Masters of Our Domain

No Pat means it's special interest week. Phoebe and Milo get their teeth into Catherine Parr, the wife who famously survived Henry VIII, via the 2023 Alicia Vikander film 'Firebrand'. They ask the big questions such as: What can Gregg Wallace tell us about Tudor protestantism? and Is it embarrassing for a salmon to get plucked out of a river by a bear? Much to think about.A reminder that Tudor Fans can check out Phoebe and Dr J's Wolf Hall Mini Series.Also Milo is on tour all over the UK this autumn - all shows here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's been ages since we'd done a Q&A episode so we answered as many of your questions as we could in a bit over an hour which, as you can imagine, was not as many as we had hoped by the time we'd factored in all of the unnecessary tangents.Get this full episode on the Patreon here.Come see Milo on tour in the UK here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's time for a late-antiquity MILF - specifically the wise of Justianian I, Theodora. Phoebe and Pat get into one of their favourite connivers of all time.Milo is still on tour in Canada! There are still some tickets for Calgary, and he's on tour all over the UK from Oct 1st. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Emma Hamilton - the regency era rags to riches to rags story. Has anyone ever charmed their way to the top so successfully or ended up with so little to show for it? This week we've got brothels, infernal contraptions, Italian court politics and Horatio Nelson. See Milo on tour in Canada and the UK here (extra show added in Toronto!). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ever wondered where Latin came from? Or what it turned into? In theory this would be the episode for you except we spent half of it discussing Dr. Oetker and what would have happened if the Nazis had got really into slow-cookers. There's some stuff about Latin in there for sure though.Come see Milo on tour in CANADA starting September 12th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoebe and Pat are flying solo this week and discussing the greatest Odyssey adaptation of all time: the Cohen brothers' version. Check out Milo on tour here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No Milo this week, so Phoebe and Pat are talking about the Bronze Age collapse and its enduring historical and cultural legacy. For example, did anyone actually say 'This age of bronze is collapsing?' in this episode we will find out.Check out Milo on tour all over the UK and Canada here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Milo and Pat are sans Phoebe this week and they're going through their favourite history films: which means there's nothing that can stop them talking about how True Grit is feminist. Get this full episode on Patreon here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoebe and Pat are joined by historian, author and Agrippina expert Emma Southon to talk about the ur-text of conniving Milves.You can find out more about Emma and her work here.You can get tickets to Milo's shows in Edinburgh and across the UK and Canada here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BWAHHHHHH Milo, Phoebe and Pat get their teeth into Nolan's Odyssey - one Odysseus is moving forwards in time whilst another... Check out Milo's tour and special here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Milo, Patrick and Phoebe are taking a quick break from MILF History month to talk about Homer, xenia, bags of wind and whether you should tell your wife you've been shagging a nymph for seven years.Check out Milo's new special on YouTube here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No Phoebe this week, so Milo and Pat are bringing you a special carpet time where they discuss the ways women are historically viewed and treated by historical sources compared to their male counterparts. Expect some analysis of ancient Chinese girlbosses and, also, the US military's new love of gender-affirming care. Get this full episode on Patreon here. Catch Milo on tour in the UK and Canada here. Watch Milo's new special on YouTube here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Phoebe's special interest corner this week as the gang discuss Tudor England's answer to Emily in Paris: Anne Boleyn. Did she really have six fingers? Was she shagging her brother? Or was she in fact a much misunderstood woman who girlbossed too close to the sun? All will be revealed. Go see Milo on Tour in the UK and Canada here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on MILF History Month: Milo and Phoebe dive into some of the conniving milves not worth of their own full episode but whom nonetheless we salute for the connivance, including Eleanor of Aquitane, Lucrezia Borgia and Mata Hari. Check out all Milo's tour dates here.Check out Milo's special here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a heatwave and that can mean only one thing at MOOD towers: it's MILF history month, which will actually last for two months due to the importance of milves. We will be tracing the influence of conniving women through the ages, starting with an all-timer: Olympias, the mother of Alexander The Great.We get into ancient Macedonia's political culture, the chaotic sex life of Philip of Macedon and, of course, Dua Lipa.You can grab Milo's new special here.Milo's Canadian tour is on sale here.Patrick's book is available anywhere where good books are sold and Wolf Hall is available on the We're Not So Different Patreon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Have you ever wondered how all those Roman buildings are still standing but every rental flat seems to be collapsing at the seams? Dr Wyman has the ancient civil-engineering answers for you and also includes many anecdotes from his times working with modern concrete. Get this full episode on Patreon here. Get Milo's new stand-up special on Patreon here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoebe and Patrick tackle the first Flavian - Flavian Flav, the first man to wear a big sundial around his neck: Vespasian.You can buy Milo's new special 'Sentimental' on Patreon for £10 here (Please don't do it in the iOS app or you will be charged more!):patreon.com/collection/2201154You can get Patrick's book LOST WORLDS in all good book shops and you can get the WOLF HALL MINISERIES on the We're Not So Different Patreon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You asked and we listened. We watched Mad Max: Fury Road, a movie that asks the question: what if the future was Australian and weirdly steampunk? Join us for thrills, 2010s nostalgia and a surprising revelation about Meryl Streep. See Milo on tour here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Milo, Phoebe and Pat are digging into the big man, the Marcus Lepidus of 69 AD - Aulus Vitellius. He may only have been emperor for 8 months but what an eight months...Milo has a bunch of work-in-progress dates around the UK coming up which you can find here:https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshowsPatrick's book can be found here:https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/lost-worlds-how-humans-tried-failed-succeeded-and-built-our-world-patrick-wyman?variant=56057524650363The Wolf Hall mini-series can be found here:https://domainmasterspod.podbean.com/e/wolf-hall-episode-1/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Milo, Phoebe and Pat are reunited once again to talk about Mary Queen of Scots and specifically the slightly puzzling movie about her from 2018. We discuss the accents, the politics and the incredible disguises they've got David Tennant and Guy Pearce in.Get twice as much of this podcast on the Patreon here:https://www.patreon.com/mastersofpodBuy Patrick's book here:https://www.harpercollins.com/products/lost-worlds-patrick-wyman?variant=43084775817250Check out Wolf Hall here:https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ObBasJhWjQmANMHDAtcwu?si=NFF37hc4RhCM3Mfp8hXICACheck out all Milo's tour dates here:https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week due to some issues with the recording schedule, we're releasing a new What's The Deal instead of a regular episode - which will return next week. Returning champion Aidan 'Taco' Jones (@aj_taco) joins Milo (@milo_edwards) and Phoebe (@prhroy) to talk absolute nonsense. Bonus episodes on Patreon from $3 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/mastersofpod Follow us on twitter @mastersofpod! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No Milo this week so Phoebe and Pat are donning their stockings and heading to Sherwood Forest for a dose of British children's TV from the 80s and 90s - Maid Marian and Her Merry Men. Expect a fair few digressions. Get this full episode and loads more on the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/157862905?pr=true Patrick's new book 'Lost Worlds' is out now - available from all good booksellers: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/lost-worlds-patrick-wyman?variant=43084775817250 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

*Due to a glitch this episode is being released on this fee two weeks late (after the Otho episode) but it should have been released on April 20th* Just Milo and Pat this week, cracking into the relatively thin text of the Emperor Galba - the Roman Liz Truss...or was he? Expect an Australian vibes round-up and also some apposite comparisons with the collapsing American empire. Get tons more like this on the Patreon for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/mastersofpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Milo and Phoebe are deep diving into yet another Liz Truss-coded Roman Emperor: Otho. Expect thrills, spills and castrated boy-wives. Get tons more like this on the Patreon for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/mastersofpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoebe is turning the question time tables on Pat this week (Milo will return next week) to indulge her special interest subject: the Tudors, what's their deal and why do we keep making TV and movies about them? Get this full episode and loads more on Patreon here from just $5: https://www.patreon.com/posts/156665259?pr=true Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No Pat this week (due to timezones) so Phoebe has lured Milo into her Tudor corner. Expect ruffs to be ruffled and bodices to be ripped. Why does this movie have Eric Cantona in it? Why is Vincent Cassel in a dress? Questions to be answered. Full episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/elizabeth-1998-155405351 See Milo on tour in Australia: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoebe has recorded a new podcast mini-series with friend of the show Dr Eleanor Janega about Season 1 of the Wolf Hall TV show. If you like this episode, you can access all 7 episodes of the limited series for just $15 at: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2087866 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoebe and Pat are sans-Milo this week and they're doing another carpet time! On this occasion they're doing a Nero spin-off and tackling the subject of ancient entertainment and theatre. Get twice as much of this podcast on Patreon from just $5 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/mastersofpod Check out Milo's Australian tour shows here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Milo, Phoebe and Pat are answering your questions! They cover Phoebe's movie taxonomy, ancient chariot races and their podcasting histories, amongst other things. Get this full episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/154112049/ Come see Milo on tour in Australia, starting in Perth on April 2nd: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows-aus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Milo, Phoebe and Pat are back at the Suetonius and this time it's the turn of the Emperor Nero. This episode tackles the big questions: Was Nero the son of the most conniving MILF of all time? Was he the first guy to get an acoustic guitar out at the afters? How do you get the job of arch-poisoner? Listen to find out. Come see Milo on tour in Australia starting April 2nd: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows-aus Support us on Patreon and get loads more episodes just like this for $5 per month, here: https://www.patreon.com/mastersofpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoebe is away this week because she is ill (sorry), but in recompense to you, the listener, Milo and Patrick have gotten together to watch this peculiar Hollyoaks-esque movie about Boudica. Get this full episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/153115449?pr=true Go see Milo on tour in the UK and Australia: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Returning-Champion Josh Boerman (TWOAPW, Ill Conceived) is back on the pod to talk about the bizarrely long-running UK sitcom 'Plebs', set in Ancient Rome. We get into costume vs period and what happens when you try to map modern society onto ancient Rome and also what to do about protecting our supply of BIG BOYS. Check out Josh here: https://www.joshboerman.com/#1-podcasts Support us on Patreon and get loads more episodes just like this for $5 per month, here: https://www.patreon.com/mastersofpod Come see Milo on tour in Australia: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roman legions are being terrified by adherents of WODE-IDEOLOGY. That's right, it's time we had a deep dive on Queen Boudicca (or Boudica, or Boudicea if you're really fruity) - leader of the Iceni tribe who rebelled against Roman rule in Britain in the 60s AD. Milo, Phoebe and Pat get into one of the original conniving MILFs and attempt to separate the myth from the history. Simple as. Get this full episode and loads more on Patreon, here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/151732455/ You can find all Milo's tour dates here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Milo, Patrick and Phoebe are back at the Suetonius. Patrick is in charge this week for Rome's first ever nepo-uncle: Claudius. Sometimes in a palace coup, you just grab the nearest uncle and make him Emperor and if you're really lucky he conquers Britain. Something like that. Milo's Time for Questions show is being taped at Big Belly in London on Wednesday, a few tickets left if you're a London listener: https://bigbellycomedy.club/event/milo-edwards-presents-time-for-questions/ Loads more like this on the Patreon from just $5 per month, here: https://www.patreon.com/mastersofpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoebe and Pat are sans-Milo this week, and having a huge amount of fun talking about teenage demigod Percy Jackson. Milo will triumphantly return next week for the Emperor Claudius. Get this full episode (and loads more) on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/150909844?pr=true Milo has upcoming dates in London, Glasgow and Australia here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the 1970s Bob Guccione had a simple dream: to make a serious movie about the emperor Caligula with Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, John Gielgud and Peter O'Toole that also had a bunch of porn in it. Champion, fan-favourite and horny-history expert Eleanor Janega returns to the pod to talk about one of the most insane films ever made. Check out Eleanor here: https://eleanorjanega.com/ Go see Milo in London, Ireland and Australia here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Loads more like this on the Patreon from just $5 per month, here: https://www.patreon.com/mastersofpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoebe and Patrick answer your questions about the Early Roman Empire and anything else that stood out to you from the first few episodes of our Twelve Caesars series. Milo will return next week. Get this full episode (and loads more) on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/149588464/ You can see Milo on tour in Leicester, Birmingham, Ireland and Australia here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's time for history's greatest statesman, a man so forward thinking he nearly made a horse a consul (or did he?): Gaius Caligula. Expect palace coups, seashells and slightly over-familiar sister relationships. Loads more like this on the Patreon from just $5 per month, here: https://www.patreon.com/mastersofpod Come see Milo on tour in Europe, Ireland, the UK and Australia here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is there anything gayer than two straight men? Arguably no, and we have watched a movie that makes that case loud and clear. Join Milo, Phoebe and Pat as they analyse a movie about two Napoleonic cavalry officers who would literally do anything to each other except kiss. Get this full episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/148524651?pr=true Follow us on socials here: https://linktr.ee/mastersofpod See Milo on tour here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Milo's turn to explain the Emperor Tiberius to Phoebe and Pat. Augustus' adopted son with a bad reputation and his own, ahem, private island. He is also the biological son of the most confusingly named man in history. Expect ancient scandals and name alerts galore. Get twice as much of this nonsense on the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/mastersofpod Go see Milo on Tour in the UK, Europe, Ireland and Australia: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What was really going on in Rome during Augustus' reign? We've heard from Suetonius and now it's once again time for Milo and Phoebe to bombard Dr Wyman with stupid questions. Expect a lot of deep cuts about Roman cities and also a revelation about statue botherers. Get this full episode and tons more on Patreon here from just $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/posts/147258003/ Check out Milo on tour in the UK, EU, Ireland and Australia here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pat is in the driving seat this week, explaining to Milo and Phoebe what Suetonius thinks about the man who found Rome a city of brick but did some rather nifty cladding work. We also get into the thorny issue of Nolan's Odyssey and which director we would rather have. Sign up to the Patreon for twice as much of this podcast here: https://www.patreon.com/c/mastersofpod You can see Milo on Tour in Birmingham, Leicester Europe and Ireland here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Merry Christmas and or Saturnalia depending on your preference! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2025: Podcasts are now battlefields. Milo, Phoebe and Pat are joined by returning-champion Eleanor Janega for a festive extravaganza of weevil choice, quick words and sharp actions (not to mention Dresses Pete). Get this full episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/145775044/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoebe and Pat are sans-Milo this week and have decided to tackle the history of storytelling, from archaic Greece to the modern era. Anyway, which Ajax was the big one? You can check out Pat's new podcast Past Lives here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/PastLivesMedia/posts You can see Milo on Tour in Birmingham, Europe and Ireland here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Get many more episodes like this on our Patreon from just $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/c/mastersofpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Patrick is launching a new podcast! You can listen to the very first episode here. ---- Most of the history we're taught revolves around "Great Men," the Napoleons and Alexander the Greats of the world, but they're hardly typical of the human experience. History actually revolves around advisors, merchants, laborers, farmers, and slaves, the common clay of humanity and the raw material for any good story of our shared past. Become a member now at https://www.patreon.com/cw/PastLivesMedia You'll get access to the Past Lives Discord server and four pieces of bonus content per month (including a historian interview, book club, Q and A, and a sources and evidence discussion). Past Lives is a 100-percent independent production, and your support is what allows us to make this show. So, thank you. Past Lives can be found on all the usual podcast platforms. Masters of Our Domain will return on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To cap off Julius Caesar season (Julius Caeson?) Milo and Phoebe are discussing the 1953 Marlon Brando movie of the Shakespeare play. It's black and white, it's available in full on Facebook and it's VERY slutty. Listen to the full episode for discussions of the socio-political context of the 1590s, the 1950s and the teleology of auto-erotic asphyxiation. Get this episode and more on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/144598229/ Check out Milo on tour in Bristol, Bath, Europe and Ireland: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoebe is in the driver's seat this week, telling Milo and Pat what Suetonius reckons about the second half of Julius Caesar. Expect more sad Bibulus and a bunch of salacious details about Caesar's bottoming experiences. Milo's UK, Paris, BENELUX and Ireland dates are live here: www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Get loads more episodes like this (and the entire Seinfeld back catalogue) on the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/mastersofpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Milo, Patrick and Phoebe have once again filled their nose bag with your letters and are feasting upon the nutritious scribblings within. Listen for the gang's favourite turning points of history and Roman nicknames. Get this full episode (and loads more) on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/143707203?pr=true Milo's UK and EU dates are live here: www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Milo, Phoebe and Pat embark on a new series - discussing every one of Suetonius' Twelve Caesars. This week Milo is taking us through the first half of Julius Caesar's life, with a little help from Roman PopBitch and a certain amusingly named adversary... Get loads more episodes like this (and the entire Seinfeld back catalogue) on the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/mastersofpod Come see Milo on Tour in the UK: www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Milo, Phoebe and Pat are reunited to discuss a movie that knows less about the myth of Perseus than you do. They discuss interesting creative choices such as that Perseus is fully Australian. Strewth. Why is Mads Mikkelsen in this? Answers on a postcard. Get the rest of this episode and loads more on the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/142444022/ Milo is on tour all over the UK, come to a show: www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices