Hey everyone, and welcome to your Dad Tangent!

Before gold chains or luxury logos, there was Tyrian purple — the world’s first premium product, handcrafted by ancient Phoenicians one sea snail at a time. This episode dives into how an awful-smelling dye became the ultimate symbol of power — from the docks of Tyre to the robes of Roman emperors.

We’ll talk stinky ancient factories, royal fashion statements, and how a civilization accidentally invented influencer culture thousands of years before Instagram.

If you’re enjoying the show, share it with a friend and help keep the history (and the Dad jokes) flowing by visiting buymeacoffee.com/historywithdad — because caffeine is cheaper than snail farming.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts — and maybe skip seafood for dinner.