The Rest Is History · 2026-10-14 · 66 min · 11,090 words

714. King Arthur: Lancelot and the Round Table (Part 2)

Listen to the original audio · Transcribed with NVIDIA Parakeet · Timestamps stay in sync with the live audio

This episode is supported by Anthropic, the team behind Claude. Now history's biggest leaps started as hard questions that people didn't want asked. Yeah, there's a classic example of that at the end of the 15th century. And the hard question in particular was What is out there beyond the Atlantic Ocean to the West? And as you will know, the man who found the answer to that question was the explorer Christopher Columbus. And he realizes, or rather everybody else realises, that there is a vast continent out there. And it is, of course, the Americas. So you know Anthropic knows the importance of questions, and it's why Anthropic is founded on one hard question above all. How can we ensure that the AI revolution really goes well for ordinary people? So they asked over a hundred thousand people, and what came back wasn't just fear, there was hope as well. People wanted to know Will cancer ever be cured? It turns out that there is hope in hard questions. Ask yours at Claude.ai slash rest is history and keep thinking. Join us for the next episode of DNV's Maritime Impact Podcast.

This time I speak with D's short power expert. Hilde Burstup, about how shore power is shifting from a local emission solution to a strategic priority for ship owners. What are the biggest barriers to adoption and what needs to happen next? To get the answers, search for Maritime Impact on your favorite podcast platform. Stay tuned.

And so Lancelot comes to the bed of Guinevere, King Arthur's queen. whom he adores, and before whom he kneels, holding her more dear than the relic of any saint. And the queen extends her arms to him and and embracing him, presses him tightly against her bosom.

That is the first couple of minutes. The rest is $1.

We already have this episode, so unlocking it is cheap and permanent: the full transcript (66 minutes, 11,090 words), segment and word-level timestamps, and .txt, .srt, .vtt and word-level JSON downloads, as many times as you like, forever.

No account needed, we create one from your checkout email. With credits it is 1 credit; packs start at 10 episodes for $5, and monthly plans are cheaper still.

get it now

Ready in about two minutes.

Pay once, no subscription. Credits never expire.

Transcribing every week? Monthly plans start at $9, about 23 cents an episode.

Secure checkout by Stripe. No account needed: we create one from your email. By paying you agree to the terms.