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Episode 15: Rise of the Two Queens
When we’re done we’ll know who was in play, how they’ll affect the Merovingian narrative, and also where they're located.

Ben
Mar 22, 202021 min read


Sources: Episode Fifteen
Today we get to start looking at some new people who are going to shake our history right to its roots; enter Fredegunda and Brunhilda!

Ben
Mar 22, 20201 min read


Episode 14: The Year That Was - 561
When we’re done we’ll know who was in play, how they’ll affect the Merovingian narrative, and also where they're located.

Ben
Mar 9, 202021 min read


Sources: Episode Fourteen
When we’re done we’ll know who was in play, how they’ll affect the Merovingian narrative, and also where they're located.

Ben
Mar 8, 20202 min read


Episode 13: The Sons of Clovis - Part V
He could hear her inside, imploring Chlothar for mercy. He listened to none of her pleas.
“Burn it,” he ordered.

Ben
Feb 23, 202022 min read


Sources: Episode Thirteen
The goal at Thugs and Miracles is to be as transparent as possible and to spark a discussion about history; hence, our sources.

Ben
Feb 23, 20201 min read


Bonus Episode 2: Procopius and Brittia
NOTE: The only source used for this episode, outside of the direct quotation from Moby Dick, was Procopius's History of the Wars. For...

Ben
Feb 16, 202012 min read


Episode 12: The Sons of Clovis - Part IV
Hey, if you follow Thugs and Miracles on social media, be it Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, then you already probably know about this,...

Ben
Feb 9, 202023 min read


Sources: Episode Twelve
As always, the goal at Thugs and Miracles is to be as transparent as possible and to spark a discussion about history. This podcast would...

Ben
Feb 9, 20202 min read


The Sons of Clovis - Part III
Hermenafrid had lied to Theuderic, and for this there could be no mercy...

Ben
Jan 26, 202022 min read


Sources: Episode Eleven
As always, the goal at Thugs and Miracles is to be as transparent as possible and to spark a discussion about history. This podcast would...

Ben
Jan 25, 20201 min read


So You Want To Be A Podcast Superstar
I've been daydreaming recently about ditching everything to chase my goal of being a full-time podcaster. So what would it take to do this?

Ben
Jan 12, 20205 min read


The Sons of Clovis - Part II
Chlothar, Chlodomir and Childebert spent hours and days planning their strategy for the attack on Burgundy...

Ben
Jan 11, 202019 min read


Sources: Episode Ten
As always, the goal at Thugs and Miracles is to be as transparent as possible and to spark a discussion about history. This podcast would...

Ben
Jan 11, 20201 min read


Bonus Episode One: Saint Geneviève, Protector of Paris
Genevieve bookends the entire arc of the T+M universe. She stood against Attila, and centuries later, her church became the Panthéon.

Ben
Dec 29, 201914 min read


Sources: Bonus Episode One
The source list for T+M Bonus Episode One: Saint Geneviève, Protector of Paris.

Ben
Dec 28, 20191 min read


Episode Nine: The Sons of Clovis - Part I
Clotilde's boys, always looking for a reason to expand their power or pick a fight, needed little reason to go to war...

Ben
Dec 22, 201919 min read


Episode 8: Clovis, the First King - Legacy
Clovis never passed a day in his life as King without thinking about how he could expand his Kingdom and burnish his hold on power.

Ben
Dec 8, 201922 min read


Episode 7: The Peasant Rusticus
So who was Rusticus? He was a resident of a region that had, at the beginning of the century, been a part of the Roman Empire for 450 years.

Ben
Nov 23, 201920 min read


Four Kings
Four kings stand against one another in a battle for a kingdom that only one can win. What happens on this day will change the world...

Ben
Nov 14, 20193 min read
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