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We are a slightly mad, always fun podcast bringing you all the History you love and a lot that you didn‘t know you‘d love until you heard it here! Recommended by BBC Radio, and presented by acclaimed historian Alexandra Churchill, with Alina Nowobilska, Chris Sams and the rest of the awesome team.
Episodes
Apr 8, 2020
Apr 8, 2020
39 min
Underwater Archaeologist Peter Campbell joins Alex and Alina to deliver a crash course in his subject. Find out all about sunken cities, close shaves, grave-robbing, shipwrecks. not to mention hidden caves; and prepare to be disappointed when he tells us why the Lost City of Atlantis isn't real.
Apr 7, 2020
Apr 7, 2020
42 min
Author and Historian Lesley Downer joins us to share her love of Japanese history and culture. From geishas, to Dutch merchants, to enforced assimilation with the west, we find out how a love of all things Japanese impacts her writing and why Whats'app is keeping people going.
Apr 6, 2020
Apr 6, 2020
39 min
Roger Moorhouse joins Alex and Alina to talk all about his latest book First to Fight. Find out all you need to know about the Polish campaign of 1939, why it played out the way it did, and why Guy Walters lacked the mechanical know-how to fix his lawnmower under lockdown...
Apr 5, 2020
Apr 5, 2020
49 min
Suzannah Lipscomb joins Alex and Alina to talk about the year that changed everything for Henry VIII. We talk wives, bastards, church reform, rebellions and why avoiding the news as much as possible during the Covid-19 crisis is about the only way to stay sane.
Apr 4, 2020
Apr 4, 2020
58 min
Historical bros Tom and James Holland join us to answer you classical, religious and WW2 questions, talk about how they grew to love history together and recall some of the greatest matches in cricket history as a potentially wasted season approaches.
Apr 3, 2020
Apr 3, 2020
1hr 29 min
Join the gang at The Mary Rose virtual pub for another history debate. Alex and Alina are joined by judges The-Not-So-Honourable Holmes and Lord Klopp-Dyer for an oft-riotous discussion on History's Nastiest Villain. Panelists include Historians Rebecca Rideal, Emma Southon and Benedict Holme.
Apr 3, 2020
Apr 3, 2020
38 min
Israeli historian and archaeologist Gilad Jaffe joins Alex and Alina to give you a crash course in Biblical Archaeology. How easy is it to marry up evidence on the ground with the contents of the good book? And what are the pitfalls of being too desperate to make it happen? And what has happened to Gilad's Indiana Jones hat?
Read more about the Bible and archaeology: https://amzn.to/2Zr5SYy
Apr 3, 2020
Apr 3, 2020
52 min
Brace yourselves, this is something to get really stuck into. Sławomir Debski, Director of the Polish Institute of International Affairs, joins Alex and Alina to discuss Poland's relationship with Russia, Munich and the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. A rare chance to hear a total powerhouse on the subject.
Apr 2, 2020
Apr 2, 2020
32 min
Alex and Alina are joined by rising history star John Woolf to talk all about his book The Wonders and the Victorian Freak Show. Equally heartbreaking as it is fun, we learn about performers through history, the lives they led, and why even if The Greatest Showman was actually a git, Hugh Jackman is still gorgeous.
Buy John's book here: https://amzn.to/2Fs5GB6
Apr 1, 2020
Apr 1, 2020
44 min
Alex and Alina are joined by Gareth Thomas and Ben Jones, the award winning Football History Boys, as they bring you some history to fill the sporting void. Teams, players, moments, rule changes, tragedies and the matches that have shaped the history of the beautiful game; as well as some admissions to random Covid19 purchases of absolute nonsense.
Buy the book here: https://amzn.to/32gLhs0