After Greg talks about being shot at with arrows while wearing armour in the hot summer sun, Jem throwns all of the rules of the podcast out of the window by deciding not to even get onto the planned topic for today, but instead to talk about how hot weather has had an effect on history, and specifically on battles!

The Condensed History Gems podcast is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Greg Chapman, juggler and comedy entertainer from Condensed Histories (@condensedhist) and Jem Duducu, history writer of HistoryGems (@historygems). Each week we have a half hour discussion episode, as well as a shorter ‘Fast 5’ episode featuring one of the two. Subjects range through history, from pirates to Saxons, Vikings to Victorians, and Romans to the Cold War! Find out more about the podcast at www.condensedhistories.com/gems