Spill the Mead

Spill the Mead delivers research‑driven storytelling that makes history feel alive, immersive, and wildly entertaining. Host Madi and her Batch of Bards dig deep into the archives—cross‑checking sources, comparing accounts, and pulling from global scholarship—to bring you stories that feel less like a lecture and more like swapping unbelievable tales with friends. Real history meets real entertainment. This is history with personality. This is Spill the Mead.

Spill the Mead is a history podcast hosted by Madi Gervais & CoHosts, with 74 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Madi Gervais & CoHosts hosts Spill the Mead, a history show with 74 episodes published.

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  Episode #63

  Jane Seymour | BONUS: The Asterisk

  Sep 30, 202643 minS2026

  Just when we thought we were finished with Jane Seymour… one. final. asterisk. In the middle of this series, historian Elizabeth Norton published Jane Seymour: Patronage, Material Culture and Image Crafting , the newest academic study of Jane’s life and queenship. And how could I call this a proper Jane Seymour series DEEP DIVE if we ignored the newest research?? Not here. No way. I promised I’d come back once the series was finished and tell you what I found. So here I am, and I am so excited to share it with you. So here it is: 43 minutes of new details, original sources, a few hot little facts, and the things that really complete my entire view of Jane Seymour. A woman who I feel like I've come to know. So here it is. Just one final note. The Asterisk, if you will. And THAT, my friends, is a wrap on Jane Seymour. Until next time... AD‑FREE LISTENING on Patreon + tons of extra content! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/c/spillthemead Merch: https://linkpop.com/spillthemeadpodcast/ Find us on Instagram & Facebook: @spillthemeadpodcast Credits Host & Producer: Madi Gervais Featuring rotating cohosts from the Spill the Mead team © 2026 Spill the Mead LLC. All rights reserved.

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  Episode #62

  Jane Seymour | Part 5: The Phoenix

  Sep 16, 20263h 6mS2026

  On October 12, 1537, at around 2am. Jane Seymour gave birth to the son England had waited decades for. In the final chapter of our Jane Seymour series, we step inside the celebrations surrounding Edward’s birth and christening before everything begins to change. We explore Jane’s prolonged labor, childbed fever, and what she may have experienced in her final days. Because saying “Jane died in childbirth” does not begin to capture what she endured... she deserves more. And we will try our best to understand her story fully, even when it gets hard. We then follow Jane beyond death, through the long road to her final resting place, what she left behind, and one last look back at the incredible journey we’ve taken with her. This is The Phoenix . Thank you for listening to our Jane Seymour Deep Dive Series. Please leave a 5-star review, and tell a friend! AD‑FREE LISTENING on Patreon + tons of extra content! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/c/spillthemead Merch: https://linkpop.com/spillthemeadpodcast/ Find us on Instagram & Facebook: @spillthemeadpodcast Credits Host & Producer: Madi Gervais Featuring rotating cohosts from the Spill the Mead team © 2026 Spill the Mead LLC. All rights reserved.

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  Episode #61

  Jane Seymour | Part 4: The Chamber

  Sep 2, 20266h 42mS2026

  In this record-breaking episode, we begin with a deep dive into Tudor medicine, conception, pregnancy, and the complicated ways sixteenth-century people understood the female body. Then we return to Jane herself following the timeline of her life during her last days outside the chamber walls. We reconstruct the world of Tudor confinement: its protocols, preparations, rituals, rooms, rules, and the women who inhabited them. We meet the midwives and examine the knowledge and experience they brought into a space from which men were largely excluded... until now. And finally, after months of waiting, Jane Seymour crosses the threshold, and enters the chamber, and we are going with her. And now we wait. Welcome to The Chamber. AD‑FREE LISTENING on Patreon + tons of extra content! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/c/spillthemead Merch: https://linkpop.com/spillthemeadpodcast/ Find us on Instagram & Facebook: @spillthemeadpodcast Credits Host & Producer: Madi Gervais Featuring rotating cohosts from the Spill the Mead team © 2026 Spill the Mead LLC. All rights reserved.

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  Henry VIII the Athlete | The Injury That Changed Everything: Uncorked with Jackson Van Uden

  Aug 14, 20261h 5mS2026

  When you hear “Henry VIII” a few key words may come to mind, and “athlete” may not be one of them. In this episode of Spill the Mead: Uncorked , I’m joined by Jackson Van Uden to look at this key aspect of Henry’s personality that often gets overlooked. Sport wasn’t simply something Henry did for fun. It was a huge part of his identity, until one day it was all suddenly ripped away. We explore what that loss may have meant for Henry, the impact of living with chronic pain, and whether those two things together can help us better understand some of the changes we see in him later in life. Jackson also brings his own experience with serious sports injuries to the conversation, giving us a unique perspective on what it can feel like when injury takes away not only what you love doing, but a piece of who you understand yourself to be. This is NOT about excusing Henry VIII, just looking deeper into why he was the way that so famously was. For more from Jacskson Van Uden, visit historywithjackson.co.uk Follow him on instagram and TikTok @historywithjackson AD‑FREE LISTENING on Patreon + tons of extra content! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/c/spillthemead Merch: https://linkpop.com/spillthemeadpodcast/ Find us on Instagram & Facebook: @spillthemeadpodcast Credits Host & Producer: Madi Gervais Featuring rotating cohosts from the Spill the Mead team © 2026 Spill the Mead LLC. All rights reserved.

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  Episode #60

  Jane Seymour | Part 3b: The Pacificator

  Jul 24, 20263h 29mS2026

  In Part B of the Pacificator , Mary is alive, but still absent from court. It feels like the moment to pay her a visit, so we open this episode with Jane and Henry doing exactly that. Jane (and the rest of us) hold our breath to see whether Henry will finally invite her back. What if we told you that none of what has happened so far has been considered by historians the greatest political crisis of Henry’s reign? Not Catherine. Not Anne. Not Mary. But the events of this episode. Buckle up for the conclusion of Part 3. It is intense. It is stressful. It is uncertain. It is Jane’s reign. AD‑FREE LISTENING on Patreon + tons of extra content! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/c/spillthemead Merch: https://linkpop.com/spillthemeadpodcast/ Find us on Instagram & Facebook: @spillthemeadpodcast Credits Host & Producer: Madi Gervais Featuring rotating cohosts from the Spill the Mead team © 2026 Spill the Mead LLC. All rights reserved.

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