Due to a last minute decision on my part I will be out of town longer than normal this weekend and my recording availability would be very short so I have decided to post this episode a bit earlier than I had planned. Our regular episodes will be back next week. In the meantime I hope you enjoy this special episode where I talk with one of my best friends in the world, Kyle, about a shared passion of ours, Beer. Kyle is among other things, an amateur but extremely skilled brewer and we talked ab...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr 16 min
This week we are starting a discussion about a the site of Catalhoyuk. We begin by placing it in its geographic context and then move on to the controversies surrounding it's discoverer James Mellaart before talking about the people, art, and religion of the site. Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod
Feb 06, 2023•31 min•Season 3Ep. 16
This week we finish our focus on Gobekli Tepe and move on to talk about a few other sites in and around the Stone Hills. Including Sefer Tepe, Nevali Cori, Karahan, and Gucru Tepe Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod
Jan 30, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 15
This week we go into what the earliest interpretation of what Gobekli Tepe was and how that has begun to change over time as more excavation of the site. Please leave any feedback via email or at our Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod
Jan 23, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 14
This week we begin our discussion of Gobekli Tepe. We will be here for a couple of weeks. This episode goes over where it was located, what's nearby, when it was located and by who. We also talk about what was found in the initial excavation and why it stood out.
Jan 17, 2023•32 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Thank you all for listening! This week we close out on the PrePottery Neolithic B period in the Southern Levant and move north into modern day Syria. This episode mostly focuses on Tell Abu Hureyra but also talks about it's sister site of Mureybet. Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod
Jan 09, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Happy New Year! Sorry for the delay in getting this one recorded and posted. Travel and unpacking was a bit more draining than I expected. This week we talk about the first attempts of humans to permanently live on Cyprus and how they were similar and different to the other PrePottery Neolithic groups. Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod
Jan 05, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 11
This week we finish up with Neolithic Jericho and talk a bit about how it changed from the period we covered in the last episode. This was actually a second recording. My first attempt to record this episode was corrupted. Thankfully the second attempt was recorded. Sorry if this was a rougher less focused episode. I thank you all for your continued support. https://twitter.com/waradrevpod
Dec 26, 2022•24 min•Season 3Ep. 10
This week we start our overview of Aisa at 8000 BC. This does involve a brief look back to the Natufian, but we do continue and discuss the Pre Pottery Neolithic, the site of Tell Sultan, or Neolithic Jericho and it's stone walls and towers. Please enjoy. This was a long one. Please feel to reach out via email or via DM on twitter: twitter.com/waradrevpod
Dec 19, 2022•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 9
This weeks episode returns and talks about the Qadan Culture and Nabta Playa site of upper Egypt as well as potential relations to early myths about Hathor, Orion's Belt and any associated Egyptian Gods We also talk about the Harifian culture of Lower Egypt and their relation to the Natufian culture of the Levant and the spread of herds and agriculture to the region. We also see the beginnings of the Faiyum A culture. Twitter link for feedback: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod...
Dec 12, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 8
This week we discuss the Afroasiatic Language Family and it's development in and around the Horn of Africa. We also talk about possible early religions of the area. Please feel free to contact me via DM here https://twitter.com/waradrevpod
Dec 05, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 7
We finish up West Africa this week and start to talk about North Africa. This includes the Capsian, Kiffian, and some Nilo-Saharan discussion. We also talk about the Nabta Playa site.
Nov 28, 2022•35 min•Season 3Ep. 6
This week we continue our look at the peoples of West Africa at 8000 BC. This includes their independent development of pottery to deal with a changing diet during the last Green Sahara. We also talk about the beginnings of their plant domestication and potential language groups that started to emerge. Feel free to provide feedback or questions at https://twitter.com/waradrevpod
Nov 21, 2022•34 min•Season 3Ep. 5
This week's episode begins to look at the people of Central and Western Africa at 8,000 BCE. This includes the ancestors of the modern Central and Western African Hunter Gatherers. This episode is a litter shorter and rougher than I would have liked, but I am recovering for a long busy weekend of travel. Please listen and enjoy.
Nov 14, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 4
We're back to a regular Episodes after the October Specials. We jump forward to 8,000 BCE and return to Africa to check in on the oldest branches of Humanity. I hope everyone enjoys. Feel free to reach out via twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod
Nov 07, 2022•42 min•Season 3Ep. 3
The final episode of the this year's (2022) SciFi/Fantasy specials. We take a look at the lore for the creation of this universe, as well as go into what makes it unique from other fantasy worlds.
Oct 31, 2022•48 min
The penultimate episode of our sci-fi/fantasy episodes for this October. We're discussing the South Korean fantasy drama Arthdal Chronicles. This focuses on the 1st episode of the series. It has spoilers for the 1st episode only.
Oct 24, 2022•38 min
This week's Halloween/Fantasy/Sci-Fi episode is about Robert E. Howard and his Conan the Barbarian stories. A great set of simple sword and sorcery adventures filled with action and horror. This is a primer to the world and how it was a reflection of historical and archeological ideas of the past floating around our time. One day I will dive into specific adventures in this world.
Oct 17, 2022•38 min
We return to the main podcast this week with a brief overview of our earliest attempts at agriculture. We also talk about some practices and developments that arose from that. I also lay out the general plan for the rest of season 3 which will continue in November after the Halloween episodes.
Oct 17, 2022•45 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Hello! Join me for this month's second SciFi Fantasy Episode. We are talking about George R.R. Martin's World of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones. There are no spoilers for any of the books or tv shows. This is a brief overview of the world's prehistory and the author himself. As well as my thoughts on both. I hope you enjoy! Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod
Oct 10, 2022•46 min
Hello! This week's episode is the first of my Halloween Episodes. I'm going to be doing these while I continue to research and "script" the next section of my Podcast. We will return the to the real history stuff shortly. In the meantime please enjoy me rambling about Glorantha for 20 odd minutes. Twitter: twitter.com/waradrevpod
Oct 03, 2022•28 min
Sheep, Goats, Cattle, and Cats oh my! This week we talk about our first forays of taming animals in Eleven Thousand Years. The dog was a wild success after all so why not try again? I hope you enjoy and if you have any questions or feedback feel free to reach out on the twitter link below: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod
Sep 19, 2022•49 min•Season 3Ep. 1
This week we finish up the World at 10,000 B.C. with a very brief overview of the Clovis culture, a discussion of the history of the study of the First Americans, George McJunkin, and Beringia.
Sep 12, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 21
We finish off Europe this week by talking about the Iron Gates Mesolithic specifically and about increasing sedentary lifestyles starting to emerge around the world. Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod
Sep 06, 2022•24 min•Season 2Ep. 20
This week we talk about the difference between the Western and Eastern Hunter Gathers of Europe and a few of the Material Cultures they belonged to. Please feel free to give feed back below. https://twitter.com/waradrevpod
Aug 29, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 19
This week focuses on Australia and Oceania. Unfortunately there's not to much to go on for this region at this time frame. Mainly we deal with the environmental changes going on and talk about how long this area had been lived in. https://twitter.com/waradrevpod
Aug 22, 2022•29 min•Season 2Ep. 18
In this last part of Asia at 10,000 B.C. we discuss the Steppe and northern forests. We also talk a little about horses. Please rate and subscribe
Aug 15, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 17
This weeks episode focuses on China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan at 10,000 B.C. and the early adaptation of pottery in China and Korea.
Aug 08, 2022•40 min•Season 2Ep. 16
This episode we talk about South East Asia and Southern China. Who was living there.
Aug 01, 2022•23 min•Season 2Ep. 15
This week we tackle India and Central Asia at 10,000 B.C. Also we tackle technical difficulties. I'm sorry that the episode is a rougher one. https://twitter.com/waradrevpod
Jul 25, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 14
