RMV 10 Mike Duncan: You Can Design The Past

We’re in the double digits, y'all! (sfx: NYE party horns) In the
newest Results May Vary episode, we talk to fish-monger turned
award-winning history podcaster, Mike Duncan, about how you can
design the past — to engage more people in our shared human
history, as well as to gather insights that our useful for us to
design our future. His approach to design thinking is as much
guided by passion and creativity, as it is intentional and
exhaustive. Best known for The History of Rome podcast, Mike’s
latest endeavor, Revolutions, is a weekly podcast series examining
great political revolutions. His upcoming book, "The Storm Before
The Storm" will examine Roman history between 135 B.C. to 80 B.C.
with special attention given to the question: "If America was Rome,
where are we on the historical timeline?" Today, Mike Duncan offers
incredible insights on how to: - Make history accessible to more
people through storytelling - Use podcasts to fill in knowledge
gaps in education - Supplement your mindful, creative work with
paid work that doesn’t drain your brain - Shed light on the current
Syrian refugee crisis by examining the past How can you use Mike
Duncan’s experience as inspiration to design your own life and
increase your creative confidence? You have to listen to RMV 10 to
find out! Show Links The History of Rome Mike's 5-year labor of
love to cover the history of the Roman Empire from start to finish.
Pretty much the gold standard for all other history podcasts.
Revolutions Mike's current labor of love, a weekly podcast series
examining great political revolutions. Now: The Haitian Revolution.
Next: Simon Bolivar and Gran Columbia. The History of Rome Tours
History-focused trips to some of most amazing locations in the
ancient world, led by Mike himself and a series of knowledgeable
guides. The Ancient World Scott Chesworth's history podcast, which
takes a broad view of the very early development of human society
from the earliest civilizations down through to the Greeks and
Romans in THREE epic series: The Ancient World, The Ancient World -
Rediscovery, and his current creative pursuit, The Ancient World -
Bloodline, tracing the generations from Cleopatra to Zenobia. (full
disclosure: Scott is also Tracy's extremely handsome husband and
she wrote this sentence, so you know it's true)