Show overview
Future Imperfect has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 59 episodes. That works out to roughly 45 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence, with the show now in its 3rd season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 40 min and 50 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language History show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 weeks ago, with 3 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2022, with 16 episodes published. Published by Nathaniel Tapley.
From the publisher
Jason Kingsley is a technologist who started one of the UK's most exciting games companies, Rebellion. He's also fascinated by the past. In this podcast he talks to historians, scientists, and experts from all fields about what we the future might hold, and what we should do to prepare for it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest Episodes
View all 59 episodesWho was Boudicca's daughter?
S3 Ep 12What did Britain look like after the Romans left?
Alex Harvey returns to the podcast to talk to Jason about the kingdoms of the British Isles after the Romans left.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3 Ep 7Why did we invent the Renaissance?
Jason talks to Ada Palmer about the concept of the Renaissance, and what distinguishes it from the mediaeval?Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3 Ep 6What did medieval builders get right?
In this episode Jason talks to Andrew Ziminski, a monumental stonemason, about building in the Middle Ages.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3 Ep 5What happened when animals got away in the Middle Ages
Jason talks to Jordan Claridge and Spike Gibbs about stray animals, the damage they could do, and what happened to them in the Middle Ages.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3 Ep 4Who were the Carolingians?
Jason talks to Matt Gabriele and David Perry about who the Carolingians were. What relationship were they to Charlemagne? Where did they live? They discuss all of this, and their new book, Oathbreakers.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3 Ep 3What did people in the Middle Ages use for money?
In this episode, Jason speaks to Dr Rory Naismith about how people in the MIddle Ages used money. Did they have money? Did they use cash? And what did they do when there was no money?Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3 Ep 2Did people get murdered in the Middle Ages?
How violent were the Middle Ages? What was life like before there were police? In this episode, Jason talks to Annie Whitehead about murder in the age of the Anglo-Saxons.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3 Ep 1Who are the Vikings we don't talk about?
Welcome to the third season of Future Imperfect! In this episodeJason talks to Alex Harvey about the sorts of Vikings we don't often mention nowadays.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 Ep 16Who were the knights of the Islamic world?
Jason Kingsley talks to Dr Rachel Schine about her new book, Black Knights.Produced by: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 Ep 15What were medieval warhorses like?
Jason talks to Emma Herbert-Davies about her research into the mediaeval warhorse.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 Ep 14What were ordinary Vikings really like?
On this episode Jason talks to Eleanor Barraclough about her new book, Embers of the Hands, about the day-t-day lives and material culture of ordinary Vikings.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 Ep 13What is Jason's new book about?
In this episode, Jason talks about his new book, out now on Kickstarter with the host of Legends and Lectures, Michelle Franklin.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 Ep 12How to get someone to fall in love with you (in the Middle Ages)
We learn lots about of the facts of the Middle Ages, but what did the people themselves believe about the ways in which the world worked, and the intersections between religion and magic? Jason talks to Tabitha Stanmore about practical magic, cunning folk, and the ways in which magic was threaded through mediaeval life.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 Ep 11Can mediaeval knowledge save the world?
In a world of limited resources, people in the Middle Ages knew how to exploit the natural world in a way that was sustainable. Jason talks to Annette Kehnel about sustainability in the Middle Ages.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 Ep 10Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
In this episode, Jason talks to Marc Morris about his new book, Anglo Saxons.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 Ep 9How do you make a mediaeval book?
Sara Charles is a researched into books and manuscripts, who has learned all of the processes that went into making books in the Middle Ages. She joins Jason to talk about manuscripts books, and all thinks ink and vellum!Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 Ep 8Was mediaeval armour for defence or for show?
Jason Kingsley, CBE, talks to armourer Toby Capwell about their time spent jousting against each other, how you know when to give up jousting and how armour worked in the Middle Ages.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 Ep 7What was the best Old English word?
In this episode, Jason is joined by Dr Hana Videen, who has been collecting early mediaeval words and their meanings. She talks about what we can learn about the way people in the early mediaeval period dealt with animals from the way they wrote and talked about them.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 Ep 6What's the oldest pub in England?
On this episode, Jason is joined by James Wright a buildings archaeologist who specialises in mediaeval myth-busting. He talks us through the legends about a lot of England's old buildings, and what the truth actually is.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.