Isn't it cool to listen to a podcast that doesn't mention audible.com?

There's what?

Like, 12 of us?

And the reason why the BHP is able to do that, and the reason why it's able to remain

free and independent, is because of member support.

The truth of it is, this show is a niche show.

I'll never be big like Mark Marin, Ira Glass, or Josh and Chuck.

That's because when I started this show, I decided I wanted to tell you a story, but

I also wanted to bring you information that you can't find anywhere else.

And the dirty little secret of history podcasting is that there's a great deal more crowd

appeal in telling people stories they already know.

If I wanted this show to have hundreds of thousands of listeners, all I would need to do

is talk about 1066 in the tutors, and I'd be set.

But as we've discovered together, there's so much more to British history than our

horneist and probably fatist king.

And I very much want to tell the full story, including all the coolest bits that strangely

get ignored, like, you know, the common people, and women.

Not to mention that we've now spent two years talking about the period of history that

most accounts of British history entirely skip over, as if there was nothing that occurred

between the Roman occupation and the arrival of William the Conqueror.

And my guess is the reason that happens is because the best way to gain a large audience

is to talk about Roman emperors and battles, and Norman kings and battles.

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