{"podcast":{"title":"Between the Seas: A Central European History","slug":"between-the-seas-a-central-european-history-7091571","podcast_index_feed_id":7091571,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/between-the-seas-history-of-central-europe/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/between-the-seas-history-of-central-europe","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/between-the-seas-history-of-central-europe/20241111_041113_8cb4611f01054ac4c9a0c1a126b54ffc.png","author":"Jacob Wheeler","episode_count":47,"summary":"Follow a narrative history of the vast lands of Central Europe through new episodes every Monday. Here, we learn the traditions of the many rich cultures of the region, and follow them through their political highs and lows. In the show, we'll tell a history of modern day Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland from the Early Medieval Period to the Modern Day. Have questions or comments? Contact me at betweentheseas@zohomail.com","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/between-the-seas-a-central-european-history-7091571"},"episode":{"title":"Vlastimirovic Serbia and the First Bulgarian Empire","slug":"vlastimirovic-serbia-and-the-first-bulgarian-empire","published_at":"2025-04-07T11:01:21+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/between-the-seas-a-central-european-history-7091571/vlastimirovic-serbia-and-the-first-bulgarian-empire","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/between-the-seas-a-central-european-history-7091571","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/between-the-seas-history-of-central-europe/1965022","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/300185/1965022/between-the-seas-history-of-central-europe/2025_06_19_01_54_22_86af11c6-23d4-4ea3-bc1c-c59b20c0c3f4.mp3","summary":"In this final episode of the Trial and Error Series on the 9th and early 10th centuries, we focus on two Balkan identities which are created in the tumultuous wars of the era: the Serbs and the Bulgarians. Both will find a way to unite many Slavic tribes of the Balkans, and both will incorporate Christianity into their new identity, though one will be built for autonomy, and one for imperial glory. The Series will take a few months break, but will return in late June with Series 6! Have a question or comment? Contact me at BetweentheSeas@zohomail.com Sources Intro: Zachary Wheeler and Nathaniel Scarborough, \" Hej, Sokoły\" folk tune Outro: Antonín Dvořák, Serenade for Strings, Op. 22 (London Symphony Orchestra 1960) Fine, John VA Jr. The Early Medieval Balkans. University of Michigan Press, 1991. Iorga, Nicolae. A History of Romania. Center for Romanian Studies, 2018. Wilson, Peter H. Heart of Europe. Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University, 2020. Obolensky, Dimitri. The Byzantine Commonwealth: Eastern Europe 500-1453. Praeger Publishers, 1971. Schwerpunkt. Principality of Serbia (780-960) . Youtube.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPKPwOWZ6CU","meta_description":"In this final episode of the Trial and Error Series on the 9th and early 10th centuries, we focus on two Balkan identities which are created in the tumult…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3877,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/between-the-seas-a-central-european-history-7091571/episodes/vlastimirovic-serbia-and-the-first-bulgarian-empire/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/between-the-seas-a-central-european-history-7091571/vlastimirovic-serbia-and-the-first-bulgarian-empire.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}