One of the most popular history podcasters in the world, Patrick Wyman is the host of Past Lives, Tides of History, and Fall of Rome, and the author of The Verge: Renaissance, Reformation, and Forty Years That Shook the Worlds and Lost Worlds. He received a PhD in History from the University of Southern California and has written for The Atlantic, Slate, and Mother Jones. In a past life, he covered mixed martial arts for Bleacher Report, Deadspin, and the Washington Post.
This biography was last updated on 05/05/2026.
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