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Grownups, if there's a child in your life who is interested in, curious about, or fascinated by people and places from history, then my podcast, the past and the curious, might just be a hit in your home.

From the invention of microscopes to world-traveling dogs to fashions of the 1890s, gold rush ghost towns, and audiences going wild for walking competitions,

we've got a little bit of it all.

Hosted by children's author and museum educator Mick Sullivan, that's me, the show is fun,

funny, engaging, honest, and beloved by kids and parents alike.

Find the past and the curious at all the usual podcast places.

Hi, this is Jenny.

And Jen.

We've had an influx of new listeners lately who found us through Spotify featuring our episode,

Would You Survive Pompeii, A Choose Your Own Adventure?

Welcome, new listeners. We are so glad you're here.

We're dropping some all-in-one place episodes this month that give you great entryways into

long arcs we've done about the Roman Empire and the Roman Republic.

Because, believe it or not, ladies think about the Roman Empire and the Roman

Republic all the time. It's not just a dude thing. And maybe what we're thinking about

is different than what the dudes are thinking about. Just a thought. Last week, we dropped two

episodes in our series on Julius Caesar. This week, we're re-releasing the first three episodes

of our Spartacus series, telling the story of Spartacus's rise, the conditions in Italy that allowed that rise, and how he defeated Roman bosses of increasing levels before the Romans finally got serious about defeating him and sent Crassus, which nobody asked for. They were not sending their best. Nobody asked for more crassus.

Nobody ever asks for more crassus.

These episodes are three of a four-part series. You'll have to go back into our back catalog

to get the ending. But if you really want to get into Spartacus, if you really want to know

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