History Hack

Joana Valdez joins us to discuss her work on rock art dating back tens of thousands of years. 

Christian Jennings joins us to talk all about his new book, which looks at the horrors of attacks on civilians in Italy by the SS in the Second World War. 

Award-winning director Sam Pilling joins Matt to talk all about recreating the moon landings. 

The regulars meet in the Mary Rose as the White House changes hands, to debate the worst President in US history. With no mention of the T word allowed, there is also an investigation into what makes a corn dog, which president is a monkey puppet, and all the men in the room name their genitalia in honour of Warren Harding.

John White Greenlee joins us to talk all about medieval people and their fixation with eels. 

Great War Group Director Bethany Moore joins us to beat her drum for the Midlands; with the story of a division of territorial volunteers and their opening months on the Western Front. 

Darius von Guttner joins Alina in the first part of a look into the Past dynasty in Poland. 

Mary Ann Lund joins us for a riveting discussion on mental health in the renaissance period - more specifically, "melancholy."

Howard Williams joins us to talk all about his archaeological speciality - which is the archaeology surrounding death. 

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.