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AskHistorians Aloud -- Conscription and Its Discontents in Ancient Greece Sep 21, 2018

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In this episode of AskHistorians Aloud, we talk about conscription in the Ancient Greek world. Iphikrates answers "I'm a farmer in 500 BC in a typical Greek city-state. How often will I get called to mobilize for a battle?"

Link to answer: here.

Update: Someone has pointed out that a bit of the outro got recorded over the answer! Terribly sorry about that. Here is the missing text:

How much of the time was wartime is an open question. But even during the Peloponnesian War, there were several uneventful years, in which Sparta did not call out the levy of the Peloponnesian League and Athens had only men from the Lists in various expeditionary forces. In such times you, as a regular farmer, might escape military duty altogether. And if your city-state wasn't a member of the League or a subject of the Athenian Empire, you might be fighting your own petty wars, but otherwise you'd be left mostly alone.

It is anyone's guess how often you would actually be involved in a battle. Given all the factors I've mentioned, regardless of your city-state's foreign policy, I am of the opinion that the answer is probably closer to "once or twice in a lifetime" than "every year". However, given the lack of comprehensive source coverage, and the fact that historical accounts sometimes casually mention several battles in the course of a single campaign, my guess may well be wildly off the mark.

AskHistorians Podcast 121 -- The Education of America with EdHistory 101 Sep 20, 2018

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This week we are thrilled to have the host of EdHistory 101 podcast, and great AskHistorians flaired member UrAccountabilityBuddy, who is better known as Jenn Binis! In this episode we literally trace the entire history of education in America, diving deep into some weeds of discussion. I think you will enjoy it greatly. Please do go and subscribe to Ed History 101 wherever you get your podcasts and also please support us on patreon.com/askhistorians as it really does help to keep this show going

Join us here for a discussion thread.

AskHistorians Podcast 120 -Dueling in 19th century America Sep 14, 2018

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Today we're talking with fellow mod u/Georgy_K_Zhukov about dueling in the 19th century United States.

AskHistorians Aloud -- All About the Humble Little Condom Sep 07, 2018

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Today, a history of the condom from /u/AnnalsPornographie / @HistoryOf Porn. Link to answer.

AskHistorians Podcast 119 -- So You Wanna Be A MuseumPro? -- Museums and Public History Aug 27, 2018

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Today we are joined by AskHistorians user /u/mimicofmodes, flaired in the History of Western Fashion. She is better known to her friends and family as Cassidy Percoco, an independent historian of fashion, textiles and material culture. She is the author of Regency Women's Dress: Techniques and Patterns 1800-1830, the host of A Most Beguiling Accomplishment podcast, and a collections manager at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association and talks to us today about some aspects of history in public life--what it is like to work in a museum and to teach history to the public

You can also catch her on Episode 45 talking about Regency Era Fashion and on Episode 100 talking about AskHistorians under the hood, as in what it is like to moderate and run an academic history subreddit on the internet.

AskHistorians Aloud -- Women, Discrimination, and the Vote Aug 20, 2018

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In this episode of AskHistorians Aloud, sunagainstgold answers "Were women voters subject to vote suppression campaigns in the 1920s like those forced on African-Americans after Reconstruction?"

Link to question and answer: here.

AskHistorians Podcast 118 - Liberalism and Law in 19th Century Mexico w/Dr. Timo Schaefer Aug 18, 2018

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Today we talk with Dr. Timo Schaefer, author of Liberalism as Utopia The Rise and Fall of Legal Rule in Post-Colonial Mexico, 1820–1900 (Cambridge University Press, 2017), about how Liberal projects and ideals affected the legal system in 19th century Mexico.

You can find him on Twitter as @TimoHSchaefer

You can find his book here.

AskHistorians Aloud -- Maternity, Corsets and the Female Form Aug 17, 2018

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The AskHistorians Podcast 117 -- Introducing AskHistorians Aloud -- Napalm, Peglegs, Castrati, and Egyptian Marriage Aug 07, 2018

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Today's episode is a little bit different! Instead of your regularly scheduled episode we are coming out with a preview of a new AskHistorians Podcast feature, AskHistorians Aloud! This feature is meant to bring some of the amazing work being done on the subreddit everyday to your ears here.

AskHistorians Podcast 116 - Debunking 300's Battle of Thermopylae Jul 20, 2018

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Today we talk with Dr. Roel Konijnendijk (@Roelkonijn on Twitter) about the myths surrounding the Battle of Thermopylae in popular culture. In particular, we compare scholarship on the battle with the mid-aughts film 300, Directed by Zack Snyder.

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