While Alaric sacked Rome, he couldn’t hold it. He didn’t try to hold it. Theodoric did hold it, and rule it. This is his story.

Join us as we map the rise of the Ostrogoths.

Who were the Visigoths--really? In this episode, we zero in on a story that ends with Alaric at the gates of Rome.

It wasn't just the Huns who kept the Migration Era wheel spinning. Xenophobia played a role, too.

The Migration Era was a vortex of death.

In this episode, we try to peel back the layers and discover what we can about pre-Roman Gothic culture.

Whenever you set the date of the fall of Rome, there’s no question the Goths were instrumental in felling it. Who were they?

Julia the Elder refused, REFUSED to rein it in. And for that, we adore her.

In 450 AD, the Imperial Princess Honoria--daughter of Galla Placidia--was desperate to escape her arranged marriage. So she made an indecent proposal--to Attila the Hun.

Born enemies, the love of Ataulf and Galla Placidia is marked by tragedy—but in its time, it burned hot enough to reshape an Empire.

Join Genn and guest co-host Liv Albert, of Let’s Talk about Myths, Baby!, as they crack open a beverage, and conduct a wild and slightly tipsy author interview.

Join us as we explore Alaric’s experience as an immigrant, marginalized by the Roman Empire and fighting for his place in it.

Join us as we explore a world of sensuous shifters, fallen angels and dangerous psychic warriors.

On August 24, 410 AD, Alaric and the Visigoths sacked the city of Rome. Before he sacked it, he starved it. Before that, he went toe to toe with the Roman Empire for fifteen years—uniting disparate tribes, holding a people together, and achieving more against Rome than any barbarian leader before him.

Join us as we discuss the previous year and our plans going forward!

Janus may not be very well-known. But in his time, he was considered one of the most important gods—perhaps more important than Jupiter himself. Today, we’re going to tell you all about him.

How would Alaric of the Visigoths celebrate the midwinter holiday? We just had to answer this question.

This year, we’ve found one of the most metal and wild Yuletide goddesses yet.

Join us as we explore a world of terrifying metal death goddesses, mystical talking ravens, queer witches and warriors, and a Christianity that seeks to devour everything it touches.

Today we cover notable Christmas Cannibals Père Fouettard, Hans Trapp, and...Santa?

It’s time to dig into the ground and build back up this temple, stone by stone, with the stories of the people who walked its hallowed halls.

When we scratched the surface of Yule, we found that its origins were older and darker and weirder than we ever imagined.

This year, we decided that the holiday season wouldn’t be complete without a mythological foray into one of the most famous characters of the season: The Krampus.

What happened to this goddess—and the people who worshipped her—as the world changed?

From the ancient roots of Etruscan funeral games to the height of Roman spectacle, we examine the history of gladiatorial combat.