Thanks for the link. I also recommend Hardcore History[1], by Dan Carlin. He recently did a series on the fall of the Roman republic, which I liked a lot. Dan Carlin also has a political podcast titled Common Sense[2], which is also very interesting even if a bit US centered.

[1] http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hharchive [2] http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/csarchive