The Mike and Mark History Experience: Make History Fun Again
The Mike and Mark History Experience is a fast-paced, funny, deeply curious dive into the wildest corners of world history. Hosted by Mike — the analytical Aussie with razor-sharp insights — and Mark — the big-hearted American who feels everything loudly — the show blends storytelling, banter, and surprising historical twists to keep adults entertained while actually learning something.
Each episode takes you on a journey across centuries: forgotten empires, misunderstood revolutions, scandalous political moments, weird cultural rituals, and the people who changed the world in ways no one saw coming. Mike brings the logic. Mark brings the chaos. Together, they bring the sparks.
If you love The Rest Is History, but wish it had more personality, more humor, and more energy, this is your new home. Buckle up — history just got fun again.
The Mike and Mark History Experience: Make History Fun Again
"Ramses the Great Conquered the World But Couldn't Escape This One Fear"
Alexander the Great allegedly wept at 30 because he feared he'd never match his father Philip's accomplishments, despite having already conquered half the known world.
The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius filled his private journals with anxious meditations about mortality and the fleeting nature of fame, writing that even the greatest empires would eventually crumble to dust.
Thomas Jefferson spent his final years obsessively rewriting and controlling the narrative of his life, terrified that future generations would judge him harshly for the contradiction between his words about liberty and his ownership of enslaved people. Even on his deathbed, he was dictating epitaphs and destroying correspondence, desperately trying to curate his image for posterity—a futile attempt to control the uncontrollable judgment of history.
Even Vincent van Gogh lived in constant anguish that his revolutionary art would die with him, selling only one painting during his lifetime while battling the terror that his creative vision meant nothing.
In this episode, Mike and Mark unwrap the common psychology behind their terror.