Bonus Episode - Helots, Spartan Women, and Historical Fiction

Our Fake History

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Education, Talk Radio, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In this bonus episode Sebastian responds to listener questions and comments about the Spartan series. He gets a chance to give some more details about the Helots and Spartan women. He also muses at length about the role of historical fiction. If you want to be part of the next bonus feel free to send an email to [email protected].

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1:04.6	Spartan slaves, Spartan women, and the role of historical fiction in our society.
1:13.8	All that and more on this bonus episode of Our Fake History.
1:19.4	Hit the bonus theme. Hello and welcome to a very special
1:41.8	to a very special bonus episode of Our Fake History. You know me. My name is Sebastian Major. And normally, this is the podcast where we explore historical myths and try to determine what's fact, what's fiction, and what is such a good story that it simply must be told.
2:02.5	But this week we are trying out a little something new.
2:07.7	Over the years, I have been experimenting with different ways to get more our fake history
2:14.2	goodness out to you.
2:16.6	For a while, we were doing the throwback episodes. I would record
2:20.0	a special new introduction to a classic episode of Our Fake History, and I'd put those out between
2:26.4	series. Now, that was fun, and I'm definitely still going to be using throwback episodes during
2:32.9	our season break at the end of August. But it was
2:37.3	time to try something new and something I've always enjoyed doing is engaging with the listeners.
2:44.2	You folks often have really great questions for me. I have done Q&A episodes in the past, but I thought it would be fun to do
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