19. The Mongols - Terror of the Steppe

[@ldroland]

The crown jewel of history podcasts.

[@ChineseKiwi]

the GOAT

[@hiltrud2001]

Agreed!

[@jackm.1628]

I think Dan Carlin is slightly above.

[@troymclauren1546]

MOUNTAIN TOP

[@db123OG]

Vouch

[@caramayer]

I cant wait to fall asleep to this for the next 3 months ❤

[@probableflaws3597]

I wonder how many dreams will be kicked off by weeks of listening to this episode while falling asleep with my ear buds in

[@vonsuric]

Same.

[@ethanclairville6434]

Months and months

[@moon_yeka]

I was thinking the same thing

[@DACatface]

This is me

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Bro casually dropped a TV miniseries on his channel.

[@itacom2199]

Bro I wasn't expecting to find you here 😂

[@BrorealeK]

Currently listening, and it's wild how closely the Secret History matches up with the Mongol movie. I thought it was mostly made up

[@thefisherking78]

The script must be longer than some books I've read

[@danielroeder3259]

More like a audiobook pal

[@bb_arcadia5752]

Can't wait for the 12 hour episode on the rise and fall of western Rome

[@Exevan110]

I genuinely believe this channel is the most important one on KZbin when it comes to societal value. The way history puts our modern society into perspective is something that the world desperately needs and the way you bring our history to the public is something special indeed.

[@Hellrazur-k2r]

agreed

[@andrewmcnaughton6490]

Agreed. As an undergrad student I would end up paying thousands for content like this. I love this guy for posting this with the only monetization being a few ads on YT. 6 hours of intricate content should be rewarded with f””” millions.

[@davidcox8945]

Will Durant The Story of Civilization is even better

[@Hellrazur-k2r]

@@davidcox8945 only if you are an outdated robot. why would you even comment if you are so happy with outdated robotic 1920s voice?.🤦‍♀... dude... stop commenting.... ur 1 step above a troll. comment thread silenced.

[@dfaux2118]

💯👏

[@tomosphillips6674]

This is madness. I just listened to a piece by "horses" on Genghis Khan and thought to myself, "Fall of Civilizations" should do the Mongols, and then this appears. I am beyond grateful.

[@akshayraj9141]

Hahaha me too brother! Listed to Horses just yesterday!

[@garrenosborne9623]

Thats the wonderful world of Synchronicity in the slipstream of the Collective Unconscious🙏🙏👌👌😎😎

[@jonbaxter2254]

I'm playing Ghost of Tsushima too lol

[@materialmirage]

I just watched the horses video as well and now I'm eating Mongolian grill!

[@tuomasronnberg5244]

Same, I was really surprised that Fall of Civilizations returns on the very same day horses posts a video about Genghis Khan 😀

[@rico993]

When the world needed him most, he returned

[@jeanabrown]

Amen

[@raevenhendrix7904]

Christmas came early!!🎉

[@markb2169]

Bro 6hours is incredible.

[@colbypriest141]

This!

[@robertshaw5599]

Superman?

[@doctornope]

No wonder why there wasn't a new podcast for a while. Almost 7 hours will do that and I'm absolutely happy about it.

[@thoushallrepentiii1280]

Don’t forget about the 17 hour book!!

[@GeroldGarthcia]

FoC does seem to following the Dan Carlin model of increasingly long episodes and gaps between episodes

[@cacogenicist]

Video version by, June maybe? 😊 That's going to be a lot of work.

[@angelitabecerra]

Big same

[@Deridus]

​@@GeroldGarthcia Hearing Dan's version of this story aligned so closely to this is almost uncanny. More details in different areas, some differences in numbers, but the Venn Diagram is virtually a circle, so well do they overlap.

[@Marcelo-ol7lf]

10 long months. Worth it

[@Deridus]

(Pounds table with dagger pommel) *Hear, hear!*

[@ΓΕΡΑΣΙΜΟΣΔΡΑΚΑΤΟΣ-π9θ]

You counted the months? I simply pasted the time by listening the older podcasts again and again.

[@neil9525]

You also got a book in that time frame 😊

[@sambirch5153]

I got the book on Audible - worth it, there's some updated content from the podcasts

[@crandleberrysadie]

@@sambirch5153 Same and definitely worth it!

[@JudeOsbornProfile]

Far and away the best podcast in the world. I just walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in gorgeous weather listening to this. Life is great.

[@tonykusz9943]

Took you 7 hours to walk across Sydney harbour bridge ?😮 supposed to be bad traffic there at the moment

[@bentrig9128]

I am 90 hours in and this is an absolute BANGER I am totally enraptured and cant get enough. I cant believe i have 5 more hours of this masterpiece to enjoy. Paul Cooper - you and your team have just sailed over the crazy high bar you've already set.

[@FallofCivilizations]

Thanks my friend, very kind

[@ReaderOfThreads]

The gentle piano melody at the intro of each episode is truly something special.

[@thomaswikstrand8397]

It's called "home at last", by John Bartmann. Go give him a listen :)

[@ReaderOfThreads]

@ Excellent, thanks

[@susancady2581]

@@thomaswikstrand8397oh yes, thank you so much!

[@Hellrazur-k2r]

The piano triggers my third eye, instant relaxation. became a drug to me... i want it everyday.

[@robertpage4670]

​@@thomaswikstrand8397 Been trying to figure out the answer to this for ages, THANK YOU!!!!!

[@xZOOMORPHICx]

Six hours and forty five minutes.... amazing!

[@JojoJacquesTarot]

Spoiling us!!!!! ❤❤❤

[@th3falleng0d69]

I literally gasped like deadpool when I saw the time 😂

[@azzgunther]

I was wondering what the halt in new episodes was about. This is a satisfying answer.

[@noneyabeeswax3200]

❤❤

[@CurtHowland]

I'm two hours in and looking forward to ever minute.

[@ivanblazevic8321]

If we ever send another voyager into space, this channel should be put on a gold record.

[@Hellrazur-k2r]

Carl Sagan would be proud to do so.

[@Guyranting2]

Only it might alarm aliens to our species brutality and might call for our planets sterilization lol

[@adamcheklat7387]

@@Guyranting2 The cycle of civilizations extend to alien ones as well. Perhaps others would see that we are not so different.

[@ColdHawk]

Can you imagine an alien species receiving this and interpreting it? They would begin girding themselves for war the moment they finished listening to the translation with haunting visions of mountains of skulls driving their haste.

[@MrCoreyCW1]

Ditto!

Thank you for yet another brilliant class! What a gift to the planet. I have already listened several times and am sure many more!

[@quynnemmanuel]

This is not just the longest episode, it is also the best written, and the most fascinating story. It's not just about history; the characters and locales are fully realized. Truly Paul's best work to date. A masterpiece podcast.

[@eddaniels4731]

I cannot fathom the amount of effort put into one of these podcasts, truly unmatched history content.

[@birchlover3377]

It sounds like AI to me. That repetitive intonation gives it away. I had to click out.

[@AkiraCrease]

What sounds like AI his voice or the content? ​@@birchlover3377

[@calisoleil3692]

@@birchlover3377 He's not AI. I love his intonation and cadence. But to each his own.

[@canchero724]

​@@birchlover3377are you a new listener? He has always spoken in this style

[@jerryblainii1208]

Wow my bad I meant to say BIRCH not the other word lol my bad famigilia

[@garthmorgan4471]

Thanks

[@garrgravarr]

W

[@seamlyshenanigans861]

A nearly 7 hour podcast right before Christmas Break!? YES PLEASE!!

[@wakkosan]

Thanks. You sir are amazing. Thanks for the awesome content.

[@Hellrazur-k2r]

OH MAH GAWD ...... BY ODIN's BEARD!!!!! I been requesting Mongol empire for years.... Thank you Mr. Cooper .... you are The Gentleman, and The Scholar. I can't wait to spend the next 3 weeks brainwashing myself with pure, sweet history, narrated by a soothing voice, with a proper script.......... BRUH...... Thank you 1000x.... Godspeed, May the force be with you, Live long and Prosper.

[@sonkeschluter3654]

6 Hours, what a treat, thanks

[@tamlandipper29]

Thanks for paying for it!

[@ThrillaWhale]

Whereas most channels would break up an almost 7 hours long episode on the mongols into a hundred parts, THIS channel is a different beast entirely 👏🏻

[@ΓΕΡΑΣΙΜΟΣΔΡΑΚΑΤΟΣ-π9θ]

This channel has a different kind of audience. Us.

[@GordoFabulous]

I just wish KZbin had a sleep timer function.

[@cacogenicist]

I'm going to guess the video version will be broken up into 2 episodes

[@db123OG]

Best part about it

[@twinsbmad]

​@@GordoFabulousIt does, along the settings for quality and speed. I think it's new though, or maybr it's only available with KZbin premium.

[@papamikiri]

Almost seven hours long. Holy smokes. Talk about an early Christmas!

[@QSB55]

I'm turning into such an old man. I saw a nearly seven hour run-time, smiled at myself and said "oh my goodness." But seriously, thank you for the free education you provide all of us. I can't get enough.

[@FreshMoozadell]

Contrary to the things that hit hard in my teens and 20s (or rather…things that I hit hard)…this one really resonated with me/hit me hard.

[@minecraft-rsx]

This has been my go to podcast as I slowly drift to sleep. Thank you so much

[@MyDogmatix]

I tried to listen to this as I fell asleep, but I literally couldn’t sleep as my brain was just constantly absorbing the story and every little aspect of this families story. Unbelievable.

[@solh8844]

My grandmother just passed away and I’ve been unable to sleep the last few night. Tonight I’m gonna try and relax to this. I told my grandma about you cause she loved ancient history and always found it fascination. ❤

[@uthinkaboutthat]

I’m sorry for your loss.

[@Hope-Truth-Light]

R.I.P.

[@pty7968]

Sorry for your loss. Take care of yourself.

[@kblake6841]

It's an odd thing grieving, when my dad died I'd feel these huge waves of grief that would gradually recede & return. Took about 2 years to settle but in an odd way it was a healthy experience. I'm glad I didn't take any meds, I think it made me stronger though ill always miss him. I hope it gets easier for you soon.

[@solh8844]

@@uthinkaboutthat thank you

[@oenoveridad]

So much weeding required to find quality on KZbin. This Chanel redefine excellence every time. Congrats Mr Paul Cooper.

[@paulmurphy8549]

History of the universe or human kind sane quality

[@paulmurphy8549]

History of earth.voices of the past

[@MattttG3]

*the gods have given us new light today*

[@MattttG3]

Omg 6 hours??!?!? Broooo you are the best

[@Ysf4000]

100 th like 🔥

[@Treklosopher]

No wonder it took ten months for a new episode. Six hours is epic. Love your documentaries so much.

[@afull375]

I looked at the channel yesterday cause I felt like it was about time another came out…and I wake up to a 7 HOUR MASTERPIECE 😭

[@grapatin]

I can't wait until the video comes out. I always rewatch them a few times in between releases.

[@SunniRae-st9sj]

I was so stoked, I called my family.

[@danrono9725]

I've been listening repeatedly to the previous podcasts I've almost memorized some of them Thank you for dropping this made a hard day better

[@JammySaxon91]

Press X to doubt

[@mil_enrama]

sorry you have a short attention span, jammy.

[@Deridus]

Having been to the land of Sumar and Akkad, I long to return. To the slopes of the Burkhan Kaldun, I wish to also stride. Much to be seen.

[@SunniRae-st9sj]

This is the best Christmas present. Thank you!

[@garrgravarr]

W

[@Eamonshort1]

Oh fuck yeah! You have no idea how much I've wanted you to cover a steppe empire! And your longest vid yet, by like 3 hours. Holy shit I didn't dare think I was this lucky. Thanks, man. I wish I wasn't so broke and could pay you the $15 this is easily (at a minimum) worth to everyone who listens to it.

[@carlbernard7615]

New video from Fall of Civilizations, there goes half my day. Fyi, the algorithm absolutely loves your videos, they are recommended to me daily, despite the fact that I've already watched them all, and if I fall asleep watching KZbin, it is almost a 100% guarantee that one of your videos will be playing when I wake up. ☺

[@kcairns1]

Same! Every. Single. Time.

[@eboyjim]

I comment this on all of your episodes but...I genuinely think this series is one of the greatest achievements in educational content ever produced through any medium. 6hr 45mins. Every minute of that thoroughly researched, told through a gripping narrative... Incredible.

[@houghton101]

jesus christ the work that must go into this. as far as im aware, there isnt any push back online, anywhere regarding accuracy for the entire series, just think for a minute how incredible it is in this day and age to produce content in this depth on subjects so vast, and so contested and still come out with work that the consensus agrees with.

[@classiclife7204]

Well, there is some pushback on Cooper's work but only from conspiratards or other people with an ax to grind. (See: the comments on the Sumer, Egypt, and Aztec chapters.) But probably not on this particular chapter, mostly because Americans know nothing about the Mongols.

[@thebirdbrand]

Listen to an audiobook and take notes

[@JennyMingClarke]

Speaking as someone studying history. It does help that he tends to get his facts right.

[@turalf.9039]

and imagine we are getting video version of this..

[@willitneverend]

A tremendous work of research and story telling. Thank you so much!

[@hughmann2290]

I have listened to the Aztec episode at least 3 times. A nearly 7 hour episode on the Mongols?? It's gonna be a great day. Thank you Fall of Civilizations for such wonderfully informative and engaging content.

[@94mpe]

I have listen to this on patreon and I can say this is the BEST one so far! Thank you SOOOOOO much Cooper. I hope you keep doing these for a long time, since they are the best content I know. :D

[@FallofCivilizations]

Really glad to hear it!

[@94mpe]

@FallofCivilizations ❤️

[@thetruekhanofkhans]

As a modern day Mongolian, I’m so looking forward to listening to this 😮

[@juliajs1752]

I've lived in UB for four years, even two years later I still laser-focus on the word "Mongolia" every time I see it :)

[@cal2127]

mongolias definitely on my list to visit. do mongolians tolerate americans?

[@lkhagwadorj]

@@cal2127 yes, but hire official traveling agency in our country. Just like any country there are risks

[@rickbiessman6084]

I spent two weeks in your country this summer. And I realized that I was already aware of Mongolian clothes, music, language, gersand landscapes because your culture is world famous, many centuries after the Mongolian conquests. Also, I had so many wonderful encounters with your people!

[@Pheelyp]

As a modern day Mongolian, what is your opinion about all the cultures your people extinguished and all they people they slaughtered and genocided?

[@ericviscito7002]

Thanks! I’m sure I will listen to this many times.

[@garrgravarr]

W

[@losttribearts]

I really appreciate the throat-singing in the background; it's not merely culturally appropriate, it can be, at times, chilling. Perfect.

[@Kntrabssi]

Honey wake up, new Fall of Civilizations dropped!

[@mohanprashanth4735]

That would have been my line had I not been an hour late!

[@StevinVan]

My wife would smack my head with a greased iron pan

[@cuchanu]

There are probably better ways to get a hold of your spouse

[@Number69]

If buffering were still a thing Id let her sleep with a 7 hour video 🤣

[@mfzb0912]

​@@cuchanui bet you're fun at parties

[@abdero]

Obrigado!

[@valliebyrdsong7787]

Thanks!

[@kingaling81]

I look forward to these so much! Thank you!

[@KitsuneMasami]

It's only natural the Mongols episode would occupy a bigger video than all the ones who came before

[@skypilot432]

Mongols can post videos to YT on horseback

[@db123OG]

Lool

[@geniei91]

multiple falls in one yeeeaaa babyyyyy

[@pabtorre]

They are the exception... 😂

[@theExistentialCoffeeHouse]

Based

[@cas1994]

Just when we needed him most .....he returned! I knew after such a long absence he would come back with a banger! Praise tengri!

[@calisoleil3692]

I was so afraid that with the book out, we would no longer be getting new content. I am so freaking happy! Thank you so much for these podcasts.

[@williamthompson763]

How, why,?​@@Interne73859

[@tahsin2865]

Yes!!! I am a Khan, decendant from Mongols. I have been watching and waiting many years for this. Thank you so much Mr cooper and team

[@Thorsssssss]

No tehsin..most probably not. The muslims simply adopted the Mongolian title.

[@Xxh0mEr0xX]

Batrozig Vaanching in the background, bro has immaculate taste. And the moment of the proclamation tittle, speechless

[@kevinwhitacre761]

The only time I've ever donated to a content creator. It's worth more than this, but I fear that I'm living through the final days of my civilization.

[@markb2169]

Ironically like many of the people Paul talks about. Life will go on..

[@lllllliiillllll]

@@markb2169 life...just not ours lol

[@crandleberrysadie]

Holy crap! Man puts out an awesome book and then follows it with a 6 hour and 45 minute video. TY Paul 💖 🙏

[@adamh2395]

Yessss the objectively best documentarian just released a 6 hour beautifully narrated documentary. ❤

[@MKdross]

Neat how you turned around the usual intro; very fitting for this specific subject civilization to start with the ruins they left in their wake... via their conquests rather than their collapse!

[@timothymiller6426]

Always a week after I check the channel! My favorite notifications!!!!!

[@jmazoso]

Me too, i looked yesterday

[@seakr_7o9]

​@@jmazoso Yesss same!

[@greatwhiteswag]

As it has been since the very beginning of time.

[@WSEightyFour]

Hi Paul, I know there's no shortage of praise here for this absolute masterpiece of a series you and your team continue to bring to us and for which we're all unspeakably grateful. But I simply can't understate just how special it is for so many of us; I saw you had a new upload this evening and didn't so much as bat an eyelid at its 6.5 hour length before clicking into it. I struggle to think of another podcast that has the same effect on me and I'm certain I'm not alone, just as you aren't - my deepest thanks to all the people who leave their fingerprints on this work of art, no matter how faint. Thanks again.

[@ashscheesecakes2064]

What an incredible gift you've blessed us with and for over 6 hours!?!? Thank you!!! 😍😍

[@failedrift]

I didn't realise how much I needed a 6 hour 45 minute Mongol podcast. 😊

[@GeminiSearcher]

Holy moly, 6 hours and 45 minutes of the best nomadic peoples. Amazing.

[@moshyroth]

Always look forward to your podcasts. Not only is your detailed account enlightening, but you tie it into natural history in a way that offers the best intuion for what happened. I want to show my thanks for this extra long episode on the mongols. I haven't watched it yet, but i know it will be incredible.

[@calisoleil3692]

Thank you for the best content on the internet.

[@PropartsBG]

Your channel and stories are sublime.

[@nassersuleiman4774]

Each podcast/video is an absolute masterpiece! You really spoil us..and now a 7 hour video?!Thank you Mr. Cooper and team!

[@michaeldunwoody3629]

We sure have missed your drops!!!! Welcome back and THANK YOU!!

[@jakubburnos7095]

It's not much, but it's honest work. My first time supporting a channel financially and I could not imagine a more suitable recipient. Thank you a thousand times for your insightful and engaging videos.

[@garrgravarr]

W

[@elielwaldvogelcardoso5459]

Valeu!

[@reecelovatt7984]

Thank you for putting so much effort and detail into every single episode you make. Its much appreciated.

[@Sva011]

Been waiting so long. Recently, I've been listening to the previous episodes over and over again. I can't wipe the smile off of my face since this popped up. Thank you!

[@calisoleil3692]

Same! :)

[@abagpiperyoumetinmexico211]

I genuinely hope folks use this video for much more rather than to fall asleep to it. I apreciate this material so much, Man. thank you

[@luutas]

Who t f uses this to sleep? 😂 We use this for serious learning my dude

[@abagpiperyoumetinmexico211]

@ unfortunately, if you take a look at the comments of other of his videos, many ppl say thoy use them for sleeping to. TBH thats how i discovered him, woke up to the Phoenicians video playing. And i thank life for it. Frankly, best content in youtube

[@luutas]

@@abagpiperyoumetinmexico211 - Don't worry. People take this channel very seriously. It's indeed the best history channel available on the internet rn

[@Lyannas.]

​@@abagpiperyoumetinmexico211could be that they listen once and then after use it for sleep?

[@paulkita]

These videos are relaxing. Why are you trying to gatekeep how others choose to enjoy them?

[@battulgab6360]

From a Mongolian, thank you for your all of your amazing work Paul

[@BSMaaSci]

I’d buy a Blu-ray for every single episode of Fall of Civilization without hesitation. This series deserves a place in every history lover's collection-pure masterpiece storytelling! 📀🔥

[@giancarlolugo7048]

I second this!

[@goyindi]

Coops casually drops another lazy 7 hrs of the best content you've heard. Deadset legend!

[@KestreltheWeirseer]

Wow. You have outdone yourself with this beautiful intersection of storytelling and history. I can’t wait until the next release of Fall of Civilizations!

[@FallofCivilizations]

Thank you so much!

[@committedtolife]

The best nottification KZbin can ever send me is a New chapter of fall of civilization. Thank you so much. What a great séries this is .

[@DieBieneFranz]

I never clicked faster on a video. Best documentaries ever. Please never stop!:D

[@bright9]

I was waiting until my next overnight work shift but had to start

[@calhowell6798]

I’ve listened twice already and I just cannot waiittttt for the visual video to drop 🎉🎉 TOP TIER WORK AS ALWAYS

[@Novocain-stain]

No way!!!!! I have dreamed for this moment for so long. Thank you! You have no idea how happy I am that there is a new video I can watch 50+ times.

[@teachersusan3730]

Danke!

[@garrgravarr]

W

[@huba7439]

Dziękujemy.

[@ΓΕΡΑΣΙΜΟΣΔΡΑΚΑΤΟΣ-π9θ]

Ευχαριστούμε!

[@MyDogmatix]

I’m crippled today, with back pain that is beyond description. The only thing that has gotten me through these last 48 hours without going mad, is this series. It’s completely distracted my brain from focussing on my current pain and inabilities and just focussing on this beautiful, well balanced pace of story telling. I tried to listen to this a few weeks ago, while I drifted off to sleep, but instead, it kept me awake, as I was gripped by the story. These stories are even more amazing as when I was a child, we never heard much about the mongols or their empire. Our education was so Eurocentric. Which made a little sense, but this is such a larger piece to our human puzzle. Thanks you for helping fill in a big gap in my world history education! Love this channel. I’ll do my best to give some funds soon. ❤from Coquitlam, Canada

[@lastofmygeneration]

I don't even have to listen to this to know it's going to be an absolute banger of a deep dive into ancient history! Thank you for your great service to history, Paul. Your content is pure Orichalcum, sir!

[@NickMatthews]

And this is why I have notifications turned on for this channel.

[@octavian9279]

My guy went above and beyond this time..almost 7 hrs!!! Amazing work from an amazing channel...can't wait for the video version to drop!!!

[@mohammedshujauddin9491]

Your work can not be praised . It is beyond any praise I can have . You are really great researcher and presenter . There are very few like you around

[@graemelennie]

7 hours on this video and falling asleep to these like 400 times deserved a paid sub. Best history content on the internet

[@drivewithbishop4426]

The production level on your videos is amazing!

[@adismadi9395]

It’s about time, been waiting for 6 months now! It took too long this time Mr. Cooper! Can’t wait to listen to the best podcast ever

[@ColeGladue]

I literally bought a membership on Patreon yesterday just so I could listen to this episode 😅 oh well, glad I can support.

[@Ryan.G.Spalding]

Love it! I feared after Egypt you might be out of content. I just finished a first pass. I will certainly revisit it again and again! They are always a work of ART! I wish my dad was still alive to listen, he loved audio books and getting lost in a story. He would be a big fan. ❤

[@classiclife7204]

Someone here mentioned Cooper did an AMA in which he said he had only a few more to go, as he was running out of civs to describe. I just hope he gets to Western Rome and the British Empire. While overdone, his take on those civs will have value (you can't really have a podcast called "Fall of Civilizations" without including Rome, one hopes).

[@Ryan.G.Spalding]

@ I guess you are right. I thought they had Rome, but the Byzantine one kind of missed the first part. I have watched many things about it but I don’t really know how it happened. Not in the detail he goes into. Maybe there isn’t Information? But that seems hard to believe. Like how did they keep the border where they did to keep going with the eastern stuff? Or how did the Greek City States fall and turn into Rome? I think he could keep going forever just getting more niché. I would also love a summary episode of commonalities among all of them. Fall of Humanity. Haha

[@codybell6882]

​@Ryan.G.Spalding I think for sure he can do one about the greek city states, (macedonian wars) Or more specifically about the Macedonian empire and the wars of the diadochi We could also for sure see one about the Sassanids perhaps. Perhaps one about the roman conquest of Gaul. Maybe one about the Spanish recoquista .

[@hardballget]

Take away the absolute genius that is abundant in all of the FOC series this guy has the greatest toned narrator's voice ever. There is not enough superlatives in the English language to describe the utter brilliance.

[@BengalsFan7131]

My life has been so rough recently man, you have no idea. With that said, you also have zero idea how much this surprise makes all the struggle worth it. Cheers mate.

[@ReaderOfThreads]

@@BengalsFan7131 Hang in there buddy

[@brianhildreth9099]

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!!! A new History Time vid and a NEW FOC Podcast!!!! It really is Christmas season. Thank you, Paul!!!! And it's over 6 hours! What have I done to deserve this wonderful treatment??

[@crowvii]

I feel spoiled - seven hours? Thank you Paul! Another absolute gem!!

[@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache]

Thank you so much, and Merry Christmas Paul!

[@JSoftic]

Couldn't ask for anything better this end of 2024. Thank you

[@thesword31]

The only channel I check every day for new podcasts, knowing full well it is months in between uploads. Absolutely worth the wait every single time. Absolutely amazing work. Thank you for the incredible hard work and effort put into every single episode. Your work, and the work of your team, is second to none. I've told everyone I know interested in history about this channel, and will continue to do so. Be safe, be well, and thank you again.

[@emanuelpetre5491]

I’ve been waiting for a new episode for so long

[@kimber-lee76]

Thank you so much! I cannot get enough Fall of Civilizations. You've quenched my insatiable thirst for history.