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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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Wednesday May 12, 2021
History Hack: Stirling Moss
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Richard Williams joins us to discuss the life and career of a motor racing legend.

Tuesday May 11, 2021
History Hack: Pompeii: The Wolf's Den
Tuesday May 11, 2021
Tuesday May 11, 2021
Elodie Harper joins us to talk about taking fragments of lives from the ruins of Pompeii and turning them into a smash hit novel.

Monday May 10, 2021
History Hack: Sabotaging the Nazi Bomb
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
Sam Kean joins us to talk all about the Bastard Brigade: the team who made it their mission to stop the Nazi's getting their hands on nukes.

Friday May 07, 2021
History Hack: The Real Robin Hood
Friday May 07, 2021
Friday May 07, 2021
Thor Ewing joins us to try and get as close as possible to the real figure behind the legend of Robin Hood.

Thursday May 06, 2021
History Hack: Inquisition Then and Now
Thursday May 06, 2021
Thursday May 06, 2021
Ada Palmer joins us to discuss the Spanish Inquisition, and how it has impacted the world we live in today.

Wednesday May 05, 2021
History Hack: Talking American
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Chaz Mena joins us to talk linguistics, and the history of America's accents.

Tuesday May 04, 2021
History Hack: The Ancient World and the Great War
Tuesday May 04, 2021
Tuesday May 04, 2021
Owen Rees and Giles Penman join us to discuss shades of the ancient world in Great War commemoration.

Monday May 03, 2021
History Hack: Harrier 809
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
Joined by Rowland White, we take an in-depth look at 809 Naval Air Squadron and their deployment to the Falklands.

Friday Apr 30, 2021
History Hack: A Guide to Medieval Monasticism
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Elysee Yhuel joins us to talk about the evolution of monasticism in the earlier medieval period.

Thursday Apr 29, 2021
History Hack: The Western Front
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Nick Lloyd joins us to discuss his new book on this pivotal front in the First World War.