what I know from cultural osmosis to actual research. If you can give me some AHA moments, I don't care what you cover, crusades or Iran :D keep it real, ma bruddah >:) I'm SURE that's what you wanted to hear!
Premodernist
It's great to see so much interest in non-Western history here. I've started preparing for the Iran lectures, which will begin with the ancient Persians. It'll be a while before episodes start appearing, but I'll let you know when they do.
