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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
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Darius von Guttner joins Alina in the first part of a look into the Past dynasty in Poland.
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Mary Ann Lund joins us for a riveting discussion on mental health in the renaissance period - more specifically, "melancholy."
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Howard Williams joins us to talk all about his archaeological speciality - which is the archaeology surrounding death.
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Claire Aubin joins us to talk all about perpetrators of the Holocaust and how they got to the United States in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Friday Jan 15, 2021
Friday Jan 15, 2021
The regulars convene in front of guest judge Simon London to debate the worst historical film ever made. Braveheart, Titanic, Shakespeare in Love, Pride and Prejudice (2005), Friday Night Lights, Alexander, Caligula, Night of the Templar, United Passions, Gods and Generals, Birth of a Nation, Pearl Harbour, The Other Boleyn Girl and Bridgerton are in in line for a beating, but which one will be crowned as the very worst?
Friday Jan 15, 2021
Friday Jan 15, 2021
Join as for a cross pod with the Assassinations Podcast, in which we look at some of the ket assassinations in history.
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Charlotte White returns with another slice of Hollywood history: this time its the life and loves of two icons amidst tragic circumstances.
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Join Napoleonic boffins Marcus Cribb and Zack White as they dig deeper into the Napoleonic era, starting with a fascinating discussion on the origins of the Peninsular War.
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Colin Fisher returns with more insights into Spanish history. This time it is the harrowing events at Guernica in 1937.
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Christopher Davies joins us to talk all about his passion for one of Britain's archaeological gems - the biggest Roman residence north of the Alps.