# Byzantium & Friends A podcast by Byzantium & Friends. Conversations with experts in the history of Byzantium and surrounding fields, hosted by Anthony Kaldellis. Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/byzantiumandfriends/feed.xml ## Latest episodes - [161. The politics of ignorance between theology and imperial power, with Lea Niccolai](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/b579ada5f73d) (2026-10-22, 59 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/8fns26hgd83c5wbj/LeaNiccolai.mp3 - [160. Symeon the New Theologian: Queer desire in devotional poetry, with Derek Krueger](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/4899246ebf90) (2026-10-08, 63 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/46rckmirz8xqqr93/DerekKrueger.mp3 - [159. The art of the empire of Nicaea, with Naomi Pitamber](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/c0443022c4e5) (2026-09-24, 64 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fbb7x8b3m8ciczz8/NaomiPitamber.mp3 - [158. The Book of Daniel, the Four Kingdoms, and imperial eschatology, with Chris Bonura](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/2addb4215d03) (2026-06-04, 70 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7umnvctkxyy4epcy/ChrisBonura2.mp3 - [157. Julian Augustus and the dream of a Platonic Roman empire, with Jeremy Swist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/a40d9f333c5e) (2026-05-21, 72 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/jn5f4biv4yjmb3ef/JeremySwistJulian.mp3 - [156. The Menologion of Basil II, with Charlie Kuper](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/d91270ccc403) (2026-05-07, 65 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/23525azf724256rc/CharlieKuper.mp3 - [155. The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, with Nicole Eddy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/e4d55377c64b) (2026-04-23, 66 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ms92sdemtk7svuh9/NicoleEddy.mp3 - [154. How and why we teach Roman history, with Beth Digeser](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/ba44ceb0c56c) (2026-04-09, 65 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/d5nm92h4dew32b8k/BethDigeser.mp3 - [153. Three heresiologists of the twelfth century: Zigabenos, Kamateros, and Choniates, with Alessandra Buccosi, Niccolò Zorzi, Marco Fanelli, and Ottavia Mazzon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/99f3800581a1) (2026-03-26, 95 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/mg34r6p3dzqatyvm/Heresiology2.mp3 - [152. Heresiology in the twelfth century, with Alessandra Bucossi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/9421dc2d2fa3) (2026-03-12, 57 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/v35q98xsevgzsabv/AlessandraHeresiology.mp3 - [151. East Roman archaeology: goals and challenges, with Marica Cassis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/8a04de657a69) (2026-02-26, 68 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/equcs32anfj9paja/MaricaCassis.mp3 - [150. Why were pseudo-Arabic inscriptions placed on churches in Greece?, with Alicia Walker](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/2b81f0891693) (2026-02-12, 63 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/j27imkrjnb8jcck9/AliciaWalker.mp3 - [149. The Classical Near East, with Kevin van Bladel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/884eb6e6b1b0) (2026-01-29, 66 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ah87dbiic8nsemc8/KevinVanBladel.mp3 - [148. The survival of esoteric academic fields, with Jana Matuszak and Petra Goedegebuure](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/e842ad2148a5) (2026-01-15, 79 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cz2pz8jp22b94peb/JanaAndPetra.mp3 - [147. How the ninety percent experienced the Roman economy, with Kim Bowes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/c499bf652e31) (2026-01-01, 60 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/p9n3agin7md6wun6/KimBowes2.mp3 - [146. Ezana of Aksum, the first Christian king in Africa, with Aaron Butts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/c1d842e067b5) (2025-12-18, 61 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/24qcfrm4xfaqq866/AaronButts.mp3 - [145. Seeing into the minds of others, with Ellen Muehlberger](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/8271588a5a7f) (2025-12-04, 63 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/eqn9gycbfyn6kpy4/EllenMuehlbergerUnseen.mp3 - [144. The two millennia of Roman history, with Ed Watts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/fd1a88fbbe4f) (2025-11-20, 68 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q2kjrkkdpiwgt6eh/EdWatts.mp3 - [143. Coping with earthquakes in the churches of Constantinople, with Mark Roosien](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/5b8e13211177) (2025-11-06, 58 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3eq7hxuyj7bw85xc/MarkRoosien.mp3 - [142. The decline of animal sacrifice in the late Roman world, with James Rives](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/5da94db3baa1) (2025-10-24, 63 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/8a9bbc3bjj2qx8zy/JamesRives.mp3 - [141. The Renaissance and Byzantium are characters in the same play, with Ada Palmer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/4db838259dd5) (2025-07-24, 80 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qmf9px8dni86ht3b/AdaPalmer.mp3 - [140. A newly identified portrait of Konstantinos XI Palaiologos (1448-1453), with Anastasia Koumousi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/0d194fe8b577) (2025-07-10, 55 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/epxxti8hzb4gquqf/AnastasiaKoumousi.mp3 - [139. Captivity and enslavement in the late medieval Aegean, with Alasdair Grant](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/dd6ef471e6d8) (2025-06-26, 65 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vdwwae7btfk2rgcm/AlasdairGrant.mp3 - [138. Romeyka, a parallel branch of Greek surviving in northeastern Turkey, with Ioanna Sitaridou](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/0c8683aed9e3) (2025-06-12, 62 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/kixjhvhge3rs4djb/IoannaSitaridou.mp3 - [137. Conspiracy theories and the deep state, now and then, with Winston Berg](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/5b4bdcde432f) (2025-05-29, 76 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/chkbu7auh595b2tr/WinstonBerg.mp3 - [136. The federal assault on American research universities, with Clifford Ando](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/5141c09b9c9e) (2025-05-15, 64 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4xua8fizs2ng5gyt/CliffAndo.mp3 - [135. Latin literature in late antiquity, with Gavin Kelly](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/a6906dade7c9) (2025-05-01, 55 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ftb3ry7xc7sabzgw/GavinKelly.mp3 - [134. Peer-review: the good, the bad, and the amusing, with Tina Sessa and Marion Kruse](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/253a0eb2ce5d) (2025-04-17, 74 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hxf62dru2mrzmpnk/PeerReview.mp3 - [133. Taste, meals, and food culture, with Adam Morin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/a28ed0029d31) (2025-04-03, 56 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yvphsysebyhb6pcx/AdamMorin.mp3 - [132. Who was Allah before Islam?, with Ahmad Al-Jallad](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/ad92a36e6fa7) (2025-03-20, 74 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/k84qzrcw9enpa5ni/AhmadAlJallad.mp3 - [131. To Miklagarðr and back again: Varangians return from Constantinople, with Sverrir Jakobsson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/c6fd7ffb8783) (2025-03-06, 58 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2aj9v34a7wzcezhb/SverrirJakobsson.mp3 - [130. A conversation with Johanna Hanink on Greek literature, on publishing in a new field, and on podcasting](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/a60d746aa5c8) (2025-02-20, 72 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/x795uvxjrftywggp/JohannaHanink.mp3 - [129: Labor organizations and collective action, with Sarah Bond](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/fefa14334cca) (2025-02-06, 67 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tgraqjr3hjqv8tjk/SarahBond.mp3 - [128. Constantinople as seen by its inhabitants, with Paul Magdalino](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/5a848a415f18) (2025-01-23, 50 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/34has5exraszjdnk/PaulMagdalino.mp3 - [127. The genetic history of Rome, with Hannah Moots](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/9a72f047e4d5) (2025-01-09, 65 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qdsjizzdfyqd6jh9/HannahMoots.mp3 - [126. Can scholars and clerics be manly?, with Maroula Perisanidi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/43465f1ca0ac) (2024-12-26, 68 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/999fk3d34vfjtuds/MaroulaPerisanidi.mp3 - [125. Souvenirs and city branding in the experience of the Roman world, with Maggie Popkin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/7bc6eb86bffa) (2024-12-12, 61 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/w7eiskadbt32ve2e/MaggiePopkin.mp3 - [124. Shadow empires, with Thomas Barfield](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/75deee70a66e) (2024-11-28, 75 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/dfuadqaedqywgzi9/ThomasBarfield.mp3 - [123. The fall of Constantinople, pope Pius II, and the birth of Europe, with Nancy Bisaha](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/47dd9b37c68f) (2024-11-14, 69 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/y9qwacdvnhhee7t7/NancyBisaha.mp3 - [122. Latin words in ancient and Byzantine Greek, with Eleanor Dickey](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/2ecdc2844136) (2024-10-31, 63 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vczbb3pi4v3p6hbw/EleanorDickey.mp3 - [121. Ali Pasha of Ioannina, antiquities and archaeology between empire and the nation-state, with Emily Neumeier](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/2c5a7ed904e7) (2024-07-11, 54 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/s59aikbbs95j9gzc/EmilyNeumeier.mp3 - [120. Dioskouros of Alexandria, Or the making of a Church villain, with Volker Menze](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/e99f004b09c7) (2024-06-27, 58 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/z7p2u54r3kidaw2a/VolkerMenze.mp3 - [119. Byzantium in science fiction, fantasy, and horror, with Przemysław Marciniak](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/b1400b0db267) (2024-06-13, 60 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qyhdrgw429nz98t4/MarciniakFinal.mp3 - [118. Pathogen paleogenetics and late antique disease: A cross-discipline discussion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/d9150919bf76) (2024-05-30, 79 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/er2fvirrukmruybg/aPathogens.mp3 - [117. Human paleogenetics and late antique migration: a cross-discipline discussion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/2e597609d5dd) (2024-05-16, 95 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/44h2uaxpqtqam5nf/aDna.mp3 - [116. Africa and Byzantium, with Andrea Myers Achi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/a05da96ce3a2) (2024-05-02, 63 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fzduzua6k2pqabvk/AndreaMyersAchi.mp3 - [115. Imaginary Byzantiums in modern Russia, with Eugene Smelyansky](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/da0bdf87d16b) (2024-04-18, 62 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/84daddm8w85kej7c/EugeneSmelyansky.mp3 - [114. Byzantium and the early Rus’, with Monica White](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/aabebc57c8ee) (2024-04-04, 62 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qacev9/MonicaWhite.mp3 - [113. The emperor’s clothing and public appearances, with Maria Parani](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/0b64a0be606a) (2024-03-21, 59 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4qdecp/MariaParani.mp3 - [112. Crisis and resilience in late antique Rome, with Michele Salzman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1480963005/59d58dab6169) (2024-03-07, 62 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/i52ei4/MicheleSalzman.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them.