Long-form Roman history. Same idiots since 2013.
Roman history told the way it actually happened — bloody, horny, and frequently profane.
We started in 2013 with a series on Julius Caesar. Then a hundred on Augustus. Then Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero. Then, like the Lord God, we rested. Now we are BACK, working our way through the Year of the Four Emperors and into Vespasian.
We don’t do hot takes. We don’t do ten-minute summaries. We take a single emperor — sometimes a single year — and we sit with him until we understand him. That usually takes fifty to a hundred episodes. We’re aware this is unhinged. You’ll come for the geopolitics and stay for the swearing.
— Ray & Cam · The Podcast Network
Two old blokes. Thirteen years. An unreasonable number of footnotes.
RAY
Ray
History buff. Reads Suetonius on the train and underlines the rude bits. Specialises in pretending he knows what Cam is talking about. A big hit with the ladies and various farm animals.
“Augustus was basically the world's first PR consultant. He just had the budget to murder the journalists.”
CAM
Cameron
Literally invented long-form history podcasting in 2006. Obsessed with dirty Latin words. Handles the jokes, most of the swearing, and pushing Ray towards the edge of madness.
“Every Roman story is a love story between two ambitious men who absolutely would have stabbed each other given fifteen minutes alone.”