Past, Power, and Pop: History Pros on Trump, Rome, and What’s Next

Rolling Stone grills Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, hosts of The Rest Is History, about the podcast’s rise to a global audience, why Trump is a more consequential figure than Obama, how pop culture shapes politics, and their plan to tackle more eras (English Civil War, Crusades, Russian Revolution) while keeping history engaging and non-moralizing.