Gather round the virtual camp fire and let me share with you hundreds of stories, passed down on the sub just this last week. Cover just a phenomenal variety of subjects, and put in one place for your easy browsing.

Don’t forget to show some appreciation for all the writers, question askers and contributors! Throw an upvote at your faves and thank them for all their hard work!

• AskHistorians Podcast Minisode - German-Japanese cooperation with Lubyak

• There’s still some folks looking for suggestions in the Thursday Reading and Rec thread!

• There’s also fun in the Friday Free For All.

• A great META question! Do r/AskHistorians have any plans to create a digital (or printed copy) of answered “Great Question” posts? (Meta)

• Followed by Can TL:DR be a thing here?

That’s it for another week gang! Got a favorite thread? Call it out and show some love! Keep it classy and I’ll see y’all next Sunday!

Sunday is all a chance to shout out some of the questions that caught your eye, but still hope to catch the attention of an expert. Feel free to post your own, or others you saw and liked!

• /u/JJVMT asked It seems to me that 1980's Hollywood reflects a strong nostalgia for the 1930s (especially 30's gangsters; see examples inside)? Was 30's nostalgia a real trend at the time, or am I falling prey to confirmation bias? If it was, what prompted it? The half century mark, or something else?

• /u/Kelpie-Cat asked What happened to the relationship between the mob and the Teamsters after the murder of Jimmy Hoffa?

• /u/The_Red_Kraken asked Roman armies had to settle in for winter quarters after campaign season. What did they do to pass the time?

Time for another installment of "The Real Questions", where we take a look at the wilder side of r/AskHistorians! Here, I give a shout-out to people asking the more atypical questions on this sub: questions that investigate amusing, unique, bizarre, or less common aspects of history, as well as ones that take us through intriguing adventures of historiography/methodology or niche/overlooked topics and moments in history. It's always a wide (and perhaps confusing) assortment of topics, but at the end of the day, when I see them I think, "Finally, someone is asking the real questions!"
Below are my entries for the week - questions with a link to an older response are marked with ‡. Let me know what you think were the realest questions you saw this week, and be sure to check out my full list of Real Questions.