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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 4d

Abram made a "do a barrel roll!" joke today. I'm amazed that kids still have that meme.

But he had never even heard of Starfox 64. It's like his education is somehow slanted towards British history and not video games.

Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 10d

At Cavour's death, the dream of a united Italy was incomplete. Garibaldi cried out for Rome, but it would take the rise of one empire and the fall of another before the ancient Aurelian walls fell and Italy was again whole. Link: bit.ly/42XH7En

With special guest
@italiastoria.bsky.social
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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 29d

Recording day! It has been too long, but we recorded most of “Italian Unification - Part 2” with a special guest host: Marco from Storia d’Italia! We’ll need another session to finish this fantastic episode but we’ll do it soon. (And Pitt Part 2 is progressing as well.)

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History of Venice Podcast @historyofvenicepod.bsky.social · Sep 9

It's our first birthday as a podcast! We celebrate with a special episode featuring a 3-minute summary of our story so far, some chat about favourite moments and what we're looking forward to in future episodes - next week's 2-parter being top of that list.👑
histvenicepod.podbean.com/e/first-birt...

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Aug 31

The TOPIC is fantastic and I love it. This particular book is not my favorite. :)

(Part 2 includes 1866’s union of Venetia with Italy. Please feel free to send me good sources…)

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Aug 31

My beach reading today. I read boring books do you don’t have to. (Prepping for Italian Unification Part 2, with a special guest host.)

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Aug 24

(Or maybe you are just interested in Abram showing off just how many Roman Emperors he can name… That’s okay too. bit.ly/4fVwbfE)

Italy Special - Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (Italy's First Prime Minister & Italian Unification) | Prime Factors - Ranking UK Prime Ministers

Italy was a divided nation, a pawn in the machinations of empires. Camillo Benso, the Count of Cavour, dreamed of a day when Italy could take its place among the nations of the world. As a journalist,...

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Aug 24

Wow. Our episode on Cavour has had the best "release day" of any of our Prime Ministers so far. Maybe we're podcasting about the wrong country!? 😅😅 Thank you to everyone that has listened so far. #italy #history

bit.ly/4fVwbfE

Italy Special - Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (Italy's First Prime Minister & Italian Unification) | Prime Factors - Ranking UK Prime Ministers

Italy was a divided nation, a pawn in the machinations of empires. Camillo Benso, the Count of Cavour, dreamed of a day when Italy could take its place among the nations of the world. As a journalist,...

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Totalus Rankium @totalusrankium.bsky.social · Aug 24

Very impressive remembering of emperors here!

Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Aug 24

@totalusrankium.bsky.social Very much aligned with your (and your listeners') interest. Check out starting at around 9:15 in our most recent episode on Cavour, the first Prime Minister of Italy. There is no cheating, no prep, no reading from a list. Just a kid who loves Roman history. bit.ly/4fVwbfE

Italy Special - Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (Italy's First Prime Minister & Italian Unification) | Prime Factors - Ranking UK Prime Ministers

Italy was a divided nation, a pawn in the machinations of empires. Camillo Benso, the Count of Cavour, dreamed of a day when Italy could take its place among the nations of the world. As a journalist,...

bit.ly

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Aug 24

@totalusrankium.bsky.social Very much aligned with your (and your listeners') interest. Check out starting at around 9:15 in our most recent episode on Cavour, the first Prime Minister of Italy. There is no cheating, no prep, no reading from a list. Just a kid who loves Roman history. bit.ly/4fVwbfE

Italy Special - Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (Italy's First Prime Minister & Italian Unification) | Prime Factors - Ranking UK Prime Ministers

Italy was a divided nation, a pawn in the machinations of empires. Camillo Benso, the Count of Cavour, dreamed of a day when Italy could take its place among the nations of the world. As a journalist,...

bit.ly

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Aug 24

Italy was a divided nation, a pawn of empires. As a journalist, Cavour fought for a constitution. As a statesman, he needed all his cunning to make friends, scheme with emperors, and pull the parts of Italy together... by force, if necessary.

Recorded on vacation in Italy!

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Aug 19

We are back from Italy! The Prime Factors family vacation traveled from Nice to Venice, seeing the sites and learning the history of the Italian Unification. We also recorded a special episode about Camillo Benso, the Count of Cavour, one of the architects that unification... and Italy's first PM!

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Aug 9

Cavour building Italy out of legos. I really like this mural.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Aug 5

We wrote a great scene about the Pitt Diamond… and we cut it for time. But I think it turned out so well I just had to share.
www.primefactorspodcast.com/e/91b-smuggl...

9.1B - Smuggling the Pitt Diamond (Bonus Scene) | Prime Factors - Ranking UK Prime Ministers

From the depths of the Kollur Mine to the apex of the French crown, the Pitt Diamond (later known as the Regent Diamond) is either the story of a great British adventure, or a terrible Indian tragedy....

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Jul 31

This may be the best episode we’ve ever recorded, almost a soft relaunch of the podcast. I just listened again last night.

Please let us know if you like the new “feel” of the podcast or if we should make adjustments.

www.primefactorspodcast.com/e/91-william...

9.1 - William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham (Part 1) | Prime Factors - Ranking UK Prime Ministers

As a boy, William Pitt grew up on stories of his merchant adventuring family. The Pitt fortune was smuggled out of the mines of India, even while his grandfather was the Governor of Madras. Pitt's fat...

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Jul 29

WILLIAM PITT THE ELDER! Do we need to say more?

Yes, we do. This episode is a "relaunch" of sorts for us with a more produced style. If you haven't listened in a while-- or are a first time listener-- this is a great starting point. Please let us know if you like it. #ukhistory
bit.ly/46xsVV4

Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Jul 21

We visited the Fort Pitt museum in Pittsburgh, with a great (albeit small) section on William Pitt. It was great to see the locations in our podcast in real life.

(Pitt the Elder Part 1 coming soon.)

Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Jul 20

Recording day!!

William Pitt the Elder is one of the most important figures in both British and American colonial history. I am so exited!

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Jul 11

What if a podcast HAD VIDEO? The video version of my Intelligent Speech presentation is now up. This version lacks Abram's "narration" and is the version as depicted at the conference itself. #ukhistory

youtu.be/7eSmaQ8HDT4

Prime Lies: Robert Walpole (Intelligent Speech 2025 Presentation)

YouTube video by Prime Factors - Ranking UK Prime Ministers

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Jul 10

Looking for all those crazy slides that Abram refused to read? Here they are! docs.google.com/presentation...

Prime Lies - Robert Walpole - Sharable

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Jul 10

I presented at Intelligent Speech 2025! So many great podcasters, and I can finally release my talk for free. Prime Lies: Robert Walpole looks at the lies of Prime Ministers: that Walpole was the first, that Prime Ministers exist, and that Walpole's ascendance was good democracy...

bit.ly/40CWKQg

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Jun 28

Research! Why did The Great Commoner decide that he needed to be a peer to govern?

Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Jun 26

Rockingham Part 2! As the Grenville government was on its last legs, Cumberland was asked to form a new one... during the Ascot Races. Fortunately for Charles, he was also enjoying the races that day. No one was more surprised than he to learn that he would soon be Prime Minister.
bit.ly/4l2OLEq

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Jun 20

A little bit of light podcasting... at a cowork space in Portsmouth, NH.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · Jun 19

Recording day! Rockingham Part 2!

We're recording in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (Largest city in Rockingham County, NH) Trying to get the most out of Prime Minister-named locations before the "Revolution" comes and they stop naming US towns after British PMs...