The podcast that does what it says on the tin: a narrative history of the German people that starts in the year 919 AD and hopes to get all the way to 1991. Episodes are 25-35 min long and drop on Thursday mornings. As Gregory of Tours (539-594) said: "A great many things keep happening, some good, some bad" . The show is now entering its 8th season. So far we have covered:The Ottonian Emperors (Ep. 1- 21)- Henry the Fowler (Ep. 1)- Otto I (Ep. 2-8)- Otto II (Ep.9-11)- Otto II (Ep. 11-14)- Henry II (ep. 15-17)- Germany in the Year 1000 (ep. 18-21)The Salier and the Investiture Controversy- Konrad II (Ep. 22- 25)- Henry III (Ep. 26-29)- Henry IV & Canossa (Ep. 30-39)- Henry V and the Concordat of Worms (Ep. 40-42)Barbarossa and the early Hohenstaufen- Lothar III (Ep. 43-46)- Konrad III (Ep. 47-49)- Frederick Barbarossa (Ep. 50-69)Frederick II and the later Hohenstaufen-Henry VI (Ep. 70-72)- Philipp of Swabia (Ep. 73-74)- Otto IV (Ep. 74-75)- Frederick II (Ep. 75-90)- Epilogue (ep. 91-94)Eastern Expansion (ep. 95-108)The Hanseatic League (Ep. 109-127)The Teutonic Knights (Ep. 128-137)The Interregnum and the early Habsburgs (Ep. 138 ff
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