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The Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleSpecial Episode and Season 2 UpdateJust a quick message on what to expect in the first half of 2026! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2026-02-0103 minThe Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleChapter 8 - Simon Bar Kochva Part 2Years Covered: 130-136We end the season with the hopes of a messiah ending in bloodshed and expulsion. This is the end of Jews in Judea, for a long time.ewsSimon bar Kosiba (Bar Kokhba) xRabbi Akiva xBabatha bat Shimon xJudah (husband of Babatha) xElazar (High Priest of the revolt) xShimon ben Gamliel IIRabbi Tarfon xJudah bar IlaiJose the GalileanBruriahRabbi MeirShimon bar YochaiJose ben HalaftaElazar ben ShamuaJudah ben Bava xRomansHadrian xTinius RufusJulius SeverusGargilius AntiquusOthersJustin Martyr
2026-01-2539 minThe Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleChapter 8 - Simon Bar Kochva Part 1Years Covered: 100-130What are the ways of the Jews without a temple? The sages of Yavne will try to answer this question as the Jewish people try to find their place in a Greco-Roman world that's getting rather heavy on the Greco.Cast of Characters:JewsSimon bar Kosiba (Bar Kokhba)Gamliel II xRabbi Joshua ben HananiahRabbi AkivaRabbi Eliezer ben HyrcanusRabbi Elazar ben AzariahRabbi TarfonShimon bar YochaiYohanan ben Zakkai xImma ShalomRachelLukuas (Andreas) xPapus xLulyanus xAquila of SinopeRomansTrajan xHadrianPliny the Youngerx Quintus...
2026-01-1851 minThe Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleChapter 7 - Josephus Part 4Years covered: 70-100What happened to all the people who survived the destruction of the temple? We take a look at their lives.JewsFlavius JosephusSimon bar Giora xJohn of GischalaBereniceHerod Agrippa II xTiberius Julius AlexanderJulius Antiochus EpiphanesEpiphanes of CommageneMariamneDemetrius the AlabarchEleazar ben Yair xMenahem xJudas the Galilean xShimon ben Gamliel xYohanan ben Zakkai xGamliel I xGamliel (son of Shimon ben Gamliel)Rabbi Yishmael xHyrcanusJustusAgrippa (son of Josephus)Jonathan (the Zealot) xRomansTitus xVespasian xFlavius SilvaDomitian xNerva xAntonius FelixNero xCaligula xOthersDrusillaAgrippa (nephew of...
2026-01-1135 minThe Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleChapter 7 - Josephus Part 3Years covered: 67-70Perhaps the most momentous event in all of Jewish history: the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. Vespasian meets Yochanan Ben Zakkai, and spares him, and consequentially, the Pharisees. He then has to take his place in the drama known as 'The year of Four Emperors', leaving Judea to his son Titus.CAST OF CHARACTERSThe Jews:JosephusHerod Agrippa IIBereniceShimon ben GamlielHanania (former High Priest) xJoshua ben Gamla xJoseph ben Gurion xJohn of Gischala (John son of Levi)Simon bar GioraEleazar son of...
2026-01-0445 minThe Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleChapter 7 - Josephus Part 2Years covered: 67The Romans make landfall in the Galilee to restore order. We relive the siege of Jotapata, where Jospehus made his name.CAST OF CHARACTERSJEWS:Herod Agrippa IIBereniceMattathias son of Theophilus xJoshua ben GamlaEleazar ben HananiaHanania ben Hanania xShimon ben GamlielYochanan ben ZakkaiMenahem ben Judah xJosephusBen BatiachJoseph ben GurionEliezer ben SimonJohn son of Levi (John of Gischala)Tiberius Julius AlexanderSimon bar GioraNicanorROMANSNeroGessius Florus xCestius Gallus xVespasianTitusSources:War...
2025-12-2851 minThe Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleChapter 7 - Josephus Part 1Years Covered: 44-66 ADWe chart Jospehus' formative years, which track the steady decline of relations between Rome and Judea, as Rome plunges into debt and civil war, and Judea into anarchy and rule by organized crime. It all culminates in an attack on Masada, and refusal to sacrifice to the health of the Roman Emperor.Cast of CharactersJewsHerod Agrippa IIxHerod of Chalcis xBereniceDrusillaQueen Helene of Adiabene xIzates II xAnanias of Adiabene (merchant)Elazar of GalileeAlexander LysimachusTiberius Julius AlexanderJonathan the High...
2025-12-2150 minThe Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleChapter 6 - Herod Agrippa Part 2Years Covered: 33-44We continue to followHerod Agrippa—the politically nimble, debt-ridden, charm-wielding, luck-chasing Jewish prince of the early Roman Empire. A family quarrel propels Agrippa into a world of high-stakes intrigue stretching from Tyre to Alexandria, and from the courts of Roman governors to the inner circle of the Julio-Claudians themselves. Meanwhile, the messiah claimant Jesus of Nazareth is dead, but that's not the end of the story. We also meet Philo of Alexandria, the Jew who tries to bridge the gap between Jewish and Greek thought.Cast of Charaters
2025-12-1438 minThe Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleChapter 6 - Herod Agrippa Part 1Years Covered: 1bc - 33Oscar Wilde once said that 'anyone who never lived beyond their means suffered from a lack of imagination'. Herod Agrippa has imagination in spades. Lucky for him, his grandfather's purges are over, but now his friends in Rome are going to start dying. Back in Judea, it's one messiah claimant after another as Judah the Galilean and Jesus of Nazareth enter, and exit, our stage.Cast of CharactersThe Jews:Herod AgrippaHerod Archelaus xHerod AntipasHillel...
2025-12-071h 02The Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleChapter 5 - Herod the Great Part 3Years Covered: 34bc - 1bcYou can't rebuild a temple without breaking a few heads, and in Herod's case, it will be his own family. Our final episode covers Herod the Great's final years.Cast of CharactersThe Jews:Herod the Great xMiriam (Mariamne I) xAlexandra xHyrcanus II xSalomePheroras xJoseph the Treasurer Sohemus xCostobarus xThe Babas Boys x...
2025-11-3045 minThe Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleChapter 5 - Herod the Great Part 2Years covered: 47-34bcHyrcanus' rule is now dependent on Rome, but what do you do when the rulers keep changing? Not to mention, Aristobulus' son is still out there, and the Parthians look set for a fight. Times are going to be tough in Judea, so its the perfect time for a scholar to immigrate.Cast of CharactersThe Jews:AvtalyonShemaiah (Shmaya)Hillel the ElderHerod the GreatAntipater the Idumean xMalechus xHyrcanus...
2025-11-2348 minThe Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleChapter 5 - Herod the Great Part 1Years covered: 67-47bcAs is Hasmonean tradition, brothers will fight over the crown. The Seleucids reach their end, but the Romans, the allies of Judea, appear at the borders. This should go over well.Cast of CharactersThe Jews:Hyrcanus IIAristobulus II xAntigonus, son of Aristobulus IIAlexander, son of Aristobulus II xAntipater the IdumeanThe son of Shimon Ben Shetach xHerod the Great xPhasael...
2025-11-1641 minThe Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleChapter 4 - Queen Salome AlexandraYears covered: 104 - 67 BCMarrying into the royal family is no prize, when your husband kills his own mother, and jails his siblings. Queen Salome lives in a world of deceit, and has to navigate it, alone. Meanwhile the great Seleucid Empire is in its dying days, with the War of the Antiochi ending with a whole bunch of new claimants.Cast Of CharactersThe Jews:Queen SalomeKing Aristobulus xKing Alexander Janneus xJohn Hyrcanus' wife and mother to Aristobulus...
2025-11-0937 minThe Comics Code
The Comics CodeJerry and Joe Episode 2: The Lost SupermenFor decades, writer Jerry Siegel told the story of Superman’s birth as a flash of inspiration during one restless summer night. But the real story is far more complex—and far more fascinating. In this episode, we create a timeline outlining the untold history of Superman’s creation, tracing the hero’s evolution between 1933 and 1935 through four distinct versions written by Siegel in his late teens and brought to life by three artists: Joe Shuster, Leo O’Mealia, and Russell Keaton. Each version -- from a human made superhuman through experimentation to a time traveler sent from Earth’s doomed fut...
2025-11-0445 minThe Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleChapter 3 - John HyrcanusYears covered: 142 BC - 101 BCFreeing a country is one thing...but keeping it is quite another. Simon the Maccabee is now high priest, and with his sons, he's going to have to fight enemies inside and outside his borders. His son John Hyrcanus will expand the borders and expand the people, as Isaac's sons become one family again.Cast of CharactersThe Jews:Simon Thassi xJudah, son of Simon xMattityahu, son of Simon xJohn Hyrcanus, son of Simon...
2025-11-0247 minThe Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleChapter 2 - Jonathan Apphus Part 2Years covered: 162 BC - 143 BCIn our second part on the lifetime of Jonathan Apphus, we find out what happens to the Maccabees after the Temple is in their hands. Antiochus IV might be dead, but that doesn't mean the Seleucids are just going to relinquish Judea. Independence will be a long, drawn-out process, and paid for in blood.Cast of CharactersThe Jews:Mattitayhu the Hasmonean xJudah Maccabeus xSimon ThassiJonathan Apphus xJohn Gaddi x
2025-10-2642 minThe Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleChapter 2 - Jonathan Apphus Part 1Years covered: 175 BC -162 BCIn part 1 of this chapter, we cover the story behind the Jewish holiday of Chanukah, which starts with a war between the Greeks...and the Romans, and leads to a skirmish between hellenist Jews and...other hellenist Jews, which then leads to Antiochus IV going a little overboard, culminating in a battle between the Maccabees and...Samaritans, and finally, with the recapturing of the Temple at Jerusalem so the Jews could celebrate...Sukkot.This ain't the story you learnt in Hebrew school.Cast of Characters
2025-10-2648 minThe Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleChapter 1 - The Stories Thus FarIn the inaugural episode of The Continuous History of the Jewish people, we review what the Jews of 175 bc would have thought their history was for the previous 1000 years or so. We start with the patriarch Abraham and his descendants, meet Moses, then the settling of the land of Canaan and unification under the monarchy, the Neo-Assyrian invasions, the Babylonian invasions, Cyrus the Great and the return facilitated by Achaemenid empire, meet Zerubavel, Ezra and Nehemiah, and then Alexander the Great and the Greek invasions, ultimately with the Jews falling under the rule of the Greek Seleucid Empire and...
2025-10-2646 minThe Continuous History of the Jewish People
The Continuous History of the Jewish PeopleIntroduction - What, Why and How?On advice from the people who heard the first three episodes, I added this little introduction explaining why I am doing this podcast and presenting Jewish history in this way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-10-2608 minReality Bomb - a Doctor Who podcast
Reality Bomb - a Doctor Who podcastReality Bomb Episode 083 - Variations on a Timeless ChildOn the eighty-third edition of Reality Bomb, we've given over everything to a special episode exploring fan reaction to, and the impact of, the coming of the timeless child to Doctor Who through eight different variations 1) Doctor Who In 90 Seconds or Less - Kim Rogers runs us through all the changes to the Doctor over a 53 year period in one minute, thirty seconds. 2) This Ain't Our First Rodeo - Jim Sangster explains the evolution of continuity in Doctor Who, and why it matters to fans so much. 3) Diagnosis: Fandom - There's a medical...
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