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Hosted by Jenny Williamson and Genn McMenemy · history · EN · 367 episodes
An ancient history podcast run by two Millennial women. Misbehaving emperors, poison assassins, mythological mayhem; it’s like if Hardcore History met up with My Favorite Murder in the ancient world, with a heavy helping of booze and laughter.
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Signup to Generate a PitchAn ancient history podcast run by two Millennial women. Misbehaving emperors, poison assassins, mythological mayhem; it’s like if Hardcore History met up with My Favorite Murder in the ancient world, with a heavy helping of booze and laughter.
Ancient History Fangirl is hosted by Jenny Williamson and Genn McMenemy. The show has published 367 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "RE-RELEASE: The Haunting of Crater Lake" (27 October 2026, 65 minutes), "Quiet Piggy: How Augustus Silenced his Critics" (22 October 2026, 99 minutes), and "RE-RELEASE: Sea of Trees: The Japanese Suicide Forest" (20 October 2026, 52 minutes).
Ancient History Fangirl publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 72 minutes across 367 episodes.
Booking probability for Ancient History Fangirl is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Ancient History Fangirl requires a Pod Score of 87 or higher. Ancient History Fangirl's contact route on record: verified email.
Jenny Williamson and Genn McMenemy hosts Ancient History Fangirl, a history show with 367 episodes published.
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Episode #368
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Crater Lake is a caldera lake in the Cascade Mountains in Oregon—the remnants of an ancient volcanic eruption. It’s the deepest lake in the country and one...
Episode #367
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In the last episode of our season, we’re taking an in-depth look at the life and writing of Ovid: pickup artist, poet extraordinaire, and all-around...
Episode #366
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In this episode, we’ll delve into the mystery of Aokigahara, known in Japanese as the Sea of Trees—and to the rest of the world as the Suicide Forest. After...
Episode #365
Sign up to our Patreon to get the exclusive video version of this episode! We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you this brilliant crossover episode! Our very own Genn McMenemy made a guest...
Episode #364
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! This is an episode about a plague that killed up to 100 million people by the time it was done—as many as 60% of its victims. It’s the first documented...
Episode #362
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Mammoths existed on our planet for roughly five million years, and they were perfectly adapted to the ice age world they inhabited. So perfectly adapted that...
Episode #360
Enemy of My Dreams is just $2.99 on Kindle! Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Short answer: no. Long answer: no, and they didn't function that well in pluralistic Roman society, either. Many...
Episode #359
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! We are thrilled to welcome USA Today bestselling author Eva Leigh to the podcast. Eva has had two recent releases that piqued our interest: The Sea Witch...
Episode #358
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! One of the most famous quotes from Augustus’ reign was “I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.” And Augustus did that—he had a real...
Episode #357
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Have you noticed that our tech overlords cannot be normal about the Roman Empire? Elon Musk has approximately 14 known children, which he refers to as his...
Episode #356
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Slavery touched every part of life in ancient Rome. Depending on the time period and location, as many as one in ten or one in three people was enslaved. How...
Episode #355
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In our last episode, Livia and Octavia were at each other’s throats over which one of their sons would be chosen as Augustus’ heir. The unfortunate thing is...
Episode #354
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In our last episode, Octavian had just defeated Cleopatra and Mark Antony. His sister Octavia had refused to renounce her wayward husband (Mark Antony)...
Episode #353
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! The romance between Mark Antony and Cleopatra has beguiled us for centuries. What most people don’t realize is that when Mark Antony met Cleopatra, he was...
Episode #352
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! The First Ladies of Rome—the women of Augustus’ family—played a role in building his empire. Octavia, Livia, Julia, Agrippina—these were the women who helped...
Episode #351
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Aphrodite, goddess of love and sex, took many lovers in the mythology. But perhaps the most important was Ares. They adored each other; they had many...
Episode #350
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Due to changing marital laws (among other things), the late Roman Republic saw a rise in a certain kind of wealthy elite woman with more independence and...
Episode #349
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! You may have noticed that MAGA (Republicans in general, really) are weird about women. That weirdness is ancient. It goes all the way back to ancient Rome...
Episode #348
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! We are thrilled to welcome #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Elizabeth May to the podcast. Elizabeth May is the author of The Wolf and the Crown of Blood, a...
Episode #347
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! When Augustus rolled into town after defeating Marc Antony and Cleopatra, he was greeted as a hero—because the Senate ordered its people to stand outside...
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