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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
Sep 30, 2020
Sep 30, 2020
43 min
Matt Breen, host of The Explorers Podcast, joins us to talk us through his top five explorers in history.
Sep 29, 2020
Sep 29, 2020
32 min
Liz Gloyn joins us to talk to us all about monsters of the classical world and how they are represented in popular culture today.
Sep 28, 2020
Sep 28, 2020
49 min
Just how did it get to the point where the Nazi's tried to enact the Final Solution? Holocaust historian Nicholas Terry joins us to talk all about 1941 and why it was a crucial point in a horrific tale.
Sep 25, 2020
Sep 25, 2020
16 min
Owen Griffiths rejoins us with another quick tales from the annals of Welsh folklore. Every wondered why Wales loved the dragon enough to put it on their flag? Tune in to find out.
Sep 25, 2020
Sep 25, 2020
45 min
Historyland's Josh Provan returns to talk all about the forward-thinking, modern former monarchy of Hawaii.
Sep 24, 2020
Sep 24, 2020
36 min
Manx native Laurence Robinson joins us to talk all about the wars that rocked Finland in the wake of the First World War.
Sep 23, 2020
Sep 23, 2020
46 min
Historian Craig Bruce Smith joins us to talk all about the men who forged a nation, but it's not quite as cut and dried as you might think!
Sep 22, 2020
Sep 22, 2020
46 min
Osteoarchaeologist Katie Tucker joins us to talk about what bones can tell her, and in particular how she came to specialise in decapitation.
Sep 21, 2020
Sep 21, 2020
50 min
Naval guru Phil Weir joins us to talk all about the Royal Navy's contribution to Britain's "Finest Hour."
Sep 18, 2020
Sep 18, 2020
50 min
Melissa DeVelvis joins us to talk all about women during the American civil war, particularly nurses, and the shocking events that they both witnessed and participated in.