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(starting in 40 minutes!) Q&A livestream on Sunday, May 26 at 5pm
We are doing our monthly Q&A video livestream with some of the Extra Credits crew (today it's Matt, Rob, and Ali on board) on Sunday, May 26 starting at 5pm Pacific time (GMT - 8).It will be 1-2 hours long depending on how many questions we get (we always do our best to answer all of them!)You can post questions at the link starting now (and during the actual livestream itself), and also use this link to watch the video archive after the Q&A ...
Digital trading cards: Siege of Vienna and Queen Nzinga
These cards are created by series artist Ali R. Thome!
♫ Siege of Vienna: "A Distant Enemy Approaches" - Tiffany Román
Music video here!
♫ Queen Nzinga: "A New Ruler" - Tiffany Román
Music video here!
Siege of Vienna & Queen Nzinga - Lies
The combined Lies episode is finally here!Music videos: Queen Nzinga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N94H6F0WObc Siege of Vienna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ_HV57cgbgRecommended reading: The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe, by Andrew Wheatcroft The Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross & Crescent , by John Stoye Hispanics and the Civil War: From Battlefield to Homefront, by the National Park...
The Three Kingdoms - The Battle of Guandu - Extra History
Three kings ruled in China. Three kings, each dreaming of ruling all under heaven. Three kings who rallied their armies for battle. The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide.
U.S. Civil War - Surprising Soldiers
Researchers are beginning to learn that the makeup of the Union and Confederate armies in the US Civil War was a lot more nuanced and diverse than we had previously known. Here is an episode on the accounts of some of those surprising soldiers!
The Three Kingdoms - Yellow Turban Rebellion - Extra History - #1
Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu--these were the men who would define the Three Kingdoms period. Even though the actual history of this period is often conflated with the events of the historical novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there was still a lot of compelling drama and intrigue we can explore--let's delve in to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which really did happen!
Queen Nzinga - The Double Queen - #2
Queen Nzinga is a woman who, despite being one of the best- documented rulers in early modern Africa, still presents a puzzle. Her record, from ambitious noble, to guerrilla fighter, to consummate diplomat and religious reformer is still haunted by myths conjured up by her enemies--and a few constructed by Nzinga herself. Catch our Lies episode next week for behind-the-scenes on our research for the Siege of Vienna and Queen Nzinga series!
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Queen Nzinga - Rise of a Legend - Extra History - #1
Welcome Cassandra Khaw, who guest-wrote this mini-series! (We will be doing a combined Lies episode on this and Siege of Vienna in a few weeks)Queen Nzinga of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms, a scion of the Mbundu people, will spend forty years standing between the Portuguese and their ambitions, using everything at her command -- her cunning, her ruthless intellect, her military acumen, even the bodies of her people -- whatever it takes to succe...
(starting soon!) Q&A on Sunday, April 28 at 5pm Pacific Time (GMT - 7)
We are doing our monthly Q&A video livestream with some of the Extra Credits crew on Sunday, April 28 starting at 5pm Pacific time (GMT - 7).It will be 1-2 hours long depending on how many questions we get (we always do our best to answer all of them!).You can post questions at the link starting now (and during the actual livestream itself), and also use this link to watch the video archive after the Q&A ends. We welcome questions about any/all o...
Siege of Vienna - Charge of the Winged Hussars - #3
The Battle of Vienna would mark the turning point in Ottoman expansion into Europe, paving the way for the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
An Irish Famine Memorial
A few of us from Extra Credits were in Boston a few weeks back for PAX East. Boston's certainly not a city that lacks for history. Big glass skyscrapers stand right next to preserved state buildings from the 1700s. We walked the bridge over the Boston Harbor every morning, right past the Boston Tea Party Museum. The number of plaques to read was dizzying. But this memorial, a block away from my hotel, stood out most.Boston is one of the citie...
Siege of Vienna - Tunnel War - #2
Vienna had received an offer from Kara Mustafa—surrender and live in peace as Muslims or Christians, or resist and condemn yourself to death and slavery. The city’s commander, Starhemberg, chose resistance, and Vienna was on full alert at the start. But those days of initial panic were done, and now the siege was grueling, bloody routine.
Behind-the-scenes art: Siege of Vienna!
Check out some of Ali R. Thome's art for episodes #2 and #3 of the Siege of Vienna!
Siege of Vienna - Opening Bombardment - #1
Over a hundred thousand Ottoman troops are heading for the city. Only 15,000 men defend the walls. They have only six days to prepare the city. How long can they hold?https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/christchurch-shooting-victims-fundNote: The New Zealand Council for Victim Support Groups is a charity set up by the NZ Ministry of Justice. They have promised that all donations are "fenced funds" that will only be used to support for the vic...
Irish Potato Famine Trading Cards
Art by Nick DeWitt!
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♫ Irish Potato Famine: "A Warmer Place - Rowan's Jig" - Tiffany Román
Music video here!
Text addendum to our recent Crowdcast Q&A
We wanted to provide some comments from Rob regarding a few questions that he was not able to answer directly himself on the Q&A due to timing issues (*cough* baby *cough*), so here they are! You can view the entire Q&A at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/47rk3dye1. Rob - off the top of your head, what do you know about James Brooke and the Kingdom of Sarawak? (Additional - aside from House Brooke and House Bernadotte (of Sweden), can you think of any ...
Irish Potato Famine Lies and music!
Music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzuygbp6toASay hi to Rob's newest family member!Recommended reading: The Great Hunger, by Cecil Woodham-Smith The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People, by John Kelly Podcast: Irish History Podcast4:43 - what exactly *was* the blight?7:35 - flags, flags, flags9:20 - difference between "British" and "English"10:26 - the psychology behind low-balli...
(Starting in about 90 minutes) Monthly livestream Q&A on *Monday*, March 25 at 5pm Pacific time
Please note that the usual day (Sunday) is different this time, to accommodate GDC and PAX East travel schedules of the EC crew. We are doing our monthly Q&A video livestream with some of the Extra Credits crew on Monday, February 25 starting at 5pm Pacific time (GMT - 7).It will be 1-2 hours long depending on how many questions we get (we always do our best to answer all of them!).You can post questions at the link starting now (and during the a...
Poll winner!
Later this year we'll be getting a series on The Inca: An Empire Out of Thin Air!At the height of Inca power, they ruled the largest pre-Columbian empire in the Americas, with a dominion stretching from the Amazon rainforest to the highest peaks of the Andes. Despite lacking basic technologies such as the wheel, the Inca built cities at elevations where visitors found it hard to even breathe, and maintained a road network so efficient that ro...
The Boston Massacre - Snow and Gunpowder
Boston, 1770.A frigid winter night. A British sentry strikes a local citizen. Civilians begins to gather. Reinforcements arrive to back up the young sentry. Insults and snowballs escalate. Then out of the darkness comes a shout: “FIRE!”
Art sneak peek: Boston Massacre (one-off episode)
Artist Ali R. Thome wanted to share some of her favorite screencaps from this episode she did! Boston Massacre will air on Saturday this week, with Irish Potato Famine "Lies" coming next weekend. Enjoy the art!
POLL: Pick the next Extra History series! Theme is "Global South"!
What series would you like us to air on Extra History? Cast your vote(s) below and let us know! This series is expected to air later in 2019.Friendly reminder: You can vote for as many choices as you want! This style of voting helps us see what people are most interested in without having to make tough decisions between a couple of close favorites.The poll will end at 11:59 PM PT on Tuesday, March 19.Current Schedule: Irish Potato Famine --> The ...
Upcoming Extra History videos/news to know!
We are pleased to announce a special 6-episode series of "Extra History of England"!When? Extra History of England will start in late May, after our two mini-series on the Siege of Vienna and Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, but before we get to covering Joan of Arc. It is not an "extra-Extra History" series; it will be airing on Saturdays weekly at the usual time.Why? About eighteen months ago, James heard one of his favorite podcas...
Irish Potato Famine - The Young and the Old - Extra History - #5
By the time that the first healthy harvest arrived in 1849, a million people had died due to prejudiced men writing bad policy—a stark warning of what happens when poor relief becomes a tool of political ideology.
Irish Potato Famine - The American Wake - #4
Irish immigration soared in the wake of the potato blight. Despite the promise of a better life, the Irish faced a lot of financial hardships, xenophobia, and classism--even from their own community.
