Mike Duncan is one of the foremost history podcasters in the world. His award-winning series [The History of Rome](https://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/) set the standard for episodic narrative history and inspired a generation of listeners. In this talk he shares his thoughts on why we create and listen to podcasts. Why do we make podcasts? Why do we listen to podcasts? What does it mean to the community? What does it mean to an individual? What does it mean for us here today? In short, Duncan asks, what is the point of all this? Image: [Pexels.com](http://www.pexels.com/photo/greyscale-photography-of-condenser-microphone-765139/)
Mike Duncan is one of the most popular history podcasters in the world and author of two New York Times-bestselling books, The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic and, most recently, Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution.