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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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Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Our regulars convene, along with some special guests from our Patreon crowd to debate History's Greatest Vehicle.
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Paul Chrystal joins our resident sweetie, Beth, and sourpuss, Boney, to discuss the wonderful and unexpected history of sweets!
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Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Boney welcomes Joe Coles, creator of the Hush-Kit online aviation site and author of the Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes Volumes 1 and 2 to Hedge Hopping. Today they debate their rival Top 5 Underrated Warplanes OF ALL TIME! Not just your usual Second World War chat this week.
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Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Catherine Curzon joins us to talk all about the mistresses of the early Georgian monarchs.
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Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Jonathan Harris joins us to give us a brilliant introduction to the Byzantine Empire.
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Friday Nov 05, 2021
Friday Nov 05, 2021
The field is full of conversations about diversity and inclusion. Where have Historians gone wrong and why? And how do we fix ourselves for the future? Holly Pinheiro, Amara Solari and Matthew Restall join us to form a panel for discussing just this.
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Gilad Jaffe joins us to talk about what the history of archaeology can tell us about how people will see the 21st Century hundreds of years from now.
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
See it, shoot it. As part of our Future History Week, which looks at the history of the events and themes that will shape our future, Chris Fuller joins us for a thought-provoking discussion about the development of strike capabilities from drones, the impact on conflict and combatants, and what the future holds for this kind of warfare.
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Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
As part of our Future History Week, which looks at the history of the events and themes that will shape our future, Richard Carlton-Crabtree joins us to discuss attitudes to mental health past, present and future.
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Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
To kick off our Future History Week, which looks at the history of the events and themes that will shape our future, David Naafs joins us to discuss climate change across millions of years of our planet's history, and what it tells us about where we are going.
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