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Another boy says he is Ethelred.

Ethelred is held up by robbers.

After the fight Ethelred is determined to run away. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/miss-retro-reads/support

990-1035: Part 1. We go back and review how the Anglo Saxons began to sow the seeds of their eventual demise.Song: Blood Code by Le Castlevania- John Wick 4 Soundtrack www.warandconquest.comwarandconquestpcast@gmail.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUOD52RBg1BBm_zndE-DdA https://www.patreon.com/warandconquesthttps://www.facebook.com/warandconquestpcasthttps://www.instagram.com/warandconquestpcast/ https://twitter.com/warandconquest1Venmo: @Warand Conquest https://www.twitch.tv/theproslayer7

 M.J. Porter has developed an enthusiastic readership for her ninth century Saxon Chronicles set in the depths of a divided Britain. She writes action-packed and completely addictive Dark Ages historicals that have readers howling for more. Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler. And today on Binge Reading, M.J. talks about the books that critics describe as “Game of Thrones meets The Last Kingdom.” Our Giveaway this week is called Is Your Library Fully Booked? It features a great range of stories from many different authors, all free to download, including Sadie's Vow Book #1 in my Home At Last series. https://books.bookfunnel.com/fullybooked/1qbif7i7yc DOWNLOAD SADIE'S VOW for free And remember if you enjoy the show, leave us a review so others will find us too. Word of mouth is still the best way for people to discover the show and great books they will love to read. Things mentioned in this episode First Viking Age: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Viking-people Lindisfarne: https://www.lindisfarne.org.uk/ King Alfred: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-king-of-Wessex Dark Age Britain: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Anglo-Saxon-Kingdoms-Dark-Ages/ Bede: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Bede-the-Venerable Ceolwulf: Last King of Mercia: https://www.britannica.com/place/Wessex-historical-kingdom The Battle of Brunanburh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brunanburh King Athelstan: https://www.athelstanmuseum.org.uk/malmesbury-history/people/king-athelstan/ Bernard Cornwell: https://www.bernardcornwell.net/ Uhtred series:   https://www.bernardcornwell.net/series/the-last-kingdom-series/ Queen Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aethelflaed The Last Kingdom BBC series: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08jnzwp Ealdorman: https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/ealdorman Ealdorman Athelwine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelwine,_Ealdorman_of_East_Anglia Queen Elfride:  https://www.history.org.uk/historian/resource/8630/elfrida-the-first-crowned-queen-of-england Ethelred II:  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ethelred-the-Unready M J Porter: Custard Corpses, https://mjporterauthor.blog/the-custard-corpses-a-delicious-1940s-mystery-is-on-tour-with-the-coffee-pot-book-club/ Michelles Salter: https://www.michellesalter.com/ Sarah Hawkswood: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Sarah-Hawkswood/author/B00MLCK41U Theodore Brun: https://www.theodorebrun.com/ Simon Turney:  https://simonturney.com/ Jane Adams: Murder On The Farm, https://www.amazon.com/MURDER-gripping-mystery-twists-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0BL86FQ9Q#: Where to find MJ Porter online Website: www.mjporterauthor.com Twitter or X: @coloursofunison Introducing historical fiction author M.J. Porter Jenny Wheeler: But now here's MJ. Hello there MJ and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us. M.J. Porter: Hello, thank you so much for inviting me on today. I'm really looking forward to our chat. Jenny Wheeler: MJ you've developed a terrific following of historical fiction readers fascinated by the stories of ancient Britain, and we're talking basically ninth and tenth centuries, mainly Saxon Britain. Tell us first off, what is the appeal of this period for people who haven't perhaps delved into it before? M.J. Porter: The appeal of the period for me is that it's quite exciting. We're at the very beginning of what would become known as the First Viking Age. We've had our attack on Lindisfarne and then the records go a little bit quiet, we don't hear a lot more, and then all of a sudden in about the 830s we start to get a little bit of a rumble, and therefore, it's quite exciting. We haven't had the great heathen army yet of the 860s. We've got this king in Wessex who's going to be King Alfred's grandfather,

Eadric Streona, (“The Acquisitor”) Eadric also spelled Edric, (died 1017), ealdorman of the Mercians, who, though a man of ignoble birth, was advanced to the revived office of ealdorman by the English king Ethelred II whose daughter Eadgyth Eadric married. Little is known of Eadric's origins. His appointment to the office of ealdorman in 1007 was probably an attempt by Ethelred to unite south-central England under one command. He is generally considered an arch traitor in the struggle between the English and the Danes for Soverignty over England. Although there are several records of his minor betrayals and instances of bad Counsel, Eadric committed his most Conspicuous act of treachery in 1015, when he sided with Canute against Edmund Ironside as Ethelred, Edmund's father, lay dying. When at length peace was made, Canute restored to Eadric the earldom of Mercia; but at Christmas 1017, fearing further treachery, Canute had him slain.

Episode 31 - Erik and Justin are back to give their breakdown of Round 2 on ⁠the Bracket of Fails - with a little help from AI? The Bracket of Fails - Round 2:  Brutus vs Gavrilo Princip Louis XVI vs Caligula Stede Bonnet vs Xerxes Alexander the Great vs Francisco Pizarro Leopold II vs Stalin King John vs President Andrew Johnson Napoleon vs President Andrew Jackson Columbus vs Ethelred the Unready Vote on our Facebook Group! Random Clips: "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989), Disney's "Robin Hood" (1973), "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" (1986), "Titanic" (1997), "300" (2006), "History of the World - Part One" (1981), "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968), "Pirates of the Caribbean" (2003), "Battlestar Galactica" (1978), and the trailer for Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" (2023)! If you'd like to submit a segment for an upcoming episode, click here!⁠ Follow / Message Me on Social Media: E-mail: ErikSlader@gmail.com Twitter: @ErikSlader @EpikFailsdotcom Instagram: @ErikSlader @EpikFailsOfHistory ⁠All 4 EPIC FAILS books are now available on Amazon!⁠ You can also support me here: ⁠BuyMeACoffee.com/EpikFails!⁠ This podcast is a production of the ⁠We Can Make This Work (Probably) Network⁠ follow us to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts!

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 809, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: who "m i"? 1: During my long relationship with Woody Allen, I starred in 13 of his films. Mia Farrow. 2: From 1961 to 1964, I invited TV home viewers to "Sing Along With" me. Mitch Miller. 3: In 1505 I was summoned by Pope Julius II to create his tomb. Michelangelo. 4: Since leaving Czechoslovakia, I've directed films like "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Amadeus". Milos Forman. 5: You can hear me doing what I did best in the following:(playing his trumpet). Miles Davis. Round 2. Category: make 1: The Golf, the Jetta. Volkswagen. 2: The Bonneville, the GTO. Pontiac. 3: The Cordoba, the LeBaron. Chrysler. 4: The Monza, the Vega. Chevy. 5: The Gremlin, the Pacer. AMC (American Motor Corp.). Round 3. Category: what's new 1: In some jewelry departments, you can now buy a single one of these instead of a pair. earring. 2: Going for the soft drink crowd, researchers have come up with a way to do this to milk. carbonate. 3: Seventeen says a new fad is to wear sweatshirts on these limbs. legs. 4: After downing a 6-pack of soda, fold this so it looks like one circle, and wear it as a bracelet. yoke that holds all six cans together (plastic holder). 5: On "10 Classics in 10 Minutes", a new cassette, this novel is summed up by "Everybody dies but fish and Ish". Moby Dick. Round 4. Category: '80s bestsellers 1: His "Cosmos" was a bestseller in 1980; he made "Contact" again in 1985. Carl Sagan. 2: This worldly author brought us tales of "Texas", "Poland" and the "Caribbean". James Michener. 3: In 1981 weight-conscious readers feasted on "The Beverly Hills Diet" and his "Never-Say-Diet Book". Richard Simmons. 4: This comedienne left us with the touching memoir "It's Always Something". Gilda Radner. 5: His memoir "Gracie: A Love Story" made the bestseller list in 1988. George Burns. Round 5. Category: "e" dock 1: Name shared by the fathers of Ethelred the Unready and Candice Bergen. Edgar. 2: This dark, hard wood family includes the persimmon. Ebony. 3: We recognize this senator from North Carolina who chaired the Watergate Committee. Sam Ervin. 4: Completes the sign P.T. Barnum used to steer foot traffic moving through his museum, "This Way to the....". Egress. 5: Meaning "universal", it's a type of council convoked by the Pope. Ecumenical. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

This week, Brianne confesses to a heist at the zoo, Melanie taunts us with a potential cameo, Cody is a not-yet recovering huffer, Brianne victim-blames children from the 1500s, leeches have an unconventional application, Brianne wants to live on Pudding Lane, Melanie is the queen of wild notions, we would like to interview Mothman, Brianne still has trust issues from the lightning strike episode, and we begin planning our post-mortem mischief.Content warnings: harm to zoo animals, deaths of children in the context of nursery rhyme origin stories, cockroaches, choking death, leeches, plague, human sacrifice.Links:https://www.tiktok.com/@watch_the_rabbit_hole/video/7163655213377785090?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&lang=en&q=the%20muffin%20man&t=1670250938608https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muffin-man-song-serial-killer/https://www.whitehartdrurylane.co.uk/historyhttps://mirror.uncyc.org/wiki/The_Muffin_Manhttps://www.bustle.com/style/influencers-are-creating-holiday-joy-inspired-by-their-favorite-starbucks-holiday-cupshttps://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-nursery-rhymes/christopher-shultzhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_a_Ring_o%27_Roseshttps://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/great-plague/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/2001/04/22/ring-around-the-rosy-plagued-by-misunderstanding/6284c3d3-82a4-4b8c-bb45-0a96721ba750/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ring-around-rosie/https://www.historicmysteries.com/london-bridge-is-falling-down/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_Londonhttps://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/Britannia/anglo-saxon/maldon/haraldsson.htmlhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Ethelred-the-Unreadyhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/london-bridge-is-falling-downhttps://www.sporcle.com/blog/2018/04/the-story-behind-london-bridge-is-falling-down/https://joannharris-53598.medium.com/human-remains-found-in-the-london-bridge-945198dcee87https://www.escapecampusuk.com/blog/2021/06/01/a-deadly-english-nursery-rhyme-london-bridge-is-falling-down-part-two/https://historydaily.org/london-bridge-is-falling-down-kids-nursery-rhyme-possibly-has-a-sinister-meaning/8https://phoenixghosts.com/arizonas-london-bridge/#:~:text=One%20theory%20is%20of%20the,they%20were%20buried%20at%20all.

In this episode we will be discussing Disney+'s Hawkeye Episode 3, the new trailer for Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse, and lastly our favorite Christmas gifts we've received. This episode is featuring our knights from the kingdom of Ethelred, Dee, Chris and Elvin. Let's go!

"Who is the most Epic Fail in history? (Besides Hitler)" On this mini-episode, Erik Slader and Justin Ache give a quick rundown of this season's "Bracket of Fails" - where we'll be pitting 32 of history's biggest failures against one another in this single elimination bracket! Follow us on social media to vote for who YOU think is the worst of the worst! *Click here to vote on your predictions for the Bracket of Fails!* Stalin, Nero, Caligula, Leopold II, Qin Shi Huang, Genghis Khan, Pope Urban II, Vlad the Impaler, Gavrilo Princip, Andrew Johnson, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Louis XVI, Ramses II, Francisco Pizarro, Hernán Cortés, Xerxes, Ivan the Terrible, Christopher Columbus, King John I, Andrew Jackson, Henry VIII, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, J. Bruce Ismay, Franklin Pierce, Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Guy Fawkes, Cleopatra VII, Ethelred the Unready, Erik Bloodaxe, and Stede Bonnet (the Gentleman Pirate)! Also be sure to listen to Episode 8 of The World is My Burrito - where Erik and Kory talk about "The Green Knight"! Follow / Message Us on Social Media: E-mail: ErikSlader@gmail.com Twitter: @ErikSlader @EpikFailsdotcom Instagram: @ErikSlader @EpikFailsofHistory All 4 EPIC FAILS books are now available on Amazon! (Get a free audio book on Audible at http://www.audibletrial.com/EpikFails) You can also support me here: BuyMeACoffee.com/EpikFails! This podcast is a production of the We Can Make This Work (Probably) Network follow us to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts - including: 2 Young 4 This Trek, Comic Zombie, and Podcasters Assemble!

Emma of Normandy wasn't interested in being just the king's wife. She wanted a seat at the table, but it seems like her husband, king Ethelred (the unready) had other ideas. See how our girl went from the new girl in town to a full-blown powerhouse queen in part 1 of our season 4 finale. Find full show notes on our website at http://queenshistorypodcast.com/Intro music by J Sparks Featuring Beyond Belief. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensed under creative commons by Attribution license 4.0 InternationalSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/queenshistorypodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Die Rache der dänischen Wikinger am König Ethelred ist Grausam. Doch der Thron von Englaland gehört rechtmäßig Knut! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

König Ethelred brach sein versprechen gegenüber den dänischen Siedlern und mordete Feige die wenigen Männer, Frauen und Kinder, die im Danelag eine neue Heimat gefunden hatten. Doch Sven Gabelbart und seine Wikinger ließen diese Schmach nicht ungesühnt. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Fall of The House of Usher- Classic Ghost Stories Podcast has done a Poe story before: [The Tell-Tale Heart (Episode 12) (https://player.captivate.fm/episode/08a6766c-18ad-4ec7-9c1c-a6918e7306a6)] and that was fine, but the Fall of the House of Usher is, in my humble opinion, finer. Poe was an American writer born in 1809 in Boston who died aged only forty in Baltimore in 1849. He is one of the best-known American writers of his generation and famed all over the world for his Gothic and macabre tales. It was long overdue that we did another of his stories The Fall of the House of Usher was published in 1839, when grave-robbing was still a thing. He makes a play on the word 'house' which can mean both a lineage and a building. This is a rhetorical usage known as a syllepsis. The story is a fine Gothic thing. We have dismal setting with the rotting trees and the stagnant tarn (which is a small lake) the gloomy castle, the sickly and neurotic hero, the storm and generally dreadful weather, the mysterious and sinister chatelaine, Madeline. It is quasi-Medieval also, though not set in Medieval times, it might as well be and at the end they read from some Arthurian legend to make even more Medieval. The remoteness of the house, the lack of modern communications (even for the 1830s), the terrible weather and the vague dream time of no specific location and no specific time trap us in the legend. The house haunts the characters as much as their wraith-like dream forms haunt its halls. Roderick never leaves the house and I doubt Madeline of Usher was much of a gad-about either. Poe never says anything clearly in a few words when he can draw it out over several obscure sentences with multiple clauses and hints rather than statements. We love him for it, indeed that's why we read him. Old Roderick decides to entomb Madeline in the deep dungeon, because it is hinted that the medical men would seek to dig her up and use her for research, given the obscurity of her illness. This was a thing in Poe's days or just before. The hint of the blush on dead Madeline's face is suggestive that she may be a vampire, and Poe, I think was encouraging this, but it is in fact, as it later transpires in a nice twist (nice?) that poor Madeline was not in fact dead, and furthermore, her brother suspected this. Poe's stories are populated by the deeply neurotic and this, for me, is his masterpiece. I love the Gothic prolixity of it, I love the funereal sombreness and I am struck how much influence Poe had on Lovecraft in his vocabulary. Now, it may be an American usage, but, outside these two, I've never come across the word "litten" for "lit" as in red-litten, for red-lit, and my autocorrect dislikes it also. Also reminiscent of Lovecraft, is the long list of obscure books, mostly not in English; a favourite device of the Cthulhu Mythos. What Poe does wonderfully in this story, I think, is identify the building with the family themselves and make the house a living thing. The fortunes of the House of Usher, as he says, is reflected in both the fabric of the ancient castle and the health of the living line. When the people die, the house dies also. Shirley Jackson does this in her story, The Visit (Episode 52) (https://player.captivate.fm/episode/902d0d32-2fe8-4951-a7e4-dbbf2f8a89d8) The co-mingling of story and actuality happens in the reading of the Arthurian legend where the breaking in of Ethelred, has its counterpart in the breaking out of the dying Madeline. In a sense this also mirrors the identity of the living Ushers with the symbol of the ancient building. The purpose of the narrator is merely to give us a window into the goings on, for he does nothing active in the story. I love the image of the blood-red moon rising over the tarn at the end as the house (and its inhabitants) fall into the dark waters. We are reminded that the first image (nearly) is of the House of Usher reflected upside down in the waters of the... Support this podcast

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How one Saxon King ruled for 37 years, battled with the Vikings, helped create the jury system and all anyone said was 'I bet he hasn't packed yet''. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Carved by glaciers during the Ice Age, Norway's more than 1100 fjords are spectacular. The sea enters narrow valleys with high cliffs laced with waterfalls. This rugged seacoast nurtured ancient Norway and its ruthless seafaring raiders: the Vikings. The Vikings came out of the north like a thunderbolt to ravage the coastlines of Europe, but the people of medieval Scandinavia were so much more than just Vikings.  In this episode, Lee Accomando of the Viking Age Podcast talks about Harald Fairhair, legendary first king of united Norway, and his sons Håkon the Good and the excellently named Erik Bloodaxe.  Lee has a soft spot for Erik's sorceress wife Gunnhild. Listener and patron Kjartan Bærem talks about his homeland, and tells us which fjords are most worth visiting. We also discuss various lamb dishes before curing our own salmon: dill-scented gravlax. Sources: Alcuin. Letter to Ethelred, King of Northumbria Alcuin. Letter to the Bishop of Lindisfarne Ferguson, Robert. The Vikings: a History Greshko, Michael. “Famous Viking Warrior Was a Woman, DNA Reveals” in National Geographic.  September 12, 2017. Ham, Anthony. Lonely Planet Norway Haywood, John. Northmen: the Viking saga, AD 793-1241 Konstam, Angus. Historical Atlas of the Viking World Magnusson, Magnus. Vikings! Nozari, Elaheh.  “My Biggest Accomplishment of 2018 Was Making My Own Gravlax” in Bon Appetit. December 13, 2018 Rick Steves Scandinavia Sturluson, Snorri. Heimskringla Music includes “Gjallar,” “Fólkvangr,” and “The Vikings” by Alexander Nakarada https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Photograph by TomasEE

Sarah Dunant presents a monthly dive into stories from the past that might help us make sense of today. This month, as Theresa May‘s Brexit negotiations approach crunch point, Sarah examines promises throughout history, how they bound rulers and their people, and the bitter consequences when they were broken. From the ambitious pledges that return to haunt Ethelred the Unready in the 10th century, to the trust-based oaths sworn by Swedish monarchs in front of their subjects, Sarah traces the litany of promises made through the centuries and exposes the paradoxes and tensions that plague our leaders today. And, as we consider a political environment charged with the rhetoric of division, disappointment and betrayal, Sarah examines the ultimate moment of broken promises - the execution of Charles I, and the lasting wounds that it inflicted on a nation. Sarah's guests are Dr Levi Roach of the University of Exeter, Dr Sari Nauman of the University of Gothenburg, Professor Jeremy Black of the University of Exeter, and Dr Clare Jackson of the University of Cambridge. Presenter: Sarah Dunant Producers: Natalie Steed and Nathan Gower Executive Producer: David Prest Readers: Keith Wickham and David Weiss A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4

On this, the historic, 100th episode of Deep State Radio (once called by Bridget Jones "the world's most important podcast") our usual band of troublemakers discuss just how much worse off the world is 100 podcasts later than it was we started. Could it all have to do with the man one NPR commentator referred to as "an escaped monkey from a cocaine study?" Which English monarch is most reminiscent of that monkey? (Ethelred the Cokehead?) And what can we expect 100 episodes from now? (The end of the euro? War with Iran? A Trump casino in Pyongyang? President Nancy Pelosi?) We not only answer all your questions but we announce a whole lot of ways we intend to show our love for Deep State Radio nerd nation...because we can't think of any other group of folks we'd rather spend the End Days with! Tune in!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this, the historic, 100th episode of Deep State Radio (once called by Bridget Jones "the world's most important podcast") our usual band of troublemakers discuss just how much worse off the world is 100 podcasts later than it was we started. Could it all have to do with the man one NPR commentator referred to as "an escaped monkey from a cocaine study?" Which English monarch is most reminiscent of that monkey? (Ethelred the Cokehead?) And what can we expect 100 episodes from now? (The end of the euro? War with Iran? A Trump casino in Pyongyang? President Nancy Pelosi?) We not only answer all your questions but we announce a whole lot of ways we intend to show our love for Deep State Radio nerd nation...because we can't think of any other group of folks we'd rather spend the End Days with! Tune in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ralph begins an account that starts with King Egbert and ends with Ethelred the Unready and the arrival of King Canute. King Alfred is probably most famous warrior king of Wessex however this remarkable lecture shows that there was a long line of kings who fought the campaigns against the Danes and went on to unify England and shape history as we know it. The Wessex Research Group archive contains those lectures that have been digitised and are freely downloadable as a personal educational tool. FFI log on to www.wessexresearchgroup.org

On this date in year 884, Charles the Fat became emperor of the Frankish Empire. Here are a few historical monarchs with less-than-flattering nicknames, and the stories behind them. Charles the Fat was a great-grandson of Charlemagne, and reunited his forebear’s empire for a short time. There’s some disagreement over whether he fully qualifies as a Holy Roman Emperor, but he was crowned by Pope John VIII. His empire consisted of large parts of what is now western Europe. He was considered lethargic and inept. He is also believed to have suffered from epilepsy. He was overthrown by his nephew Arnulf of Carinthia three years after reuniting the empire. One of Charles the Fat’s predecessors was Charles the Bald, who might have been the first monarch to receive an ironic nickname. It’s thought that he had a full head of hair and was quite hairy. Speaking of hirsute monarchs, at about the same time as Charles the Bald’s reign, Wilfred the Hairy was ruling over a portion of what is now Spain. Among Charles the Bald’s children was Louis the Stammerer. Besides his apparent speech impediment, Louis was also in ill health and only survived his father by two years. William I of England was known as William the Bastard by enemies and William the Conquerer by allies, while John George I of Saxony was known as Beer Jug because of his alcoholism. Three other monarchs, including Wenceslaus VI were known as “the Drunkard.” Wladyslaw the Elbow High was known as such because of his short stature. Ivaylo of Bulgaria was known as Radish, Lettuce, or Cabbage, after leading a peasant revolt  against the Byzantines and Mongols. Four kings, including Louis XI of France and Peter I of Portugal were known as “The Cruel.” Constantine V was known as “the dung-named” by his enemies. There was Fulk the Ill-Tempered, Henry the Impotent, Louis the Indolent, and Ferdinand the Inconsistent. Other interesting names include Eric the Priest Hater, Frederick the Quarreller, James the Rash, Pippin the Short, and Pippin the Hunchback. There was Uros the Weak of Serbia, Ethelred the Unready of England and Thomas the Albanian-Slayer. Besides Ivan, there were three other monarchs known as “the Terrible.” Of course, most of these nicknames were applied by their enemies, and several of them are known by more favorable names as well. Our question: Vlad the Impaler was the inspiration for what literary character? Today is Constitution Day in Russia, Ground Forces Day in Ukraine and Croatian Air Force Day. It’s unofficially National Ambrosia Day, Poinsettia Day, and Gingerbread House Day. It’s the birthday of artist Edvard Munch, who was born in 1863; singer Frank Sinatra, who was born in 1915; and game show host Bob Barker, who is 93. Because our topic happened before 1960, we’ll spin the wheel to pick a year at random. This week in 1982, the top song in the U.S. was “Maneater” by Hall and Oates. The No. 1 movie was “The Toy,” while the novel “Space” by James Michener topped the New York Times Bestsellers list. Weekly question What wireless technology was named after a Danish king’s nickname? Submit your answer at triviapeople.com/test and we’ll add the name of the person with the first correct answer to our winner’s wall … at triviapeople.com. We'll reveal the correct answer on Friday’s episode. Links Follow us on Twitter, Facebook or our website. Also, if you’re enjoying the show, please consider supporting it through Patreon.com Please rate the show on iTunes by clicking here.

Cidercast 3 is finally here! Direct from The Coronation in Bedminster comes Cidercast 3 with your slightly intoxicated hosts Ethelred and BrotherKane with non other than the final OCC champion of the T1 era - Moncap. Apologies in advance for the sound quality on this one, public broadcasting needs some work! 1:10 Moncap 30:15 Championship Team Review 56:00 Predictions 57:20 Skill Focus: Diving Tackle 1:01:15 The Eye of Nuffle 1:07:00 Pedant's Corner 1:07:45 Postbag 1:23:20 Shout Outs We Hope you enjoy it and if you have any comments, suggestions or questions for Cidercast 4's postbag please send them to occpodcast@gmail.co.uk

The Cidercast! Ethelred and I both live in the same city and decided to meet up for lunch. Then we decided to record our ramblings... then we decided to invite someone else to chat bloodbowl with us. now we share it so you can hear! Big thanks to Juriel and XanderV for inspiring us to give this a go and we hope you enjoy it. 0:00 - Akirilus 8:23 - Season 26 T1 18:05 - Season 27 T1 34:00 - Shout outs and around the OCC Please send any comments or suggestions to occpodcast@gmail.co.uk

Rebroadcast of the long running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour", a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.org Olaf Tryggvesson - (born c. 964—died c. 1000), Viking king of Norway (995–c. 1000), much celebrated in Scandinavian literature, who made the first effective effort to Christianize Norway. Already a Christian, Olaf was confirmed at Andover (in modern Hampshire) in 994, with Ethelred, with whom he had been reconciled, as his godfather. Learning of the growing revolt against the Norwegian king Haakon the Great, Olaf returned to Norway and was accepted as king on Haakon’s death in 995. He forcefully imposed Christianity on the areas under his control, the coast and the western islands, but had little influence elsewhere. By commissioning missionaries and baptizing visiting dignitaries, Olaf was able to introduce Christianity to the Shetland, Faroe, and Orkney islands and to Iceland and Greenland. (Christianity was adopted by the Icelandic parliament [Althing] about 1000).  Olaf met his death in the Battle of Svolder (c. 1000) at the hands of the Danish king Sweyn I, the Swedish king Olaf Skötkonung, and Eric the Norwegian, earl of Lade. 

In Episode 3 of Off the Shelf, Simeon and Kghia speak with LC Tyler, British writer of comic crime fiction. They discuss his Elsie and Ethelred mystery series, two of which were nominated for Edgar awards.You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directlySubscribe on iTunesSubscribe using our RSS feed