#historiepodden

[whatsgoingonlove]

Tänk på det här min pojke att kvinnlig skönhet inte är annat än mer eller mindre väl placerat fett under huden

Gustaf Wallenberg varnar sin sonson Raoul Wallenberg om kvinnor

Måste säga att jag studsade till när jag hörde detta citat i Historiepoddens avsnitt nummer ett om Raoul Wallenbergs liv. Det verkar inte finnas nåt mer skrämmande för farfar Gustaf än att nåt kvinnligt stycke skulle slå klorna i sonsonen och därmed förstöra hans karriär. Han gick även i taket när Raoul i ett brev skrev hur en tidigare flickvän i Amerika (där han studerat) hört av sig och förklarat sina starka känslor för Raoul. 

Cirka 39 minuter in i detta poddavsnitt: https://play.acast.com/s/historiepodden/31.raoulwallenbergi.stockholm-annarbour-kapstaden-haifa

[nyanmarumori]

While I was at it (i.e. history) I decided to listen to the historical background to Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and I’m currently feeling underwhelmed by the Spartans. 

Every time there is a Persian invasion coming the Spartans are strutting around going “peace out man, it’s carneia. Fighting is bad”. (Leonidas and the 300 were an exception).

For a city-state centered entirely around the military, Sparta sure does celebrate peace festivals often (and at inconvenient times). Then again, Darius the Great and Xerxes did have great spy networks unlike the Romans, maybe they knew exactly what they was doing and made sure to always invade in mid-August.

Darius would never have been surprised during his morning coffee by thousand of angry Gauls outside his window.

[nyanmarumori]

lady-karasu replied to your post: I’m listening to a history podcasts and apparently...

Where might i find these podcasts? It sounds like they’re very much up my alley.

They’re in swedish and I’ve been downloading episodes through PodcastAddict, but they’re also available on itunes and through a plain old internet browser.

The episode about Rome’s mishaps with various barbarians is 223 (Antikens spioner).