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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.
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Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Author and Eastern Front specialist David Stahel joins us to give an overview of the colossal effort on the part of the Nazi's to conquer the Soviet Union in 1941.
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Palaeontologist Steve Brusatte joins us for an animated and colourful chat about the world before the dinosaurs, and how they got here. Alex tries to convince him to name his next dinosaur discover Daveosaurus and of course, there is some fan-girling over T-Rex.
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
On the 80th anniversary of the first mass transport to Auschwitz, volunteers join us from across the globe to remember the 728 prisoners who made the journey in their own words.
Saturday Jun 13, 2020
Saturday Jun 13, 2020
We're joined by historians Kate Lister and Eleanor Janega, and archaeologists Amanda Charland and Terence Christian to talk about the history of sex. From archaeology, trends and changing perceptions to kink, porn, contraception, and Eleanor's favourite subject: sodomy. There's a bit of everything in here in this wide ranging chat.
Saturday Jun 13, 2020
Saturday Jun 13, 2020
A brief, not even two minute long, set of instructions on how YOU can get involved in the #GreatestBriton debate. Let's face it, opinions are like a***holes. Everyone has got one. Freakily, many people on Twitter seem to have many. So make sure you have fun with this and get your voice heard.
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Join us for our most epic debate yet in the Mary Rose. A lot of fed up historians have a good old rant about this week the media and then embark on a debate to decide the greatest journey in history.
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Ryan McNutt joins us to talk all about the civil war and what archaeology can add to our understanding of the experience of that conflict. With a focus on his unique project to excavate a POW camp at Camp Lawton.
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Author and historian Helen Carr joins us to talk about a medieval powerhouse - John of Gaunt. Statesman, warrior and basically regent. Life could be tough when Richard II was your nephew...
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Historian Christopher Lash stops by for a fascinating discussion about sport and smuggling in Poland in the Communist era
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Pulitzer finalist Gregg Jones joins us to talk about a poignant moment. The fighting at Khe Sanh in 1968 was the arguably the bloodiest moment suffered by the Marines in Vietnam, and we learn all about the battle, the evacuation, and how it is recorded in history