I’m 62 but will live forever, so we have plenty of time! We will take all the suggestions very seriously and try to cover all or at least most of them as we go along.

Cameron had someone else in mind to do this show with? Tell me it isn’t so!! :-(

Flannery, I’m sorry you think we only shoot the bull on the show. Actually, I think fairly seriously about what we will discuss and make sure I have a number of sources close at hand. I’ve done a lot with Napoleon, so of course I can talk ‘off the top of my head’ up to a point, but with all these listeners I don’t want to make a mistake. And I know Cameron does the same thing. You are right, though, we are a little slow this past month. But we each have schedule issues and, recently, technical issues. Hang in there, we’ll catch up to our pace!

Cheers,

David

Keep up the good comments, which we really appreciate!

How about Che?

Or how about writers? How about an episode on the beat gen - they began a revolution which is allowing us to talk openly in western culture today - Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs etc

You do realize that you started something that could go on forever?

How old is david?

You’ve kind of proved my point … many famous women are such because of the men they associate themselves with. It’s amazing when you think that the potential of half the human race has so few major historical figures…. OMG I’m turning into a feminist !?!?!

Seriously though, there was an interesting podcast on Carlin Hardcore History (or something like that) where he had an interview with James Burke (used to do a fantastic tv series called ‘Connections’) about human history, and the point was simply that less than .05% of the population has had any say on the development of our history (e.g. impact of women versus men), and the fact that with the internet this monopoly on knowledge and influence is changing… anyway it was interesting stuff ….

(sorry to plug another podcast Cameron)

Cheers,

Rudy
Brussels

BTW if you venture north on you stay in Paris this summer to Waterloo, Cameron or David, let me know and I’ll gladly buy you the medication of your choice… ;o)

No thanks I’m married…..

Seriously, given the male dominated nature of human history that’s trickier as political and military leadership positions are virtually all male….

Here’s what I came up with but it’s much more difficult…

Cleopatra
Joan of Arc
Elizabeth I
Florence Nightingale
Marie Curie
Helen Keller
Mother Theresa
Anne Frank

?????

Keep up the good work…

Rudy

Flannery, I’m sorry to hear that our efforts on the Napoleon show disappoint you. David and I have always aimed for one or two episodes a month and I think our last was a little under a month ago. See my above mention about moving my family across country. Anyway, what’s the rush? It’ll be over way too soon as it is. Calm down, drink some of David’s medicine, breathe slowly. The guy who does the other biography podcast *was* going to join TPN, that’s why I originally built the Biography site show on TPN, but then he changed his mind, so I decided to do it with David instead. Re our website, please tell us how it could be better, I’m always open to good advice.

Rudy, thanks for the suggestions! What about some women?

i’ve been a big fan of the napoleon podcast since it started a couple of years ago, and i started listening to the biography podcast when it was recently released.

i have to say i’m confused as to why you would start another show when your efforts into the napoleon show are at an all time low. i go to check for an update about once a month and there is rarely a new show. i don’t know if you’re familiar with the podcast on the history of rome but the gentleman who does that podcast methodically releases a new episode once a week and apologetically notifies the listeners when he will be late.
please step it up. i am sure that you will attract far more donations and popularity with a more professional approach to your business. after all you basically just get on the phone and shoot the bull with each other for an hour or two. i see no reason why you couldn’t do that every week or even every other week.

on a separate note i was listening to a very sub par biography podcast, i can’t remember the name, that plays terrible disco music and then spends about 5 minutes talking about various historical figures and about 10 minutes reading people emails and other boring stuff. anyway the person who does that biography podcast announced that he was going to be a part of the podcast network. are you aware of what i’m referring to? whatever happened with that?

and finally your website isn’t very good. as a computer expert you should spend some time fixing it.

your loyal fan.

Some suggestions;
BC…
Hannibal
Darius the Great
Cyrus the Great
Pericles
Cicero
Sun Tzu

AD…
Attila the Hun
Charlemagne
Belisarius
Genghis Khan
Oliver Cromwell
El Cid
Duke of Malborough
Bismark
Garibaldi
Winston Churchill

Cheers,

Rudy
Brussels, Belgium

Andrew

I also loved the Alexander show and reckon you could have easily done ten or 20 podcasts on him. Looking forward to Julius Caesar too - could be quite controversial as some people would argue he was a genocidal maniac (if you’re one of his millions of Gaulish victims anyway perhaps) or a visionary political military and literary genius

Thanks for the podcasts - keep it up!

Great job! What about a show about Emperor/king Carles V?

I am really sorry to hear that Napoleon has disappeared from the museum. When I was there he dominated the first two rooms, and the large bust was impossible to miss. I’ll see if I can find some photos to scan (that was in the pre-digital days) and post on the site.

David

Could you share the title and author’s name of the book you mention ?

Cheers,

Rudy
(10kms from Waterloo…;o))
Belgium

Just coming back to the point about older religions having elements claimed by Judeo-Christians (sp?), e.g. Moses vis-à-vis Hammurabi, have you seen this;

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/index.html

I don’t buy all the conspiracy stuff near the end, but the first part about religion I thought was very thought provoking.

Cheers,

Rudy
Belgium

I seem to recall seeing the Hammurabi code in the Louvre a few years ago.

It was weird how the Louvre, with all its magnificent masterpieces, strangely managed to banalize such an unique historical artifact.

Antonio

Lisbon, Portugal

Sally
P.S. David, I was recently in Milan and all excited about visiting the Risorgimento museum per the description in NFD but was surprised to find every inch devoted to Garibaldi. Even the bust of Napoleon in the courtyard was hidden behind some greenery looking forlorn and neglected. No doubt the Garibaldi is a temporary emphasis, and Napoleon will once again return.