An update on the schedule of the podcast
The History of Byzantium
Robin Pierson
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🗓️ 14 October 2020
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Hello everyone,
This is a short update about the podcast and the likely schedule for the next few months.
The main takeaways are:
- The narrative will resume around Spring 2021
- In the meantime I will be producing bonus episodes and videos from Istanbul. As well as doing work for my Dad and taking a little time out for my mental health.
- At least two more free episodes about Alexios will be coming soon. Including a Q&A about his reign and the Crusades so do send your questions in. You can comment on the thread below.
Thanks for your support and understanding,
Robin
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone, Robin here with an update on the history of Byzantium in general and |
| 0:07.0 | the schedule over the next few months. |
| 0:10.9 | It's been a bizarre year, as you all know. |
| 0:15.1 | I have been very lucky in that my job has continued without interruption and it's been a real |
| 0:22.6 | pleasure to spend all this time on Alexias and the Crusades. |
| 0:27.5 | I remember back in 2012 when I started the podcast, the fall of Jerusalem was something |
| 0:34.5 | that I looked forward to getting to and covering in podcast form and so it was very satisfying |
| 0:42.4 | to finally reach the Holy Sepulchre, so to speak. |
| 0:48.6 | It's also been a difficult year. |
| 0:51.2 | My mental health has suffered a bit as the months of isolation have gone on and I'm |
| 0:56.4 | sure many of you can relate. |
| 1:00.0 | One of the things that's been weighing on my mind is what I owe to those who have allowed |
| 1:05.2 | me to make podcasting my full-time job. |
| 1:10.1 | Some of you know that my father is an actor and I worked full-time as his assistant before |
| 1:15.1 | launching the history of Byzantium. |
| 1:17.7 | I still do a little bit of work for him now. |
| 1:20.7 | He has a poetry podcast available if you're interested. |
| 1:24.7 | As who edits that one? |
| 1:28.0 | My dad has a project coming up this winter which I feel I have to help him with since he's |
| 1:33.1 | done so much for me. |
| 1:36.0 | The other group of people I owe a lot to are you, the listeners who subscribed to the podcast |
| 1:41.8 | and those who supported the 2018 Kickstarter which sent me to Istanbul. |
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