Best Wma Podcasts (2024)

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The Real Martin Fabian 1:29:35

2M ago1:29:35

1:29:35

Your Step-by-Step Guide to HEMA Deification Elite competitor, ardent scholar, artist, and entrepreneur Martin Fabian joined Stephen and Joshua to talk about HEMA. If you’ve ever wondered what the journey to becoming one of the best competitive fencers in HEMA looks like from an aspect of training, preparation, competition and textual interpretation…

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Aaron Miedma: The Duel; Context and Culture 1:59:39

3M ago1:59:39

1:59:39

About Aaron: Aaron was introduced to swords as a participant in the first National Stage Combat Workshop run by Fight Directors Canada in 1993. In 1998, he traded the theatrical for the historical and took up Italian Rapier. In 2002 he began studying the Lichtenhauer tradition as one of the founding members of Anyhau (now Ironwood Sword School in K…

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Joeli Takala: The Real Johannes Liechtenauer 2:27:25

3M ago2:27:25

2:27:25

Check out the first installment of Joeli's written research here: https://open.substack.com/pub/theartofarms/p/studying-the-birth-of-the-liechtenauer?r=1e0ent&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=trueBy l’Arte Dell Armi

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Herbert Schmidt: The Medieval and Renaissance Buckler 1:24:40

3M ago1:24:40

1:24:40

Check out Herbert's Books! The Medieval and Renaissance Buckler Catalogue of European BucklersBy l’Arte Dell Armi

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Liam H. Clark: A Journey to Stasbourg 1:49:52

6M ago1:49:52

1:49:52

In this episode of l'Arte Dell Armi, Stephen and Joshua go on a journey across the Alps to visit the Bolognese master Giacomo da Basel--err, Joachim Meyer. We're going to Strasbourg with our brilliant tour guide Liam H. Clark. Have you ever wondered how Fechtshule worked, what other fencing masters were active during Meyer's lifetime or the differe…

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Niccolò Menozzi: The Spadone Project 1:51:16

9M ago1:51:16

1:51:16

Do you like big swords? Yea, we know. We all do! Well, if you do, you're probably familiar with The Spadone Project, it's phenomenal, how could you not be? Now meet the man behind the curtain, Niccolò Menozzi! In this episode Stephen and Joshua sit down with Niccolo to tackle the tropes and the misnomers of the two handed sword. We dive deep into t…

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Jean Chandler: Guilds 2:18:35

9M ago2:18:35

2:18:35

Jean Chandler is one of the most dedicated researchers HEMA has to offer. He's absolutely brilliant! He's also a pretty incredible human being. If you want to learn more about guilds, Renaissance commerce, and martial traditions, this is the episode for you! Check out Jean's website here: https://jeanhenrichandler.com/…

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Dr. Guy Windsor: Teaching, and a survey of Vadi and Fiore 2:36:19

9M ago2:36:19

2:36:19

This episode marks l'Arte dell Armi's 20,000th download!!! We wanted to extend our heartfelt gratitude to you our listeners for engaging with this podcast! We greatly appreciate you, and look forward to bringing you more content in the future! Stay saucy my friends! We had the honor of sitting down and talking to Dr. Guy Windsor. This lively discus…

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Jack Gassmann: Martial Culture, Context and Crossbows 2:11:40

11M ago2:11:40

2:11:40

Jack Gassmann is both an accomplished academic and historical fencer, a true jack-of-all-trades, he's lived a life full of historical exploration in about every capacity you can possibly imagine, including stunts and film. Stephen and I sat down with Jack and tried to understand what it might've been like to lead crossbowmen on horseback. You won't…

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22 Bead Mountain 41:39

11M ago41:39

41:39

Conner and Irene talk about hiking Bead Mountain and the area around it you can hike in. They also discuss photography and whatever else pops into their heads about this cool place to hike in western Nebraska.

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21 Kiowa WMA 49:21

11M ago49:21

49:21

Conner and Irene get way off track while talking about the Kiowa Wetlands Wildlife Management Area.

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Bolognese Foundations Part 4: Tactics 1:50:13

11M ago1:50:13

1:50:13

To attack or not to attack, that is the question! It would seem there are many different ways to approach the tactics of Bolognese fencing, but is that because of the varied approaches of different authors, or is there a hidden consensus? Martin, Stephen and Joshua discuss measure, tempo, the nature of the guards, provocations, and so much more in …

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20 Chimney Rock 58:20

11M ago58:20

58:20

Conner and Irene discuss the new trails opened at the Chimney Rock Historical Site and talk about the historical importance of the landmark on the overland trails.

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Maestro Wars Episode 4: Rogue Son 1:24:10

12M ago1:24:10

1:24:10

Pope Julius II has turned his covetous eye toward Ferrara. Meanwhile the French under Bayard and his d'Este allies prepare the way in hope of resisting the Pope's forces and his new league of allies, the Holy League. The French army has a few aces up their sleeves in the Bentivoglio and a young, daring captain, named Gaston di Foix, nicknamed the T…

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Bolognese Foundations Part 3: Footwork 1:42:52

12M ago1:42:52

1:42:52

Put on your blue suede shoes, it's time for some Dardi Dancing! In this episode of Bolognese Foundations Stephen, Martin, and I discuss footwork!By l’Arte Dell Armi

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19 First Marriage in Scottsbluff 1:19:58

12M ago1:19:58

1:19:58

Conner and Irene discuss the meandering story of how the first marriage came to be in Scottsbluff on August 12, 1900.

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18 The peopling of western Nebraska Part 2 1:13:39

1y ago1:13:39

1:13:39

Enjoy the conversation with Conner and Irene and they wrap up the discussion on how people arrived in western Nebraska.

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17 The peopling of western Nebraska Part 1 1:45:18

1y ago1:45:18

1:45:18

In Part one of this two part episode, Conner and Irene mostly stay on task talking about the people of the area, from a variety of tribes to the present day.

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16 Lincoln Hotel 1:10:59

1y ago1:10:59

1:10:59

The Lincoln Hotel is the largest building in downtown Scottsbluff, Nebraska. It has stood for more than 100 years. Conner and Irene discuss the hotel and other off-topic issues during this mostly unedited episode.

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15 Airfields and crashes 1:01:16

1y ago1:01:16

1:01:16

Conner and Irene talk about a crash that happened on June 7, 1944, and two former military airfields that continue to serve their communities as municipal airports. They get sidetracked, as usual, so buckle up and enjoy the ride.

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14 The Great Miss Bish 45:39

1y ago45:39

45:39

One of Irene's favorite stories is that of Hubert Clair Bishop, who lived in early Scottsbluff. Bishop’s life is intriguing and today we’re going to talk about Bishop’s life and claim to fame as a female impersonator, Miss Claire Bish.

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13 What are we doing here 59:41

1y ago59:41

59:41

Conner and Irene have a chat about what's going on in western Nebraska. They talk way too much about the zoo in a meandering episode about life on the Plains.

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12 End of an Era 1:02:49

1y ago1:02:49

1:02:49

Irene sits down in the middle of the night to discuss her thoughts on a major change at the newspaper she used to work for.

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11 Lucretia Winslow Green 45:30

1y ago45:30

45:30

Lucretia was a lady Irene had met, who lived to be 108. She was a bit of an inspiration and everyone who ever met her only had good things to say about her. This is her story.

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10 Wee Granny 1:25:35

1y ago1:25:35

1:25:35

Wee Granny was an emigrant on the Mormon Trail. She began her trek to Salt Lake City from her native Scotland along with several hundred other hopefuls in the Martin Handcart Company. Her story is one of thousands who were seeking a better life out west.

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Bolognese Foundations: Part 2, Guards (with Martin Höppner) 2:05:30

1y ago2:05:30

2:05:30

En garde! In the first installment we learned how to travel between point A and point B, in this episode we'll talk about what those points are, what they mean, and what they're good at. The Cuts and thrusts take you between different guards, but all of your actions will begin and end in guards, so let's learn what those guards are all about. For t…

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09 Fort John - Part Two 34:43

1y ago34:43

34:43

We wrap this story about the forgotten fort in western Nebraska.

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Bill Grandy: A Complete Perspective 1:56:27

1y ago1:56:27

1:56:27

Bill Grandy has done it all, and been really good at all of it too; he has one of the most complete perspectives of anyone I've had the pleasure of talking to on this podcast. So, what did we talk about? A little bit of everything! Armor, wrestling, messer, sidesword, rapier, push of pike, you name it, we probably covered it in this miraculous epis…

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08 Fort John - Part One 43:45

1y ago43:45

43:45

Fort John is a forgotten stop along the Oregon Trail. It existed only for a few years, but little is known of this fort in Scotts Bluff County. Part One of a two-part episode discusses the research that went into finding information on Fort John, which is marked today by historical marker in the middle of a field.…

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Bolognese Foundations: Part 1, Cuts and Thrusts (with Martin Höppner) 1:59:37

1y ago1:59:37

1:59:37

So, you've heard about the magical powers of the Bolognese Sauce, and you want to get cooking, but when you open up the books all you see is a bunch of really odd Italian words mixed up in sentances with weird grammer and sometime illogical phrasing. You really want to read the text's of Marozzo, Manciolino, dall'Agocchie and the Anonimo, but you d…

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07 Belmont Tunnel 1:13:07

1y ago1:13:07

1:13:07

The only rail tunnel ever built and used in Nebraska was the Belmont Tunnel.

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06 Warbonnet Part Three 42:21

1+ y ago42:21

42:21

The Battle of Warbonnet Creek on July 17, 1876, was the first battle, or skirmish, after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, or Battle of the Greasy Grass. In this episode, we discuss the aftermath of the battle.

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05 Warbonnet Part Two 48:39

1+ y ago48:39

48:39

The Battle of Warbonnet Creek on July 17, 1876, was the first battle, or skirmish, after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, or Battle of the Greasy Grass. In this episode, we discuss accounts of the battle, Buffalo Bill Cody, and the killing of Yellow Hair.

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Michael Chidester: Bellifortis 1:32:55

1+ y ago1:32:55

1:32:55

Kats, poisonous gas, trebuchets, armored vehicles covered in spikes, and magic--lots of magic; Konrad Kyeser's Bellifortis is an imaginative book that inspired the likes of Hans Talhoffer, and perhaps even Leonardo da Vinci. It's full of recreations of some of history's most obscure innovations, but these oddities weren't left to print, they were b…

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04 Warbonnet Part One 58:42

1+ y ago58:42

58:42

The Battle of Warbonnet Creek on July 17, 1876, was the first battle, or skirmish, after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, or Battle of the Greasy Grass. In this episode, we discuss the events leading up to the battle.

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Jess Finley: Sword in Armor 1:45:06

1+ y ago1:45:06

1:45:06

Lucio Malvezzi, Tadeo del Volpe and Fra Leonardo Prato all prefer to go to battle with the Stucco, or the Estoc, or the Tuck. We wanted to learn more about fighting with a sword in armor, so we turned to the expert, Jess Finely!!! The Book we discuss in the podcast with the wedding throwdown is, On the Practice or Art of Dancing, by Barbara Sparti.…

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03 Montrose Church 56:50

1+ y ago56:50

56:50

Built in 1887, the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church is the only intact structure of what was once the hamlet of Montrose in western Nebraska. The adjoining cemetery also provides details of the people who built the church

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02 Montrose 56:13

1+ y ago56:13

56:13

Montrose was a small hamlet in northwestern Nebraska. It never grew very large, but had an impact on history.By Irene North and Conner Mathis

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01 Introduction 1:23:30

1+ y ago1:23:30

1:23:30

A podcast about the stories and history of western Nebraska. Conner and Irene take you through the history of the area, up to the present in an introduction to the area they call home.

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Dr. Patrick Bratton: Renaissance Naval Warfare 2:00:00

1+ y ago2:00:00

2:00:00

Dr. Patrick Bratton is an accomplished fencer, and a professor at the United States Army War College. Naturally, we discussed fencing, fencing strategy, before digging deep into the battle of Polesella, and the grand strategy of the Venetian Empire. This was an amazing conversation that could've gone on for 3 or 4 more hours, you've gotta check it …

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Episode 3.2: The Siege 1:50:02

1+ y ago1:50:02

1:50:02

Episode III.ii The Siege Guido Rangoni is in Padua surrounded by the largest army assembled in Italy since the Roman Empire. Among the enemy ranks are the crown of German aristocracy, the flower of French Chivalry, an assortment of famed Italian Condottiere, and a core of cutthroat mercenaries comprised of Landsknechts and Gascons; totaling almost …

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Mike Prendergast: Pietro Monte’s Collectanea 1:59:59

1+ y ago1:59:59

1:59:59

We've reached the year 1509 in our timeline of Maestro Wars, and as a consequence of focus and time we had to mark the battle of Agnadello as a footnote in our story. That said, Agnadello is more than just a significant Venetian defeat to the historical fencing community, it marks the death of one of it's greatest authors, Pietro Monte. Pietro Mont…

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Jen Landels and Devon Boorman: Cavalry Tactics 1:41:12

1+ y ago1:41:12

1:41:12

Continuing with our system specific highlights that help us answer questions about the historical narrative we’re researching in the Maestro Wars series, we brought on Jen Landels (the preeminent instructor of mounted combat in North America) and Devon Boorman to talk to us about Cavalry tactics. Ever wondered what it was like to fight from horseba…

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Puck Curtis: Destreza 1:41:05

1+ y ago1:41:05

1:41:05

Maestro Puck Curtis joined us to talk about Destreza. We kept running into accounts of Italian troops fighting against their Spanish allies, and we thought it would be fun to get a feel for what that might look like. Who better to ask than Puck Curtis? In this episode of l'Arte dell Armi we compare Italian and Spanish fencing styles, explore the in…

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Maestro Wars Episode 3.1: Revenge of the Pontiff 1:30:00

1+ y ago1:30:00

1:30:00

Episode III.i Revenge of the Pontiff The Bentivoglio’s plans to take back Bologna have been thwarted. Now with new excommunications orders leveled against them, this time including our hero Guido Rangoni, and fresh bounties on their heads, they have no choice but to lay low, and wait out the coming storm. All in Italy is not serene; however, the Po…

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Devon Boorman: Spears, Polearms, and Armor 1:11:01

1+ y ago1:11:01

1:11:01

Wrapping up our November deep-dive on Polearms with a pleasant holiday bow is the venerable Devon Boorman. Devon provides us with his perspective on the various Bolognese polearms systems, Partisan, Spiedo, Ronca, Poleaxe in armor. This is a real treat; we hope you enjoy! For more amazing content from Devon Boorman Checkout: www.pathofthesword.com …

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Holiday Special: Dysfunctional Families of the Renaissance 1:34:13

1+ y ago1:34:13

1:34:13

Holiday Special: Dysfunctional Families of the Renaissance Featuring Kari Holman, LCPC, NCC, CCTP-II! Holidays are a time for family, and sometimes that can bring with it a certain connotation. To help ease you into your trip to visit the in-laws, or prep you for the awkwardness of that uncle who just wants to talk about politics at the dinner tabl…

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Lochlan Koulouris: A Soldiers Perspective 1:49:43

1+ y ago1:49:43

1:49:43

Lochlan Koulouris of Warriors of Ash, and Descendant Leather, joins Stephen and I to talk about his military experience, polearm fighting in formation, the awesome polearms his company produces, and so much more! Check out Warriors of Ash Here: https://www.warriorsofash.com/ Descendant Leather Polearms: https://descendantleather.com/…

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Maestro Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Bentivoglio 1:52:43

1+ y ago1:52:43

1:52:43

Episode II Attack of the Bentivoglio The Pope has succeeded in conquering Bologna, but thanks to the cunning of the lady Ginverva Sforza Bentivoglio, hope is renewed. Hannibal, Guido, and Ermes have gathered an army of thousands and have positioned themselves on the border between Bologna and Modena. Meanwhile the trouble is brewing. To the east, t…

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Halloween Special: Necromancy, Torture, and Execution 1:11:23

1+ y ago1:11:23

1:11:23

Happy Halloween! Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. If I told you that there was a monastic throwdown in Bologna between 1450-1500 over the right of priests to summon demons to do their bidding, would you believe me? What if I told you witches and necromancers were high society, upper crust, fat cats in the Renaissance? Well, if that's n…

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