The Borrowed Head Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-borrowed-head The making of Augustus: The Lost Commentaries of Julia Agrippina — daughter of Germanicus, sister of Caligula, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero — which Tacitus read, cited once, and which vanished for nineteen centuries. Discover more at pbmills.com. © 2026 P.B. Mills 0d7f85bf-7d01-5fe7-8012-12bca1f65344 yes en Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:06:01 -0700 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:07:23 -0700 https://pbmills.com https://img.transistorcdn.com/SNI3YJblgBL-RnOkUrLH2Nw_GvEfPwB2Q1W6qIUS2Kg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mYzdm/Y2NkZjYxOTAwMGM0/MTE4N2JjNzY2ZTVk/ODg3Yi5wbmc.jpg The Borrowed Head https://pbmills.com serial P.B. Mills The making of Augustus: The Lost Commentaries of Julia Agrippina — daughter of Germanicus, sister of Caligula, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero — which Tacitus read, cited once, and which vanished for nineteen centuries. Discover more at pbmills.com. The making of Augustus: The Lost Commentaries of Julia Agrippina — daughter of Germanicus, sister of Caligula, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero — which Tacitus read, cited once, and which vanished for nineteen centuries. P.B. Mills No No I. Book Four, Chapter Fifty-Three 1 1 I. Book Four, Chapter Fifty-Three full 759163e7-66e8-4e8f-ad12-4a4d146633d0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/528eb8eb There is a sentence in Tacitus that nobody reads, because of the scene that comes before it. Mills starts there, and ends in a museum in Rome in front of a statue whose head was borrowed.

A work of fiction. The manuscript and the people who found it are invented.

]]> There is a sentence in Tacitus that nobody reads, because of the scene that comes before it. Mills starts there, and ends in a museum in Rome in front of a statue whose head was borrowed.

A work of fiction. The manuscript and the people who found it are invented.

]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:00:00 -0700 P.B. Mills P.B. Mills 1412 There is a sentence in Tacitus that nobody reads, because of the scene that comes before it. Mills starts there, and ends in a museum in Rome in front of a statue whose head was borrowed. There is a sentence in Tacitus that nobody reads, because of the scene that comes before it. Mills starts there, and ends in a museum in Rome in front of a statue whose head was borrowed. No II. Nihil Correxi 2 2 II. Nihil Correxi full a0204a9b-6cff-41c3-87cf-349df0d88553 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a9436839 The method episode. What one scribe's colophon — "I corrected nothing" — entitles anyone to claim, what it does not, and why a forger would write exactly that. Then the first document in the roll: a birth on the Rhine, and two accounts of the moon.

A work of fiction. The manuscript and the people who found it are invented.

]]> The method episode. What one scribe's colophon — "I corrected nothing" — entitles anyone to claim, what it does not, and why a forger would write exactly that. Then the first document in the roll: a birth on the Rhine, and two accounts of the moon.

A work of fiction. The manuscript and the people who found it are invented.

]]> Sat, 12 Sep 2026 04:00:00 -0700 P.B. Mills P.B. Mills 1226 The method episode. What one scribe's colophon — "I corrected nothing" — entitles anyone to claim, what it does not, and why a forger would write exactly that. Then the first document in the roll: a birth on the Rhine, and two accounts of the moon. The method episode. What one scribe's colophon — "I corrected nothing" — entitles anyone to claim, what it does not, and why a forger would write exactly that. Then the first document in the roll: a birth on the Rhine, and two accounts of the moon. No III. What the Fair Copy Said 3 3 III. What the Fair Copy Said full 3fe6148c-b2f9-4008-a1ae-7fe6a2882cb6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8f669049 The manuscript is the working roll, not the fair copy. So when she does the source criticism properly, in public, against her own interest, and then edits anyway — both facts survive. The hinge of the series, about twenty-six minutes in.

A work of fiction. The manuscript and the people who found it are invented.

]]> The manuscript is the working roll, not the fair copy. So when she does the source criticism properly, in public, against her own interest, and then edits anyway — both facts survive. The hinge of the series, about twenty-six minutes in.

A work of fiction. The manuscript and the people who found it are invented.

]]> Sun, 13 Sep 2026 04:00:00 -0700 P.B. Mills P.B. Mills 1251 The manuscript is the working roll, not the fair copy. So when she does the source criticism properly, in public, against her own interest, and then edits anyway — both facts survive. The hinge of the series, about twenty-six minutes in. The manuscript is the working roll, not the fair copy. So when she does the source criticism properly, in public, against her own interest, and then edits anyway — both facts survive. The hinge of the series, about twenty-six minutes in. No IV. Nine Weeks 4 4 IV. Nine Weeks full 909acb68-2415-4a60-8436-beefa456b39f https://share.transistor.fm/s/65541359 The charge the whole family is built on. A draft and a fair copy of one letter, a generation earlier, with the true thing in the draft and the sendable thing in the post. Mills declines to reach a conclusion on purpose.

A work of fiction. The manuscript and the people who found it are invented.

]]> The charge the whole family is built on. A draft and a fair copy of one letter, a generation earlier, with the true thing in the draft and the sendable thing in the post. Mills declines to reach a conclusion on purpose.

A work of fiction. The manuscript and the people who found it are invented.

]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:00:00 -0700 P.B. Mills P.B. Mills 1171 The charge the whole family is built on. A draft and a fair copy of one letter, a generation earlier, with the true thing in the draft and the sendable thing in the post. Mills declines to reach a conclusion on purpose. The charge the whole family is built on. A draft and a fair copy of one letter, a generation earlier, with the true thing in the draft and the sendable thing in the post. Mills declines to reach a conclusion on purpose. No V. Not One Document 5 5 V. Not One Document full 9689874c-55c6-401f-8306-0a5856a47bfb https://share.transistor.fm/s/2de1a8e8 Nobody dies in this one. What a Roman woman legally is (nothing), the machine she built instead, the channel underneath it, and a man standing up in public to be praised for her work while she has no form of words in which to object.

A work of fiction. The manuscript and the people who found it are invented.

]]> Nobody dies in this one. What a Roman woman legally is (nothing), the machine she built instead, the channel underneath it, and a man standing up in public to be praised for her work while she has no form of words in which to object.

A work of fiction. The manuscript and the people who found it are invented.

]]> Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:00:00 -0700 P.B. Mills P.B. Mills 1207 Nobody dies in this one. What a Roman woman legally is (nothing), the machine she built instead, the channel underneath it, and a man standing up in public to be praised for her work while she has no form of words in which to object. Nobody dies in this one. What a Roman woman legally is (nothing), the machine she built instead, the channel underneath it, and a man standing up in public to be praised for her work while she has no form of words in which to object. No VI. Both Versions 6 6 VI. Both Versions full 5842b8ab-f64f-4365-9b8f-94ee50104d64 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ff2e28a9 The thesis episode. Four pairs of documents that contradict each other, kept on facing leaves for forty-four years by a woman who would not destroy either — and, after her death, by somebody else who worked out why.

A work of fiction. The manuscript and the people who found it are invented.

]]> The thesis episode. Four pairs of documents that contradict each other, kept on facing leaves for forty-four years by a woman who would not destroy either — and, after her death, by somebody else who worked out why.

A work of fiction. The manuscript and the people who found it are invented.

]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2026 04:00:00 -0700 P.B. Mills P.B. Mills 1268 The thesis episode. Four pairs of documents that contradict each other, kept on facing leaves for forty-four years by a woman who would not destroy either — and, after her death, by somebody else who worked out why. The thesis episode. Four pairs of documents that contradict each other, kept on facing leaves for forty-four years by a woman who would not destroy either — and, after her death, by somebody else who worked out why. No VII. The Cup Is the Remedy 7 7 VII. The Cup Is the Remedy full a68ce4ff-d5da-4ffd-8291-7221c8f563a8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a111b381 The one the last three have been pointing at. Discovery, denial, collapse, and then a turn that is not about her father at all: three documents in one volume that no source, ancient or modern, has ever had together.

A work of fiction. The manuscript and the people who found it are invented.

]]> The one the last three have been pointing at. Discovery, denial, collapse, and then a turn that is not about her father at all: three documents in one volume that no source, ancient or modern, has ever had together.

A work of fiction. The manuscript and the people who found it are invented.

]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2026 04:00:00 -0700 P.B. Mills P.B. Mills 1373 The one the last three have been pointing at. Discovery, denial, collapse, and then a turn that is not about her father at all: three documents in one volume that no source, ancient or modern, has ever had together. The one the last three have been pointing at. Discovery, denial, collapse, and then a turn that is not about her father at all: three documents in one volume that no source, ancient or modern, has ever had together. No