Media-eval: A Medieval Pop Culture Podcast

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Sarah Ifft Decker, a medieval historian, explores how movies, tv, and books depict the medieval world. What did they get right? What did they get wrong? And what do they tell us about how modern people think about the medieval past?

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Episodes

Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament

Sarah visited Medieval Times with guests Dawn Gildenmeister and Benjamin White - and she has thoughts. Join us for this special episode in which Sarah, Dawn, and Benjamin chat about terrible maps of Spain, medieval ruling queens, and exciting dressage at the Medieval Times Restaurant!

Apr 20, 2019•1 hr 15 min

The Physician

Netflix has Sarah well and truly scouted. A random recommend from the service leads us to the "Arab Lands" in search of knowledge.

Apr 06, 2019•1 hr 43 min

In the name of the King

Dungeon Siege is a video game that neither Sarah nor Ollie has played. This is a movie based on that game. Its also the worst movie covered so far. "Enjoy"

Mar 23, 2019•1 hr 52 min

A Knights Tale

Dawn Gildenmeister joins us this week as we talk about one of our favourite films- A Knights Tale. Don't expect any sort of proper criticism here. This movie is a barrel of fun. Ollie's audio is a little funky in this but it is listenable. Enjoy!

Mar 09, 2019•1 hr 57 min

BBC Merlin

Our first TV show. Something Ollie avoided for ten years. Turns out....It is great!!

Feb 23, 2019•1 hr 41 min

King Arthur Legend of the Sword

CW: Violence against women Today Sarah and Ollie tackle a movie so bad it led to the formation of the Ifft-Decker Test. It also leads to a revision of our review scoring policy.

Feb 09, 2019•1 hr 35 min

Timeline

Join us as we have our first ever special Guest- and it's Sarah's Mom! Beth Greenfeld is a wonderful lady who tells us what's what about the Science and History "romp" that is Timeline.

Jan 26, 2019•1 hr 54 min

Tristan + Isolde

Romeo and Juliet? Lancelot and Guinevere? Before these famous couples we had one that was more star crossed and more betraying than both of those combined. Sit down and strap in as Sarah and Ollie discuss some of the most foolish teenagers in literary history.

Jan 12, 2019•1 hr 32 min

The Three Musketeers (1993)

Buckle up as we go a little of our remit to discuss a movie that is just a barrel of fun. The Three Musketeers from 1993 starring Robin and Jack Bauer. We both loved this ridiculous movie!

Dec 29, 2018•1 hr 30 min

Robin Hood (2010)

Ollie's other favourite Faux-Historical figure makes his debut on the podcast as we talk about the steaming turd that is Ridley Scott's Robin Hood. Enjoy!

Dec 15, 2018•1 hr 43 min

Last knights

Join us as we discuss the little known and pretty strange adaptation of the 47 Ronin legend. Clive Owen turned down James Bond. Bet it feels like a poor choice now. Morgan Freeman never turned down anything. We had fun on this one and sorry for the background noise!

Dec 01, 2018•1 hr 42 min

First Knight

Join Sarah and Ollie as we talk about the mid 90's Medieval RomCom First Knight. Its a movie that features a lot of smoldering looks and also a lot of men being complete tools. CW: We discuss consent "laws" in the middle ages and it gets quite intense.

Nov 17, 2018•1 hr 35 min

Braveheart

Our First Episode! Welcome as we talk about Braveheart and find out what it does right, what it gets wrong and just what alternatives we could create.

Nov 06, 2018•1 hr 48 min

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