If you’re looking for a great Crusades podcast, this is the one. Hear me out.

Admittedly, the host’s style is a little different than most. He’s younger than most history podcasters and his style reflects that. But man does he know his stuff.

He displays an impressively vast knowledge of the 11th century medieval world - and not just the crusader states. That’s, I think, the best attribute of this pod. It really does a good job of threading together A LOT of medieval strings and culminating in the mass Latin west migration to the levant. He gives us informative backstories on Byzantium, the Arabs, the Turks, the Normans, the pope and Italian city states, Fatimid Egypt, the Latin west, and even environmental and economic issues helping to drive forces towards a crusade. And he does it in a storytelling manner, rather than an academic, step by step one (although he leaves no stone unturned; in other words, you’re not missing out on any crucial info).

He’s a polyglot, so he reads and delivers sources from French, Spanish, and even Latin sources. He reads a ton of Latin on the podcast and it’s incredible. He’s also funny as shit. He does cuss a fair amount, but that’s no issue for me. And if you’re interested in a phenomenal history of not just the crusades, but the entire 11th and 12th century medieval world, it shouldn’t be for you either.

The more I listen, the better it gets. And he has a grand total of two apple reviews (one is mine). Dude deserves a huge audience. Check it out.