Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Josh Nudell (of Noodlings, et al.) came on to discuss the importance of Ionia (central Asia Minor coast) in the politics of the 4th century, including the eras of Philip II and Alexander the Great. All with a side helping on the importance of public-facing history, SFF (yes, the genre), a cameo by Ceci the Research Assistant, and even pronouncing Greek names. His book is linked below, and as it's open access, you can read it *for free*. How cool is that? Certainly cooler than the rather bad screencap YouTube settled on for our cover image. At least Josh is laughing. I'm not sure what I was doing there.
You can find Josh here: joshuapnudell.com
Be sure to follow his newsletter for everything from book reviews to adventures in baking!
ACCUSTOMED TO OBEDIENCE, by Joshua Nudell
https://press.umich.edu/Books/A/Accustomed-to-Obedience
Map of Ionia (which we probably should have thought to include)....
General region: kids.kiddle.co/images/thumb/e/e1/Turkey_ancient_region_map_ionia.JPG/300px-Turkey_ancient_region_map_ionia.JPG
Close up with cities/islands: forumancientcoins.com/ancient-maps/albums/userpics/10002/Ionia.jpg
Also mentioned:
Rhyne King's THE HOUSE OF THE SATRAP: The Making of the Ancient Persian Empire
Josh Nudell (of Noodlings, et al.) came on to discuss the importance of Ionia (central Asia Minor coast) in the politics of the 4th century, including the eras of Philip II and Alexander the Great. All with a side helping on the importance of public-facing history, SFF (yes, the genre), a cameo by Ceci the Research Assistant, and even pronouncing Greek names. His book is linked below, and as it's open access, you can read it *for free*. How cool is that? Certainly cooler than the rather bad screencap YouTube settled on for our cover image. At least Josh is laughing. I'm not sure what I was doing there.
You can find Josh here: joshuapnudell.com
Be sure to follow his newsletter for everything from book reviews to adventures in baking!
ACCUSTOMED TO OBEDIENCE, by Joshua Nudell
https://press.umich.edu/Books/A/Accustomed-to-Obedience
Map of Ionia (which we probably should have thought to include)....
General region: kids.kiddle.co/images/thumb/e/e1/Turkey_ancient_region_map_ionia.JPG/300px-Turkey_ancient_region_map_ionia.JPG
Close up with cities/islands: forumancientcoins.com/ancient-maps/albums/userpics/10002/Ionia.jpg
Also mentioned:
Rhyne King's THE HOUSE OF THE SATRAP: The Making of the Ancient Persian Empire
