EP21 Hollandansandbrook

it's hardcore history so the conversation that you're about to listen to was done through a format that i ripped off from the people that were talking with because i was on their podcast not that long ago and i remember thinking that the way that they put it together structurally was fantastic for three people because when you have three people in a conversation it can get unwieldy sometimes i thought they did a great job the show i thought went fantastic and in fact i liked it so much that i thought i'd like to do a version of sort of a part two if you will on our own podcast so perhaps it's fair to say part one is available from the archives of the rest is history podcast and well this is part two the guest on the program the host of that podcast dominic sandbrook and tom holland both writers tv presenters radio hosts i mean they have very varied careers and while dominic's point of emphasis is usually more in the 1970s 1980s sometimes churchill stuff tom holland rolls around in the mud that we like to roll around and often and i've used his books for research materials i think we used uh persian fire for the persian shows we definitely used his book on the fall of the roman republic rubicon for our fall of the roman republic series and he's got a recent workout on the impact of i guess you could say christian thinking on western society called dominion all of it worth your time and as a podcast the rest is history is absolutely worth your time and if you go if you haven't already and delve into their archives tons of fun stuff on offering so check that out if you'd like what you're about to hear if you like what you're about to hear remember it's kind of part two of an ongoing conversation check out part one on their podcast when you have a chance and without further ado let's just call this part two all right gentlemen i'm considering this part two of the earlier discussion that we had on your program and so i'm gonna throw some questions out there and you feel free to take them in any direction you want but since i have two brits with me um when when my ...