Historians Why don't you collaborate more?

Historians already collaborate and enjoy it. Joint work takes much longer, with an approximate four-to-one time comparison here, so relying entirely on collaboration makes it difficult to sustain enough output for recognition and career opportunities.

A Bilge Pumps episode shows how topic planning, joint research, recording, and follow-up discussion can turn a roughly two-hour podcast into an eight-hour commitment.

Familiar current figures let a current-affairs video use shorthand, while historical figures such as Philip II can require an introduction. The solo-video example allows up to ninety minutes of preparation and about ninety minutes of recording.

More control over living and working circumstances raises hopes of a more regular Bilge Pumps, although the time commitment remains difficult to fit around other work.