My all-time favourite podcast episode [0] is on the Sumerians in the Fall of Civilisations series [1]. As a STEM-focused SWE, I can't overstate how captivating it was for me. The podcast's narrative style brings history alive, deeply humanising the epic scale of the accomplishments, greed and suffering of our past.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq1g8czIBJY [1] https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/