Fantastic quality in terms of content so far.

Audio clarity needs some work though (recording equipment I'm talking about, enunciation is great).

Great work.

SWEET FANCY MOSES!

I did not even know this was in the works. Legitimately made my day. Thank you guys- this is why /r/AskHistorians is one of the best and most informative subs on Reddit

I don't mean to be a negative Nancy, but just a personal observation of something I didn't enjoy a lot.

I loved the knowledge and education. I disliked the immature melodrama. I find it hard to not cringe and take the podcast seriously when the expect being a dramatic 16 year old.

I hope we can retain the same level of maturity and professionalism that every star comment on this subreddit holds on words.

Can you guys do one on the War of the Roses?

So excited this is up! Hat tip to everyone who's been working on this so hard - please rate and review if you want to see us do more stuff like this.

I've just finished listening and my only comment would be to tone down the analogies a bit. Analogies can be great for understanding of course but the actual details of the history need to be provided too and a few times it seemed like you were saying "it's like this thing" and then failing to say what actually happened.

Also remember that this goes out to an international audience so analogies about the US and the US political system, though possibly accurate, don't make sense to a lot of us.

That said, I thought it was excellent otherwise and a really enjoyable listen.

As requested by another user, here are some sources for more reading on the topic (They'll be in the OP when Tas has a chance) :

• Goldsworthy, Adrian: Caesar: Life of a Colossus
• Goldsworthy, Adrian: In the Name of Rome: The Men who Won the Roman Empire
• Goldsworthy, Adrian: Roman Warfare
• Goldworthy, Adrian: The Complete Roman Army
• Bonner, Stanley: Education in Ancient Rome
• Caesar, Julius: Gallic Wars
• Caesar, Julius: Civil War
• Caesar, Julius: Alexandrian War, African War, Spanish War

Those are the more readable books that I recommend offhand - if people want more sources, I'll provide them when asked!

How exciting. Any chance this will be available on Stitcher? I tend to stream my podcasts.

Sort of related question; what qualifies the flaired users in this sub to speak as historians? Do they all hold degrees in their field? Have they published anything? Are they just well-read? I don't really understand what qualifies someone as a "historian".

I have been waiting for a new history podcast for ages, Thanks /r/AskHistorians the first episode was great quality!

That is pretty rad.

That was great! /u/Celebreth was really able to keep me enthusiatic and interested. Amazing quality, I'm looking forward for more.

Awesome, love this sub

Have you guys thought about a weekly recap podcast that summarizes the best threads and posts in the subreddit for the week? It isn't production heavy and would be great for people to don't have time to thoroughly read everything.

Thanks for the great podcast!

Is Daeres going to be doing a podcast?

What evidence is there that Julius Caesar had epilepsy? You mention that he was a very lucky person epilepsy wasn't all that common during the time he lived was it?

Do you mind if I publicize this on the History Podcasts group on Facebook? Many podcasters (and listeners like myself) are on there and they always like more podcasts and would have great feedback.

This is such a great idea! I can't wait to give it a listen!

Is this real life? I don't have as much time as I'd like to sit down and read this sub for long periods of times, so this is pretty amazing news. I can listen to it in my car :D

is there some way we can submit topics to be covered in a future podcast?

thanks for the hard work, listening to the first one right now :)

I would love to see a podcast about Chinese history, especially the dynastic periods. If you guys can't find anyone flaired to do it, I would love to contribute something to the discussion.

Awesome.

This is so awesome. I really dont understand how yall have the time to do all this this. Thank yall.

I think this is a great idea. I joined the subreddit when it was fairly young, and it has quickly grown into what is probably the best subreddit I read these days. I'm excited to see how this new medium will evolve.

Also, kudos to those who did the editing. I have done video and audio work in the past, and I know how much planning and work it takes to pull something like this off.

Podcast is available via Downcast on iOS - excellent! I will listen to this after work today!

I am very excited for this. The askhistorians community just keeps getti.g better and better.

This is fantastic! Thank you Mods/Flaired ones!

Thank you thank you thank you!

MeFi's OWN Artw??!

Marvellous idea.

Is there any way I can also listen to these on an android phone?

Really enjoyed listening to this. The content was great, entertaining and informative. Audio wise it's not really good but considering what you have to work with it's definitively not off-putting.

Great job!

This is absolutely awesome! Keep up the good work guys! Would be cool to hear one on Late Antiquity too!

Just listened. Good job guys. Looking forward to more.

YES YES YES! Totally going to listen to this, you guys rule!

Literally just finished the Masters of Rome series, This Caesar podcast couldnt of come at a better time, Thanks.

This is a really cool idea! The first episode is quite good as well.

Here's a couple ideas:

Rather than a single topic recording, it might be nice to give it a structure similar to other shows but that also highlights the format of /r/AskHistorians. ie. Perhaps the show could begin by reveling the main topic and guest, then summarizing and highlighting some of the top posts and discussions from each week on /r/AskHistorians. Then the main topic, similar to how it was done in the 1st episode. (I would love to have you guys get some published authors that are frequently cited here). Finally, reveal some unanswered submissions to /r/AskHistorians and discuss briefly your preliminary thoughts in order to spark more discussion in the subreddit.

This is fantastic! Thank you so much guys :)

Ooooo coooool. Definitely tuning in on the 14th.

Here's my question: how much work does this take? How many hours of research, writing, recording, and editing were required to make 35 minutes of content?

Fantastic idea guys. Subscribed.

I am beyond happy that this came to fruition!

Subscribed :) Love this sub. Love these mods. Thank you thank you thank you!

This unexpectedly made my day! Amazing news!

I'm a massive listener of history podcasts, and I'm super keen for these, as I know they'll be of great quality.

This is AWESOME. Thank you.

I enjoyed it. I've always been intimidated by the scope of history and never known where to start to expand my near non-existant knowledge. This was a great tool for me to get started.

Would it be possible to add to the discussion threads a list of recommended resources if someone wants to learn more about the podcast topic?

This is very good news indeed!

Holy cow, has this podcast really jumped to number 2 in the iTunes history category? Overtaking both Dan Carlin and Melvyn Bragg?? Can I be reading that right?

Coming out of lurk city to say this is awesome - congrats and very excited to listen!

Audio needs work but the content seems great so far. This isn't really a hard fix, some better mic's and recording the audio locally opposed to streaming will increase the quality a great deal.

This is fantastic, great work!

Subscribed

Nothing to add, but that this makes me very happy! Well done, everyone.

This is the best news I've heard all week! Can't believe this isn't a default subreddit yet. Actually, let me ask, would the mods want this to be a default subreddit if the opportunity presented itself?

Thanks so much for putting this together! Can't wait to hear more!

Any history podcast is automatically intriguing as hell to me, but looking at the schedule and format, this one seems fucking awesome! Not only does it seem to jump around in terms of content, the fact that redditors will be doing this will make me assume it'll go into more gruesome Carlin-esque areas as opposed to other podcasts(which I still like. In Our Time is awesome).

Downloading now. And I'll do an Itunes review as soon as I think of it in the future.

Just subscribed! Thank you so much!

This is great! It's time we had a new history podcast! You need to spread out to other platforms: I'd love to be able to follow the podcast on Twitter and YouTube!

Halfway through the first episode and I already love it. Great work!

I've been a lurker in this sub for quite some time but I just wanted to add that this is fantastic news and I can't wait to begin listening.

I just subscribed and I'll be listening on my drive to work tomorrow. Excited!

Get a cough switch, guys.

Is there a place to suggest topics?

Wow this was the most professionally set up thing from a loose community like this I've ever seen. Seriously impressive guys.

Good job!

Subscribed! Seems like a great idea and I'm looking forward to listening.

This is awesome! I wish you guys the best of luck in this, and I plan on being a regular listener.

Cannot upvote this enough. I was listening to the newest Hardcore History today and thinking to myself, "I need to find another good history podcast"

I can't wait to listen. This sounds like an amazing opportunity to listen to some great historians.

This is an amazing idea, and an excellent way to expand on an already great idea like /r/AskHistorians.

Please put this up on Itunes

Just listening to the first episode. Good way to spend a commute.

Could you put the podcasts up on Youtube? That's where I listen to podcasts most of the time.

That was a great podcast and a fabulous idea, guys. Hope you can keep this up, I will be sure to download every episode.

YES! I've been watching podcasts for a long time and educational ones are amongst my favorites.

Eh, this was alright, definitely a good shot considering it's a first episode. The audio quality needs a bit of work but that's a given, you can't send everyone out to buy 200$ microphones (or whatever a good recording one costs) for a new podcast. Content wise I was a bit bored, I'm assuming this is meant for anyone with little to no knowledge of the topics at hand because I am no historian or expert on Julius but I'd heard everything mentioned here somewhere else previously. I could have given the same level of interview just by re-listening to the relevant episodes of Death Throes of the Republic by Dan Carlin or The History of Rome by Mike Duncan.

Definitely a good first try but a little lacking in terms of depth on this particular subject. Will definitely listen to the next one as I have no idea what that one is about and the same sort of approach on an unknown subject would probably work much better like you lot most likely planned.