King at 20.
World conqueror
by 32. Then dead.
The entire epic of Alexander III of Macedon — from Big Daddy Phil to the Diadochi tearing the empire apart — told across 122 episodes and 130+ hours of rigorously researched, frequently ridiculous history.
One linear story. Start to bitter, bloody end.
No cherry-picked highlights. We start a little before the beginning — with Dad — and keep going for forty years after everyone else stops.
Big Daddy Phil
Philip II turns a backwater kingdom into the superpower of Greece — military genius, seven wives, one eye, and an assassination that’s one of the craziest stories you’ll ever hear.
The Conquest
Granicus. Issus. Gaugamela. Persia falls, Egypt declares him a god, India nearly kills him — thirteen years, two-thirds of the known world, one very big cup of wine at the end.
The Diadochi
The king is dead — so his generals spend 40 years murdering each other over the empire. Game of Thrones wishes it had this material. Nobody else tells this part. We tell all of it.
122 episodes. Pick your era.
Two idiots. One PhD-grade obsession.
Cameron Reilly
Podcasting pioneer — launched Australia’s first podcast in 2004 and co-founded the world’s first podcast network in 2005. Reads history and science for fun, plays chess, worships cheesy B movies.
Books & documentary →
Ray Harris
History degree from James Madison University; made his podcasting bones on the wildly popular WWII Podcast. Lives in Virginia with his family and an alarming number of snakes. Drinks his own limoncello.
The WWII Podcast →Working together since 2013 on deep-dive history: the Caesars, the Cold War, the Renaissance — and the propaganda-shredding of The Bullshit Filter.
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