Still enjoying The History of Rome
I learned more about the Israel/Palestine conflict listening to The History of Rome than a year's worth of following the news cycle.
Wanting to learn more about Hadrian's role in the Third Jewish Revolt (also known as the Bar Kokhba Revolt) also led me to discover the excellent blog Tales of Times Forgotten via the post No, the Roman Emperor Hadrian Didn’t Invent Palestine.
The breadth and depth of knowledge to be found from "independent publishers" (I prefer people sharing their passions!) is absolutely staggering.