Future Imperfect

Episodet

• Who were Europe's last pagans? 07.07.2026 38min

  Jason talks to Francis Young about Europe's last pagans.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Who was Boudicca's daughter? 28.04.2026 42min

  In this episode Jason Kingsley talks to Elodie Harper about her new book: Boudicca's Daughter. They talk about what we know about the Iceni queen and her family, and the revolt that changed the face of the Roman Empire.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• What did Britain look like after the Romans left? 26.02.2026 48min

  Alex Harvey returns to the podcast to talk to Jason about the kingdoms of the British Isles after the Romans left.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Why did we invent the Renaissance? 06.02.2026 53min

  Jason talks to Ada Palmer about the concept of the Renaissance, and what distinguishes it from the mediaeval?Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• What did medieval builders get right? 28.11.2025 45min

  In this episode Jason talks to Andrew Ziminski, a monumental stonemason, about building in the Middle Ages.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• What happened when animals got away in the Middle Ages 31.10.2025 44min

  Jason talks to Jordan Claridge and Spike Gibbs about stray animals, the damage they could do, and what happened to them in the Middle Ages.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Who were the Carolingians? 22.10.2025 50min

  Jason talks to Matt Gabriele and David Perry about who the Carolingians were. What relationship were they to Charlemagne? Where did they live? They discuss all of this, and their new book, Oathbreakers.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• What did people in the Middle Ages use for money? 04.10.2025 51min

  In this episode, Jason speaks to Dr Rory Naismith about how people in the MIddle Ages used money. Did they have money? Did they use cash? And what did they do when there was no money?Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Did people get murdered in the Middle Ages? 23.09.2025 41min

  How violent were the Middle Ages? What was life like before there were police? In this episode, Jason talks to Annie Whitehead about murder in the age of the Anglo-Saxons.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Who are the Vikings we don't talk about? 12.09.2025 46min

  Welcome to the third season of Future Imperfect! In this episodeJason talks to Alex Harvey about the sorts of Vikings we don't often mention nowadays.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Who were the knights of the Islamic world? 28.01.2025 54min

  Jason Kingsley talks to Dr Rachel Schine about her new book, Black Knights.Produced by: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• What were medieval warhorses like? 10.01.2025 39min

  Jason talks to Emma Herbert-Davies about her research into the mediaeval warhorse.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• What were ordinary Vikings really like? 13.12.2024 50min

  On this episode Jason talks to Eleanor Barraclough about her new book, Embers of the Hands, about the day-t-day lives and material culture of ordinary Vikings.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• What is Jason's new book about? 03.12.2024 1h 12min

  In this episode, Jason talks about his new book, out now on Kickstarter with the host of Legends and Lectures, Michelle Franklin.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• How to get someone to fall in love with you (in the Middle Ages) 20.11.2024 30min

  We learn lots about of the facts of the Middle Ages, but what did the people themselves believe about the ways in which the world worked, and the intersections between religion and magic? Jason talks to Tabitha Stanmore about practical magic, cunning folk, and the ways in which magic was threaded through mediaeval life.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Can mediaeval knowledge save the world? 07.11.2024 46min

  In a world of limited resources, people in the Middle Ages knew how to exploit the natural world in a way that was sustainable. Jason talks to Annette Kehnel about sustainability in the Middle Ages.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Who were the Anglo-Saxons? 22.10.2024 42min

  In this episode, Jason talks to Marc Morris about his new book, Anglo Saxons.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• How do you make a mediaeval book? 14.10.2024 40min

  Sara Charles is a researched into books and manuscripts, who has learned all of the processes that went into making books in the Middle Ages. She joins Jason to talk about manuscripts books, and all thinks ink and vellum!Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Was mediaeval armour for defence or for show? 04.10.2024 43min

  Jason Kingsley, CBE, talks to armourer Toby Capwell about their time spent jousting against each other, how you know when to give up jousting and how armour worked in the Middle Ages.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• What was the best Old English word? 29.09.2024 39min

  In this episode, Jason is joined by Dr Hana Videen, who has been collecting early mediaeval words and their meanings. She talks about what we can learn about the way people in the early mediaeval period dealt with animals from the way they wrote and talked about them.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.