Episode Transcript
If you think history is boring, chances are that you've never listened to today's guest, Tom Holland. He's a bestselling author and co-host of the ultra popular podcast, The Rest is History. I'm not exactly sure how they do it, but he and his co-host Dominic Sandbrook can find a way to make just about any historical event fascinating. I think that...
Episode Description
Historian Tom Holland narrowly escaped a career writing vampire novels to become the co-host of the wildly popular podcast The Rest Is History. At Steve’s request, he compares President Trump and Julius Caesar and explains why the culture wars are arguments about Christian theology.
- SOURCES:
- Tom Holland, historian and host of The Rest is History.
- RESOURCES:
- Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World, by Tom Holland (2019).
- Rubicon, by Tom Holland (2005).
- EXTRAS:
- Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence, by Jens Ludwig (2025).
- "A Solution to America’s Gun Problem," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2025).
- "Richard Dawkins on God, Genes, and Murderous Baby Cuckoos," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).