Interview: Saga Thing: Norse Perspective

Roman Emperors: Totalus Rankium

Rob and Jamie

History, Comedy

4.9 • 742 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2020

⏱️ 88 minutes

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In our first ever interview episode (for the Roman series) we are lucky enough to have a chat with John and Andy from Saga Thing! Ever wondered what those Northern Barbarian were thinking about the empire? Well, find out! Also, we test John and Andy on how well they know each other. Who is the ultimate Saga Thing host? Find that out also!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Totalis Rankium.
0:11.0	This week, the Norus Rancium.
0:27.3	I am Jamie.
0:27.9	And I'm Rob, and this is a strange episode, an interesting episode, a first in the world of Roman emperors, because we've never had an interview episode before. No. You already know who it is, because it's probably in the world of Roman emperors because we've never had an interview episode before.
0:38.2	No.
0:38.9	You already know who it is because it's probably in the title. It's Saga Thing.
0:43.2	Hey. Hello, the Viking invasion has begun.
0:47.1	If you've not heard Saga Thing before, then why not?
0:50.4	That's a good question. What are you doing with your life?
0:54.1	Exactly. I've definitely said
0:55.6	go and listen to Sark Thing before. And this is Saga Thing. So Andy, John, introduce yourselves.
1:01.7	Sure. Well, I'm John Sexton. And I'm Andy Fringer. And we're both medievalists and we have been
1:08.2	friends since grad school. Right. And we're both at least nominally trained scholars of medieval literature.
1:14.3	Nominally.
1:14.5	I thought you were going to say that we're nominally friends, John, nominally.
1:18.7	Well, I don't want to commit myself here.
1:20.3	We're nodding acquaintances.
1:21.8	Okay.
1:22.3	All right.
1:22.7	Yeah.
1:22.9	Well, we've met.
1:23.7	Let's be clear on that.
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