158. Why Did Rome Fall — and Are We Next?
2025-05-24 · 55 min · episode 158 · 6 entities
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Historian Tom Holland narrowly escaped a career writing vampire novels to become the co-host of the wildly popular podcast The Rest Is History . At Steve’s request, he compares President Trump and Julius Caesar and explains why the culture wars are arguments about Christian theology.
SOURCES: Tom Holland , historian and host of The Rest is History .
RESOURCES: Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World , by Tom Holland (2019).
Rubicon , by Tom Holland (2005).
EXTRAS: Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence , by Jens Ludwig (2025).
" A Solution to America’s Gun Problem ," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2025).
" Richard Dawkins on God, Genes, and Murderous Baby Cuckoos ," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).
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