Robin Pierson

Robin Pierson is a professional podcaster. His show “The History of Byzantium” tells the story of the Roman Empire from the collapse of the West in 476 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The show was created in 2012 to continue the narrative established by Mike Duncan’s wonderful podcast “The History of Rome.” Robin’s goal is to give listeners a complete audio journey of Roman civilization. In 2018 Robin launched a Kickstarter to fund a trip to Istanbul to document the surviving Byzantine buildings and to prepare the ground for listener tours. In March 2019 the first ‘History of Byzantium Tour’ spent five days exploring Istanbul’s Roman past. The tours continue in 2025 and beyond. Robin was born in London in the UK and studied politics at Reading University. He then managed the career of his father (an actor) until the podcast became his full time job. He has a wife and two year old daughter.