Ancient History Podcast

The Ancient History Podcast serves as an audio companion to Ancient History Magazine, and that connection shapes the show in interesting ways. Host Owain Williams brings on researchers, scholars, and authors to discuss their latest work across an impressively wide range of ancient civilizations -- Greece and Rome get their due, but you will also hear about Mesopotamia, China, and everything in between. Episodes typically feature in-depth interviews running 50 to 60 minutes, giving guests enough space to actually explain their findings rather than reducing complex scholarship to soundbites. The interview format means every episode brings a different expert perspective, which keeps the show from getting locked into a single interpretive lens. Topics have included ancient Roman theatre archaeology, Greek cosmogony with Carolina Lopez-Ruiz, and the intersection of Jewish society and Roman governance. With 27 episodes released monthly, this is a smaller catalog than many podcasts on this list, but the quality of the conversations makes each one count. The show is connected to Karwansaray Publishers, which gives it access to a network of historians and archaeologists who might not appear on more mainstream podcasts. If you are the kind of listener who reads the bibliography at the end of a history book, this podcast speaks your language. The 4.3 rating from a small number of reviews reflects a show still building its audience rather than any quality issue -- the content itself is excellent.