{"podcast":{"title":"Ancient History Fangirl","slug":"ancient-history-fangirl-63808","podcast_index_feed_id":63808,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ancienthistoryfangirl","website_url":"http://www.ancienthistoryfangirl.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d5c574d4-c77b-11ea-a1c1-8397c864c8d9/image/UpdatedAncient-History-Fangirl-2020-sqaure.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Ancient History Fangirl","episode_count":356,"summary":"An ancient history podcast run by two Millennial women. Misbehaving emperors, poison assassins, mythological mayhem; it’s like if Hardcore History met up with My Favorite Murder in the ancient world, with a heavy helping of booze and laughter.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T14:21:11.098896+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancient-history-fangirl-63808"},"episode":{"title":"AHFG Book Club: Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh (With Saara El-Arifi)","slug":"ahfg-book-club-cleopatra-the-last-pharaoh-with-saara-el-arifi","published_at":"2026-04-16T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancient-history-fangirl-63808/ahfg-book-club-cleopatra-the-last-pharaoh-with-saara-el-arifi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancient-history-fangirl-63808","url":"https://wp.me/p9hxAY-2KW","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4059122078.mp3?updated=1774799336","summary":"⁠⁠Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Join us as we return to Cleopatra’s Alexandria—the glamor, the political intrigue, the history—and take a second in-depth look at Egypt's last Pharaoh. Our guide for this episode is none other than Saara El-Arifi, bestselling author of The Ending Fire and Faebound trilogies and the exciting new release, Cleopatra: A Novel. In this episode we’ll discuss Cleopatra’s life and loves, the challenges of breathing new life into a very examined historical figure, and exactly what we do and don’t know about the real Cleopatra. Sponsors and Advertising This podcast is a member of Airwave Media podcast network. Want to advertise on our show? Please direct advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"⁠⁠Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Join us as we return to Cleopatra’s Alexandria—the glamor, the political intrigue, the histo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2763,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ancient-history-fangirl-63808/episodes/ahfg-book-club-cleopatra-the-last-pharaoh-with-saara-el-arifi/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancient-history-fangirl-63808/ahfg-book-club-cleopatra-the-last-pharaoh-with-saara-el-arifi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}