Pop Medieval

Pop Medieval Episode 53: It Doesn’t Get More Sophisticated Than This, Folks

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 13:00:53 +0000

In which our heroes wade into it with knee-high greaves.

Pop Medieval Episode 52: T’was Blind, But Now Doc Sees

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 21:36:04 +0000

In which our heroes learn the ins and outs of eyeball jelly.

Pop Medieval Episode 51: Say The Line, Gandalf!

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 00:09:17 +0000

In which our Heroes shake their heads and tsk their tongues.

Pop Medieval Ep 50: Not a Ring In Sight

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 16:37:44 +0000

In which our heroes are off to a rocky season 4 start in search for 20 rings.

Pop Medieval Minisode 5: Nina Explains the Rings

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 02:40:46 +0000

In which our heroes put up another short episode before the real season begins.

Pop Medieval Ep 49: Final Exam

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 15 May 2022 13:00:17 +0000

In which our heroes take a break for the summer but not without giving out an assignment.

Pop Medieval Ep 48: Where There’s a Whip…

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 01 May 2022 13:00:06 +0000

In which our heroes join

Pop Medieval Ep 47: Earendel is a Good Name for a Star

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 13:00:52 +0000

In which our heroes shoot for the moon and hit the stars.

Pop Medieval Ep 46: Medieval Ukraine

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:46:27 +0000

In which our heroes travel to eastern Europe.

Pop Medieval Minisode 4: WHAT Kind of School??

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 20:18:23 +0000

In which our heroes eschew their podcast duties for this week.

Pop Medieval Ep 45: Degrees of Deadness in Valheim

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 23:10:06 +0000

In which our heroes get sucked into another obsession.

Pop Medieval Ep 44: An Interview with Professor Awesome

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 19:12:07 +0000

In which our heroes have a discussion about writerly topics.

Pop Medieval Ep 43: Boning With Chaucer

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:06:41 +0000

In which our heroes line up their sweethearts and pass out roses to their favorite avian bachelorettes.

Pop Medieval Ep 42: Eat Me(dieval)

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 00:47:37 +0000

In which our heroes gather around the spit and cauldron to roast chestnuts and prepare for a warm winter's night.

Pop Medieval Ep 41: The Last Duel, or The Wrongs about Medieval Property Rights

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 02:19:26 +0000

In which our heroes have to go outside the normal legal system to get some sort of justice.

Pop Medieval Ep 40: “There Can Be Only One, SpongeBob!”

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 05 Dec 2021 13:00:57 +0000

In which our heroes clash over who can be the last immortal to win The Prize.

Pop Medieval Ep 39: “Your Female Part is a Little Underwritten (and Greasy), Sir”

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 13:00:12 +0000

In which our heroes, on an academic mission to debate Aristotelian virtues, get swept up in a side-quest of murder and gross fornication.

Pop Medieval Ep 38: Garrrrrn and his Laduh

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 02:02:21 +0000

In which our heroes kick off another yearly tradition.

Pop Medieval Ep 37: The Tears of St. Erkenwald

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 18:03:49 +0000

In which our heroes find an incorruptible corpse and attempt to send it to heaven, but their tears are sadly not holy enough.

Pop Medieval Ep 36: Some Games are Good, Others are Halatafl

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 13:00:28 +0000

In which our heroes roll some dice and fight for the title of big bad Wolf (or Wulf?) of the forest.

Pop Medieval Ep 35: Vinland and Voynich: a Virulent Voyage

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 22:25:33 +0000

In which our heroes circumnavigate the world using 13th century paper but 20th century ink.

Pop Medieval Ep 34: He’s Green with Envy and Murder

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 15:00:15 +0000

In which our heroes chop off a head and embark on a lessons-learned quest to lose their own head.

Pop Medieval Ep 33: There’s Always a Prophecy

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 02 May 2021 13:00:40 +0000

In which our heroes await the birth of the next heretical perfect. Or is it prefect?

Pop Medieval Episode 32: In Mother Russia…They Include Tom Bombadil

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 13:00:04 +0000

In which our heroes pack a thermos of borscht and set forth on an adventure toward Mount Doom on a mission of perestroika.

Pop Medieval Minisode 3: Don’t Plagiarize

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 04 Apr 2021 13:00:37 +0000

In which one of our heroes relate a story about stealing another person's work and labeling it as their own.

Pop Medieval Ep 31: Mansa Musa Inflates the Market, Pants

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 13:00:28 +0000

In which our heroes take depart on a sacred trip to Mecca and wind up devaluing a city's currency in the process.

Pop Medieval Ep 30: Bardcore and Uncut

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 13:00:00 +0000

In which our heroes pick up their lutes and wonder what IS love, hey nonny nonny ho.

Pop Medieval Ep 29: Sutton Who?

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 13:00:01 +0000

In which our heroes stumble upon another massive treasure hoard!

Pop Medieval Ep 28: Alas, Poor Ophelia

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 13:00:12 +0000

Doc and Nina answer some listener mail in this episode! Today, they are discussing William Shakespeare’s mad Danish Prince, Hamlet. In particular, they look at the repercussions of his hackneyed plot to avenge his father’s death on Ophelia, his betrothed. Doc reveals the 12th century source for Hamlet – Saxo Grammaticus’s “Gesta Danorum”(simply, “Deeds of …

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Pop Medieval Ep 27: Watch Your F*cking Mouth

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 13:00:39 +0000

In which our heroes gargle with lye and salt water and discuss, among others, the eff dash dash dash word.

Pop Medieval Ep 26: Seven Medieval Words…A Sick Return!

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:00:12 +0000

In which our heroes return to the battlefield of words!

Pop Medieval Minisode 2: Sir Orrin is Gross

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 13:00:36 +0000

In which our heroes debate the commonality of uncomfortable subjects...again.

Pop Medieval Ep 25: Good King Wences…whatever

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 13:00:17 +0000

In which our heroes put on their mufflers, hats, and robes and go a-wassailing, door-to-door, singing songs of good cheer as Christmas is hear.

Pop Medieval Ep 24: The Dark Lord Rises

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 13:00:33 +0000

In which our heroes venture into the depths of fiery darkness to rescue the Princess Lady from the most awesome of all demons.

Pop Medieval Ep 23: Thar Be Dragons!

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 13:00:00 +0000

In which our heroes are pulled from the 21st century into a medieval fantasy world in order to go on a quest to retrieve a magical object and restore the world. Both wish the medieval world used Google Maps.

Pop Medieval Ep 22: Can You Explain the Penis Tree?

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 13:00:42 +0000

In which our heroes bring back a tradition from last year and get busy with the act of fornication deaf-mutes, and randy nuns.

Pop Medieval Ep 21: HOWL-oween!

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 13:00:53 +0000

In which our heroes look upon the full moon, put on their flea collars, and run pell-mell, tumble-bumble down a grassy hill.

Pop Medieval Ep 20: That Time Doc Had a Questionable Following

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 13:00:18 +0000

In which our heroes recall the time a Beowulf film, done for charity, incited rage and fervor all for a casting choice.

Pop Medieval Ep 19: Beowulf Dragon Slayer

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 13:00:45 +0000

In which our heroes stumble upon a trove of comics from a time long ago, when the bards played a music style called "disco" and the price to feed one's steed rose to epic heights.

Pop Medieval Ep 18: Abelard Cuts Ties with Heloise

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 13:00:43 +0000

In which our heroes recall the history of Abelard and Heloise, a pair of scholars and star-crossed lovers whose scandalous connection outshined their philosophic contributions. All this led to an infamous severance.

Pop Medieval Ep 17: What We Did Over Our Summer Break

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 13:00:15 +0000

In which our heroes return after their summer hiatus to regale their listeners with tales of their medieval adventures...which consist of their media consumption experiences.

Pop Medieval Ep 16: A Beginner’s Guide to the SCA

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 03 May 2020 13:00:30 +0000

In which our heroes shed their mundanes, adopt a persona, and become period in order to be part of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Well, at least for a weekend.

Pop Medieval Ep 15: All Hayl the Tyger Kyng

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 13:00:59 +0000

In which our heroes discuss the latest pop culture phenomenon, a sensationalist Netflix documentary series that is as much about medievalism as it is about tigers.

Pop Medieval Minisode 1: A Reading From Tristan and Iseult

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 13:00:48 +0000

In which one of our heroes takes the reigns and reads from a tale of two star-crossed lovers...not those, the other medieval ones. No, not those, the other ones.

Pop Medieval Ep 14: Social Distancing, Boccaccio’s Way

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 13:00:32 +0000

In which our heroes practice their social distancing and read from the most famous book about medieval social distancing, The Decameron.

Pop Medieval Ep 13: Witches’ Brew

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 15:22:47 +0000

In which our heroes clink together their steins and quaff a pint in celebration of some medieval women, for without whom you would have neither beer nor ale.

Pop Medieval Ep 12: All My Friends are Dead

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:00:00 +0000

In which our heroes don bird masks, push a cart, ring a bell, and screech, "bring out your dead!"

Pop Medieval Ep 11: On The Loss of Christopher Tolkien and Terry Jones

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 13:00:00 +0000

In which our heroes discuss the loss of two Medieval pop culture icons.

Pop Medieval Ep 10: Seven Medieval Words (We Should Bring Back Today)

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 13:00:00 +0000

In which our heroes have a battle of s-words, not swords, but come out just as battle-weary as they would have been with blades.

Pop Medieval Ep 9: Hail to The King, Baby

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000

In which our heroes shall ne're go by, from this day to the ending of the world, shall be remembered as a few, a happy few, a band of brothers.

Pop Medieval Ep 8: The St Nick Sucker Punch

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 12:00:00 +0000

In which our heroes deck their halls with balls of holly while saints deck a few heretics in their faces.

Pop Medieval Ep 7: Robin, Robin, Robin Buckets o’ Gold

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 19:21:30 +0000

In which our heroes each don a hood and cowl and Occupy Nottingham.

Pop Medieval Ep 6: We’re About to Go Feast Mode

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 03:24:31 +0000

In which one hero valiantly braves the chill of an frosty beverage and the stomach pains of a fatty hamburger to recall the tale of Corporate Tie-Ins. The other hero will sit, listen, and try not to throw up.

Pop Medieval Ep 5: To Hell with Hellboy

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 13:00:00 +0000

In which our heroes each grow a pair of horns, rise out of the depths of Hell, and ride a fire dragon around the world.

Pop Medieval Ep 4: The Kingdom is Full of Zombies BONUS

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 02:36:21 +0000

In which our heroes discuss unfurl a banner with the words SPOILER WARNING embroidered upon it before zombies devour them alive.

Pop Medieval Ep 4: The Kingdom is Full of Zombies

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 11:00:09 +0000

In which our heroes board up the city walls with sharpened bamboo to prepare for a Medieval zombie attack.

Pop Medieval Ep 3: A Thing about Kennings

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 11:00:10 +0000

In which our heroes have things to say about kennings and take on a challenge of memory.

Pop Medieval Ep 2: The Staffordshire Hoard

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 00:40:29 +0000

In which our heroes embark on a treasure hunt for the bounty of the Staffordshire Hoard and find a great treasury of awkward small talk.

Pop Medieval: Pilot

Professor Awesome and the Minions of Doom — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 21:24:31 +0000

In which our heroes embark on their quest to discuss the intersection of medieval literature, pop culture, and the bad haircuts that plague The King trailer.