Mike Duncan
@mikeduncan.bsky.social
History podcaster/author. Revolutions + The History of Rome
Also just to clear this up my pod comrade @dhmontgomery.com wrote up a poll back in the heyday of Men Think About the Roman Empire Everyday. It's not even close to true. Only like 4% of us are true Roman history sickos
October 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Also just to clear this up my pod comrade @dhmontgomery.com wrote up a poll back in the heyday of Men Think About the Roman Empire Everyday. It's not even close to true. Only like 4% of us are true Roman history sickos
I'm only half kidding when I say my last remaining ambition is to get us on an episode of Nailed It. We made this exploding Nerds Cake the other day just for the hell of it
August 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I'm only half kidding when I say my last remaining ambition is to get us on an episode of Nailed It. We made this exploding Nerds Cake the other day just for the hell of it
This is obviously abhorrent, as everything about all of this is abhorrent, but this did pop out to me because for the record it's *also* abhorrent to treat regular prisoners this way
July 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is obviously abhorrent, as everything about all of this is abhorrent, but this did pop out to me because for the record it's *also* abhorrent to treat regular prisoners this way
If you're around Madison, I curated a table of books at Leopold's. Come buy some cool books!
June 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
If you're around Madison, I curated a table of books at Leopold's. Come buy some cool books!
My friends! I will be in NYC at the Frauncis Tavern on July 5 at 2pm to talk about Lafayette. Come! Bring your friends! It'll be fun I promise it always is. www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/events-calen...
June 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
My friends! I will be in NYC at the Frauncis Tavern on July 5 at 2pm to talk about Lafayette. Come! Bring your friends! It'll be fun I promise it always is. www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/events-calen...
Checking in at the protests
June 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Checking in at the protests
Folks. Check your feeds. It's done
June 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Folks. Check your feeds. It's done
This is actually insane and finally seals it for me. Im ready to say without qualification or apology that Little Big League is the greatest baseball movie of all time
May 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is actually insane and finally seals it for me. Im ready to say without qualification or apology that Little Big League is the greatest baseball movie of all time
New Protocols alert
May 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
New Protocols alert
A new life awaits you in Omnicorp's Martian colonies!
May 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A new life awaits you in Omnicorp's Martian colonies!
Just to follow up on what @sarahebond.bsky.social said, the idea that in *50BC* Rome failed to solve a population decline and that led to the collapse of their civilization is so unfathomably historically illiterate it's hard to even know where to begin
April 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Just to follow up on what @sarahebond.bsky.social said, the idea that in *50BC* Rome failed to solve a population decline and that led to the collapse of their civilization is so unfathomably historically illiterate it's hard to even know where to begin
Wrote this into the Martian Revolution back in Dec when I was concerned people wouldn't accept a character being *that* stupid.
April 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Wrote this into the Martian Revolution back in Dec when I was concerned people wouldn't accept a character being *that* stupid.
There was this whole thing where people said the French wouldn't embrace bicycle commuting like the Dutch because of inherent cultural traits and these lanes would be ghost towns. Instead, obviously, bike usage exploded as soon as the infrastructure was made available. These are all lessons people!
March 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
There was this whole thing where people said the French wouldn't embrace bicycle commuting like the Dutch because of inherent cultural traits and these lanes would be ghost towns. Instead, obviously, bike usage exploded as soon as the infrastructure was made available. These are all lessons people!
This is my copy of City on Mars (the missing dust jacket means i read it)
February 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This is my copy of City on Mars (the missing dust jacket means i read it)
Then I'll be in Raleigh NC on March 1. What better way to spend a Saturday night? It's certainly what I'll be doing! Link to tix: tinyurl.com/5f2jfhn3
February 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Then I'll be in Raleigh NC on March 1. What better way to spend a Saturday night? It's certainly what I'll be doing! Link to tix: tinyurl.com/5f2jfhn3
Hello friends! I'll be at Lafayette College on Thursday. Come for Lafayette, stay to pepper me with questions about life on Mars
February 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hello friends! I'll be at Lafayette College on Thursday. Come for Lafayette, stay to pepper me with questions about life on Mars
Folks my friend @eoinhiggins.bsky.social has written a distressingly relevant book that comes out on Tuesday. Get it now for 20% off you absolutely will not regret it because boy does it ever explain a whole lot about [gestures at the state of the world]
February 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Folks my friend @eoinhiggins.bsky.social has written a distressingly relevant book that comes out on Tuesday. Get it now for 20% off you absolutely will not regret it because boy does it ever explain a whole lot about [gestures at the state of the world]
Friends just shared this with me
January 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Friends just shared this with me
I just wanna be clear that the episodes about the New Protocols came out first.
December 10, 2024 at 1:54 PM
I just wanna be clear that the episodes about the New Protocols came out first.
Check out the cover art for the Chinese translation of Hero of Two Worlds. It's sick as hell
December 4, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Check out the cover art for the Chinese translation of Hero of Two Worlds. It's sick as hell
I actually said this about Gladiator in the review
November 21, 2024 at 11:48 PM
I actually said this about Gladiator in the review
Not for nothing but point (a) is basically just the 14 words expressed in 19 words.
January 29, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Not for nothing but point (a) is basically just the 14 words expressed in 19 words.
Hello friends, time to start the new year off with some good news. My Crisis of the Third Century book is officially under contract. We are doing this thing! It's coming!
January 5, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Hello friends, time to start the new year off with some good news. My Crisis of the Third Century book is officially under contract. We are doing this thing! It's coming!
Very normal numbers to place side-by-side, I'm sure it's just a coincidence like it always is
July 28, 2023 at 3:33 PM
Very normal numbers to place side-by-side, I'm sure it's just a coincidence like it always is