PodCompanions
Discussions: 2026-W43 — page 35
Discussions added each week. These are publication dates here; the original episodes may be older.
- 22:02–26:41
Hansson discusses browser improvements, JavaScript build pipelines and the division of web development into specialist roles.
- 18:06–22:02
Hansson argues for simpler web development and describes his preference for modern JavaScript.
- 13:30–18:06
Hansson recalls learning HTML and PHP through practical projects, then questions the complexity of modern web development.
- 9:22–13:30
Hansson describes running bulletin boards, trading software and finding a role in the computer community.
- 4:46–9:22
Hansson recalls unsuccessful attempts to learn programming and his attraction to the Amiga scene.
- 0:00–4:46
After opening excerpts and the introduction, Hansson recalls his first computer and wanting to create games.
- 3:40:00–3:42:21
Aldrete closes with Livy’s purpose in studying history; Fridman thanks him and ends with a quotation attributed to Caesar.
- 3:35:00–3:40:00
Aldrete uses an interpretation of ancient olive presses to illustrate cultural assumptions, then considers future historians’ possible mistakes.
- 3:30:00–3:35:00
Aldrete considers lessons from history, biases in surviving sources and how historians interpret incomplete evidence.
- 3:25:00–3:30:00
Aldrete and Fridman compare ancient civil wars with modern conflicts and discuss nuclear weapons and Afghanistan.
- 3:20:00–3:25:00
The conversation connects geography, crops and diet to identity before considering comparisons with modern wars.
- 3:15:00–3:20:00
Aldrete argues for multiple causes of collapse, then considers decisive battles and changes in military technology.
- 3:10:00–3:15:00
Aldrete discusses frontier policy, Gothic migration, Attila and the significance of food supplies and North Africa.
- 3:05:00–3:10:00
Aldrete discusses the tetrarchy, imperial identity and why choosing a date for Rome’s fall is difficult.
- 3:00:00–3:05:00
Aldrete describes the third-century crisis, Diocletian’s reforms and price edict, and Constantine’s conversion.
- 2:55:00–3:00:00
Aldrete discusses taxation and economic records before introducing the pressures that produced imperial crisis.
- 2:50:00–2:55:00
Aldrete and Fridman discuss Marcus Aurelius, corruption, youth and the autonomy of governors far from Rome.
- 2:45:00–2:50:00
Aldrete discusses successful emperors and the importance of collaborators such as Agrippa in Augustus’s achievements.
- 2:40:00–2:45:00
Aldrete examines Roman engineering through the Colosseum and Pantheon, then turns to imperial succession.
- 2:35:00–2:40:00
Aldrete discusses gladiator resistance, animal spectacles and the Colosseum as a building with political purposes.
- 2:30:00–2:35:00
The conversation moves from Christian good works to gladiators, their social position and the ethics of spectacle.
- 2:25:00–2:30:00
Aldrete discusses possible attractions of Christianity, the roles of women and enslaved people, and religious legitimacy.
- 2:20:00–2:25:00
Aldrete discusses Roman religion and Christian persecution through the example of Pliny’s correspondence.
- 2:15:00–2:20:00
The conversation considers rhetorical misuse and ineffective gestures before turning to Roman polytheism.