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Future Imperfect

What can the past tell us about what's going to happen next?

Jason Kingsley is a technologist who started one of the UK's most exciting games companies, Rebellion. He's also fascinated by the past. In this podcast he talks to historians, scientists, and experts from all fields abo

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  • 15. What were medieval warhorses like?

    39:43||Season 2, Ep. 15
    Jason talks to Emma Herbert-Davies about her research into the mediaeval warhorse.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis

  • 14. What were ordinary Vikings really like?

    50:39||Season 2, Ep. 14
    On this episode Jason talks to Eleanor Barraclough about her new book, Embers of the Hands, about the day-t-day lives and material culture of ordinary Vikings.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis

  • 13. What is Jason's new book about?

    01:12:40||Season 2, Ep. 13
    In this episode, Jason talks about his new book, out now on Kickstarter with the host of Legends and Lectures, Michelle Franklin.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis

  • 12. How to get someone to fall in love with you (in the Middle Ages)

    30:41||Season 2, Ep. 12
    We learn lots about of the facts of the Middle Ages, but what did the people themselves believe about the ways in which the world worked, and the intersections between religion and magic? Jason talks to Tabitha Stanmore about practical magic, cunning folk, and the ways in which magic was threaded through mediaeval life.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis

  • 11. Can mediaeval knowledge save the world?

    46:26||Season 2, Ep. 11
    In a world of limited resources, people in the Middle Ages knew how to exploit the natural world in a way that was sustainable. Jason talks to Annette Kehnel about sustainability in the Middle Ages.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis

  • 10. Who were the Anglo-Saxons?

    42:13||Season 2, Ep. 10
    In this episode, Jason talks to Marc Morris about his new book, Anglo Saxons.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis