I want to do another episode like we did with the Antikythra thing.

You mean the thing where we both study something and then we have a very deep conversation

about our different side of it? I go the technical route, you go the humanities route?

Yes, we pick something from the shaded area of the Venn diagram of our specialties and then

we teach each other. I'm pretty sure you have a degree with an emphasis in military tactics,

is that correct? Yeah, something like that. I don't think emphases are real things. I think it's

something you say afterwards, but yeah, I took classes in military tactics and I have a

degree in history, well a couple of them. So yeah, that counts. Yeah, I'm some kind of expert.

Let's go with that. Sweet. And I'm pretty sure you've shot missiles at stuff and tried to think

of how to bend against missiles and how to bust bunkers and things like that. That sounds pretty

CG, yeah? Yeah, I've actually studied cannons. This is going to be fun. Yeah, let's talk about

Siege's today. Game on.

Okay, let's start here. How does a siege happen? And I guess why does it happen?

Huh, that is a good place to start. That is not an easy question. Let's back it up,

even one step further. Question for you, what is a siege?

Well, a siege is in my mind, a siege is when you've got one person that's dug in or one group of

people that's dug in, usually in a defensive role. And then you have these other people that are

trying to get into their fortifications or into their position to take over. And so you've got

an offensive force and a defensive force in their opposition. It's like they're at the stalemate

and they basically have to figure out who's going to win. And it's a long drawn out process.

Yeah, so I agree. I think what separates a siege from a regular battle would be that regular

battles are usually much, much quicker because everybody's willing to fight because they either

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